The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-30
VERMONT NEWS.

Y LNVIOIN l. NE WS.
The summer session of the Castleton
normal school closed Friday, July 26,
after four weeks of very successful
work.
Col George B. Comfy, who will be
temporarily in command at Fort Ethan
Allen will go to, the post today and take
command Of the two squadrons and ma
chine company of the 3D. cavalry now
! located there. Col. Comfy is lately re-
! turned from overseas service and holds |
the rank of temporary colonel. He ex.
poets to be assigned definitely to the |
| Sd cavalry with the rank of major.
| Mark White, aged nine years, of
| Springfield, Mass, who is spending the
summer with w. c. Bingham of Bethel,
! his uncle broke both bones of forearm
near the elbow last Friday when riding
Mr. Bingham s horse back to the house
from the watering trough. The horse
was frightened by some children and
| jumped, throwing the boy off from his
back.
The automobile of Mr.. and Mrs Rob
tie Monday afternoon on the East
Montpelier road. Mr.. Lawrence went
out of the road to give team a chance
TO pass, with the result that one wheel
dropped over and the car tipped upside
down They had to break the wind
shield to get out. Others in the car
escaped injury.
Private Donald Hitchcock of Rut-
land has received notice from Albany
that an Italian war cross, awarded to
him. hos arrived at the army recruiting
Office in that city and will be sent to
4 him at once. Private Hitchcock was
connected with the general headquar-
ters of the American army in Italy dur
ing the war. The special deed of valor
for which he was awarded the cross IS
not mentioned in the document signed
by the Italian government.
The trial of Michael Aruzzo for the
alleged murder of his cousin, Dominick
4 AruzZo, at Winooski, was started In
1 Chittenden county court Tuesday, a jury
I being secured before the noon recess.
Attorney General Frank G. Archibald of
Manchester and States Attorney Allen
Martin are prosecuting, and Rufus
Brown of Burlington is defending the
respondent. Judge Moulton is the presid-
ing Judge. When the charge was read
,. the respondent pleaded not guilty. Mi
chael Aruzzo is alleged to have killed
his cousin with a pair of shears.
The strike at the Vermont Milk Choc-
4 oate factory does not seem to have
| been settled Several of the girls re,
turned to work Monday morn:r~ after
promising the foreman at the factory
that they would do so but some of the
girls who have joined the union also
went to the factory and convinced their
st sisters who meant to stick to their jobs
I'd that they should stay out until the
= striking employees who walked out in
n; sympathy with the girls, were reinstated
- The situation remained the same Mon.
n day night
l. Vermont seems to have Jared as wei
= as any of the New England states in the
y recent assignment of national guard or
: CARNATIONS, for it obtained two infan
r. try battalions. The report received a
e. the adjutant general S office shows thai
r the state received two battalions of in
nj fantry and machine gun company
Wnlle massachusetts only received
I'D complete regiment of infantry, which
&c is three battalions Maine had one reg
iment of infantry, so received no furth
:. er anportionment New Hampshire oh
n, tanned one infantry battalion and som
en- coast guards; Connecticut one battalio
. of infantry and coast guards, Will
TX Rhode Island received no infantry OF
n: CARNATIONS. Probably Vermont wi
m. get more when there are more fund
In available from the federal government.
&c Henry Merlin of Crotch, Fred Merri
- of Quincy, Mass, and Leon Hutchir
at. of Montpelier were in city court q
by Montpelier Tuesday as result of a
igs automobile accident Monday nigh
= Henry Merlin was charged with opera
cI ing an automobile while intoxicated an
w the other two were charged with breac
It's of the peace. All pleaded not guilt
w. The automobile driven by Henry Merr
RS: collided with one owned by Louis Arc
W. of Montpelier near the foot of Scribn
an,
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