New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1930, Page 3

S177.71 FIRE LOSS REPORTED FOR 1930 Property at Risk Valued at $3,207,275, Records Show With §3,20 worth of proper- ty jeopardized by fire during th year ending today the losses csti- mated by fire department officials proved to be slightly less than six | Per cent of the amount at risk | while the damage sustained by prop- | erty owners that was not covered by | insurance reached a new low level of | less than 1-9 of one per cent. The losscs to buildings and con- | tents were estimated to be $177.- | 751.80 while the actual loss paid to | property owners by insurance com- | panies was $173,632.80. The month of June was the most scrious as far as the amount of property jeopardized was concerned but its loss was less than in three | other months of “he year, ‘ April stands out as the most dis- | astrous month with a loss Esl\malrd‘ at 337, 3. Actual losses of $36,- | 177.63 were paid by insurance com- | | Panics during this month The two largest fires of the year eccurred at the Schupack building at 318 Main strect at 6:48 p. m. on March 10 and the Smith school on | the night of October 24. The dam- | age suffered as the result of the former amounted to $17,127.48 and | rom the latter $22,635 i Exactly 551 alarms were answered by the department during the year and nine proved to be false; 154 bell | alarms sounded and the rest were of the still type. The itemized report of Fire Chief | William J. Noble is as follows: Property at Risk Buildings Contents 292,300.00 295,850.00 160,650.00 140,000.00 00 149.500.00 168.500.00 69.500.00 44,000.00 | 19,450.00 68.000.00 3 3 March Aprit 1(0 him he could not recal) the loca- | yesterday | of terror” | government, SEAMAN ADMITS HOLDUPS BUT CAN'T RECALL PLACES Arthur Ghent Says He Robbed Five Persons and Involves Two Other Men In Story York, Dec. 31 (P—A sea- man confessed five holdups to polic today but addresses meant so little ions of stores he said he robbed. He was Arthur Ghent, arrest- | ed for robbing a haberdashery store | of $41 on Dec. 15. In all the hold- {ups he implicated Thomas Money- penny and Bernard King, now under arrest in Boston and awaiting ex- | lradmon TURKEY PLANNING DECISIVE ACTION ,"cth(r again today Government Continues fo With- hold Details of Scheme | Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. P | Turkey moved toward decisive action | in the government's de- | termination to suppress religious re- action, and a member of the depu- ties advocated in a session of par- | liament establishment of a ‘reign | in the campaign against rcbellious elements. The government itself, which re- cently threatened *'stern measures' continued to withhold details of its plans, but President Mustapha lvm- al Pasha has abandoned a proje 31 | tour through the Province of Sm)r. na and is going directly to Angora. Other reports from Smyrna, where the minister of the interior is conduct his own investigations, dicated a stubborn attitude on the part of the people, particularly ut‘ Mcnemen where a young army offi cer recently was killed by e rioters. Not one per the population turned out funera Turk to have mw; h youth, however, appears llicd to the support of the | swearing loyalty to the Vstimated Losses { Buildings Contents | 012.00 § 2,48 | L) Jan ¥elb 3.067. March . 14,609 Tl Winin Daoin May 11.654 June 1.019. July 11.549 Aug. 5.241 Sept 00 0o an $109,512.75 $68,259.07 Insurance Losses Buildings Contents $ 1,962.00 § 2 | names Earl Quinn, 1.019.00 11,724.00 5.241 | decision of | moves to | Hyde say. Overnight News | master | 8anization, Press. Domestic Washington — Government files brief in supreme court attacking Federal Judge Clark 18th amendment invalid; have appeal hearing ad- By tl 1atec & Asso holding vanced Cleve Cicntists view photo- graph over 320 miles and showing curvature of carth. Washington — Caraway accuses Hyde of franking Christmas cards; they were official. Blackwell, Okla.—County attorney ex-convict, as ver of Griffith sters. ; Washington—Anti-Saloon leaguc predicts improved prohibition cn- | forcement for 1951. Denville, Va.—Green proposes that mill strikers resume work and arbitrate dispute before former Governor Byrd or Rear Admiral 1d— | Byrd | velt says | magistrates {on Daughters of America Entertain Young Folk | Martha Washington Daughters of America, entertained | the children Tuesday night at a| Christinas party which consisted of a program cf Christmas carols and | recitations by the children program: | Recitations- “Welcome “Trouble™ Piano solo tecitalions— We Greet You,' “Speculation” Fiano solo council, | Virginia O'Quist . Shirley Pechout Eleanor Gleed Dorothy Jolinson Charles Screcn George Coleman | tichard Pechout | ,,,,, Charlotte Johnson | Buddy Toczka. | Madeline Toczka | Tiano solo— Tap dance Recitation— nas Change Joseph Roach | Dorothy Burke Howard Alicn ; | | n,; danc itation Tree That Taiked.” the sound of “Jingle Bells” Santy Claus entercd the room and distributed gifts and candy. Council- | or Louise Heslitt gave her commit- tee a present by way of expressing her remembrance of the members | and their services during her term of | oMce. Refreshments were served. ; Game at Los Angeles Goes on Air Tomorrow Announcement, was made today that the Tournament of Roses game tomorrow between Alabama and Washington State Los Angeles | will be heard from the following stations starting at 4:45 p. m.: | WEAF WTIC WGAR WTAG WRC WGY WB WCAE WTAM WWJ WSAL WGN WOC-WHO WOW | CKGW WPTF WJAX WIOD WFLA WTMJ WEBC WMAS KSTP | WSB WAPI WJDX KTHS WOAI WKY WRVA and (Announcers Bill Mundy L. Lantry.) at 3( others. and C. PATRONS AT FRAT DANCE James Connelly and Edward | Brien, have accepted invitations of | Theta Sigma fraternity to act as pa trons at the New r's dance, | scheduled for the hotel to- maorron fraternity has Year's nignt | ANNOUNCED (UP)— Mrs. Ed- | of New York. founder of the Pi m for British charity, has 000 to Lady Margaret hall, the nior women's college OI: Oxford University, to be used for the ercction of a new block ML ll\l.k\l SS GIET London. Dec. 51 H. Harkness of the sst fund 51 ward ven student rooms. | court room shooting, The | e | annou [Ny | Mount Wilson observatory Roos Yo be carried Governor wquiry into N courts will Albany, Enid, Okla.—Mrs. Dolly Douthitt who wounded U. S. commissioner 1n declared in- sane. Washington—Lucas attacks Walsh ve in Norris con- troversy. Washington—Six industries rcach billion dollar class during 1 New York—Tilden deserts tennis - movies Foreign Paris—Joffre’s heart grons er. Bogota—Eight killed in f t between conscrvatives liberals in Santander province tcgina, Sask.—Preimer Bennett | ces formation of corporation to . weak- 11 wounded and Shich will use its capital for farm | loans | London—Stanley Baldwin _says speedy and unlamented end of labor government is his wish for 1931, Havana—Newspaper El Paris 11 miore been arrested anti-administration activitics. New England Cam g¢. Mass Carl Bec Cornell university elected pr the American Historical assi have Helen L. fatally Mass.— Mrs 95 year old widow, burned Boston—Alfred F. sioner of public safety | tin Brothers, Holyoke i contract for construction of mnew | state police sub-station at Lee | Boston—R. L. Pearson appomu-m‘ | | Foote, commis awards Mar- contractors, assistant general manager of the New Haven railroad. Boston—Gerson Meyer of Roches- reclected president of th ppa Nu fraternity in national onvention here South Deerficld Wyska, Jr., home from New RBritain, Con for a visit, accidently killed by flywheel of a portable saw Manchester, N. H. — Manchester Brownies, a group of outdoor winter swimmers, will celebrate the new ear by a midnight plunge the Piscataquog river. Nashua, N. H.—TFire started hy | an cxplosion in « paint shop causes | $35,000 damage. Westerly, R. I. — Edgar Potter | Maxson, city cditor of the Westerly | Sun, dies after long illness. Putnam, Conn.—The Grosvenor- dalc Co., cotton manufacturers Mass. — in em- | ploys 100 additional hands to fill an inerease in orders. Worcester, Mass.—-Woma unidentificd man found dead licved 1o I of murder suicide n and b victims and FOREST FIRES IN WEST Angeles, Dec forest fires, which federal ties said were of incendiary vesterda: menaced the Los authori origin, famous All were xtinguished or reported under con- trol, - PR—— | city | people | forts to do everythin chdislTBcthanv Church | | trust companies, | part, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1930. POISON REPORTED IN AIDE’S STOMAGH Doctors Refuse to Confirm Ru-j Mencken Says Budding Authors Nowadays Don’t Have to Languish; Wishes Le‘wiisfl Had Kept Still mor About Naval Atfache Washington, Dec. (UP)—In- vestigation of the mysterious death of Lieut. Bruce Settle, White House | naval aide, has revealed evidence | believed by police to conncct his| automobile with an accident which | caused the injury of four persons the | night before he suddenly died at| the Washington navy yard. The Washington Post said also there was a report “from a reliable | that poison was found in| s stomach, but that physicians who performed the autopsy refuscd to confirm the report ic Says Friend Sinclair | Ought to Stop Making‘ Speeches and Return to Writing Nove — Says Prize Award Blow Theologians. to| B ho! more, Dec. 31 (R — 1t 1 rainbow's end of s lan for ding ius the pen! H. L. Night Jail Sentences Imposed by JuA Wa rr 1 o Good 1 los cted of The il pro has wwes on drunk- prison- milies to n n cir jobs. editor, critic, bad boy of s times never we the young American Said Mr. Mencken Wh The naval board of inquiry inves tigating Settle’s death was called to- 10 hear witnesscs accident in which the | young officer was belicved to have been involved. Settle was reported by Grant L. Russell, an employe of the apartment house where he liv- ed, to have appeared to be drinking | Sunday night, when the accident oc currcd. Police have recovered the officer's | automobile, which showed signs of | having been in an accident of some sort. POLISHPLEAFILED (ONPULASKI STAMPS - but he ing nove Mr. glasses ish A vard ken counts in-| 4 som Baltimore, re betier me for | describe the writer. A new Walt anew ‘Leaves 1 certainly t his man should write of Grass' not have tomorrow to print it pense. T know at least toned and very solvent who would leay it Would Have Real Income “Morcove the mag, would protiy \ th e Walt would not have he cqual to doctor or editor of the America ind arch bachelor o married last gratified that Sinc Nobel hopes Mr. L publish; brin ndican, t leas s and ret Delegation Waits on Postmaster Who Promlses Quick Action Although New [ cluded among the first citi ceive the Pulaski stamp cffor being made by Polish Lite ion compos and military societ to have the soon after the d t on January A suggestion ma ki, president of meetir on Beaver street, to have presented to Herbert L ¥ representativ was adopted Mr. Nowinski cere 1 dele; Erwin on the mat noon after delivering and a d th action would be taken The petition reads To the Honorable Herbert E Postmaster, New Britain, Conn At a mceting dul purpose on December g the Polish Literary Guild cor of the following organizations Falcons’ Nest No. 88 Group No. Polish Alliance, Group Alliance Polish Political Polish America Kosciuszko 1ost Polish Business Mens ler Post, and ociation of Musi voted that a p-tition be d ur in ol s possible after the new stamp known as the Stamp” an allotment for of said stamp in the city of w Britain it is well known our probably numbers more citizens of the United Statcs of Polish ex- traction than any other city England, and the abov representing ahout 3300 Polish cxtraction sent the sentiment Lewis n h ademy no hearin 0 re- yg ar: guil nine this of ra civie or city, ginality guild, at a Falcon hall a petition Lrwin, post- s of the or- | the the corre Vo Whitman he prof t Whit Joseph Kozakiewicz, Karpinsl h Postma r this aft petition immediate Christian pedagoguc wer clowr for him w and tha Ma of owis tion Willi I not g b portance. I it is probabl held pri and woren th nply what oung men criticism i ¢ Al Smit calls boloney. National No. 465 Polish National K No. 1 sublican ] W " Blow to Theologians Nol Asso ard of t ind it is no won assistance e : o ollower 0 sition of the “Pulaski the salc sue it to H derwood Ower A Johr Davis. He in New A organization people of practically repre- of that of mistake It is fore 3 said organization there that b tain as soon as can be a nun said stamps for use of the this city. Signed POLISH Lucian Nowinski, Joseph Kozakics Boleslaus Karpinski, bhad cad van Dyk two Europe company : LITERARY GUILD. | sccond Pros., I Delegate. pr the At citize that wis himselt g a ne dishonesty aring in an I Ty earnc lows. Tt stor \ P. Society Election .. 1 meeting ° Youns that ety of the § ure parlor following offic President, W; . Ularencee en sadly detail they ening ham Y olgo H retary, Oscar Dahlgren; retary, Eve Swansc urer, Milton Carlson presider orp Iyn oy ard “In any artist flog his criti hard enough ti is. They lead wretc to be handle Bank and Insurance Stock Values Issued Hartford, Dec. 31 (®—The values | of shares of the capital stock of banks, national banking associat s, Morris plan b companies the board of cqualization for purposc of taxation, nounced today by State missioner Wilham H The values equali cas ne in t and insurance as state Tax Blodgett tixed by t an Comn . New H;\'V(‘en Woman Hurt; Driver Lcd\ es Machine | 1 A M ‘ fair m October 1, shows that bank stocks, for the held their own through th period of depression, or at least to the time of fixing the values for tax- | ation. Insurance stocks werc not so | fortunate, the falling off in tions being most pronounced JOURNALINTS' HLAD Dec (UP) —- Prof. W of the Uni- Iinois was clected presi- ATeric Association of Jo o sion of terday, It was voted statement | most omobiie todu ons on hospital laccrat e in shock as vice valua- accident ton | midnight viee MURPHY Boston, Lawrence versity of dent of thr achers o and driver o in New Hav accide to Orang Murphy the nalism at i clos mnual - mecting v ol y of to vear Minnesota Viee r, Penn secretary- Uni- com- lhosct Barlo v officer rof. State College: urer, Prof. H. M. Herbert versity of Oklahoma: executive mittee, Prof. John IF. Drewry, Uni- versity of Georgia, and Prof. J, L. 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