New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 RIVERSIDE TRUST COMPANY AND PALLOTTL, BANK IN HARTFORD CLOSED WOODSAYS NORRIS Comr. Shippee Sus- pends Both Institu- tions as Result of ”—Says Former “Unquestionably Sol- vent.” Crowd Assembles to Get | Valuables From Vaults— Italian-Americans Prin- cipal Second Institution—Re-| port Recently Issued. Depositors in Hartford, Dec. 23 () — Two Hart- ford banks, the Riverside Trust| Company and Pallotti, Andretta & Company, were suspended today by Bank Commissioner Lester E. Ship- pee following runs on both institu- tions which have been in progress | since last July. Suspension notices were posted on the doors of the banks hefore 9 o'clock this morning and fou the doors | closed at that hour. customers | Wood of the | summate Belleves One Solvent Pallotti, Andretta & Company own control of the Riverside Trust Co. | Commissioner Shippee announced that the Riverside Ti Company “is unquestionably solvent,” while assets of Pallotti, Andretta & Com- pany, “are somewhat frozen, but it is likely that the depositors may be adequately protected.” The runs| on hoth banks became acute last we Several hundred persons passing Pearl street, stopped to read the| suspension notice posted in the win- dow of the Riverside Trust Com- | pany. Most of the people interested | were Italians who had money de- posited tl Anxious men and women waited at the doors for permission to go in- to the ba nd out their se- curities and other valuables depos- ited in the vaulis. Two policemen | were stationed inside the bank to Keep order in casc of an emergency. Vaults Yicld Valuables | Those who had valuables in the safe deposit vaults were permitted to take them out. Men and women were to be seen this morning carry- ing folios and envelopes filled with contents of the vaults rented by them. Several depositors had sums of money with them ready for d\.r\()fn,i The run on the Hartford banks is believed to have been indirectly due | to the failure of M. D'Esope & 0., private bank, in April. Panicky Cepositors are said to have feared | that Palloti, Andretta & Co., might | not be in sound condition and know- ing that it owned a controlling in-| the Riverside, depositors tter bank began to with-| oney. This action is| reported to have affected the River- | side first and then Pallotti Andretta & Co., until both had to be closed | 10 protect the interests of depositors. To Avold Liquidation Bank Commissioner Shippee an- nounced that he would make every effort to avoid liquidation of the Riverside Trust Co. This bank h assets of $5,300,000. Its capital is 1St (Continued on Page Two) ’ | CANNARELLA IN COURT, HELD FOR MARCH TERM Boy Accused of Murder Here Arrested on Bench | Warrant i Hartford, Dee. 23 (P—A hench warrant was ordered ijssued by Judge Edwin C. Dickenson of the| superior court today for James Can- | narella, 17 years old, of New Brit- | ain, charged with the murder last Friday night of Gilmon Miner, man- | r of the Fraternal bowling alleys | of New Britain. Cannarella has been brought to the court from the jafl, where he has been since Mon- | day, and the warrant was served on him in the court today, and the case continued to the March term of the superior court. Cannarella appeared in New Brit- ain police court yesterday morning and, through counsel, pleaded not| guilty to the charge of murder. At request of his lawyers, Attorney | David L. Nair of this city and At- | torney Edward Mascola of Watcr- bury, the hearing was postponed un- il January 2. 1 BEAUTY (! New London, Dee. ihe inability of Dr. St state health commissioner, to be present to testify against her, the case of Mrs. Mary Walker, pro- prietress of the Mary Elizabeth beauty salon, State street, who is arged with violating the healing arts law was continued in the police court this morning until next Satur- | day. Mrs. Walker was arrested sev eral days ago by Trooper William GOES OVER 23 (P—Due to \ley Osborne, ! Lue | join | failed to stem the | Florence yesterday by a ruse, | pany, NEW BRITAIN, -age Daily Circulation For i 15,396 - Zflth CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, ANDRETTA CO. REAL ‘DEMAGOGUE (. 0. P. Campaign Chairman Bitterly Atfacks Nebraskan APPROVES LUCAS ACTIONS First of Republican Regulars Gives Out Statement on Heels of Sena- tor's Onslaught — Next Move Seems Up to Hoover, Dec. 23 (P—The republican controversy over whether the party should repudiate like Senator Norris” flamed today. After talking about the situation President Hoover, ~Chairman ‘Washington, “men anc to republican congression- al campaign committee denounced | the independent Norris as “a con- demagogue.” He annour ed intention to back to the limit the stand taken against Norris by | Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the republican national commit- First to Speak Out Wood ig the first of the adminis- tration regu in congress to speak out. The issue now scems placed | before President Hoover, but he has said nothing. Meanwhile, pendent group reparing for a Senator Norris himself issued a statement last night denouncing Lucas, and today Senator Brookhart, republican independent of Towa, | issued a statement saying Secretary Mellon no right to set up epublican committee with money to override any republican senator | ens to the voice of the i Right About Cancer obert H. Lucas says there i cr in the republican party that it must be cut out. He is right. But he does not recognize the can- cerous part. The personal head of this cancerous growth is Andrew W. Mellon, | “Robert H. Lucas is only a little malignant wart under the toenail | of this big personality. The senate campaigns funds com- mittee, which discovered Lucas had financed some anti-Norris campaign ng in Nebraska, yesterday found 2d used funds of the repub- | the republican inde- | in the senate w -rious dispute a (Continued on Page Two) RARE DISEASE PLACES BOY IN GRAVE DANGER Lad Develops Blood Poisoning of Bones and Gradually Becomes Paralyzed in Joints. Norwalk, Dec. s becoming pa the other, Albert 3 school boy of Rowayton, is for his lifc at the Norwalk hospital. The lad is the victim of a rare dis- case called, osteomyelities, or blood- | poisoning of the bones and little hope is held for his recovery. One month ago, Albert was injur- ed in a football practice in the Row- ayton school yard. He sustained a small scratch, but two weeks later came to his mother with a| swollen arm and she hurried him to | a doctor. Ho has been in the hos- | pital ever since. | Two brot cphen, and wdrew, gerly answercd calls for transfusions of blood to help their younger brother, but their aid spread of the poi- | son. Doctors then resorted to the re- | moval of pieces of bones from the boy’s limbs. This too, was in vair and today the lad, with a courage that has won the admiration of the | entire staff of the Norwalk hos pital, tosses about on a bed of ag- | onizing pain, and jokes with his| nurs His condition is extremely criti- cal. i | of this, | tion expenditures was | added the | far as the a time when Santa comes around i e Dixie Fireworks Will Usher in Christmas Atlanta, Dec. 2 ) — The rockets’ red glare, firec ckers bursting in the air, Roman candles shooting here and there, all gave proof to the world today that Dixie was ‘welcoming Christ- mas, and the New Year as well, in its usual way. It's a bit disconcerting to so- journing northerners, accustomed to associate echoing explosions either with the Fourth of July or gang wars, but southe tinue strong for their W not only at this season, but also on July 4 and Halloween. 124 MILLION COST OF PUBLIC WORKS Hoover Says Expenditure in 1931 Will Total That Sum WAGES T0 BE KEPT HIGH| Gosernment Work Outlined by | Hoover—Contractors for Most rart Cooperate ta Paying migh- | FAMILY OLLECTS MONEY INJURIES BELIEVED MINOR|.. est Prevailing Scale to Employes. 1930. -TWENTY PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS Happy and Unhappy Angles of Christmas Shown In Varied Items Following arc two sets of stories, reflecting the happy |aspects of Christmas, gathered by | the United Press from all parts of }mc country: Good News | Bluefleld, Va, Dec. 23 (UP)— Miss Givens, 95, oldest resident of this town, will hang up her stock. ing Christmas eve. “I still believe in Santa Claus,” she said. Chicago, Dec wife w purchased an article, and whispered to the clerk: “Charge it to Mrs. Santy, Mrs. Edward she said, “and ple repeat 23 (UP)—S: and unhappy | ked into a department store, | ERWIN FOREGASTS AFTER CHRISTMAS PARCEL DELIVERY Volume of Packages Larger Than Can Be Handled af i Post Office |1TH HOUR AVALANCHE AND STORM HANDICAPS | 10,000 Parcels LIQUIDATION T0 BE STARTED AT COMMERCIAL TRUST CO. 'WITH ADVENT OF RECEIVER FRERAT, ¢ {the name out loud. Children always rm around me when they hear |1 Springfield. 11l Dec. }ror the first time in history | will gather the of ham Lincoln ce on Christmas ¢ carol Jionor of the them. (UP)— Negroes Abra- | ‘Reorganization Pos- % sible, Asst. Atty. Gen. | King Says - President Loomis Confident Bank Will Still Con- Receiver at Bank ( ixeter, Ca Dec. 23 baby sister and be sure it said four-) ¥ |when Santa Claus i | weeks ago what h (UP)—"A s a sister, Hudson | juired two wanted for Delivered to Homes 3 y { (Continued on Page Two) Yesterday and Same Number Ex- ‘DEAD’ MAN TURNS lieved Someone Else Entirely Washington, Dec. 23 (P—Presi- | Hoover said today the total | expenditure by the federa! govern- | ment during the calendar year 1931 | public works would total $724,- | he president has informed the | varlous executive departments that| the policy of the govern- ment is that w ts lot by € governmer held up to the standard existing in the dis- tricts where e work is don Got Wage Agreement The president said that when de- pression had struck had been instrumental in securing en agreement between industry and |labor that guaranteed as far as pos- | sible no reduction in wages. In view | he sald, the federal gow- ernment has necessarlly required contractors to maintain wage scales | at their pre-depression levels. There have been some difficultics with minor cpntractors, he said, | but these have becn adjusted The cstimated total for federal aid to highways for the calendar year 1931 was set by Iir. Hoover at $219.9 500 public buildings $173,869,000; rivers and harbors ship construction | | $129,920,000; aircraft and air navi- gation $30,882,000; miscellaneous | $9.607,000, | His statement said the $724,058.- with the rate of 000,000 per annum prior | to the depression.” Arrives Arri g at sident reviewe tures for the nd for the His at Estimates his final figure, the d the estimated ex- present fiscal yes on Jun of all construc- $276 L0600 000 for the 1931 25,661,000 for the vear estimate > above,” Mr. 1ust be appropriations for ther acceleration of public works al- ready authorized by congr which spent during the cal- 3 as follows; 500,000, Hoover ex- added the emer- till fur- | Rivers and harbors public Total—$116,000,000, “In addition thereto must also be acceleration of public | buildings programs during the next works 1 | 12 months by the application of ac- cumulated and unexpected balances | (Continued on Page Two), No Christmas Cove in | Winter Despite Name | : Christmas Cove, Me., Dec. 23 (P) —This village's name is Christmas Cove but it's a Christmas Cove only in summer. That is to say it's not a | Christmas cove at Chris It—oh, well figure 1t out for yourself | The founders named it Christmas | Cove when they settled here on Christmas day some 200 years ago. There is a post officc only in the summer to serve the many wealthy seasonal residents but the 200 na- tives get their mail at South Bristol the remainder of the y So there is no Christ mails are concerned nas Cove, §0 at | the with his pack. \Arizona Convict Kidnaps Warden, Escapes, Only Phoenix, Ariz.,, Dec. mond Stickler, 23-year-old 23 (P—Ray- | convict, {was held today after kidnaping the | his warden of the state prison in one of | the most spectacular escapades | since the “bad man” era in Arlzona scaping from the penitentiary at Stick- ptured here last night. Told to Reline Coat | A prison tailor serving a 10 to life sentence for robbery, Stickler | had been ordered to line a coat for | Warden Lorenzo Wright. He con- aled the lining matherial desig- nated, as an excuse for asking per- | mission to accompany Wright for more. Wright granted the request. Tak- ing his four-year-old son for com- | Wright picked up Stickler at the prison and headed for Florence. ler was to Be Recaptured drive 50 miles to Chandler Heights. | There Stickler ordered Wright and | c son out of the car. Police said Stickler drove to Tuc- | son, acquired an overcoat and then came to Phoenix. On the outskirts | of Phoenix, authorities asserted Stickler attempted to rob a re: taurant, but was frustrated when a | vaiter hit him with a coffec pot Stickler then went to another res- | aurant, where officers found him, Attempts to Shoot Men Police said the convict attempted to shoot, but was scized before he had time to draw a gun, | While handcuffed in a patrol | wagon en route to jail, officers as- | serter, Stickler drew a knife and started hing, injuring one po- liceman and so unnerving the driver that the patrol wagon crashed into sl | charge | shovelers and a number of Edmond Briere, Identified As Train Victim, May Be Man Held in Charles Street Jail in Boston, Po- lice Say. Boston, Dee. 23 (UP) — A pris- oner booked at Charles street jail as Henry J. Chartier was believed to- day to be Edmond Briere of Lowell, pposedly killed when a train was wrecked at Elkhart, last July. A mutilated body wreckage was buried Chelmsford cemetery as that of Bricre after his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avarie Briere, had identified it as that of their son, who had been employed as a hostler with the John Robinson circus. Identification Questioned Police and insurance company in- vestigators had been dissatis with the identificatien. Arriving he vesterday to determine why a m arrested as Henry J. Chartier ga his addre: 103 Dalton stre Lowell—that of Brierc's paren they identificd the prisoner Briere. Briere has a brother-in-law named Henry J. Chartier who is re- ported missing. Parents of Bricre at their Lowell home last night maintained that the body buried in East Chelmsford was that of their sen, Brier's eldest daughter, Lillian, 13, disagreed, however, saying tho victim did not | resemble her father. )0 Insurance Paid Superintendent Michael H Winn of the Lowell polics said $£2,200 had been paid by insuran companies as result of Briere's sup- posed death. This included a $500 policy on which only had been paid, he s Lowell pol into custody on a statutory ter disposition of the Bos- . which involves an attempt hless check for $93. su circus Ind., taken from the in East as ect ton | to p STI]RM CREATES WORK IN REMOVAL OF SNOW City Gangs Out With Shov- els to Keep Public Streets Clear The public works department had plows out today, clearing the roads leading to New Britain General hos- and keeping other important Gangs of men who from doing pick and shovel work on the strects be- cause of the storm were out to work shoveling snow on the crosswalks and in the gutters. From various scctions of the requests were received for sn u hastened to mak > quest for such \\urk storm gave them th have earned In were prevented ployed liouse to hou r many, the first day's pay th a long time, Soon after ght, the Connectic Con nt out plows and sweepers to keep tracks open for trolley servic New Haven, Dec. winter caught the Christmas spirit today and joined with Connecticut residents in preparing for the com- ing of Santa Claus by decorating the state with a thick covering of sno The snow fall, the heaviest of the present season, not only enhanced the holiday atmosphere, but also ame as a boon to the army of the unemployed. Hundreds of men who | faced the dreary prospect of a mon- eyless Christmas, wert find temporary employment in mu- nicipalities throughout the state in men the storm began last (P—01d man | clearing streets Over three inches of snow had len in this city b a. m. to- day the local branch of the U. 8. (Continued on Page T # 1 THE WEATHER i and vicinity: Snow or rain this afternoon and tonight; Wednesday cloudy, not much change in New Britain UP IN JAIL CELL Circus Wreck “Victim” Be-| as | the | pany | expected to | pected to Be Sent to Homes Today : tinue in Business. SHOTBY STUDENTS =22 ™ Sir Geollrey De Montmorency | ' Wounded in Hip, T s | , Jacive C. F. Smith Expresses Be« lief Savings Depositors Will Be Paid “Substan« tially in Full” But Com- mercial Customers “Must Postmaster Says. Expect Some Loss,” |ir nnection witlf Frederick Ag of Landers ver for tha . were in s TREDERICK TRUMBULL INVITES - - CROSS TO MEETING -~ .~ Cuve mor-Elect o Confer With Unemployment Group STATE STUDY PROPOSED to Take Up A. SLARLE Official Leaving University Convo- cation at Lahore, India, When Youths Open Fire—Two Other Attempts on Life. tion this after< turned for serve Lahore, India, De Geoffrey De Montnio the Punjab, left and in two bullets L was was made ol eral John rnoon that which was to complete d by fired as he university convocati Both wounds were Two poli iling and Weather Blamed | a minor nature were also injured in t! the governor's life. were arrested in connectl the shooting. All the shots were range. The bullet that the hip made a flesh that on the arm a grazi Taken to Hospital rey was t. his hurts wer He walked out of the hospi ward smoking a cigarette seeded to government house. he two constables were wou in the attempt of the gove but neither was severely d. | woman doctor belonging to Harding ion to medical college was wounded. but it |nation because of {was not known immediately whether |be serious, it is her wounds are scrious. n | The attack occurred at the end of | the convocation as the « ished | guests were taking lea ernor. As they reached the the university ared to be bi w Iver and d shots point blank at Sir Geoffrey The boy and another who sprang to his le as an ally were quickly e Victim Put to Bed Sir Geoffrey to government house immediately and was put to bed. His doctors said ho was not in danger. One of his a Ibe a Hindu st i Representative Gathering banking e closc lled upon to ap- 1ck above w f:\vc"i“i"\d‘ ; : H 5 to Assisy Needy—Letter sent o (widation to Start und. i 2 The ¢ liquidation will b Incoming Ofticial, v Fingieual subject ta , and must court. In does not 2 depart< ion withy The most that is, the general publig fired st Problem and Co-Ordinate Efforts wher bank a or & injure n ad in add exit cessary Iding a youth who Hindu several e in the pers j0ard of directors and cted by the new postal tha the res ffairs of hands of g 1or¢ wer Ther. corganiza= President ment on the icated that belief and Commercial inue in busa ailants was said to 1dent who ceived his degree from the university to- day. Members of the congre. wvho had planned a parads in protest FE the sale cign cloth proje Twice h{ fore peared to be attempts 3 w frustrated March a youth with a revolv a bomb was found hiding und | bridge over which the gover | motor was to have passed. In O ber two men who tried to enter g rnment ho apparently with the tion of assassinating the official 4 have t this vear. T J. Low corr ind hi: doned the this 3 BOY FINDS 870 IN SNOW AND TAKES IT T0 OWNER - Modest Youth Refuses to Tell Name today tn fl« nossibility receiver will inta thy ing the and the tors in tha Depositors in will checks = assets ( FATHER BOJNOWSKI WILL RETURN T0 OWN PARISH nds 10- When Returning Lost Bank Deposit, assassinated in India most prominent was F. inspector general of th lice, who was fatally Dacoa, last August Pnunf’mififlm - OF HITRON TROLLEY - sacred Heari Pastor S Word 1 po- i at from Rome He Will Curtail wound: Trip to I EUUNEIL JURY NAMED ON BELVIDERE FIGHT : Mayor Appoints Committe {Motorman Said to Have e = e to Consider Makin | Left After Crash With- name of the ownor and ret e B Change in Zone . out Investigating 7| parish, e common nd threa v Mayos o th sides of fight. alled to- | An accident which involved two automobiles and a Conne trolley car occurred Main and West M 4:45 o'clock last night. The trolley car, which charge of Motorman Her Lw— vine, crashed with an automobile |driven by Lucy E. Lawrence of Lin- coln strect extension and forced ti | machine against another o park- | “4 at the curb which was owned by | | Ruth Landon of 72 Hart strect. | | The Landon auto suffercd the| | sreatest damage as the re of }lonmon Witnesses claimed that | trolley m6torman did not stop to d termine the amount of damage done and the mo name was later T learned by Policeman Joseph Ha X s U 1 te % S bk s il |atter ho had inquired for it | i At x 2 starter's booth in Central § | Policeman Thomas Dolan wa | tailed to the corncr of Chapman street and Newington avenue to in- | vestigate the second accident report- | h cd during the at | headquarters. 0 follows? of the . Buil of W. R, Alderman fourth z, Coun~ Samuel ard. The district not Newport News Explosion Hurls People From Beds, Causes Panic News o3 (| explosio company from th Va., i vport sult comt it g and 1 committea a larze Belviders adoption of hoard of zone from affecting Stanley 1s pro- ng stae roor 1 council, ot 1 against ion of t o change t said no one only minor inju principally s from t evening police was thrown r than quar- | there was ] 1 E A € When the policeman 4 asoline f Joseph Kosia nda to b arrived at scenc | the {automobiles of N Kk ood that n are Aldermern Ne Audubon street, wington, and Jo- («.cnu&um on Page Two) dama ice said I i Johnson the only Y commitiee Wpe red bers o 5 s e |1BYOE 100 200G CLANKRS . ¢ it McKenzie of the Groton state police | Stickler drew a knife and forced |a telephone pole. In the confusion | barracks upon a complaint filed by | Wright to surrender his gun. The |Stickler again dashed for freedom, | “§¢ health commissioners |convict then ordered the warden to lbut was recapturcds temperature, I | | t badly were shat Javaila B e log