New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1930, Page 1

News of the World y Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HE! Average Daily Week Ending Oct. 18th ... Circulation For 15293 ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 193¢. —TWENTY-SIX PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS W00DS ASKED T0 HEAD PRESIDENT'S EMPLOYMENT BODY Former New York Police Com- missioner Called Upon by Hoover in Economic Crisis EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PROGRAM IS EXPECTED Man Chosen in Charge of 1921 Hard- ing Inquiry—Congress to Be Asked to Remove Obstacles to Building Advances—War Department Splits Up Work to Help Twice as Many Jobless, ‘Washington, Oct. 21 (A—Arthur Woods, former police commissioner of New York city, who was in charge of unemployment work on President Harding’s commission in 1921, today was asked by President Hoover to assume charge of the organization which is being created to relieve suffering during the winter. The administration today was said definitely to be prepared to ask con- gress to remove restrictions upon federal public work already provid- d for over a period of years and to permit this work to go forward at onc Expects Extensive Program While President Hoover believes the country will be able to take care of the situation during the winter, he expects Mr. Woods to develop an extensive organization to create em- ployment, in cooperation with the cabinet committee which the presi- ‘dent today called into session. The government's estimates of un- employment have been fixed at ap- | proximately #500,000, but Mr. Hoov- er does not believes this figure rep- rosents the actual burden upon the ntry. he United States, it was cntend- has a normal unemployed total approximately 1,000,000, consist- ing mostly of those who are not sceking work or else are shifting from one job to another and are not without some income. The census also shows an average of one and ihree-quarters breadwinners per tamily so that the total families without any course of income is ylaced by the government below the actual unemployed total. Appropriations Extended The government has extended vir- tually all of its appropriations for public works, amounting to approxi- Jnately $55,000,000 and is planning 10 ask congress to permit greatly in- creased expen’ ures so as to give increased emp!l rnicnt. Mr. Woods, also organized after the war a committee for plac- ing veterans in jobs, is expected to come to the capital immediately to undertake development of the relief vrogram. He is to work with the committee of six cabinet mer ind Governor Meyer of the cserve b who federal . said the staggering system of cmployment would be one of the major activi- ties of the government for relieving the situation. A general plan for encouraging the ‘“staggering” of employment throughout the country to provide work for a greater number of per- sons was indicated by Secretary Hurley, to have been discussed at the first meeting of the cabinct com- mittec. War Department Plan Phe war depar he ready has initiat flood control WoIk bhelow Louis, increasing the number of men pro- vided with some income while cut- ting slightly the income of each. By employing 2,000 men for three days a week instead of 1,000 for six days & week a meal ticket would be provided at least for all of them,” he said. He added the department expect- ed to spend all available money Jooking to employment of additional persons. 1 said al- in BRUZAS UNDER BON FOR MANSLAUGHTER Katauskas Dies of Injuries From Being Hit by Automobile bersd j, Total Eclipse Brings Fame to Tiny ljacifii: Isle | | | { OU ISLAND 2 3 NIUAF i “Pin Can” lsland ows it today as map shows. from the (lower isle. Dr. Stanley THE EDGE ) out in the Pacific gets its share of fame when the solar eclipse shad Mitchell (top, left,) h ads the scientific p which will observe ¥ BRAZILIAN PLANES BOVBARD ENEMY el Heavy Rains Halt Activities | Somewhat in Some Areas B STATE JOINS REBRLS | « | Ifberal Leader, Getulio Head of Revolutionary Movement, tyba, Parana. | Rio De Janeiro, Oct. 21 (B—Al- |though heavy rains during the past few [of military forces on all federal the |against the government have been |extremely active since Sunday. Federal planes have been recon- noitering the insurgent positions i:md have been bombarding the ene- {my wherever opportunity afforded. {The aviation force has devoted itselif particularly to dispersing rebel ds and to preventing the zation of the ent columns. Official reports today said that there had been no new activities the stute of Minas Geraes while the president of the state of Santa Cath- arina informed the government th. |the coast along that state was free |of rebe The Parana-Sao Paulo front was Ireported quiet and federal patrols activities, sectors of insu |returned to their stations without | {having come into contact with the |enemy. Liberal Leader Greeted viyba, Par Brazil, Oct. 21 ! liberal leader wilian Cuy 7 nd tior coted with t state of ov was by more than sons ar- rived 1 tod | revolutionary leac | Parana ‘The reception given to Vargas was marked by great ceremony and popular enthusiasm and his train was delayed due to greetings extend- ed him in the towns along the route. At the railroad station Vare: who was defeated for the presi- dency in the last elections, was ri ived by larg which had and Wy mor Murio of the t 20 000 por « > confer s in the | i « crowd | ey ince H Tourinho, officials received roup then started for presidential palace through streets lined with spectators. Arriving at the palace, Vargas ad- dressed the crowd from a balcony. Octavio Amaral, a leader here, then expressed the welcome of the people of the city of Curytyba and of the state of Parana to Vargas who was of ani. (Continued on Page Two) | Gargas, Greeted by 20,000 People at Cury- | days have caused a slowing up | air | rmolt“ organi- | in | revolu- e Socialists Told Bear Is Democrats’ Quarry New Haven, Oct. 21 (UP) — Democrats are gunning for big game in the Connecticut guberna- torial campaign, P. B. O'Sullivan, state chairman, said today in a letter to Jasper McLevy, socialist candidate, who challenged Dean Wilbur L. Cross, democratic nom- || inee. to a debate. trust you will not take of- fense at the suggestion that du ing this campaign we are gunning for bear and can't waste time or ammunition on chipmunks,” said O'Sullivan’s letter. Cross has endeavored to induce Ernest E. Rogers, republican can- didate, to debate. —_— BOARD DISHISSES SFRGT, GALLICCHID Veteran Hartford Officer D'robped Over Aliano Case VERACITY 1§ QUESTIONED [ | | | | Commissioners He Showed “Gross Incom ney?” Minitti Dying Statement—Sensa- tional Charges Grew Out of Case. | Hartford, Oct. | hearing which las olas Gallicchio, veteran of 14 year: | TN AN ISLE GROWDED | | i | | | | SCIENTISTS WATCH ECLIPSE ON ISLAND Battery of Huge Cameras Suap Gorona in Mid-Pacific Astronomers Hope to Gain Valuable Data on Einstein Theory—Fair Weather Promised for Phenontena Today. Niuafou day) (@ Island, Oct A battery of gigantic cam- r ntific in- struments were brought into action here today as observers from the United States Zealand sought to record the secrets of the sun during an eclipse. Hopes for a clear sky at the mo- ment of obscuration were uppermost in the scientific The twg scientific There have to (Wednes- as and scores of other sc and New minds. expeditions for month chronicle th will lagt but 93 began worked s preparing omenon, which seconds. The eclipse local time (1:08 N ., b m. meras Ready foot and a 63-foot cameri especially constructed and AL B were (UP)—After a |erected here with the aid of Com- ted well into the mander C. H. J. Keppler, head of |early hours of today, the board of |the United States naval observatory police commissioners announced the ic)(pedlllon. dismissal of Detective Sergeant Nich- | Clear weather would permit the scientists to check up on many service with the Hartford police de- |scientific theories and to study the partment tigation of the so-called Aliano mur- staterment said bourd of conm nt Nich- olas Gallicchio showed gross incom- petency in the method employed by judgmient of 1 rissioners, Serges rotic for his conduct in inves- |structure ot r rth during the sun’s corona and which a observable cclips chromosp vom th y 5LE] W Good Zealind. Oct Adams. astronomer., the island of Niuaful, ances (B —Dr. who went to him in taking the dying statement |Tonga Islands, to observe tomorrow’s of Alfonse Minitti; also in his inves- | cclip: tigation of the Aliano murder case. “The variance between his testi- mony before this board and at the murder trial was destroy our confidence in his ver- acity and ability.” allicchio, wilh oss in solving a reputat for eriminal my on in Hartford's ¢ ide, wu A trial of sieb bootld o0 in murder of During the N. Aliano, hain who was cha d with t crime, it developed that the detective had been friendly with the accused. Sen- sational charges allegedly implicat- ing members of the Hartford police department with liquor traffic re- |sulted from the case and a grand |jury empaneled to indict Aliano— |now in prison—reported an unwy- 'lingness on the part of police to en- force the prohibition laws. West street. which Joseph Bru: driver of tl truck and fatally injured Andrew Katauskas of anley street, was arrested at 11:10 o'clock this morn- ing by Sergeant Patrick J. O'Mara on a warrant charging him with manslaughter following the victim@ death jat the New Britain General hospital early last night. Bruzas was released under $1,000 bond furnished by Annie Wasnic Katauskas was struck by Bruzas' automobile early in the morning of October 18 at the intersection of jast Main and Stanley streets while he was attempting to cross the street at this point. The force of the blow vendered him unconscious and he Gid not regain his death overtook him last night. Bruzas, with the aid of several passersby, placed the man in his wutomobile ahd took him to the police station where the seriousness of his condition was noted and he was rushed to the hospital. According to the authorities at of automobile (Continued on Page Two), senses before | That it will be impractical and in- advisable to attempt to install a sys- tem of semi-annual collection of taxes without altering the machinery of government which has been func- tioning for a number of years was |agreed by members of the speclal | | committee appointed to consider the advisability of the new plan, at the | first meeting last night in the office lot Corporation Counsel J. H. Kirk- ham | Chairman William H. Judd of the board of financ | with figtres taken from the city |treasurcr's books, proved that the only gain to anyone through semi- annual tax payments would be the easing up of the burden on the tax- payers for the reason that in the ma- some to pay a bill in halves than all at once. and taxation, armed | Semi-Annual Collection of Taxes Would Handicap City, Judd Thinks Judd Explains Opposition Taking the figures for the year 1929, Chairman Judd said the budget called for tax collections of $3,254,- 000 in round numbers and in six | months from the time the taxes were due, the collector received $2,- /594,155, During the same period the city spent $2,509,000, of which ap- proximately $500,000 was used to re tire bonds and pay interest on bond for the sinking | wmoney, also to carc tunds. Assuming that with a semi-ann system of collecting taxe lector would have collected one-half of $2,894,155 in the period mention- |ed, the city would still have had the same expenditures, which | al the col- | | | | | would | | have created a situation of spending | that institution, death was due to a |jority of instances it is less burden- \more than was received and being (Continued on Page Two) | | annexation of of the sun, reported today that weather conditions were excel- lent, although there were occasional light showers. He said the outlook so marked as t0 |was good. He added that a party of (Continued on Page Two) REATER NEW SRITAIN HGVE GAINS STRENGTH {Parts of Berlin and South- ington Included in Newest Project In connection with Britain the proposed Hill and Elm Mayor Quig- there is senti- niove t~ annex a scction of Kensington including the portion of Willow Brook ¥ which is in that town and the sec- tion in which the Shuttle Meadow golf club property is located. In addition, the annexation of property in Southington, where Lake Shuttle Meadow lies, is being talked of. It is as yet too soon to go into the project deeply, Mayor Quigley said, but he favors giving it consid- eration with a view towards the future development of New Britain. That it will be diseussed by ths on committee this year Hitl loy New today fav to that ment L in of | THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: Fair and continued cold to- night and Wednesday; heavy | frost tonight. | * * 100 MINERS LOSE LIVES IN GERMANY | * AFTER EXPLOSION Hundred Believed Trapped Un- | denground by Wreckage Which Buries Victims After Blast INJURED WILL BE CARRIED | 00T OF NEIGHBORING MINE Thirty Bodies Recovered—Rescue Workers Establish Telephonic | Communication With Men Stil | Entombed—Windows Miles Shattered—Petrol Tanks Beneath | Office Explode Killing Two Clerks. | for Oct. 21 (P—The official ssian government press bureau announced tonight that approxi- | mately 100 men perished in the dis- aster which occurred today in the | Anna coal mine at Altdorf. Bodies recovered numbered 35, at the time the statement was issued. At that hour there were approxi- mately 61 dead underground and injured in a hospital. | The deaths of four of these this | afternoon brought the total to 100. | - Alsdorf, Germany, Oct. 21.—{(P— | Forty-five miners were killed, be- {tween 30 and 40 injured and many were trapped by a dynamite explo- | sion today at the Anna Coal mine. The bodies of 30 miners were Te- | covered from the shattered Wilhelm shaft, but as the day wore on and | rescue workers dug in the ruins |additional bodies were brought out. | | Four of those injured and taken to | hospitals died, and by late after- noon the death list had reached 45. The victims were buried in the wreckage spread by the | through two levels 1,200 and 1,500 feet Lelow the victims were two office worke: ed when buildings above g ed The Prussian trade ministry this afternoon dispelled carlier reports of more serious losses, explaining that when the workers who escaped fled from the mine they dashed straight for their homes in their bewilder- ment without punching the time clock. The kill- ound | stated be slow management progress would be- cause the main entrance to the mine | had been made impassable explosion and that th carried to shafts of the Mari mine, several miles away by an un- derground route. 300 Escape by the | 400 workers down in the mine at the time of the explosion not more than 100 remained, elther 'dead or awaiting | | rescue. The other 300 having made | their own ways to safety. Forced ventilation had been re- nued on I (Cont age Two) ARRANGING PROGRAM FOR ARMISTIGE DAY Eddy-Glover Post to Honor Dead of World | Althou ctails for the proper observan Armistice Day | will not be decided on until a later a tentative program for the ay was adopted 1 night at the organization meeting of the Armis- |tice Day committee of Eddy-Glover | post, American Legion, at the post |rooms on Washington street . | Commander Emil F. Schaal was {named as general chairman of the | | committee. Members of Eddy-Glover 1ssemble at the post rooms o'clock on the miorning of Day and will march to t War Memorial top Wal Lxe there will open 10:45 o'clock and will consist of the pre- sentation of the colors, an addres and * ’ post will at 10:30 Arinistice World ut Hill. will be blown | and church bells will be rung from | 10:59 to 11 o’clock. Then a two min- ute silence will ensue to be follow- | |ed by the blowing of the whistles and the ringng of the bells from 11:02 to 11:03. At this time all traf- {fic will stop for two minutes. | Al the schools of the city will be asked to have appropr exercises, and suggestions have been issued by the American Legion post in letter rorn Bddy-Glover will ave smoker for its members and frienc at the post rooms. The complete program will be announced at a later date. All graves of ex-servicemen in this city, of which there are 190, have had new flags placed in the markers in preparation for Armistice Day. At the mecting last night, the | following chairmen of sub-commit- tees were named: Fred Tyler, exer- at World W Memorial and decorating Otto at rooms. a community particiy of the committee, all, follows. , Rev. Theodore Dunn, Orrin Curtis, W. Manville Johnson | Harry C. Jackson, E. E. Ogren, Rog- |er Whitman, A. H. Petts, George | Kincade, Howard Timbrell, Shailer, Jr., Otto Miller, Kron, Elliot Burr, Fred Ensworth. | €. L. Sheldon, Robert C. Vance, Stan- ley J. Traceski and Emil F. Schaal ate post a d Harry tion. smoker Wessel The members totalling 19 in Harry Wes: post —_— Patient at Hospital Is Sued for Divoree By Bride of 7 Months Seven mo AR L. Stanton both of this ¢ ed. Today papers in a divor suit were served on the husband at the New Britain General hospital, where he is a patient. They re married in the ning of March 4, 1930. M ton claims her husband guilty of intolerable cruelty from the wedding day until August 5. Besides divorce she asks permis- sion to resume the use of her maiden name. Attorney Albert A. Greenberg represents the plaintiff and Con- stable Fred Winkle served the pap S 10mas Bra vy eve- BUGS MORAN HELD IN ILLINOIS TOWN Detectives Arrest Notorious Gang | Leader in Roadhouse 1. D. RUSSELL WILL VOTE - FOR CROSS AND LONERGAN BECAUSE OF WET OPINION - Girl FTom -b:)-:—_:\frlca Bride of Carolinian American Hardware Corp. Treasurer, Life- i long Republican, In- blast | surface. Among the | that victims must | It was announced that out of the | Miller, | Russell Kenneth | {MISSING SEVERAL MONTHS Ofricers Find Man in Place Near | Waukegan and Arrest Him For Vagrancy and Carrying a Revolver | 1 —J'aces Questioni | MRS. SIDNEY BRICK { When Miss Sonia Stein left her home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Waukegan, 1lL. Oct. (L0 sy “{m",‘,,, kel isilbates . | several months ag ome to visit George (Bugs) Moran, former ang |p.. uncle, Bernard Stein. of 27 Win- leader, was turned over to & Chicago | o gircet, this city rriage was detective squad today for hearing on | ot in her Has telp of a vagrancy warrant and for ques- (g gio mil ed 1 tioning ncerning a number of | ; 3 < night in Sidney | slayings including that of Jake | prick of South Carolina. The cere- Lingle, Tribune reporter. Ian wiea - arforniealatine how ok | Moran, who once headed a power- | Bernard Stein by Alderman David L. {ful syndicate that rivalled the Nair, acting as justice of the peace. Capone organization, was arrested | Miss Lillian Stein and Morris carly today in a roadhouse. He was |were' the attendants, el held until Chicago police officers ar- | father of the bride, was pre rived and then released under $10,-| Mr. and Mrs. Brick will 000 bail. their home in South Africa, County on October They set the quainted while the bride | weapon ing in South Carolina week,” 2 — 000, mi Vi her 10! wedding Samuel make sailin, qo- was Visit- Judge Perry L. Persons hearing on a concealed charge for “some time next nd placed the bond at $5,- | Hearing Continued | ER[]SS Justice of the Peace Harold Tal- | lett then continued a hearing on va- | | grancy charges to next Monday and | | reduced the bond from $50,000 to | | $5.000. | The gangster then was served with a vagrancy warrant signed by Judge John Lyle of Cook county and he was started on his way to 1 Chicago. Moran had been sought ever since | Lingle was slain June 9. Police held | the theory that the slaying w | plotted by the Moran gang, since | | Lingle was known to be a friend of | | “Scarface Al” Capone, the rival|payy 2 | leader. | 2 Among other crimes police | they wanted to ask him about were |the Jack Zuta slaying and the torch | killing of an unidentified girl in a | cottage mnot far from where Moran | was arrested. The killing of Zuta, | a Moran ally, was considercd a po: sible sequel to t plot. only clew in the ving wa bunch of keys traced to a Moran gangster. = came | | | Speak Here October 28 as | Age Pension Measure. Arrar by emer are bein complet- ed the democratic par coni- mittee on rallies for appearanc of Dean Wilbur L. Cross, nominee for governor, and | Augustine Loner | Recently In Chicago congressman, on Tue | Moran teday told newspapermen |Qctober 2, ha he recently had been in Chicago |be the most largely |where he has been sought for | cratic rally of t | weeks. DS oo (o dipomin s el B Chicago only last week,” he said. Nuts Brltain g noth “I can’t see how they can get| oiening about t |anywhere on a vagramey charge waited r\]l\lll late in the asainsbme SRarh iylaobnrasidont o% | giive home their he Central Cl & Dyers in | now Britain audie significant by party dicative of the to the local vote. The rally will be held in th School auditorium on Bass and it is expected that the ex-Con, nominee day evening, R attended demo- campaign. bly be the andidates are > stat | ments to s considered (Continued on Page Two) impor SUIT OVER FAY DEATH '~ SETTLED OUT OF COURT | | Action for $10,000 Damages Against | Physician Compromised by Prin- High t strest entire | candidates. Local Candidates to Speak On Thursday the democratic evening this party will we hold cipals in Litigation. e Main_ street dres by Hagearty, noniinee Attorney muel Goo cilman Lucian Macora, representatives, 1so 1°. Mangan and ex-Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa, nominees for judge of probate and county sheriff respe tively. In addition, there will be speaker assigned by state headquar- |the accident was later aired in the | I ANy D Lo O criminal side of superior court at|New Haven, who was secretary to Hartford ,after having been first |the late Governor Simeon E. Bald- |heard in Southington town court. | ¥in- Judge William F. Mangan repre- | sented Mrs. Fay and the defendants | were represented by Perkins, Wells, Davis & Schacfer of Hartford s William nator, and Coun minees for William The $10,000 lawsuit of Mrs. Mar- hon garet Fay, administratrix, against Dr. Martin ONeil. et al. was settled out of court today. The amount was not disclosed “The action resulted from the death of Daniel Fay in an automobile col- lision on Southington mountain. He was a passenger in a truck which was struck by an automobile, and [ Favor Old Age Pensions It was announced today that | e (Continued on Page Two) Evidence of Attempt to Wipe Out Denver, Colo., Oct. 21.—(P—O0f- | cers investigating the brutal murdprl | of 10 year old Leona O'Loughlin, | | drowned in City Park lake, appar- | ently have unearthed evidence of an attempt to exterminate other mem- bers of her family While officers continued to ques. tion M Leo O'Loughlin, step- mother of the child who was fed ground glass, beaten unconscious md thrown in a lake to drown, | leona's 74-year old grandfather, | Dennis O'Loughlin, made his ap- | pearance in the investigation. i from the ecffects of cating sround glass. Glass Found Identical Tnvestigators said it was establish- cd the glass in the sugar bowl at the Vort Collins dinner and that found in the slain girl and her fat identical. Douglas Millican son of O'Loughlin by a former marr the slain girl, Mr. and Mis. O'Lous lin, Mrs. Marybelle Shannon, a sis ter of Mrs. O'Loughlin, and Frank O'Loughlin, brother of the dete all were present at the Fort Collins dinner party. rowas Nrs He told officers he had found glass |in the sugar served at a dinner at his home in Fort Collins, Colo., six weeks ago. Leo O'Loughlin, father .lof the slain girl, is now recovering (Continued on Page Two), T0 ADDRESS | DEWOCRATIC RALLY Candidate for Governor Will; LONERGAN ON PROGRAM| -anges Public WMeeting At | only ap-| in | campaign 0 | a| evening will be given over to the two | rally in Y. M. T. A. & B. society hall | There will be ad- | Family By Ground Glass Unearthed Repeated questioning of the step- |headquarters in answer mother resulted in her constant de- |alarm which was received at tends to Support Democratic ~ Candi- dates at Election, |Local Chairman of ‘Asso- | ciation Opposed to Pro- hibition Says Seymour, Amendment G. 0. P. (Candidate for Congress- man, Straddles Prohibi- tion Issue. D. Russell, treasurer of the American Hardware Corporation and chairman of the New Britain branch of the Association Opposed to the Prohibition Amendment, will vote for two democrats, Dean Wil- L. Cross for governor and Au- istine Lonergan for congressman ‘u the first district, he said today, be- ca of their unqualified stand on the liquor question. Mr. Russell, a registered republi- can, said he had communicated with the sociation officials rela- tive prououncement on the sub- Isaac st to a | | said| High School Auditorium—Local | | Candidates Pledge Support of Old | * 1SAAC D. RUSSELL L choice between the repub- lican democratic nominees for governor and congressman but none has been forthcoming, and for that son he could not say whether the ociation would take a stand. The nches of the association would abide by the decision of the state or- ganization, he said, “and in view of | Seymour's straddling attitude I should anticipate that the associa- tion would support Lonergan and Cross, the democratic nominee: ‘I am nominally a republican,” Mr. Russell said, “but I am an out and out wet, ryone knows. I note that the Crusaders went on record Lonergan as against Sey- mour.” Reports the as ev for from indi various sections of state ite that the demo- ntinued on F NEGLIGENCE BLAMED FOR MAIN, ST. FIRE $3,000 Damages Result When Cil Flows From Cellar Tank (0 | A fire which started through neg- lect to replace the top on an il tank that was being filled with the result that the oil continued to pour into the tank and finally ever- | flowed onto the floor and into the fire of an oil heater, in the cellar of a store 149 Main street occupled the Helen Phillips book store 1 practically all of the city's ratus to respond to a sti] alarm 1 box alarm sounded from box 7 18 o'clack this morning. estimated damage to the stock building will be about $8,000 iing to advice on the matter iven out by Kire Chief William J. oble. Practically all of this dam- age was caused by a heavy black smoke and from water which flow- ed freely from several sprinklers in the vicinity of the fire and which quickly immersed the floor of the cellar. After 21 minutes ighting the firemen in extinguishing the ned to a very small area. While the major portion of the city's fire apparatus was combatting the bl in the Phillips book store at 149 Main street, Co. No. 4 was detailed to a chimney fire at the home of H. Feigenbaum of 47 Lafay- etto street. | The company was detailed from to a still fire at of stubborn had succeeded blaze which was headquarters at 10:24. The damage was slight.