New Britain herald., 1920-01-29

Connecticut highway departm ent hay ing found the 16-foot highway inn practical. The work will be started the last week in April or the first week in May and the entire thor oughfare-about 5000 feet--will be completed within two months at the latest, one of the surveyors said this morning.
 Boiler Bursts ii: School.
 The boiler in the WorthnSto1 school burst yesterday. necessitating the closing of the school. The chil- drcn went to their classes as usual this morning but were imm cdiately dismissed until further notice. Re pairmen arc at work upon the boiler and it is expected that the heating system will be running as usual with in few days.
 States Center Here.
 Very few people living in .the town of Berlin realize that the exact geo. graphical center of the state lies within the confines of Berlin. or. ra ather, East Berlin. To get to the place is not an easy task, as it lies cast of the small stream that flows through the center of the East Berlin flats dividing East Berlin from Der 1'ii' Stiu Io pSi litdbS Ipo ydIuS HOTt.l of the road. An old trunk of a tree which was struck by lightning 8 number of years ago marks the exact spot. Dead limbs lie about the trunk so that no one can miss seeing the location.
 IAita Alice Cowles
 Lita Alice. the 15-year-old daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs. sydney Cowles of k ensln gton died at her home last. night Of pneumonia. having been ill but one day. She had been attending school until a few days ago and ap- parently had been in the best of health. She complained the other night of having a pain in her chest and the family physician was called She grew worse as the day pro- evening.
 She was pupil al he New Britain High school and had a host of friends 10 whom her death comes as t shock The sym pathies of the entire com munitN are with MT. and Mrs. CoWles in their bereavement. She was great ly loved by all who knew her and the blow Is felt kcenly in the community She is survived by her father and mother, two sisters and a brother
 Ronansky Improved
 John komanshy of BeckIeN. who shot himself in the head in an attempt 10 commit suicide, will recover, il was announced this morning. An N-ray of his head was taken revealing three bullets ono behind his right ear. one above ii and one almost at tho right center of the top of his craniun. The first two bullets i'm bcddeu them selves in the bone and the one on top pro- Jected through the bone about a quar- ter of an inch but did not touch the brain. Five bullets were fired, two of which were found in the ceiln@ and not in Romansky's head as was first believed.
 Cars Run During Night. Car service over the Berlin line was kept up all during the night last night and this morning in order to keep the water over the rails from freezing and tying up the system. When the water freezes aver the rails the car wheels cannot touch the steel rails. thereby preventing the electricity from pass ing from tn" wire to the track and thence back to the power house. Injured at Factories. Hicco Mariani employ cd at the Ohm stead thompson factory suffered right hand yesterday afternoon when he caught it in press which he was operating. He was attended by Dr.. Dixon.
 Daniel BiShannati of East Berlin lost the end of his index finger at the first joint yesterday morning while