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

News of the World py Associated Press 'NEW BRITAIN Hi: ESTABLISHED 1870 3 sl AR X3 e\‘ SR d : LD Average Daily Circuiation For Week Ending Sept. 15,153 27th NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1930. —EIGHTEEN PAGES’ ATHLETICS WIN FIRST SERIES PRICE THREE CENTS CITY NOTE-ISSUE ILLEGAL AND MUST BE WITHDRAWN; SPECIAL TAX TO BE LAI Indebtedness Increased Beyond Five Per Cent Limit in Defiance of 1921 Legislation Lim- iting Borrowing on Grand List. Mayor Quigley Foxced to Consider One and One- Half Mill Levy on Prob- erty . But Insists Tax Rate Will Not Be In- creased Next Year. The issue of street fund notes in the amount of $105,000, autlwrized by the common council at the Sep- tember meeting as an emergency measure to provide funds with which to repair streets and furnish employment to men who would oth- exwise be obliged to seek assistance from the public welfare department, has been judge illegal by a firm of Boston, Mass., attorneys because of the limitations specified in the spe- cial act of the legislature in 1921, under which the issued was made. The notes were sold by the board of finance and taxation to the Sav-| ings Bank of New Britain.at four | per cent, but the Boston attorney who made the search of the city charter and other legal details pre- paratory to, issuing the certificate guaran(ee)!{g the city's financial ability to issue the notes, found that the issue would increase the city’s net bonded indebtedness beyond the five per cent limit, and notified lo- cal city officials to that effect. Decide On Special Tax Mayor Quigley and City Treasur- er Curtis L. Sheldon conferred at the mayor’s office today and concluded that the best solution of the prob- lem created by the unexpected dis- covery was to levy a special tax against next year's grand list and borrow money at once in anticipa- tion of the tax. They explained that although general acts of the legis- lature passed since 1921 with ref- erence to bond issues, permitted the use of the gross grand list of the city as the basis on which to esti- mate the bonded indebtedness, the 1921 act was specific in requiring that the net grand list be the basis in the particular authorization. The gross grand list is approximately $135,000,000, and the net is approx- imately $117,000,000, the difference being represented by the value of non-taxable property such as churches, schools, state and federal owned property. Mayor Promises No Tax Increase “I believe it will be necessary to levy a special tax of a mill and one-half against the grand list for (Continued on Page Two) TEAGHERS TURN DOWN 2 P. . SALARY PLAN Will Make Voluntary Con- tributions to Fund for Needy Unanimous adoption ‘of a plan whereby teachers in the New Brit- ain public school system—~ would make voluntary contributions to Mayor George A. Quigley's Christ- mas fund rather than give two per cent of their salaries for September, October and November was voted at a meeting of the Teachers’ Council yesterday afternoon. Under the mayor's plan 500 teachers would contribute approxi- mately $5,400 to his found which would be used for reliet of needy families during the winter months. Many teachers expressed disapprov- al of the scheme which they claim- ed destroyed the spirit of voluntary givtme. At a meeting Monday night two of the teachers openly express- ed disapproval and throughout yes- terday expressed dissatisfaction to theit representatives on the Teach- ers’ council. That the teachers realized the need and suffering in this city and that they are strongly disposed to do’ what is* possible to help relieve the situation was expressed to the council repersentatives and a com- mittee from that organization in- cluded this information in a report and recommendation to the main body at vesterday's meeting. According to the recommendation, contributions will be made through the principal's office and the prin- cipals, as a group, will take action or the details of collections and the (Continued on Page Two), ROGERS PREDICTS PARTY'S TRIUMPH Says Financial Record Alone Suffcient to Assure Viclory MEET HELD AT RED T0P Lieutenant Governor Lauds “Pay As You Go” Idea Which He Says Re- publicans Have Used in State's Business Affairs. Red Top, Oct. 1 (M—Lieutenant Governor E. T. Rogers, republican candidate for governor, predicted at an outing of the New London coun- ty republican club here today that “On Conrecticut’s financial record alone the republican party will be overwhelmingly victorious next month.” More than 400 republicans, includ- ing J. Henry Roraback, state chair- man; Miss Katherine Byrne, state vice chairman, and candidates for state offices attended the outing, a tribute to Lieutenant Governor Rogers, who is a native of New London county. A clam bake was served at noon. : The guest speaker was to be former Congressman James H. Mac- Laferty of California. Roraback, Miss Byrne and Congressman Rich- ard P. Freeman were also scheduled to speak. Daniel M. Cronin, presi- | dent of the club, acted as chairman. In his first address since his nom- ination, Rogers said: “When the = last democratic ad- ministration went out of office in January, 1915, the debt of the state was over $11,000,000, most of which was accumulated during the four years that party was in power. When a republican administration again took charge in Connecticut in 1915 they not only were faced with this indebtedness but their predeces- sors had made no provisions of any kind for liquidating it. Added to this was the fact that in each fiscal year under their administration they had spent more money than they collected. “The records will show what succeeding republican administra- tiens did to establish the solvency of the -state, and to keep its expendi- tures well within its- income. To liquidate the indebtedness a sinking fund was immediately established, has been added to out of current in- come until today there is in the fund an amount which will be more than (Continued on Page Two) DATE SET FOR OPERATION OF SUBMARINE APPARATUS Oct. Escape Device — Broadcast 14 to Be Timg¢ for Test of Chain to Give Program. New London, Oct. 1 (A—October 14th has been tentatively set as the date when operations at the sub- marine escape training tank at the submarine base will be broadcast by the National Broadcasting company, | it was announced today at the base executive office. Graham McNamee will be the announcer. On that day navy mes will enter the tank at the base, and, with the aid of Momsen lungs will ascend to the top of the structure, which towers 135 feet above ground. Instruction work at the tank is now being carried on daily under the direction of Lieutenant Com- mander P. H. Dunbar. About 20 men enter and leave the tank each day, some going from the bottom entrance to the top. Air locks ara established at 18 feet and 650 feet from the top so that men not so advanced in escape practices may enter the tank at these levels. En- trance to the tank through an air lock is liKe entering the water from an escape lock in a submarine. A submarine section is in the bottom of the tank. It has a standard hatch and escape lock. 2 3 4 5 6 THE- SCORE BY INNINGS 7 8 9 Total CARDINALS 2000000 2 ATHLETICS 1 o 01 z J | | I [ | | | | | . 10111 FAMOUS MUSICAL SHOW STAR DEAD Jack Donahue Succumbs in New York Apartment ° BLAME ~ KIDNEY ~ AILMENT Veteran ‘Hoofer” of Many Hits Forced to Abandon Show Several \ Days Ago—Sclf Taught Entertain- er Great Worker. New York, Oct. 1 (P—Jack Dona- hue, who danced his way from Bos- ton’s back alleys to big time musi- cal comedy stardom, died toda§ at his home in Central Park west | at the age of 38. The feet which carried him through a quarter of a century to fame were crippled by a kidney ailment which forced his retirement from his show, “Sons o' Guns,” at Cincinnati last week, and he had come home last week\under orders to abandon his profession indefi- nitely. Lives' But Five Days It came hard to a hoofer who had been behind footlights from the time he was 14 years old, and he lived but five days from the time he stepped off a train here last Thursday, weak but still able to walk, and .went to bed. His own penchant for hard work had more than a little to do with his death. In addition to his work in “Sons o'Guns” he operated a danc- ing school just off Broadway and did magazine writing which had begun to win him a reputation outside the theater. Me had also entered, only a few months ago, the field of the- | atrical production and was co-spon- sor of a play, “Lost Sheep,” which | had a fairly successful Broadway | run and is now playhlg in Chicago. Hit Broadway in 1912 It was 18 years ago that Broad- way first saw him in a melodrama called “The Woman Haters.” Two vears later the man who used to have them rolling in the aisles in vaudeville theaters was walking on in a smaM part in the Ziegfeld “Follies."” Stardom came to him there and; his rapid-fire dialogue, punctuating the patter of his dance, was carried into two successive Ziegfeld shows. He was co-starred with Marilyn Miller in *‘Sunny and ‘“Rosalie.” His name was in the lights alone when “Sons o' Guns” opened last year. It was the pinnacle of success for the boy who had laid the founda- tions of his career in a buck-and- | wing ‘on the streets of Charlestown, | not far from Boston. His first stage | appearance, at the age of 14, was followed by a succession of vaude- ville tours before he entered the legitimate theater. It was in vau- deville too that Me met and mar- ried Alice Stewart, who survives with three small daughters. Never Took Dance Lesson Donahue, thg big Irishman who never took a dancing lesson in his life, had been caled one of the | | 1 (Continued on Page Two) Respirator Saves Life Of Paralysis Victim Portland, Me., Oct. 1 (P—An “iron lung” rushed heré by truck from the Harvard Infantile Paralysis com-| mission, was credited with saving the | life of Norman Hibbard of Bridgeon, infantile paralysis victim, Dr. War- | Maine General hospital, said today. Physicians reckoned Hibbard had a half hour to live when-the Drink- | er respirator, commonly known as the “iron lung,” arrived at the hos- pital today. Hibbard’s breathing had become almost an impossibility when the lung was put to work. By noon Dr. Morrill said he was apparently on the road to recovery. Dartmouth Freshmen ‘Allowed To Ignore All But One of Rules' Hanover, N. H, Oct. 1 (UP)— Life assumed a rosier hue for Dart- mouth freshmen today. With all forms of hazing recently eliminated, the Daily Dartmouth an- nounced this morning that palaeopi- tus, the student governing body, had voted to abolish all but one of the freshman rules. First-year students must cont(nuu to wear the green skull cup with the big white button, but they need no longer conform to the following regulations: 1.—Professors shall be saluted by tipping the hat, 2.—No smoking on the streets or in public places. 3.—No knickers or golf hose shall be worn. 4.—Coats shall be times in public. 5.—No fur coats shall be worn in Hanover. 6.—No high school pins or insig- nia shall,be worn. The student governing body, in announcing its decision, expressed the belief that these rules served no useful purpose and were in ‘‘direct opposition to the lines of freedom of thought and agtion along which the college is developing.” worn at all -~ Democratic Candidate fo “Beard teeman Arohibald McNeil, | s LEAGUE CONSIDERS |Approves Several ren P. Morrill, superintendent of the g, M | tjon clause. Major Hoople Upset On Series Eve; ! | Unable to Sample Pltcher s ‘Stuff’ | By Major Amos “Home Run” Hoople, | Philadelphia, Sept. 30—Egad! This quaint labyrinthine metropolis was agog today with the advent of what I have so jovially labelled the blue ribbon classic of baseball. { Not only is there a baseball cham- | plonship about to be decided with | your favorite essayist on the spot to | cover the happenings and relay the | tidings to the waiting world, but, iy | seeifts, +ping s an added attraction, Pr dent Hoover, my old college schum, i to be here for the first game. Hallahan Disappoints Him Your correspondent is handicap- the Cardinals as winners. 1 called on Gabby Street today (you probably will remember that your| trusted correspondent was the nameless hero who tossed a ball (Continued on Page Two) (ROSS T0 CARRY FIGHT TO CANAAN Roraback” in Own Den PROMISES REAL BATTLE Dean Says G. O. P. “Squints Both ‘Ways” in Atflll:lde on Prohibition —Believes Speeches in Country Towns Will Help His Party. New Haven, Oct. 1 (A—Prof-Wil- bur L. Cross, democratic nominee for governor, back from a conference with John J. Rascob, national chair- man, today stated next week he will g0 to the Litchfield hills and “beard the dragon of Camaan in his own bailiwick.” He said he intended to carry his campaign into the towns of the state from now on, hav- ing found that his speech last Sat- urday at Tolland had struck a re- sponsive cord, as evidenced by a great volume of correspondence from those who either heard or read the ‘speech, enjoyed it and approved it. Speakers Promised Mr. Cross, with National Commit- discussed with Mr. Raskob the question of having democratic speakers of ma- tional distinction come into Connec- ticut for the remainder of the cam- paign. A number of speakers were promised. Mr. Cross said he would be pleased with this assistance. He was banking heavily, however, on local speakers because of their fa- miliarity with state conditions. Mr. Cross said that in his address at East Hartford, tonight he would give his attention to the question of the present industrial depression, the prohibition matter and the political ituation in the state. He said he would give a part of | his time to discussion of the “dragon (Continued on Page Two) ECONOMIC CRISIS Meas- ures to Relieve Present Trend 1 (A—The assembly of the League of Nations today called attention to the “grawity of the economic depression at plesc‘nt prevailing throughout the world,” nd approved several measures de- signed to encourage concerted action of governments for relieving the de- pression. For’ the most Geneva, Oct. art these relief | measures were declared to be within the' scope of the commercial con- vention ‘and protocol for subsequent negotiations agreéd upon by most of the European countries at the tariff truce conference last February and March. This convention and protocol ooked to development of freer trade gradually by agreements to eliminate | obstacles to trade, especially in lowe ering customs duties. In adopting its economic com- mittee’s report the assembly con- signed to these subsequent negotia- tions the controversial question of whether prefential tariff rates should be granted to Buropean agricultural products by European countries. The league's economic organization was asked to continue the study on in- terpretation of the most favored na- Without mentioning Russia, al- though that country was referred to most frequently during committee session, the assembly passed a reso- lution on “dumping” which said: “The assembly has taken particu- lar noté of the serious consequendes of various forms of dumping when | jail (Continued on Page Two) | ¥ OB HANGS NEGRO AT CARTERSVILLE Mob-Takes John Will Clark From Georgia Prison LYNCHED IN FAIR GROUNDS Fifty Masked Southerners Drag Man From Prison Cell After Stealing Key From Deputy—Attorney Had Appealed for Venue Change. Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 1 (P—A | motorcade in which there were 45 or 50 masked men took John Will Clark, Negro, from the county jail here early today and hanged him to the crossbeam of a telephone pole | on the fair grounds a mile away. Clark, charged with murder of Chief of Police Jenkins, was re- moved from the custody of the three ‘deputy sheriffs on duty at about ‘one o'clock and taken on his Geath ride in one of the automo- biles of the motorcade. At dawn local police reported tinding the hanging body. A pre- vious effort to lynch Clark was made two weeks ago last Sunday. Na- | tional guardsmen were called out | and he was then removed to Atlanta | for safé keeping, but returned yes- | terday for trial. | The lynching party in nine or ten Ten of the men, all unarmed so far | as officers were able to determine, | entered the Jail office where the | deputies were on duty, took the key to Clark's cell from Deputy A. J. McCoy, unlocked the cell, seized their man, and departed. Clark | was bundled in the lead car of the | motorcade and was speeded mst-\ ward. “It was all over in five minutes,” McCoy said, “we had no time to draw our guns, the men overpower- ing us as sopn as they entered the office.” came to the | automobiles. | | Taken After Appeal | Clark was taken a few hours after | his attorneys had appealed 4o the | ‘(Connmwd on Page Two) COMPLETES 30 YEARS AS LETTER GARRIER Paul Heller Has Covered | 750,000 Miles Afoot in | That Period J Paul sW. Heller, mail carrier, is[ today celebrating the fact that he| has in effect just completed 30 com- | pleté trips around the world on foot, | without ever leaving the country. | He actually has been on the force 33 years, for 30 of which he was a regular. He joined the force September, 13, | 1897, as a substitute carrier. For this job he received a ¥ plus whatever he earned while actively substituting. He managed to obtain enough substitute work to earn a living. Oc- tober 1, 1900, he joined the force as a regular carrier and was assign- ed to the district covering Maple | street and intersections. For this job | he received $50 a month. Since that time he has seen that salary almost | Quadrupled. For several years he has been on the West Mgin street route. In his 30 veares as a regular mail (Continued on Page Twov) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair and slightly cooler to- night; slight frost; Thurs- day fair. | *| | section was sold out, | fore the game at 1:30 p. ILT 5 TO 2 LAST YEAR'S CHAMPS ROMP AWAY WITH VICTORY AT HOME BALL PARK T0 START 1330 BASEBALL FINALE [ Pitchers Who \LE FTY GRO\/E’ Started Game BURLEIGH GRIMES GHILL DAY GREETS BIG SERIES CROWD Bleachers Sell Out in Hour After Gate Opens POLICE TRY MANEUYERS Fans Appear For First Game In Heavy Overcoats — Loudspeakers Blare Forth Phonograph Music to Amuse Throng. shibe Park, Philadelphia, Oct. 1 (A—With a chill in the air more appropriate for football than base- ball, the clans gathered from far| and wide today to watch the Ath- letics begin the defense of the world’s championship against the St. Louis Cardinals, rampant pen- nant winners of the National League. The sun broke through a flock of lew flying black clouds by noon time, but the advance guard of the expected jam of 33,000 fans, in- cluding the president of the United | States, was bundled in overcoats and furs, It looked like the chilliest world series battle since Washington beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in near freez- ing weather at the national capital in 1925 % Early Rush for Seats Any doubt concerning a capacity attendance appeared dissipated by the early morning rush for the dol- |lar seats in the left field bleachers. Three thousand of them were put on sale shortly after 8 a. m. and in [Tittle more than an hour the entire four hours be- m. L\'en the temporary stands erect- on the roof tops of houses fac- mg the park on 20th \street were | nearlv tilled by cash customers to | > number of mearly 1,500. ’I‘ho world’s championship pen- nant of the A's flew from the cen- ter field flag pole but the only other | Adams. BOX-SCORE ST. LOUIS AB R o 0 0 o 0 0 H PO Douthit, cf. 00 Adams, 3b Frisch, 2b Bottomley, 1b Hafey, 1t Blades, rf Mancuso, ¢ . Gelbert, ss Grimes, p . *Pucenelli N Y Y Y occccococcold ATHLETICS AB R H .3 0 .4 1 3 1 Bishop, 2b Dykes, 3b Cochrane, ¢ Stmmons, 1f Foxx, 1b Miller, rf. Haas, cf Boley, ss. Grove, p 1 *—Batted for Grimes in 9th. Scare by lnnlng ' st. Louis Philadelphia. . Two base hits: Fri fey. Three base hits: Home runs: Simmons, Sacrifice hits: Miller, Struck out: By by Grove 5. SAUTTERS TO OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING DAY Kelsey Street Residents | Married Half Céntury Ago Tomorrow ..002 000 000—2 11010 101 11x—5 ch, Dykes, Ha- Foxx, Haas. Cochrane. Douthit, Grimes 6, Mr. and Mrs. John Sautter of 35 Kelsey street will observe the 50th anniversary of their wedding at their home on Thursday evening. Mr. and "Mrs. Sautter were mar- ried in Greenfield, Mass., and have ceremonial marks of the occasion | were the decorations above and be- | low the box to be occupied by Presi- | dent Hoover and his party of d tinguished government officials. Grove Warms Up The Athletics were first out on| |the ficld for practice and the great pitching mystery as to Con- nie Mack's choice of the flinger to oppose Burleigh Grimes of the Car- dinals seemed solved when Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove took part in | that time. | Alida E. made their home in this city since | have two children, Mrs. | Glasle of Adams street and Clarence E. Sautter of Kelsey street, | and two grandchildren, Norma El- | len Glasle and Robert John Sautter. | Mrs. Mary D. Koonz of Walpole, | Mass., will be a guest at the Saut- ter home on Thursday. Mrs. Koonz is a sister of Mrs. Sautter. They LEAD PRICE REDUCED New York, Oct. 1.—(#—The the batting drill. Grove was bundled in a heavy | (Continued on Page Two) | pany |from §.50 to American Smelting & Refining com- reduced the price of lead 5.35 cent a pound. [English Author Shot By Chinese; Long Center 1 (A—Ber-| an English- Tientsin, China, Oct. tram Lenox Simpson, !man also known as Putfam Weale, was shot last night by a group of Chinese who entered his house. He was taken to a hospital in a critical condition. A storm has revolved about Lenox Simpson for some time, as he was appointed commissioner of customs in the city when it was taken over by Yen Hsi-Shan, of the northern alliance now conducting a civil war. against the nationalist government. Lenox Simpson replaced Col. Hay- ley Bell, also a British subject. His | action formed the basis of a pro- test by the Chinese government to the British minister. of Tientsin Strife turesque figure who has American connections by both descent and marriage. His grandmother was Sarah Hollis Putnam, a grand- daughter of General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary war fame, and in 1917 he married Mary Louise Par- rott of San Francisco. His first notoriety came shortly after the siege of Peiping, then known as Peking, through publica- tion of a book called “Indiscreet Letters From Peking.". The book criticized diplomats and other offi- cials for their conduct during the trouble. From that time on he frequently was in the Orient “and last Junc !ing President Hoover. | plate Slmmons Homer In Fourth for Philadel- phia Starts Winners Toward Lead-Double Adds to Advan By Scoring Andther Tally for Team. Pitching Duel Turhs to Easy Victory as Haas Triples and Sacrifice Scores Him—Boley Exe- cutes Tight Squeeze Play for Score. Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Oct. 1 (AP)—Setting a world series record, the world’s cham- pion Athletics combed Bur- leigh Grimes for five hits, all for extra bases, and converteds them all into runs to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5 to 2 in the opening game of the cham- pionship battle today, before a crowd of 32,295 fans, includ- Although the National leaguers slammed Robert Moses . Grove, southpaw ace of the A's for a total of nine safe hits, they were able to score ja iouly one inning while the world champions made every hit off Grimes count. Home runs by Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane, triples by George Haas and Jimmy Foxx, plus & rous- ing double by Jimmy Dykes com- | bined to start the Athletics off tri- umphantly in their fight to retain the world baseball championship. Al Simmons' home run over the right field wall in the fowrth inning and a two base drive against \the center field stands in the sixth by Jimmy Dykes, scoring Max Bishop, enabled the American leaguers $> overhaul their rivils in the pitching duel between Bob'Grove, southpaw ace of the A's, and the veteran Bur- leigh Grimes, spitball artist. These two spurts overcame the advantage registered by the Cardi- nal¥ when they rapped Grove in the third for four hits and & pair of| runs. Excitement in Sixth The sixth innning produced the most excitement of the game as Grimes fought to stave off the at- tack of the A's. With one out, Bishop walked and raced all the way home on Dykes' wallop to distant spaces for a double. The St. Louis pitcher kicked vigorously on a deci- sion by Umpire Moriarty behind the but nevertheless retired Cochrane on strikes, Simmons was purposely passed to the accompani- ment of a roar of booes from the crowd but it was good strategy as Foxx was & strikeout victim for the second straight time, ending the inning. The Cardinals had obtained = six hits in as many innings off grove, while Grimes limited the A's to three extra base blows. In both the fourth {and fifth, Cardinal base runners got as far as second but failed to ad- vance any further. Again, in the first half of the seventh inning, Grove was pulled out of a hole by some great infield work by Boley and Bishop as two more Cardinal hits went to waste. A crowd of close to 33,000, the parks eapacity, including President Hoover and a distinguished party of government officials, gathered to see the Major League champions open the classic battle for supremacy with their two acknowledged hurling aces |in action, Mack's selection of the great Grove, leading pitcher of baseball for 1930, ended days of ispeculation and any prospect that the veteran pilot of the A's contemplated a sur- prise choice. This time the surprise was that Mack decided on what the experts considered was a logical selection. Whether it was the chilly weather, making topcoats extremely comfor- table, or the fact that a World ser- ies in Philadelphia had become an old story, the big crowd manifested nothing like the enthusiasm mark- ing the return of the A's to the heights of baseball a year ago. Crowd Still Coming. The stands at game time, were not quite filled to capacity but fans were still pouring through the turn- stiles. On top of the roofs of houses facing the park, outside right-center field, approximately 2,600 additional customers looked on from tempo- again came into the public eye after Bertram Lenox Simpson is a pic- (Continued on Page Two), (Continued on Page Two)