New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD . Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 15’355 Nov. 22nd. ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1930.—EIGHTEEN PAGES -5&’&-' PRICE THREE CENTS JOHN H, KENNEDY, POLICEMAN, FRIEND OF CHILDREN, DIES Patrolman Since 1914 Expires Aiter Iliness of Three Hours TAKEN SICK IN NIGHT WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN FPupils Going to School Across West Main Street At Post Office Mourn Loss of Smiling “Bluecoat”—Chief Hart Expresscs Regret of Depart- | ment—Won Praise for Subduing Armed Man. to school across the I been Children way who have West Main office, by missed words of about 6:30 home, 137 Lyons street, three hours fter complaining of a pain in his abdomen. He was 48 years old and had been a policeman for 14 years. Patrolman Kennedy was on duty all day vesterday on a beat which includes a part of Main and West Main streets and the post office, ap- parently in good health. He com- plained of no ailments until 4:30 this morning when he w denly seized with pains in hi domen As his condition did not appear to be serious members of the family thought that the pains would soon abate but when didn’t improve after six o'clock medical aid was summoned. He died before the doc- tor arrived. Dr. John Purney, medical exam- iner, said that Officer Kennedy suf- fered three attacks :nd that death was due to heart disease. Friend of Children trolman "Jack” Kennedy will sed, not only by adults but by ores of children. A quiet man, onc not gifted with a desire for much conversation but friendly, Patrol- man Kennedy's going will be mark- ed by tears in many homes on West Main street and adjoining streets. In the morning before school, during the noon hour and after school in the afternoon, Policeman Kennedy could be seen in the viein- 1y of the post office surrounded by xroups of school children, holding his hand, clinging to his coat and Yolding conversations, the young- sters usually doing the talking, with their blue ccated friend. Not only did he consider it his ity to look after the safetyof destrians, your and old. but the and co ort of the little who placed their trust in him, his main thought. Many a out on a cold or rainy morning was stopped by the polic n to have his coat buttoned, his hat straightened or otherwise made comfortahle Many a future citizen was led by the hand across West Main street traffic to and from school “Pal” of Minister's Boy hool boys and girls sent on er- ds by their mothers went out of way to “Hello” to their “the Conspicuous Billy” on ir guided the street at Patrolman John and today. at his nedy his smile triendly He died counsel o'clock he P asure ingster, T the say a cop. mong these voungsters was Alderson, son of Rey. and Mrs, liam H. Alderson. of Trinity Metho- dist church Billy and Patrolman Kennedy were quite chummy and the friendship Letween the two was one that occasioned much comment Two) (Continued on CONNECTICUT ASSURED | Deceased Policeman — POLICEMAN JOHN H. KEN MAPLE HILL VOTES post. | Ken- | wil- | OF $IX CONGRESSMEN Fenn Says This State Will Have Additional Rep- resentative By GEOF MANNING (Washington o Herald) Washington, D. 26 — Al- though the method of reapportion- ment {o be adopted by the house of representatives promises to be one of the most controversial points in the discussions which will be newed with the convening of ss Monday, Connecticut is of a sixth representative. This assurance was given today at the office of Representative 1. Hart Ienn of the first Connecticut dis- trict, who is chairman of the housc census committee and whose reap- portionment measure was approved at the last session. The ployed in 1910, when the country’s population was divided by 435—the number of seats in congres the apportionment thereby ascer- | tained, finds favor with Congress- man Fenn. The house census committe has been informed of several plans fa- | vored in other quarters, and wfoposals will be entered in con- gress next week and will be referred to the committee for consideration \ dctailed report of the director of the census, containing much infor- mation of importance to the com- mitteemen, will also be made avail- gble at the same time. Congressman Fenn has surveyed conditions with particular reference P these ne- | con- | assur- | method em- | —and | to his own state, however, and finds | that irrespective of what method is cmployed to arrive at the new ap- nortionment, Connecticut will be en- titled fo six representatives in the 1933 s | nired him for $250 and FAVOR ANNEXATION Ballot at Mass Meeting Almost Unanimous—0nly 6 Oppose ADVANTAGES ARE STRESSED Committee Says New Britain Would Furnish Better Fire and Police Protection, School Facilities — Opponents Fear Higher Tax Rate. (Special to the Newington, Nov Maple Hill E mecting Herald) Residents Hill, at quin uou voted al- favor of the of m mae at the Se club house here last night, most unanimously in proposed plan to annex those dis tricts to the city of New Rritain. About 160 persons living in the dis- affected by the plan attended the meeting at which advantages and tages the scheme out by various speakers w them, but when vote on the matter of those present exation. ing was called to order Johnston and turned over to Elmer W. Pape, who repre- sented the committees appointed by he residents of Maple Hill and Eln Hill two years ago. Mr. Pape gave a brief outline of the proposition and stated the meeting was called for the purpose of obtaining the opinions of the residents in the ter- ritory involved in the annexatim problem. He said the committecs had worked hard and had done the best they couid The question had previous to the 1929 legislative sembly but on account of the flict of senatorial districts it } been brought to a head, he said, but, as the senatorial districts change every 10 years and the coming leg- islature would have the power o change the districts it was thought best to act at once so that the mat- ter could be presented if desired. Mr. Pape stated that New Bfitain at the present time had a program n view to enlarge its territory and take in portions of Berlin Southing ton, Plainville, and Newington. Points Out Advantages The ad iges gained for th r dents of this district would be better police and fire protection, garbage collection, lower fi ance better streets ing and itary Mr. Pape pointed out. Thoughts of these improvements were in mind when the fire district was formed, but water was then the main consid- cration. Geographically, he stat the districts are handicapped on sew age disposal, as the high elevation of v ed as a standing vas taken only went on record been ted con rates sewa (Contin Rubber Parverd R(;éd\\ ay Tested on N. J. Bridge Nov. 26 (P —The roadway in New by automobiles 4 on Page Two) first \nhru rscy was today It w“ d in usc is on a small bridge proach to the Passaic river rubber company which manufac- tured the roadway claims it elim inates street noiscs and expeets that if it rs satisfactorily it will be generally adopted for streets and highways. an ap- | NEDY | GALE-TOSSED SHIP PULLED OFF ROCKS Goast Guard Saves Schooner Off New London—Cargo to Be Tnspected RESCUE SHIP DAMAGED [ WHEN VESSELS COLLIDE '} Storm Petrel’s Sails Blown Away By Storm Sweeping Long Island Sound—Tow Linc Breaks, Letting Vessel Drift On Rocks—Helpless Boat Located Again After Night Search—Storms Sweep Fast feted | which ridance strover rm'k\‘ of Corr Mrl schooner, York Wi rd London, Nov. 25 (® — Buf- last night by wind and sea tore her from the prot ting of a rescuing Coast Guard and threw her onto th Hen and Chickens Reef Point, the sixty year Storm Petrel, of New pulled free today patrol boats, but were not over. She was hn brought he for inspection by the Coast Guard to .w",n.n d ter- mine the make up of hel Pending the completion of e spectior, headquarters declined m comment at length on this phase developments The tale of tI ing Storm Petrel and er grounding is a story of the pow- - of wind and sea; of Coast Guards- mnen rushed on a mission of rescue 15 a factor. Last night the Coast Guard de- strover, Porter, hound from 1 | York after completing patrol ot \ghied the Storm Petrel in Long Island Sound near Six Mile Reef. The schoorar's sails had been blown awa nd she was in evident distress. Porter maneuvered to help the schooner but about 10 o'clock radi- ocd headquarters here that she conld not the job and requested The uss Wind was hlowing from the south- west in gale force and the schooner and destroyer were pitching about in heavy seas. Phe patrol beat maha, which was off to the ward, sent out a message that was attempting to go to the assist- of the Porter but could make little headway. So from the lo- the patrol boat Marion was sent out and the patrol boat Vigil- ant, New York base, started to the location from the westward Destroyer Damaged Meanwhile the Porter attempted to get a tow line aboard the Storm Petrel but the crew of the schooner reported exhausted and sent out the message they could not make the tow line fast. A small boat was placed out from the destroyer but “BANDITS GET $27,000 INNEW JERSEY BANK Sextet Makes Escape With Payrolls From Two Min- ing Companies cast- a she ance but, cal hase were 4 not | N. J. Nov. today held ple’s bank at Hawthorne, herd: four employes and a customer be- hind a cage and escaped in a stolen automobile with 327,000, Police summoned Mrs. Thomas Stratham, who was passing the bank when the robbers came hurrying out. She noted the license number on their car and it was dis- covered that the automobile had been stolen | ni, in Fairview. When Mrs. Stratham started to run, one of the robbers shouted at her: “Stand still or I'll shoot you." She obeyed. Harry Dobler, cashier of the who was present when the holdup took place, told police the robbers made no attemut to open the vauit but seized only the loose currency in (re)— up the Peo- srson, en by bank The five bandits filed into the bank and forced Cashier Ira Aull to handeover a number of bundles of CUrrency, represe the payrolls (Continued on Page Two) Second Mah Arrested In l;lot to Bomb Spokane Newspaper Office 1 F lomas I ookkeeper, w y for ter confessing he had transported neisco, Boyle, Nov. 26 (P— 24, San Francisco being held here to- Spokane, Wash., offic trunk containing 200 sticks of dynamite from San Francisco to the Washington of Henry A ccessful plot to blow up the Spokane Chroni- clo building. Boyle police surrendered who had been alle accomplice ank night watchman, who in 1927 wa acquitted of plotting to bomb the Spokane newsp#iper, was arrested here Monday after ownership of a battery in the dynamite trunk had been traced to him. Boyle told officers that yeste to rday hunting Use, a Tise had xpenses to the Spokane hookkeeper saying 1L the bomb in paper building. Th as quoted by officers as plant ne rs | had confided that he onc erated a prosperous bootlezging es- iblishment in Spokane but that a ampaign by the newspaper had put him out of business. Boyle said had formulated thc Lomb lot evenge bomh was had op- nt fo ihe in tne ¢ Spokane la turday s opened after it had aroused of editors there the ignition from exploding. asserted he had deliberate- 1o pri- Asso- Press office ronicle building and w the suspicion broken wire in sys | had prevented it Toyle Iy broken the wire | vent in ord an explosion. of Boyle's confession Tlse continued to insist his own ar- rest had been the resuit of a frame- up. but added “Ther will to homb that Jand this time Informed be building it won't fail.” nother attompt cal soon, AFTER WILD NIGHT! All». Dean Cross’ Official Plurality - Over Rogers Set at 5,465 Today Group Meets at State Semetar\ s Office to Pass On Ballot Totals — Burrows Has Largest Lead in Race—Lonergan Won by 674, Tierney by 1,560—Other Results Are Issued. bur L. Cross, | for ZO\l'rnf)y‘ won th tion by a pluralit K rnest E. Rogers, republica vordn\;! to the official figures mad public today following the mee of the board o board, consisting of the tary, treasurer and comptroller at 2 o'clock this afternoon in office of the secretary for an officia ass of the vote Hartford county cast for Cross and 50,280 for I official count reveals, the city of Hartford beir Cross and 16 8 for t candidate Warren B. Burrows publican candidate for attorney eral the grea pl of any of the ndidate winning + margin of 7,458 over I Wilson of Hartford Augustine Lonergan democratic om the ot he ndidate err Schuyler 1,660 ndi for con denioc ess, William L. ed Con for recle district Freema William 2, and in sman Jol Jame Goss. trict had Ma publican aktrict by r suc- | cessful ‘ur a 2 | | In the man ting ction The secre- met ritt can econd ard P over Congre repu Iox ssman Rich- lica won democrat by i district Con- on had a lead ocratic oppo- Edward sublica house a memk n- ing gain- | test ity of ti by received ison 3 last fed dem - JAP OUAKETOLL THANKSGIVING DAY NOW BELIEVED 250 OBSERVANCE HERE N. B. H. S. to Play Vermont Academy Gridders i in Morning SERVICES IN CHURGHES President Bstimates oi Deaths in Izu Pen- insula Disaster Mount 152 SERIOUSLY INJURED Thousands of Buildings Razed by Hoover to Attend Church » Shock and Fire—Landslides Ob- . Where Wilson Worshipped— literate Roads, Isolate Resort — tion to Observe Annual Holida Fire Follows in Wake of Tremors in Customary Fashion. 6 (P—The char rook ow Tokyo, Nov. football today's D 1 reached ¢ p: of mo nearly all districts had The b of Houses ports from offic y in- oyeid buildings | th le Meadow the outsta been compi listed the serio ured at numbered and werg._ seriously d five other buildings fire. The were region ooy Prefecture reported Hakone district. Belated reports said many rated roads ar cl Seventy- razed by there Tzt 1gawiL home office de Kar 27 deaths in from oblit regi Landslide Hakone villag: famous lake Isolate Resort on the of that name ed 23 killed and Yumomoto re rted four dead. The famo ntain resory of Mizanoshita ap Wrr.nl\ escaped serious 1ge bu virtually was isolated by landslides. Revised figures from th Tzu dis- trict gave the fatalities in the vari- ous towns as follows: Nirayama 74, anami 2§, § Kawanishi . Kitakano non-Ja resorts there ve serv Dinner es du day For ation Hungry the re- e 1"‘ Juliu ving who apply Helg dir pers o Dbet o closed noon 18 a Since few been no (Continu " THREE MORE HELD IN HOLDUP PROBE Police Charge Men With Complicity in Robbery Epidemic . offi T 1 res All service usual day waintained as W on Pag PUBLIC RELIEF FUND AMOUNTS T0 $8,301 Treasurer Sheldon Reports Receiving $6,018 From City Employes New Haver more memb. ng blamed by po holdups. robberics within the lase fc der arrest today, one « complicity in policemen at Saturday. > thre r Morgan, 25 William Monroe, Cecil Golden, 20 Morgan for arraignment toda ly confessing he bile which raced throu nd East Port Cheste its occupants excha pursuing police. The | identificd as Carlton Haven, Apture wounded in woods near The driver escaped across the New York state line, but later re d o Teach New Haven, where he wa ed | Water late vesterday “ublic Monroe and Gold trial in connection wit : ark robberies, including that Cabin Tnn at North Hay Another alleged mer zung, Charles Maccario Haven, is being held i geport | P for alleged aba Nov ars shooti East | Wes N was ta cive to a casut by city eport Curtiss 1 off1 made droy ployes rib singl eldor fo city en s report was ca 15 ployes Greenwich Police ers Department Works Dept Departme Depar Hall I'rom other viously report itorial Staff, Hi (Con (Conti NO HERALD TOMORROW There will be no issue of the Herald published tomor- row, Thanksgiving Day, in accordance with custom New Britain and vicinity Generally fair and colder to- night and Thursday. AUTHORITIES ON » £ ffijwav CALLED IN "R Sate Board Camasss Vote 70 ASSIST IN STATE PRISON INQUIRY: 'WARD FOR INSANE “BIT OF A DISGRACE" - IMMORALITY CASES ~ STUDY GONTINUED Witness in Magistrate s Probe Mayor and Education Authori- Reveals Extortion Schemes INNOGENT ~ GIRL “Chile” Informer in Was Go ties Defer Final Decision Acuna Relates His Part as Eapense For Renovations (o T'wo Cases—Says He Analyzed and Laid Before sentenced for Refusing to Executive Before Taking Through with Testimony. Conference Decides. v York 4 paid New Y im as fr police into ork city Wome oo Arrested Despite into a vo « King F Joseph M George 1. Henry Ma H. Judd of the son not call, how- and he into vio- women could ture his fr his end him in Innocence took th side and ex 1 were not immoral t n't make an i one of em up ng officer lisf jam J. O'Connor. Mon as an of him bribes for Wants yor Qu that school ta c tow or the Nort Years' Delay informed the d Two ained t ey differ ew detec- Dy w ass0 ay on Weston's ribe was two wom- onvicted On False story Id another story of e at atory said t orn SPECIAL TAX FORESEEN FOR RELIEF ACTIVITIES Mayor Lscape Quigley Believes City Cannot Extra One-Fifth Mill Levy. " Would lnd Fire Hazard azar was without ¢ 1 Pag Mrs. James M. Finnegan Expires at Home Today M Theresa A, Finneg ‘ Mr Har Farn 1er husband, s Agnes : nd Mrs. two sor W Jarr ' Actor’s Daughter, 13, Proves She can Ham girl's n ir ha ton cor Can Earn Living Whl]e In Trouble NG, Nov. 26 O'Connc H Ont ent to co she steppec 04 no on 1 to Stays ehild ange ci ALY, WL C 1s perplexe A or JAILED REPAIR ~ COST . ESTIMATE Be City Action | Cummings Reveals Trio of Experts Will Co- operate With Gover- nor’s Probers-Doctor Attacks Treatment of Mental Cases. Psychiatrist Terms Con- “Obsolete” — Assn. ditions Prison Secretary Would Extend and Lib- eralize Parole System— Hearing Adjourned. P—Three will assist which at inquiry into 1o Connecti- request o chairman known tic o when the re- e Sanford rr, was C., super- deral pris- his know- George W ting warden as an edu- and D ident o Stam for of Cox and r of the on, and ational Tobertson ' also was 3 d mental Roos men and 1 ho with the commit- 1 cooperate in con- 1d adminis ged just pri Plan Reliable Report 1mr aid 1 may give require the assis- experts the commit- to make a report omprehensive, re- we may that with 1 not be sa report tha ited to a par- port would not the aid o experienced said, and add to lin but our pref than one so e looked a (Cont * FIREBUGS SUSPECTED IN MIDDLETOWN FIRES Night Blazes Do $15,000 Damage—Three Believed Set Four worth \ort, cir off red lar doo appea an old barn ty of th trivia plac is nex