New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1930, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1930. CLAIM FLIMFLAN BY OB AGENCY New Britain Unemployed Re- ported Duped at Hartford Bureau Tailure yesterday marked the first attempt of Harry E. Mackenzie, state labor commissioner, to quiz an employment agency ~operator in Hartford on charges that the job service had been exploiting the un- employed, when department opera- tives found the agency closed and its manager missing. . Local police have a warrant for Barney Kleebatt, one of the pro- prictors of the Keystone Employ- ment Exchange, charging him with obtaining money under false pre- tenses. Some 30 complaints have heen made to police, most of them from New Britain people, who claim they made deposits ranging from $5 to $12 with Kleebatt but that the| promised jobs were not forthcom- ing when they called at the ad- dresses furnished by Kleebatt. James Burke, 38 Belden street, a partner in the agency, said he in- vested $500 in the exchange on Au- gust 18. Mackenzie said he would continue the investigation and would also probe additional complaints which have come to him since his an- nouncement that he was going to probe the employment agencies. TRAINING SCHOOL TERM WILL OPEN Community Leadership Course to Be Resumed October 20 The New Britain Codncil of Reli- gious education at its first meeting for the fall announced the opening of the first semester of the fifth year of the Community Leadership Training School, conducted by the New Britain council on Monday, Oc tober 20, and continuing s sive Monday evenings. The school is open to teachers and officers of Sunday and weekday church schools, to young people preparing for leadership in the fleld of re gious cducation and to parents, re gardless of church affiliation. Three courses will be offered in the school this autumn. The first is a course on “The Study of the New tament” and will be taught by the Rev. Harold B. Hunting of the United Church, New Haven. Rev. Mr. Hunting is an unusually able teacher and a man who has written extensively and prepared cours use in religious edu Story of the Bible,” Pioneers of Good Will,” and several books have | come from his pen. This will be the first time that Mr. Hunting has ap- peared as a member of the faculty of the New Britain Training School. His ability as a teacher of religious subjects assures a large enrollment in this course. The second course to be offered is a course on “Materials and Methods of the Junior Department,” includ- ing grades four to six inclusive, and will be taught by Miss Edith Wel- Xer, the secretary of the Hartford County Council of Religious Educa- tion. The third course to be offered will be a course on “The Principles of Christian Service” and will be taught by the Rev. J. Roy Wilker- son, pastor of the Kirst Congrega- tional Church in Plainville, who has specialized in the ficld of religious education at Yale Divinity School. All classes will hold two sessions on cach of the six evenings of the | semester and credit will be awarded toward the diploma of the Interna- tional Council of Religious Educa- tion. The sessions of the school will be held in the South Congregational Church, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. nrollment should be completed one week prior to the opening of the school. Miss Cora Graulich of Trin- ity Methodist Church is the registrar and Rev. Alfred D. Heininger of the First Congregational Church the dean. 190 in Vacation School Other features of this first session of the New Rritain council were the reports of committees and depart- ment superintendents. The Vacation School committee reported an en- rollment in the Vacation Church schools held during the summer just past of 190. An unusual interest was manifest in the outdoor school held in Stanley Quarter park under the leadership of Miss Estella Dick- inson and Mrs. Charles Laughton. Demand for increased facilities for such summer school activities has been general as a result of the ex- periment made this summer. Mis Amy Clowes, of the Hartford School of Religious <Education, was in charge of the Vacation Schools. Mr. Oscar A. Marsh, chairman ‘of the council committee, made the report. | The coming of Miss Margarct Slattery to address the young peo- ple of New Britain on Tuesday, No- vember 25, was announced as a part of the fall program of the young peoples’ ( divisions in cooperation with sev&'al of the local churches. The young peoples’ divisions arc headed by Rev. Wm. H. Alderson and Rev. Theodore S. Dunn. Rev. Theodore A. Greene, presi- dent of the Connecticut Council of Rellgious Education, presented the financial problems of the state or- ganization and by vote of the coun- cil a one hundred per cent increa in the contribution made to the stat. work by the local council was adopt- ed for the year beginning next Feb- ruary. Reports of Vacation Church school activity in Plainville and Kensington were made by Miss Mc- Conn and Mrs. Williams. A live in- terest in these schogls wus most evident in both communitie Rev. Theodore S. Dunn, president of the local council, presided. Men outnumber women by about 9,000,000 in India, the male popu- than double the female. lation of Calcutta alone being ml)n‘,l An Old City Items Miss Georgia Thomson of this city has been elected captain of the cro- quet team at Abbot academy, An- dover, Mass, “How to study” is the problem ! members of the three Central Junior High, school classes are reviewing this week. This morning the seventh | grade group listened to five student | speakers talk on the subject. They were Sherma Avery, Eunice Mann, Thelma Crozier, Herbert Williams and Wallace Howe. The Polish Political club, No. 1, will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 at the Falcon hall on Beaver street. | Rev. E. E. Adams, who is directo; of the Assyrian mission at the South church, spoke on the work of |the mission at a meeting of the | Women's council of the Congrega- ional church in Winsted this after- noon. | MOREGAN INDIANS BEGIN STATE SUIT |Seek $1,000,000 From Connecti- cut in Grave Desecration Norwich, Oct. 1 (UP)—Descend- ants of the Mohegan Indians and their famous chief, Uncas, have filed | suit for $1,000,000 against the state of Connecticut, the attorney general, | x |the city and town of Norwich and several other defendants, charging desecration of the graves of their forbears in a 16-acre cemetery reservation near here. The action, based on the com- | plaint that part of the cemetery had been divided up into building lots, was brought by Edyth B. Gray, of Groton, and others, as heirs of law | of Chief Uncas. | The complaint allegas t! |acre reservation in Norwich, dedi- | cated as a burial ground for Mohe- | a “16- gans and heirs had been fitted out with monuments where their dead have been buried; yet, notwithstand- ing the rights of the heirs in this | property, the defendants have de- faced, removed and destroyed the monuments.” This section of Connecticut was once the stamping ground of the Mohegans, and today the name of their chief, Uncas, is kept alive in advert on hot dog stands and filling sta S. YOUTH ARRESTED VITHOUT LICENSE | Officer Also Claims Markers Be- long fo Another Car | Joseph Myska was arrested just before noon today on Broad street by Officer Veley on a charge of driving without a license, and not having in his possession a registra- tion. Hardly had he been booked on the above charge than Walter Wisk the alleged owner of the car stepped into the station house to find out | where his car had gone. He was | questioned as to the location of the | registration and when he finally ad- mitted he had none he too fell into | the toils. | Investigation brought out that | markers being used on the car were meant for some car other than the one Myska was driving. |-~ Myska who is 21 years old and |lives at 342 High street, was imme- | diately locked up and Wisk was held | awaiting-a bondsman who later ar- | rived and arranged for his freedom. | Wisk, who also stated he was 21 | years old and lived at 24 Dor | street, was released on bonds of $50 | pending his appearance in police codrt tomorrow morning where he [will be charged with having no | registration and with driving a car with improper markers. . The police are investigating as to whether Myska's driving license has {ever been returned by the commis- | sioner of motor vehicles. following |its suspension in July of last year. |Moore Resigns Position In Norwalk Investigation Norwalk, Oct. 1 (A—The resigna- tion of Dr. William J. Moore, one of the three democratic justices of th> peace named yesterday under sec- tion 851 of the general statutes to probe the financial affairs of the republican city administration and the postponement of this atternoon’s session of the probers until Saturday morning, were the latest moves in Norwalk's newest political turmoil. Dr. Moore gave pressure of bus ness as his reason for resigning. H. is succeeded by Edward E. Mead, a former town selectman, and a prom- inent democratic worker. The %n- | vestigating committee now cos 5 |of Mead, and Attorneys John J. Far- rell and Henry Klein. In announcing the postponement |of today's meeting, the democratic leaders stated that summonses will [be issued to department heads: in |the next few days inviting their presence at Saturday's session. Republican leaders, who were available today continued non-com- mittal. TO COMPLETE JURY Litchfield, Oct. 1 (UP)—Selection of a jury to hear the joint trial of | Domenic Chiarello and Theodoro | Adamo, both of Torrington, charged | with the murder of Antonio Russo. | was evpected to be completed tada | Only cne new juror wz chaosen out of 45 talesmen examined yesfor- | day, beinging the number in the jury |box to ten. Examination of tales- |imen hegan a week ago yesterday. RECHENBERG TO SING Twederick Rechenberg, bari- tone soloist, will sing several num- bers at a social hour to be held fol- lowing the meeting of the Knights of Pythias Friday night. He will b2 accompanied on the piano by Ben- |jamin Fairclough. Numbers he will isin;: include: “Monthly Rose” and |Briar Rose” by Eulenberg; —and World Serenade” by Meyer Hulmund. IN NGRTGAGE SUIT {Richman Sues Schupack Estate ! . in Foreclosure Action Property on Hart street has been attached, a receiver of rents has | been placed in charge of the large block at the corner of Main and Comm ial streets, a superior court order from Judge Yeomans prevents | transfer of stock, and reports are current that money in banks and automobiles may be garnisheed in | what is believed to be the largest foreclosure suit in recent years. The suit is being brought by Emanuel | Richman against the Morris Schu- | pack estate on a mortgage note that has peen reduced from $97,000 to | 1 $89,000. Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz and Constable John Recor worked on the suit late yesterd afternoon and the papers involving the real state were filed after 5 o'clock. Attorney Harry H. Milkowitz is counsel for the plaintiff and Isaac Milkowitz has been appointed re- ceiver by Judge Allyn Brown. Mr. Richman holds a mortgage given on May 28, 19 and until June 1, 193 it was reduced $8,000. There is a prior mortgage of $70,000 held by the Burritt Mutual Savings Bank mong the matters asked is foreclosure, receiver of rents, pos- session, deficiency judgment and in- | junction. The property includes three stores or. Main street and one on Commer- cial street. The annual income from | these and from offices upstairs has been estimated at $10,000. The block was originally sold by Rich- man to Henry and Lena Schu bLut they transferred it to the Schu- | pack estate six months ago. There jis much property in the Morris Spupack Estate Corp., but this will not be cted by the suit. The Schupack building across the street which includes offices of many prof: ional men is not in- volved in the action. However, the plaintiff asks the court to issue an order ecnjoining Lena and Henry Schupack from transterring any of their interest in the corporation. WITNESSES TESTIFY INCATSKILL CRASH New Britain Motorists Meet on| Mountain for First Time The famous Johnson-Johnson au- | tcmobile accident on the Rip Van | Winkle trail in the Catskill moun- tains reached its aftermath in superior court yesterday when a $5, 000 suit of Mary Kelch and a §10,- 000 suit of Edith Johnson against | Elmer Johnson of this city were heard before Judge Lrnest L. Simp- son. He reserved decision. The peculiar angle to the acci-| 1 dent was the fact that two New Britain people, in different automo- biles, met for the first time when | their cars crashed hundreds of | miles from their homes. | The accident occurred on Novem- | ber 29, 1929. Misses Kelch and Johnson were in an automobile, | operated by Thomas Callan, and were proceeding down the mountain between the cities of Cairo and Windham when a car owned by Ilmer Johnson, also of this city, proceeded in the opposite direc- tion. The crash came at a curve and Miss Johnson claimed a severe bruise of the right leg. Miss Ketch's injuries wete more serious. She claims injury to her back, and side and a bruise on the left side of the forehead. Miss Kelch was a teacher at the Sacred Heart school at the time of the accident but she is now living in New York state. There were many witnesses from that state who testified at the hearing, among them a commissioner of public welfare who was near the scene of the accident. Attorney Francis B. Keeler repre sented Miss Kelch and Judge Sam- uel L. Rosenthal represented Miss Johnson. Prohibiarf-‘aces Great Test, Leaders Assert Waghington, Oct. 1 (UP)—The be- lief that prohibition is facing its greatest test in the November elec tions was expressed by church lead- | ers today in issuing, through the | Christian Herald, a call to set aside | November 2 the Sunday before elec- | tion day, as “Christian Citizenship | Sunday.” | The call was signed by the moder- | ators of Protestant denominations, the officials of the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. “Back to this call,” said the an- nouncement, *is the conviction that the churches which brought prohibi- tion to pass are challenged now as they have not been challenged before to maintain it.” The Christian Herald appeal said, | in part: “The drive to destroy the 18th amendment and restore the regu- lated liquor traffic has assumed un- | precedented proportions. That drive will not be turned back unless the Christian citizenship of the nation is aroused to turn it back at the polls.” | PRIEST TO OBSERVE JUBIL Norwalk, Oct. 1 (—The Very Rev. Eugene Phelan, C. § B, provincial of the Holy Ghost Fath- ers, will celebrate the golden jubilee of his priesthood in the community chapel of the Seminary of the Or- | der, at Ferndale, West Norwall, Tuesday, October 7. At the solemn high mass which he will celebrate, the Right Rev. John J. Nilan, D. 1., bishop of Hartford, will deliver an appropriate addre Other mem- bers of the hierachy and very many | members of the clergy, both secular and regular, have signified their in- ‘ tention of being present. At least four bishops are expected to attend the celebration, which will | extend over a period of three days, | in Norwalk and at the Holy Ghost | novitiate in Ridgefield. 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