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New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
NOSE BROKEN AND
 SEDAN DEMOLISHED Truck and Pleasure Gar Collide
 on Turnpike Last Night CAR DRIVER DISAPPEARS
(, W. Stevens Chairman Of Commit tee on Memorial Day Plans--All Kcnsingtons Will Play Series With Falcons of New Britain.

Two mon were injured, one Of them suffering a broken nose, and a small sedan was reduced to an al most total wreck on the turnpike ast night at about 11:30 o'clock, when the car, which was said to have been travelling at a high rate of speed, crashed into heavy truck near the Bruce farm, about one and half miles south dF the center Of the town. The driver of the car, said 10 be Harry Ross of Seymour street, New Britain, disappeared after the accident. An Investigation was made by Constable Orvile Ven tres, and it Is expected that the man will be halcd into court,
 The sedan was bound toward Der lin and the truck was on lis way in- 10 Meriden. Pasquale Frank, driver of the truck. gave his address as GA Water street. New Haven, and said he was proceeding Southerly along the turnpike. He told the officer that he noticed the other machine bound toward him at a high rate Of speed on the opposite side Of the road. Just as it reached his truck, it careened toward the heavier vehicle and crashed into it. The sedan was turned completely around by tho i'm pact
 The injured men were taken to the office of pr, Thomas C. llodgson Of Berlin street and they were treated for their wounds. A man who gave lis name as Thomas Nankowt1 of goo Parkyiew avenue, New Britain. suffered a broken nose and four efitrhes were taken 10 f1x up his hurts. Michael t'airwoo1 Of Mill street New Britain, was treated for bruises, YankoWitz suffered injuries about the face and head, also.
 The driver of the truck, Frank, o7s not injured and his machine was not damaged.
 stevens Heads Committee
 rlaude ". Stevens of kensinEton as elected chairman of the general Atiiilil'lNN III 'ild EE ul iiiN NNllN- rial day exercises. at a meeting held last night al the Peck Memorial li- hrarv. Kenstngton will be host to the exercises this year and it was decided 10 hold the celebration st the Kensington Congregational church on the morning of May So. A parade Will he held previous to the exercises. This parade will form st the Kensington Grammar school and will march through the princi- pal streets of the district.
 Other officers and committees were chosen as follows al last night s meeting:
 Secretary. Arthur II. Bushnell; treasurer, William w. Pagan.
 Committee on decoration of graves kcnsington district. William Eitchie, Thomas Pagan and Pas- qua1e Giannotta; Berlin district, Henry Austin, Frank B, Woods and Howard Runce: East Berlin district. Arthur Benson. Henry Bartram and Walter Payne; Beckley district, Ar thur H Bushnell and Orville s. Nontrcs
 Finance committee. Arthur l.. Moffatt. chairman VithroVer 10 sp- point assistants in each district,
 Marshal Of parade, George l..
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12

Spring water delivered in J-gal. bottles, Thralls drug store. Tel. lI9.-Advt,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
Teal SnrrrCN

Fse-1 m engaged. Don't tell
 Mary-Marveious, Who shsnt I ell first "--Cornel Widow.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
atson Known Here

1tet+o~ant Arthur Y Ws'77~
 k led ,7 en airrlane a~~17a"' ~ 0os-t Etra vestsriay 77s 1'" hn01.0 Hore- ha,l0s ser-o3 f~ r .ror7ps-v of +ra First r~~-r-. --- T~F20+ry. ~Nl0n later hrc7n1a '-- taod infantry. A. 'no 'j07a ~ 're 'iovioar hor3or 'ro9n'ee 1-.r:,--s~' W7tson ms ",lr- i- Tr1uah--~'-
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
Son Is Born Today.

Mir. and Mrs. Edward McCormack of kenslngton are receiving ConErat- ulaiions on the birth Of son today, The baby weighed sia pounds Roth MT, and Mrs, Mccormack are popu-
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
Auto Niolstnrs Tined

week Hnl qut0 aroidsnfs fNe1 fNf toUn court docket last nIcht and rr- suited in inc imposition of two Anes and rail tertenca hv Judge Fivard P Trior NuohaA, Naples Of Ncv Britain, arrested hy Notorc~r'e of.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
ppraiscr to speak

representative of a marufar- 'urers' appraisal company VIII talk
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
Torrsters tn Meet

Court U>o- Wonoma. r. of \ 75' maot on Thursday ntsht ir Fs1 Ncn's h7". when T class of cardl- lat-e vi ho initiated Alter the prsfnar$ session. 3 sN~ia) hour vi -4l- n.er.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our nejEAhors and friends for tho help and cour- tnsy extended tn us during our re cent trouble caused hy tho burning of our homAstra1
 Signed, Mir and Mrs Edward Tr"ichel
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
Daughter is Born.

Announcement is made of the birth of a daughter Helen, 10 Mir and Mrs. Charles Simsky of Caesars hill, East Berlin road, on May {. Mir, Slimsky is employed as a screw ma chine operator in one of the New Britain factories.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12

Repairs 10 machinery at the F. Ingraham 70, plant are being com- pleted so that it is expected by the company officials that the concern will be able 10 resume work tomor- TOW, The plant has hoon shut down for about week because Of defects which developed in the operative equipment.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12
Judge Peck To Speak

Twenty gold star mothers Of this city have heen remembered by Seicheproy post, American Legion. as each was given bouquet of snapdragons 10 which card was attached, bearing a poem written by Edgar Guest, Three of thc bouquets were sent 10 mothers out Of the city, who formerly lived lerc.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-12

The funeral Of Arthur C, Perkins, who died recently in Florida, was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his home on Sessions street, where services were conducted by Rev. William B. West, pastor of the Prospect Methodist church. The bur ial took place in the West cemetery,
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
HOLD Up men
GET $1,000

Two sensational hold-ups. rival.
ling those staged here by the
''blond bandit" few weeks ago,
and a number Of robberies includ-
ing one of $1,000 in bills. were
reported to- the police today.
For the second time in two
weeks, bandits held up and robbed
Thomas A. Midget, night manager
Of the Gregg Taxicab Company, at
escaped with $67 taken from the
cash register and SIT and gold
watch which belonged to Midget.
Two masked men, one Of them
scofOred, entered the office. and com
manded Midget to stick 'em up"
While the white bandit kept him
covered with a revolver, the other
robbed the cash register and Mid
gett.
Charles r. Brewer, night manager
of a lunch room at 3418 Eleventh
st. N. W.. reported that while on
his way home early yesterday morn
ing in company with the cook, they
were held up at the point of a re-
volver by two young white bandits
who had blackened their faces, at
Thirteenth st. and Park Rd.
Brewer, thinking the hold-up was
n,
the gun from the bandits hand,
who turned and fled, followed by
the other one.
The loss of her life's savings.
81 900 in bills and silver, was re-
ported to the police of the Third
precinct by Barbara Gregory, 2429
K st. N. w. The money was hidden
in the bottom Of a wardrobe and
was taken Saturday night when she
was absent.
Hazel Hampton, colored, %, Of
Richmond, Va, was arrested by po-
lice last night, charged with grand
larceny, after she had fled from the
home of John w. Townsend, $500
Lowell st. N. w.
The girl created suspicion at the
Townsend home with her expensive
clothing when she applied for
position. Finding the name of Mrs.
Ida Glusack, 230 Bryant st. N. w,
in the girls hat, Mrs. Townsend
telephoned to Mrs. Glusack and
learned that the colored girl, after
locking the two little Glusack chill
dren out on the back porch, ran
sacked the house and left with $500
worth of clothes and jewels. Police
say the girl admits the robbery.
Herman Difralo. GIT II st. N. w.
reported some one entered his room
last night and stole 500 in bills.
Two hundred car tokens, valued
at $14, were stolen from a Wash
irgton Railway and Electric car
early this morning when it was
en- route to the car barn. Conductor
Neville Carter reported to the po-
lice of the Fourteenth precinct.
The theft of SIS in bills and a
savings bank containing $40 was
reported by Hardy Crawford, 1928
Riggs st. N. W..
The loss of a pocketbook con-
tanning $102 in bills was reported
by Bernice Barkalow. 1880 Klinglc
Rd. NJ w.
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
HIT AND RUN TIP
N|PS DRIVER

Mrs. Stella Conover, 1880 18th
st. N. W., and Harry Riley and
E. Kozack, students at Catholic
University, may be the first re-
cipients of the reward offered by
Major Edwin Hesse, superintendent
of police, for information leading
to the arrest of chit and run"
operators of automobiles.
The trio were responsible for the
arrest last night of Charles E. Hall
colored, SO 1916 10th st. N. W.,
who, it is alleged, smashed into an
automobile owned by Raphael Ed
monston, 4817 Conduit Rd. n. W.,
when his machine was parked near
18th and N Sts., N. w. After the
smashup Hall, it is said, failed to
stop, but Mrs. Con0ver and the
two students took the number of
his license plates. Hall was later
arrested and charged with driving
while drunk, reckless driving and
leaving after colliding.
Ten persons, three Of them chill.
dren, were injured yesterday in au
tomobile ACCIDENTS
Thomas w. Gleason, 60 years old,
and his wife Mamie, SO years old, Of
25O5 Rhode Island Ave. N. W., web
nainfully cut and bruised when their
car overturned after it collided with
an automobile operated by Franlf
D. Butler, of 1913 F st. N. E., at
Eighteenth and Jackson SITS. N. p.
They were treated at the office of
a nearby physician and removed to
Sibley Hospital.
While attempting to pick up q
football in the middle of the street,
7-year-old Peter Spasuli was
thrown for a loss of several yards
when he was struck by an auto
mobile operated by William J..
Shipped, of Clarendon, Va. The
accident occurred in front Of the
boys home, 625 Second st. N. w.
He was treated at SibIey Hospital
for cuts on the face.
Eleanor Wolfe, Z, 1926 z St.
N. W., was struck by an automobile
in front of the Dunbarton Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. where the
child had attended Sunday school
yesterday morning. She was slightly
cut and bruised and treated at her
home.
Shock and bruises were suffered
by Mrs. Talley Moundy, 20, 3430
Georgia avenue, when she was hit
by an automobile at Thirteenth
st. and Park Rd. ~
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
Bis D. c. FUND
To BE URGED

What little voice the District OF
Columbia has in demanding fair ap-
Preparations from Congress for
civic activities viii be used tonight
when more than ninety influential
organizations meet in the Franklin
School to thresh out budget slashes.
With the schools appropriation
hit harder than any other this
year, j. G. Yaden, president OF
the Public School Association, is
to explain to the bodies represented
tonight just what it means to the
District.
An additional appropriation Of
$1,500,000 for the purchase Of
school buildings and playground
sites will be urged by Mr.. Yaden.
OF the amount allowed the schools
this year. $4,000, 900 is surplus from
last year, Mr.. Yaden claims.
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
ARLINGTON co.
NEWS BRIEFS

ARLINGTON COUNTY Dec. IA.
AFTER many months the town
council of Potomac. at special
meeting tonight in the town hall
at 8 o'clock, win receive the plans
and Specifications of the new town
hall and firehouse.
According to a statement by
Corporation Attorney Walter u.
Varney today, as soon as the coun-
Gil approves the plans, bids Will
be called for on the erection Of the
building and work will be rushed
rapidly as possible.
The Woman's Civic Club, the
Garden Club and. the Arlington
Post, No. 13g American Legion,
have joined in the arrangements for
the planning of the first community
Christmas trees in Clarendon, which
win be erected in the Memorial
Triangle in front of the Baptist
Church and facing Wilson -boule-
ward.
The committee appointed from the
three organizations, who will have
charge of all arrangements are:
Woman's Civic Club, Mrs. Charles
r. Taylor, Mrs. A. j. Webb, Mrs.
J. A. Boston, and Mrs Gladys Ruck-
er; Garden Club, Charles L. Lad
son, N. Rex Hunt, and Robert H.
Eourman; the American Legion,
Devices Shallcross, Herbert III. Por-
ter and DIR. ]. A. Boston.
Plans are being formulated, It
was learned today for the organi-
zation Of a mems club at the
Clarendon Methodist Church.
Ehe regular semi-monthly meet
ing of the Clarendon Citizens AS
sociation will be held tonight in
the community hall at 8 o'clock.
Plans are being completed rapid
ly for the playlet entitled "One
Christmas Eve" to be given by
the Lyon Park Girl Scout Troop
and the Brownies on the night of
December %.
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
Communism Debate Topic

A joint debate on Communism:
Is 1t Feasible? Is 1t Desirable?"
will be held at the Playhouse, 1914
n ST., N. W., at 8 o'clock Friday
night, between Samuel Saloman
and Linn A. E. Gale. Gale was
one Of the founders Of the Commu-
mist party Of Mexico and was for
four years publisher Of Gales IT.
ternational Monthly. Saloman has
written and lectured widely against
radicalism.
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
NEW YORK SENIOR WINS
DEBATE AT GEORGETOWN

The annual Merrick debate at
Georgetown College was won last
night by Walter j. Thompson, a Sc
nior, of New York. He will be
awarded the Philodemic Debating
Society medal
The question was Resolved, that
amendments to the Federal Consti-
tuition should be ratified by a di
rect vote of the people of the sew
eral States" The affirmative won.
Members of the competing teams
were as follows: Anthony B. Bren-
nan, Of Georgia and Walter J..
Thompson, of New York, affirma-
tive; Frank A. Ruffer, of New Jer-
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
Biological Society Meeting

ington will hold its annual meeting,
for the election of officers, on Sat
urday night at o'clock in the new
assembly han Of the Cosmos Club.
A council meeting of the society
VIII precede the annual meeting at
1850 O'Clock in the council room of
the Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
EDUCATORS TO THRONG
D, C, FOR CONVENTION

Thousands of leading educators
of the country are expected to
pour into the Capital from Febru-
ery 21 to Is to attend the conven-
ton Of the National Education AS.
ISOLATION at the Washington Audit
orium.
Nearly 1000 rooms in thirty-six
local hotels have been reserved for
the delegates so far.
The Washington times., 1925-12-14

sey and N. Holmse Glare, OF New
York, negative.
The judges were Dr.. James J..
Kilroy, DIR. John A. O'Donoghue
and B. F. Saul. Louis w O'Leary,
vice president of the Philodemic
Sosiety, presided, and William l..
Cooney was chairman Of the re-
centiOn committee
The Washington times., 1925-12-14
Psychic Center Lecture

DIR. Jane B. Coates will address
the Center for Psychic Develop.
ment Wednesday evening at s
o'clock on the subject, Forgive Us.
Our Trespasses.I The meeting will
be held at the Playhouse. 1914 N
st. N. w,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08
BURNING LEAVES
 STOPPED ON ROADS
State Takes Move Protecting
 Highways

To prevent unnecessary damage to the plblic highways in Connecticut, the state highway department and the state police department have taken steps 10 curb the practice of burning leaves or rubbish on or ad- joining the state roads. Each fall. cases havo Invariably been brought 10 light were these roadside fires, started by persons cleaning up fall- en leaves have worked serious in- jury 10 the surface Of highways. At the same time. the added danger to automobile traffic from these fires is pointed out.
 AS result of this conditions warning has been given that prose- cutions are likely to follow under a statute which provides penalties for damage 10 the highways.
 Inasmuch as many roads arc treated with asphalt, tar or other substances which contain volatile oil easily ignited, serious menace ex- ists, the highway department claims. At the same time, a needless waste follows when roadside Is chosen as place to destroy great piles of ac- cunulated leaves.
 Even though the fires are started in the gutters, the heat from them is sufficient to draw the oils from the bituminous surface of the high ways and cause greatly increased maintenance expense.
 Similar warnings 1t ts believed, have done much to save the state added expense of unnecessary re- pairs to road surfaces, The warn- ing it is hoped. will serve to em- phasize the danger 10 transportation which lies in the presence on the highway Of the smouldering remains of such fires in view of the possibiIi- tv Of gasoline tank fires or ex~ plosions,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08
SCHOOL WILL REOPEN

Intervention by Mayor IaonoSsa in the heat situation at the stanley school has borne fruits and the school will be opened again tomor- row. IL became necessary 10 close the building and dismiss the, ch''- dren last Friday when the heating apparatus failed to function, Nlth nothing apparently being accom- plished in the matter, the mayor took the matter In his own hands and arranged a meeting Of the state and local contractors in his office yesterday. The upshot WAS the reaching of a compromise with the promise that the heat would be in- stalled today and the building ready for occupation tomorrow. The trouble arose over dispute between the two contractors as to the dis tance of pipe each was responsible for one working at the Normal school heating plant and the other on the Stanley school.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08
ARGUE STATE RIGHTS

Washington, Oct. S (Pl-The right of states 10 enforce minimum wage laws was argued today in the su- prcme court in an appeal by Arizona aimed to establish such authority Of states under the exercise of their police power to fix minimum wages for women. The supreme court re- gently held a federal minimum wage law for the District Of Columbia in valid.
 A. Sardell. a storekecper in No gales, representing that he could not pay four women clerks the minimum wage of SIS a week provided in the Arizona law. attacked its constitu- tionality with success in inc federal district court in that state and from that decision Arizona appealed. The industrial welfare commission of California was permitted to file q brief in tho case sustaining the reti- ton taken by Arizona.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08
City Items

Pictures reduced during our tst birthday party. The Burritt Gift Shop. = W. Maint st.--Advt.
 4 daughter was born at the Now Britain General hospital yesterday to Mir. and Mrs. Milton RerkoTitz of SIS Main street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Paul II. Spters of 64 Mason Drive are rejoicing at the birth of son, born today. MT. Spiers Is an official of the Hall Spiers Brick Co. of Berlin.
 Willis II. Roden is critically ill al his home at 562 Stanley street.
 Sons were born at the New Brit ain General hospital this morning to Mir. and Mrs. Albert kaplan of 270 Iinwood street, and to Mir. and Mrs George McGoldrick Of Elm Hill.
 The city plan commission will he in session this afternoon at 4:SN o'clock at the office Of Mayor A. M. FaonesSa.
 A meeting Of the Ladies Auxiliary to the A. O. H. will be held tomor- row evening at o'clock at Judd $ hall.
 Buy, sell, rent or exchange A Classified Ad will do the work,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08
VIGOROUS TONE
 GIVEN MARKET
All Groups With Exception Ol
 Oils Share in Advance

Wall st.-stock prices swung up. ward In vigorous fashion after an carly period of uncertainty today virtually all groups except the oils participating in the advance. A break Of S6 bale in cotton prices failed to dampen hullish enthusiasm In stocks. Rails, which had been sluggish, because of the uncertain. ty regarding pending railroad mcr- gers, were galvanized into activity, a number of both investment and speculative issues moving up to 3 points. <. <. krcsge recorded an other sensational spurt of 23 points to a record top of $40. Barnet Leather, which had moved up Q points 10 new peak, broke 9 points from It's high, and New York ship building fell back points on rcallz- ing
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08
fer his tcth birthday,

after his 1cth birthday,
 He worked at his trade until the Civil war. enlisting in December. 1868, in Company l, First Connecti- cut artillery, when "2 years of age. He served with distinction during the war, being one of 20 picked artilcriSts who followed storming rsrty of infantry against a number ot Petersburg hrrastworks in the carly spring of 1865,
 Following his enlistment he was sent 10 New York for preliminary training. Later his company left on the steamship Dudley Buck for AL exandria, Va, where he was sta toned at Fort Richardson and later q! Fort Scott. In April, 1864, his regiment was sent 10 Bermuda Hun dred. being stationed in hreastWorks between the James and AppomattoX rivers in the direction of Richmond. In the middle of the summer of that same year the regiment crossed the AppomattoX. and his company placed in Battery No. in front of Petersburg. Here with three S0- pound parrot guns daily artillery dueIs were carried on with "Old Scab." the rebel fort across tho river.
 The next spring. that of 1865, saw the end of the war. The 70 picked men, of which Mir. Sheldon was one. followed close on the heels of the stormers and turned the captured confederate guns on the fleeing con- federate soldiers even before they had time to disappear into trenches hut 100 yards away. The regiment was stationed In Fort Malone, called
 Fort He'll" very near 10 Appomat- tox Court House, when Lee surren- dered.
 Mir. Sheldon was taken sick while still in the service and was sent to Knights General hospital in New Haven. where later hc was fully re- covered and discharged. Following his recovery. he decided 10 continue his long neglected education, and accordingly entered the United States College of Business and Fi- nance in New Haven.
 Returning to Bristol, he married Laura M Curtiss, April |, 1870, He became penmanship teacher in his old school in Edgewood, which posi- ton he resigned after one year, He then accepted a position as book keeper for F. Tngraham, watch mcr- chant. in Bristol. At this time he was superintendent of the Sunday school in the Methodist church and very active in church affairs. He then worked for tho Sessions Clock company. and then went into tho
 grocery business, working for L. G
 MerIck for eight and one-half years He learned this business thoroughly. He came to New Britain In 1884 and entered the employ of Charles Blakesloe. who conducted a grocery,
 grain and feed business at 72 West
 Main strot. Five years later he bought tho business and kept 1t un- | til 1897. He was later employed in the office of the New Britain Ice Corporation. retiring about four and ono half years ago.
 Mir. Sheldon was a member of tho
 official board of Trinity Methodist
New Britain herald., 1925-10-08

crease of ss additional members, making q gain of 2Oi memberships since the drive opened. That the goal of 1000 Is expected to be reached before the end of the drive, was the statement made by Congressman Dan Reed, who is director.
 The workers were the guests Of the Rotary club. the meeting being in charge of President Frank H. Shield. who turned it over 10 Gen eral Chairman Donald Gatfney. The first speaker was Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene. pastor Of the First Congregational church. Mir. Greene told about the committee of ministers which is planning a "Ciyic Sunday" at which tine sermons on Good Citizenship will be given from every pulpit in the city at the same time. Tt will be the same sub ject at the same time but in different places different sermons and by dif- ferent ministers. but the whole city will get 1t in the neck that Sunday" said Mir. Greene.