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XT ESTABLISHED 1870 == OCTOBER 6, 1930. —EIGHTEEN PAGES Average Daily Circulation h Week End.mg Oct. 4th 15,270 PRICE THREE CENTS THO STOWAWAYS ABOARD R-101, ONE Gl NATIONS PROBE AIR CRASH EODY-GLAVER POST British Official Admits at Least One Unauth- orized Person on Ill- Fated Dirigible— Weman’s Shoe Found In Wreckage. Loss of Life at Least 48— Survivors. _'Say 58 on Ship Instead of 54—+No Rea-| son for Accident Dis-| covered—Terrific Storm Raging, Some Assert. Beauvais, France, Oct. 6.—(P— While vigorous investigatiops were under way today into the loss of 4§ lives in the mysterious wrecking of the world's largest dirigible airship. the British R-101, near hear early Sunday, a warship was on its way | today to France to bear home to sorrowing England the bodies of | the victims. {OLD WAR SONGS ARE SUNG | Hardware City and Hartford Renew | Despite the most searching exam- Inations by officials of both Britain and France; it was announced this | ecvning that not a single body as yet had been identified. Everything, even to the smallest trinkets, found at the scene of the diaster, today were enclosed with thg charred | hodies in cofins and prepared for | removal to Boulogne where at 11 o'clock tomorrow.morning they will be embarked for London. French and British officials work- ed in closest cooperation in their efforts to solve the puzzle of how the R=361-met her fatc in the hours of darkness as she sailed over France, some 50 miles north of Paris yester- day morning. One Stowaway Aboard The presence of one stowaway and the possibility o two aboard the craft was admitted late today by Air Commander John Holt, who headed the British investigating committee. Whether this . would change earlier figures of\the num- ber of dead and those aboard the left to further official an- nts. Previous figures had °d the victims at 43, one of them possibly a woman, 4nd the whole number of souls aboard the R-101 at 54. This announcement dis- agreed with reports of survivors who insisted there were 58 persons aboard, of whom only 8 were saved, one of the rescued dying at dawn to- day. Police said 47 bodies had been taken out of the ruins of the ship, to which list was added the name of W. G. Radcliffe, a rigger. Discover Woman’s Shoe Delving into the twisted wreckage, the investigators this afternoon | found a woman’s shoe. This gave | > {o the belief that a woman aboard. The finding of | the shoe caused a dramatic pause in | the efforts of police emergency | workers and was followed by the admission of the British air com- mander that the owner of the shoe may have been one of twd stow- aways aboard the dirigible. Survivors, including the pilot at the moment of the disaster, H. J. Leach, engineer of the royal air- (Continued on Page Three) 130 TOWN ELECTIONS BEING HELD TODAY Middletown Offers Only Mayoralty Race—Other Contests Close 6 (P—The ‘an- elections were New Haven, Oct. rual “small-town” being held today. Voters in 130 of the 169 towns cast their ballots for town officers which are expected to find the re- publicans remaining in control in the majority of municipalities. There is only one mayoralty is- suetobe decided. In Middletown Muyor Frederick J. Rielefield, dem- ocrat, is seeking relection agai Councilman Richard MylchreeSt, republican. A split in the democrat ronks, republicans say, will help them. There were many ted fights \ the town campaigns all over local issues. State '.adegs were watching the results to see if any unusual trend which might have a hearing on state elections, might develop, ‘Two of the most bitterly fought campaigns were to come to an end in Stamford and Windham. In the latter town republicans were hopeful, with Town Clerk ¥rank P. Fenton, incumbent for 31 | petitive drills here Wednesday. | the war songs were sung lustily. | and Rockville delegations joined the | ageregations soon forgot their dif- | car while making a one-man raid on | convention pulled out |ably quartered in two Pullman cars (Continued on Page Two), RL, IS RUMOR; DELEGATES IN HUB New Britain Group Has Noisy! Trip to Convention Ancient Hostilities On Way to! | Boston — No Sleep Until Morning Hours Today. Early | (Special to the Herald) . Boston, Oct. 6.—After a noisy trip aboard the Connecticut special, the main body of the delegation from Eddy-Glover post of New Britain to the national convention of the American Legion, arrived in the Hub | shortly before 5 o’'clock this morn- | ing. Few, if any, of the 54 men on the two New. Britain Pullmans got lo.leep before 3 o'clock although Major Howard Mitchell, leader of the Eddy-Glover Post Drum and Bugle corps, kept roaming through the train in an attempt to get the members of the band to bed by 10 o'clock in order that they might be in condition to take part in the com- Starting at New Britain, all of In Hartford the Hartford, Manchester train. A near riot occurred where the ancient clash between Hartford and New Britain cropped up. Both ferences and were fast friends be- fore the trip was very old. One by one as 3 otclock ap= proached, they dropped to sleep and tumult turned to quiet. “Suddenly Police Sergeant Thomas J. Feeney found that his bunk was still to be made up and he awoke the entire the porter's quarters. Everybody was routed out about 6:30 o'clock this morning. More than 1,000 Legionnaires from Con- necticut were registered today at department headquarters in the Hotel Statler. More than 100 of these were from New Britain. Among the casualties were War- ren Madden, a lost suit case and two left shoes; Carl Nelson, a stubbed toe from a sortie out of his bunk in the wee hours, and Owney Gal- lagher, a pair of trousers miseitig. Friends may communicate with New Britain Legionnaires during theiw, stay in Boster by sending messages to Connecticut headquar- ters at the Statler. AIl men are registered there. Leave City Bgfore Midnight At exactly 11:53 last night, Sec- tion One of tMe “Connecticut Spe- al” bearing the main body of New | Britain’s delegation to the national f the New Fifty-four of Eddy- were comfort- Britain railroad station. Legionnai members Glover post, No. 6, on the train and exuberant voices were heard chanting “All we do is sign the payroll,” *“Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous” and a few other num- bers that reached the height of their popularity in 1918. The special was made up in New Britain which was its starting point. Id Haetford, three cars filled with Legionnaires from the Capital City and one from Manchester, were coupled on and the train steamed away into the night bearing part of Connecticut's 3,000 members to the annual gathering of former war vet- erans from every part of this coun- (Continued on Page Two) THE scdRE BY INNINGS 1 23456789T0tal 1 CARDINALS | PACK R. R. STATIONS AS PRIEST DEPARTS Throngs Gather to Say Goodbye fo Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski | {LEAVES FOR TRIP ABROAD| Crowds At New Britain and Berlin Wish Pastor of Sacred Heart | Church Godspeed — Ask Him to Return to City. As a token of friendship which started many years ago Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, re- ceived a gold watch valued at 3200, from Charles F. Smith, chairman of the hoard of di- rectors of the Landers, Frary .& Clark. The presentation was made personally by Mr, Smith Satur- day afternoon when he visited the pastor at the rectory to wish him bon voyage. Rev. Father Bojnowski and Mr. Smith have been close friends for years. At the moment of his depacture for New York, from which point he will sail to South America and Europe on October 10, Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of Sacred Heart church for the ‘gast 35 years, was REV. LUCYAN BOJNOWSKI begged by about 400 parishioners, who had gathered at the Berlin sta- tion last night to bid him farewell, to return to this city after he had completed his visit abroad. Stating that only his Maker knew | whether he would return, Rev. Ffather Bojnowskl boarded the h‘alll‘ and facing the crowd, gave his last benedictiony in Latin, “I bless you all in the name of God and the Hoiy Ghost.” Approximately 3,000 members of the parish gathered yesterday aft- ernoon at 5:30 at the rectory on Qrange street while about half that number awaited his arrival at the New Britain railroad station, In an effort to get a last glimpse of the pastor. On learning that a large group of parishioners was at the station Rev. Father Bojnowski abandoned the| plan previously made to_travel by | automobile to Berlin being instead (Continued on Page Two) New Brazil Revolt As More States Join Insurgents Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 6 (P— The Brazilian revolutionary move- ment, headed by a Francisco Flores Da Cuna, today claimed that seven states had joined in the fight agamst the government of President Wash- ington Luis and the president-elect, Julio Prestes. A message from Da Cunha, who is at Santa Ana Da Livramente, said: “Our movement has gone forward rapldly in Rio Grande Do Sul, whera cities and federal garrisons are supporting us. Fifth Area Joins “The president of the state, Getu- lio Vargas, informs me that the fitith military area, containing Parana and Santa Catarina, has joined us. The states of Piahuy, Ceara, Rio Grande Do Norte, Parahyba, Per- nambuco, and Minas Geraes also have come over to the revolution, which has been victorious in all of them. We lack advices for-the mo- ment from Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo.” Other advices here enamating principally from the border town éf Rivera, say that the revolutionists have conscripted every man be- Gains Strength tween 21 and 35 to aid in making war on the Washington Luis ad-| mhistration, and that an army is being formed to move upon Sao Paulo, great seaport and coffee ex- porting center. Insurgent leaders in both Ria Grande Do Sul and Minas Geraes were said today to hdve refused to accept peace offers put them by the Rio De Janeiro government. Re- ports that Getulio Vargas, president of the state of Rio Grande Do Sul and liberal candidates for the presi- dency in the elections last spring was said to have been recognized as head of the belligerent government by Argentina’s provisional president, General Uriburu, but the Argentine administration denied this. Admits Part of Rebellion Rio De Janeiro dispatches said that the government admitted that part of the Brazilian navy had gone over to the insurgents. The Brazilian congress allowed President Washington Luis $10,000,- 000 with which to attempt to sup- press fhe revolt, which, sinee its in- | Buda. Eckener Will Take Zep to North Pole Leispic, Germany, Oct. 6 () — The newspaper Neue Leipsiger Zeitung today quotes Dr. Hugo Eckener, Graf Zeppelin comman- der as saying that he has decided to accept an invitation to lead a Zeppelin expedition to the north pole. The death of Dr. Fridtjof Nan- sen this summer left the proposed expedition® leaderless and Dr. Eckener hesitated when asked to take his place. He was strongly urged by Prof. Ludwig Weick- mann of the University of Leipsic, who is directing meteorological preparations for the flight and will go with the expedition, whereupon Dr. Eckener said he agreed to lead the polar adven- ture. ._._.v__—.—-l NEW BRITAIN AN HIT-RUN VICTIM John Buda Fatally Injured on Greens Farms nghway NEW YORK DRIYER HELD Hartford Avenue Man Meets Death ‘While Walking Home From Me- tropolis Where He Had Been Seeking Work in Vain. Delith came last night at the Nor- walk hospital to John Buda, 50, of 91 Hariford avenue, this city, was struck by automobile Greens Farms Saturday night while an in |he was walking to his home from New York. where he had made an unsuccessful search for work. Louis DeCarlo, 22 129 Mott 2, of street, is said to have confessed to the state police that he was driving the automobile which fatally injured He is held under 2 honds for a hearing in the Westport “|town court next Monday. H|L~ Man and Speeds Off Buc roadsid o'clock when at a touring car carry ing DeCarlo and several friends, Whisked past. The police claim that the machine struck Buda, him into the air and sped away Buda struck on his head on the con- crete pavement and sustained a frac- ture of the skull. He was removed | to Norwalk hospital where he died last night. scidusness. His wife had been noti- fied and was at his bedside when he expired. Confesses After Grilling After Buda had been hit. the tomobile disappeared into the night but the state police were given a description of the car and DeCarlo and the others were detained for questioning-in Stratford, word of the accident having been broadcast by telephone. At first DeCarlo denied knowledge (Continued on Page 15.) AGREES T0 PROVIDE HOME FOR AGED MAN. Thiede Accepts , Property and Pledges Shelter for Zaehler By the terms of recorded with the v clerk today, William Thiede of Cherry street promises to provide a home and care for Oswald Zaehler, an aged friend, an ! during the lifetime of the latter, who | will convey to Thiede two parcels of | land and buildings, with the under- standing that if either of the parties to the agreement failed to carry out | its terms, damages of $5,000 shall be paid to the other. Mr. Zaehler has been living with Mr. Thiede for about two years, it | was said at the latter's home today, but never had a written agreement as to any consideration. In order that fthere might not be any dispute or complications, both affixed their sig- natures to the agreement, which is as follows: “This agreement, made the fourth day of October, 1930, between Os- wald Zaehler of New, Britain, county of Hartford, state of Connecticut, of the first part, and William Thiede of New Britain, county of Hartford, of the second part: Witnesseth, that the said Oswald Zaehler in cons of the agreement of the party of the second part hereinafter contained. contracts and agrees to and with the | ception last week, has grown stead- iy . B (Continued on Page Fifteen), who | | sengers although tossed | He failed to regain con- | au- | agreement deration | oooommaooo “, ' MACK'S NINE RALLIIES AFTER STINGING | DEFEATS TO AGAIN TAKE LEAD TOD IN BATTLE FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EIGHT LOSE LIVES | NAIRPLANE CRASH Luithansa Ship Meets With Mishap While Landing \ |PROBE CAUSE OF TRAGEDY' Two Women Among 'AQose \nwl Perish When Plane Crashes on | Moorlands Near Dresdeh While | Preparing to Make Landing. | | Berlin, Oct. 6.—(®—Eight persons | were killod when a Lufthansa pas- | senger plane bound from Berlm for | Vienna crashed on the moorlands | near Dresden. The plane carried a pilot, a mechanic and six passengers. The plane was scheduled to land | | at Dresden at 9:50 a. m., but fell | { shortly before for some undetermin- | | ed cause in the midst of the nearby | | moorlands. | The Lufthanga said that the dys» | aster occurred”just as the mach | was preparing to make a ghdmgt | descent down to the Dresden land- | ing place. Some of the passengers still showed signs of life when | found. Two women perished in the acci- | | dent; their names were given as Fraulein Blumel and 'Frau Graefe. ames of the other four dead pas- sengers are Blackyell, Foeldes, | Knittel, and Kuehnelt, | The pilot was Erich Pust, who had been long in the service of | Lutthansa. Max Lange was the | mechanic. It was not known whether, the | passenger named Bldckwell, 'who | was en route from here to Prague | was an American or an English- man. | Cause Unknown Cauge of the disaster had not been ascertained. The weather was per- | fect for flying. There were no clouds | helow 2,000 feet and there was visi- I bility for six miles. The plane was preparing a regular landing when, | said, it disappeared | behind a tree-covered hill. The plane was of a type which | has been a long time in the Lufthan- ervice. 1t accommodated 15 pas- only six were aboard today. P. W. Blackwell was a British busins man of Shanghai, traveling from Hamburg to Prague. All others | aboard were Germans or Austrians. ‘F‘rau Graefe was wife of the Luf«: ‘(I|¢nva. representative at Sofia. The plane was bound from Berlin IKD Prague, to Vienna. Seven of the eight occupants died instantly, and the eighth as he was being taken to a hospital. | | The airplane was motored with one motor. It capacity was 10 pas- | sengers and two crew men .It had been in service just over two w Other planes of the same tvpe are used mfainly as freight carri The wrecked machine bore the number D1930; which originally had | been asgigned to the DO-X but) withdrawn when the Dornier com- mander Friedrich Christiansen re- fused to pilot the giant plane if it {carried a number whose digits to- | talled 13. The DO-X now carries the | number D1929. | LABOR LEADERS WILL HEAR HOOVER SPEAK |President to Address Fed- | i | " eration—Convention Opens Today Boston, Oct. § (M—The American | Federation of Labor opened its 50th annual convefftion here today, and after completing the preliminaries of organization and listening to a brief | address by its president, Willlam R. Green, adjourned to await the ap- pearance before it this afternoon of | President Hoover. The president, who addressed the opening session of the American Le- | gion’s national convention at the Boston arena during the forenoon, was to appear before the federation for his second address in Boston to- day at 3 p. m | Aside from the formalities of the | opening session, addresses of wel- come by Governor Frank G. Allen of | | (Continued on Page Two) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: air, continued cool tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy. | I | | ¥ | | | | | | Ll | ————————— r | the republican nomination as repre- | sentatives was in full swing today, | following | Thursday of this week. | and, | picked them | ot all sorts of slurs and punsanent | his judgment in naming the Cardin- | als as the team | respondent e Neighborhood Fight Leads to Shootings Bridgeport, Oct. 6 (#) — With Ralph Esposito under arrest on a charge of Wssault with intent to kill, police today were attempting to unravel a neighborhood shoot- ing in which Mrs. Fanny Co: tanzo, 48, and her brother, Felice Cristino. were wounded yesterday. Mrs. Costanzo was shot through the right arm and breast and was reported to be in a serious condi- tion. Cristino escaped with a || scalp wound. | Two other women *hecame em- | | broiled in the melee, which police | | s0M was started when Esposito || remonstrated over a beating given | | his boy by another, and were shot | | at, | ASSEMBLY PRIMAR HIGH SPOT OF WEEK Bengtson ngley Contest Over-| | shadows Other Polit wal Affairs | |BOTH SIDES GONFIDENT Representative Cancels Trip to Le- to Prepare for Battle Thursday to Retain Seat— but were not harmed. | Adams, 31 . gion Convention Heavy Vote Yot Expected. \ The Quigley-Bengtson contest for the announcement by Mayor Quigiey Saturday that he was backing his cousin, William J. Quig- ley, and Representative WiNam F. Lange, against Representative Thure | Bengtson. s Bengtson, who had planned ‘for | ‘weeks to attend the American Legion convention in Boston this week, can- celled his reservations and is busy- | Bishop, 2 | Cochrane, ¢ . BOX SCORE ATHLETICS E 0 Dykes, 3b 0 0 Simmons, If . 0 Foxx, 1b . Miller, rf . Haas, of . Boley, ss. ... Earnshaw, p. “Moore rove, p . [ 0 0 *—Batted for l)lrn:lll\\ in 8th. CARDINALS AB R 0 0 Douthit, cf Frisch, 2b Bottomley, b Hafey, If .... Watkins, rf .. Wilson, ¢ [ “Batted for Watkins in 9th. Score by innings: . 000000002—: | Cardinals ..... 000000000—0 Two base hit, Wilson; sacrifice hit, Grimes; bases on balls, Grimes 5, Earnshaw 2; struck out by Grimes 7, Earnshaw 5, Grove 2; double plays, Adams, Frisch, Bottomley. GANG GETS SILVER NEAR DANIELSON Athlnucs 5 Bandits Rob Truck Carrying| $50,000 Worth of Metal BIND DRIVER T0 BUMPER| ing himself in every way possible to1Five or Six Men Halt Auto on Hill, get out his vote at the primary on He is re- ported to have done. considerable work over the week-end and was confident today that he will be nom- inated. It is his intention to make: a fight in every ward, using automo- | biles to bring out the vote, and he has received assurances of support from influential republicans. Quigley Drive in Fifth Quigley's forces have been at work for the past few weeks and today were better prepared for the battle ot ballots, according to observers in touch with the situation. They will have a number of automobiles in the | x wards, although Quigley said to lay that his greatest drive will be in | the fifth ward, where he has lived since childhood. He has influentiai | backing exclusive of the support of Mayor Quigley, it is said, and he ex- pects to be victorious. | Commenting on the situation | ought about by his decision to en- | ter the primary, Quigley said he had been under the impression mu' Bengtson was not planning to seek | a renomination, otherwise he would | not have become a candidate, as he | bound to the front bumper of the | had no particular desire to stir up a | truck. The gunmen then loaded the | contest. | Bengtson, however, said | that reépdrts had been spread about | the city that he was to withdraw | in fact, efforts were made to | have him step aside for Quigley, but he refused point blank to do so. Do Not Expect Heavy Vote | There was considerable guessing today as to the size of the primary vote amd one prediction was that probably not more than 1,500 reg- istered republicans would take suf- ficient interest in the contest to cast a vote. In the primary between | (Continued on Page Fifteen) | geunmen early today | was ordered by | whom were armed, to leave the dri- | of Handy | Steal Bullion Shipped to Silver- | smiths—Scold riving Late—Escape In Two Cars. 6 (A—Five held truck driver, bound and gagged him | and escaped with bulk silver valued at $50,000, as reported by state po- | lice. Killingly, Oct The gunmen leaped upon the run- | ning board of the truck, the Byrolly Transportation Co., Waterbury, up Halles Hill about 5:30 o'clock. The driver, Cornelius A. Wing: 2 North Main street, Waterbury, the robbers, all of 39, of ver's seat. He was blindfolded while one ofythe gunmen drove the tru about a hundred yards up a dirt road. Bound to Front Bumper There Wines was gagged and silver, which was bound for dealers in Providence, R. I, into at least two automobiles and escaped. The silver was shipped by the firm & Harman of Bridgeport. It was taken from Bridgeport to ‘Waterbury Saturday -night, and Wines started out from the latter city at 1 a. m. today for Providence. Besides the silver the truck car- ried various other shipments, none of this was touched by the gunmen. Wines told state police (Continued on Page Fifteen) Two St. Louis Victories Restore Hoople’s Confidence In Hlmself By Major Amos A. “Home Run | Hoople. St. Louis, Oct. 5—Egad! My boys | have suddenly come into their own. | When those cocky Cardinals evened | the count in what I call “The Blue Ribbon Classic of the national pas- | time,” they accomplished a great deed for Major Hoople, who had to win. Prior to Sunday's baseball epic, your correspondent was the object likely to triumph. Now Aroomph! Wherever your cor- goes he can feel the glances of admiration and respect that are accorded him on all sides| by the idolizing populace. ext to your correspondent in the press box during the masterful ex- hibition of the hurler's art render- ed by Jesse Haines sat a young man from New York city, In almost every inning when the Athletics were taking their turh at the wick- et, the young man broke into fer- vid exclamations intended to convey the idea that “the pop-off’ was about to take place. Your corres- pondent asked what he meant by that. “De pop-off?” replied the | young man, “I mean doze guys are goin' to get to dis guy Haines plenty pretty soon.” ’ Hoople Vindieated Egad! Distressed as 1 was with his uncouth expression. I found myself forced to reply that 1 antl- cipated that no such “pop-off’ would occur. In which your cor- respondent was not far wrong, Haw gad, after the game I asked some of my colleagues of the fourth to identify the fellow who sat be- side me. They informed me to the effect - that he was a ball named Babe Ruth. Cheerio, then my gentle readers, until the morrow. Chauffeur for Ar- | or six | up a| owned by | of | as the driver was going | but | player |take up their | Foxx Hits Homer, Scor- ing Cochrane in Ninth After Hectic Score- less Innings—Eam- o/ shaw Yanked and Re- o | placed by Grove in Athletlcs Also Miss Won- derful Scoring Chance in Same Frame With Three On and On® Out—Both Teams Play Matchless Ball. Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, Oct. 6 (AP)—A ternfi’lc home run drive by Jimmy Féxx, hlgh |into the left field bleachers in |the ninth inning, with Coch~ rane on base, broke up a sen- sational pitching duel, gave the « the Cardinals and put the | Mackmen back in the lead for |the world’s championship to- |day. The series now stands |three games to two in their | favor. Earnshaw had held the Cards.to |one safe hit, a tirst inning single by | Adams, in the first six frames and | Grimes yielded only two hits, one |each by Cochrane and Foxx, while striking out five. | Both pitchers were a trifle wild at times, but each had great control in the pinches and they were recexv- |ing sparkling support. | A double play, started by Adams, cut off the A’s in the fifth inning |after Foxx had opened the inning | with a single through Gelbert. Earnshaw showed a world of |speed in the sixth when he fanned Adams and Bottomley, besides mak- ing a neat play on Frisch's bunt. It | was Bottomley’s seventh strikeout of | th® series. Both teams had chances to do something but failed in the seventh. | Dykes opened the A’s half with a | walk but Cochrane, Simmons and | Foxx, the “big three,” tailed to ad- vance him a foot® | With two out in the Cardinals’ half, Jimmy Wilson got a double on | drive to left center, making second when Haas threw wide to Bishop, pulling the latter off the bag. Gel- |bert was paid the compliment of, Noeing purposely passed and Grimes flied out to Haas in right center. First Inning—Cardinals Douthit up—Ball one, high. Ball two, inside. Strike one, called. Dout- hit bunted to Foxx and was out un- isted. Adams up—Adams singled to cen- ter on the first pitched ball. | Frisch up—Frisch lifted a fly ‘to | —_— (Continued on }Dagr‘ Two) EDWARD J. SHINNER - AND MRS. BOYD WED Widow of California Clergyman Bride of | Local\Manufacturer that he | At noon today Mrs. KElizabeth Jewett Boyd of Los Angeles, Calif. and Edward J. Skinner of New Brl('xu\ were married by Rev. A, E. \\\ln)n of Grafton, Mass.,, The wed- ‘dmg took place at the residence of Mr. Wilson, it having been the home of, Mrs. Boyd as a child. Her par- |ents, Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Pewett, are |well remembered in Grafton, whers Dr. Jewett was a practicing physi cian for many years. Soms years ago Mrs. Boyd left Grafton and | went to Detroit where she made her |home for some time but of late | vears has lived in California. There |she met and married Rev. Thomas ‘Bo\d D. D., pastor of the Presby- terian church at Fresno. After his |death Mrs. Boyd lived in Los An- | geles where she engaged in chugch |charitable and social activities. She is a member of the Ebell club of 1! .08 Angeles and other clubs there. Mr. Skinner is interested in man- ‘u(ac(urmg at New Britain and has |been assoicated with the Skinner |Chuck company in an official way |since the time of its organization "md is now chairman of the board. \ After an automobile trip they will residence in Maple | Hill where they will be at home to |their friends after December 3o Athletics a 2 to 0 victory over

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