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New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
BERLIN NEWS
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lin Town hall on Worthington ridge last evening. Games were played and refreshments were served. The kensington Gun club will meet this afternoon at the Percival avenue range. The Kenton Hill Gun club will meet at the home of Claude w. Stevens.
 Many residents are attending the Yale-Army game held in the Yale Bowl at New Haven this afternoon, Special police direction has been or dercd to take care of the heavy traffic through here this afternoon and evening.
 Jason NJ. Taylor of Kensinston is touring New England by motor. He intends to be gone about two weeks.
 East Berlin Items.
 The juvenile minstrel staged by the Community club last evening was attended by several hundred. The chorus work by the youngsters was exceptionally good The solo work of Albert Ogle and Henry TreiCheI was especially good. For the girls Miss Nedra Lawrence was especially good in her song and dance act Bert" Ocle and George Demore as end men and George Wells with John Lewis as the second end men kept the audience in good humor. The work of the entire troupe showed that considera effort had been taken 10 make the play the success that it was. Tonight there will be a Halloween dance and social. The awarding of the prizes will be made at the conclusion of the entertain ment.
 Charles T'iske has returned home from the New Britain hospital where he has been confined for the past week.
 Church services will be held in the Methodist church tomorrow at the regular hours. Preaching service at 11:45 o'clock followed by Sunday school at 12 o'clock.
 Servicesswill be conducted at St. Gabriel's Episcopal church tomorrow at the usual hour.
 The girls club will meet Monday evening from seven to eight o'clock, the older girls meeting from eight to nine o'clock.
 The Sacred Heart church will hold q whist party in the social rooms of the church Monday evening at eight o'clock to which the public have been invited to attend. Mrs. Patrick Holigan is the hostess for the eve ming.
 Mir and Mrs. ". H. Payne attend ed the Yalc-Army game at New Haven today.
 Miss Dorothy Davis of Hartford is spending the weekend with her cousin Miss Virginia Walsh.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
DAM IS BUILT ID
 TEST STRENGTH
Will Crash When Strain Be-
 comes Too Great

Fresno, Cal, Oct. 29 LP) - Built in the belief that millions of dol lars have been wasted in the con- struction of hydro electric dams and that exact data on the amount of stress and strain will enable en- gineers to avoid waste, series of tests is being made on the Steven son creek experimental dam 62 miles east d Fresno.
 The tests, by the United States bureau of standards, are attracting attention of engineers throughout the world.
 Try Varied Thickncsses
 The dam, sponsored by the En- gineering Foundation of New York, has been built at cost of s1O0,- 000. It is 60 feet high, 140 feet long across the top and 1-2 feet thick at the base. Thirty feet above the base it is only 21-2 feet thick and that thickness is maintained to it's top.
 The structure, in the language Of the engineers, is a single arch. constant radius dam of ordinary concrete and steel construction.
 Stevenson creek Is a mere trickle in the summer. so that water for the pressure tests is drawn from one of the tunnels of the, Southern california Edison company, which
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
LEFT PRISON WITH
 NOTHING, NOW RICH
Air Bootlegging Brings Fortune
 to EX-COnYiCt

Chicago, Oct. 30 Lp) - How . convict released from prison vir- tually penniless amassed a fortune of 5000, 900 by using airplanes in his bootlegging business and oper- ated 45 breweries. was disclosed here last night following the indict- ment last yesterday of eight men charged with prohibition law vio- lations.
 Frank G. Parker Is said by fed eral agents to have amassed moro than s5,00O,000 by airplane boot logging since he was released from the Joliet penitentiary five years ago. His eight employees were also named in the indictments which resulted from a raid as 5000 gall Ions of beer and s10O,OOO worth ot distillery equipment were seized in a brewery alleged to be owned by Parker.
 Parker was imprisoned for par ticipating in an automobile theft ring. He became known to the pub- lie in March, 1923, as the aviator who carried food and clothing to the group of fishermen trapped by a blizzard on South Fox island in Lake Michigan. Later he figured as the guarantor of the Carpentier- Gibbons fight at Michigan City, h. diana.
 Parker, federal agents claim, i. believed to be. one of the biggest and wealthiest bootleggers in the country.
 His sentence to prison followed his arrest in February, 1917, at Minneapolis as the "crown prince" of group of Chicago automobils thieves which was headed by Ira Bond. a Minneapolis broker. Parker, according to Special Agent Patrick Roche, also was con- nected with a Canadian group of bootleggers.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
AUTOS IN COLLISION

Automobiles driven by Sylvia NJ Clark of 305 Chestnut street and B. E. Bogdaski of S1 Broad street fig urcd in collision last night at 10:5O o'clock in front of 676 Stan ley street. Bogdaski said he thought the other car was going to stop but instead it swung In towards a gar age and he could not avoid striking it. Both cars were only slightly damaged.
 Automobiles driven by Albert F. Colby of $40 East street and Israel Shinits of 227 North street collided yesterday forenoon at 11:45 o'clock at Stanley and Allen streets. Colby told Officer Woods he was driving south on Stanley street at the rate of Is miles an hour when the other car vas almost past the intersec- tion. The accident was unavoidable. in the opinion of the police. The rear fender ard window In Shin it's car were broken and the front fender of Colby's car was bent.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
ON POLICE BLOTTER

Officer William Grabeck reported that Charles D. Gaudreault of 166 Smith street told him a truck was parked on Clinton street and al- ready parts had been stolen. The truck was taken to the municipal garage.
 William Mentich of 112 West street reported at 1O:50 last night that his automobile had been stolen from Beaver street, near Broad. E. w. Blynn of Newington noti- fled Captain Kelly this morning that his automobile struck an electric light pole on East Main street near Elm and broke the globe.
 Frank Arele of 51 Franklin street complained that he was at tackled by police dog.
 Thomas Devine of the public works department reported the theft of q number of tools within the past few days
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
ALLING REFUSES
 TO 0. K. TR|CKERY
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went into the store. The officer said the man had s131 of his own money and the police gave him so. When he came out of the store he still had s1.S1, but the $2 was gone. The agent testified that he paid 50 cents for two drinks, s for the pint and spent 50 cents in a restaurant last night.
 Attorney Dunn asked the officer
 whether Skibo was excited or drunk.
 The officer said it was fortunate Skibo had no revolver or he and
 Officer Cosgrove would have been
 killed.
 "Is that the reason Skibo has the
 cut over the eye with three stitches
 in it?" Attorney Dunn asked. Off,
 cer Stadler said he did not see a blow struck in the melee but he saw Skibo's clothes torn and covered with blood.
 Skibo. in his own defense. denied having sold liquor since his last conviction. He has liquor at home
 for the use of his wife and himself, but he does 0t have 1t for sale. He was "crazy" when the officers raided his home and he is sorry he fought the police His wife owns the store and he has a shoe repairing shop on Broad street.
 He said the "agent" represented that his wife was i'll and needed li- quor.
 Prosecuting Attorney Woods saiA there is no question of Siibo's guilt. He has been convicted before, yet he persists in violating the law. He should be bound over 10 the super for court. He showed his guil& ny Inniug when the officers came in
 Had he not been selling liquor, he need not fear the law.
 AS Attorney Dunn arose 10 aryue the defense, Judge Alling entcrei discharge and gave his reasons.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
MASS MEETINGS ID
 END N. '. CAMPAIGN
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republican senatorial nominee in that state, against attacks on con- tributions to his campaign fund by Samuel Insull, utility magnate, while Smith as chairman of the Illinois commerce commission exercised supervision over rates and service of the Insull companies.
 What If He Did?
 What if Samuel Insull did con- tribute to the campaign fund used in my behalf?" declared Smith. "Other interests contribute to the campaign funds of candidates for president-the railroads, banking interests, the steel industry, sugar industry. Will any one dare say that these contributions disqualify the candidate for president to hold the office if elected?"
 The formal White House state ment was issued without comment after the president had been inform ed that yesterdays issue of the Chi cago Tribune had represented him as making certain comments on the Illinois political situation.
 The president" it said, "has given no interviews, made no state ment, taken no position and express cd no attitude for the purpose of influencing the choice of a United States senator in Illinois,
 Meanwhile Representative Old field, Arkansas, chairman of the democratic congressional committee, was declaring that the senate cam- paign funds committee under Chair man Reed. democrat, Missouri, had exposed the use of *huge shush funds by republicans in primaries and had put the fear of further ex- posture into the hearts of republican contributors as well as candidates so that the republican practice of buying elections is minimized this year." while Senator Phipps, Cobra do, chairman of the republican sen atorial committee, was asserting that the question before the voters on Tuesday was their choice between returning Ito the conditions of 1921 and the democratic years preceding" or a continuation of the splendid republican. achievements Of the past five years"
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30

of the committee working in aid Of the bridge asks that her committee make reports on the sale of tickets as early as possible.
 The members of the Business and Professional Women's club held their annual Halloween party last evening at the club house on High street. Decorations were vivid and colorful and the traditional Hal loWe'en games featured. Miss Katherine Colton, Miss Agnes Duffy. MISS Grace Watkins and Miss Helen Ray were in charge of the affair.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
WOMAN DRIVER INJURED,
 TRUCK OPERATOR FLITS
Police Seek Evader Who Fails to Stop to Ascertain Damage Done
 in Collision.

Mrs. Lillian Whaples and Miss Florence Seymour, both of "A Con- gress street, Hartford, were slightly injured when a car driven by Mrs. Whaples was struck by a truck about 10 o'clock last night on the Hartford road.
 Miss Seymour suffered an injury to her eye and was taken to New Britain General hospital. Her father who was riding with her in the car escaped uninjured. The driver of the truck drove on without ascer- taining the damage. After hearing the complaint the police began a search for the driver.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
Recommend Remission
 Of War Memorial Fee

The building department will rec ommend remission of a s2S0 build ing permit fee collectible for the permanent memorial to World War veterans. It Is estimated the building costs will reach s140,00O, for which fee of s2S0, reckoned at the rate of s2 per thousand, is required. This is the first time such a rebatement has been recommend ed, fee having been charged for the Spanish War Veterans memorial and for school buildings erected here.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
PIAINVIIlE NEWS
(Continued from Page Saven)

Master, the Tempest is Raging. ' and When the Curtains Are Lift ed,' Rev. A, P. solandt, of South ington. will give an address on Temperance" The public is cordi- ally invited.
 Baptist Church
 Sunday services at the Baptist church will be as follows: Preaching by the pastor, Rev. X. D. Kendrick, D. D., at 10:45 a. m., Bible school at 12 noon. Evening service at T o'clock. Young Peoples meeting at 8 D. m., at this meeting the topic will be "The Matchless Deeds of Christ" and the leader will be Percy Tripp.
 Library to Close
 Beginning November 1 the public library will be closed on Monday afternoons until May l. 1927. This will leave two library days each week. Saturday afternoons and evon- ings and Wednesday afternoons.
 Football News
 The Plainvile Blues arc scheduled to play their first home game tomor- row with the South Ends of South Manchester as opponents. A good game and. a large crowd are ex- pected. All members are to report for practice at the high school field tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock.
 The high school football team put up great fight against the South Manchester trade school eleven yes tcrday afternoon but was defeated, GO.
 The W. c. T. L. will hold it's regu- lar meeting at o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Hugh Trumbull, 5S Maple street
 Mrs. I. J. Birnbaum and son Har- old are attending the Yale-Army game in New Haven today.
 14 room house, suitable for 1 or 2 families, at 72 W. Whiting St. Apply Riccio's Shoe Store, Bristol advt.
 Boy wanted. over 16. Suburban Filling Station. Call after 6.-advt. All ready to rent, cottage. Inquire Mrs. Alldeiige, 23 Hough St.-advt.
 American Legion Auxiliary food sale, Saturday afternoon, 2-5 o'clock. 49 West Main St.-advt.
 Hudson and Essex automobiles. Let me show you one of the latest models. K. NJ. Seymour, 55 Maple street. Tel. GS-5.-adyt.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
LACE DRESS VOGUE

German fashion housess predict that lace dresses will be all the rage. at society events this. winter. New effects will be obtained by lacquering or waxing the lace and wearing it over frocks of various colors. The color Of the undergar- ment or frock is then reproduced in artificial blossoms fastened to the shoulder or the belt.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
BANDITS GET St2,OOO

r New Orleans, Oct. 30 Pl-Three bandits intercepted a payroll mes- senger here today and escaped with the sf2,000 weekly payroll of Mente and Company. Inc, bag manufactur- CTS, after shooting and seriously wounding James Nelson, driver of the company's car.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
GUARD AGAINST LANDSLIDES

As an additional safeguard against landsldes at the Conner cial Trust Co. building job on West Main street, steel sheathing placed to hold quicksand will be left in the earth permanently.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
POPE PERFORMS WEDDING

Rome, Oct. 30 PIPope Plus offi- ciated at the marriage today of bis niece, Maria Luisa Ratti to the Mar quis Epuardo Persichetti Ucolini. councillor of the Nicaraguan lega- ton to the Holy See.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30

Tho olC couple in Engiarl is believed to he Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Taylor.r Each is 102.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30

The Sisterhood Brai Israel held very successful bridge Wednesday afternoon at the Paragon Inn. There were 25 tables playing and prizes were awarded at each one. On Sun day, October 31st there will he a get-together Of the Congregation of Rrai Israel. The Sisterhood has ar ranged to serve supper in the vcstry roon,e
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30

Mir and Mrs. Harold Judd enter tained a number of friends at their home in Berlin last evening.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-13
they set out for the ball games.

they set out for the ball games,
 The first was won by the Giants when Eddie Farrell clouted a home run into the left field stands with two on, and the Brooklyn team won the second. Home runs and other flashing plays gave the boys their i'll Of baseball. Merwin Ja- cobson came over 10 the stands be- tween the games and congratulated the boys on winning the league championship. He played one in ming in the first game.
 Following the games, the trip home was started. Healthy appe- ,ites were demanding food again so in White Plains, \. Y. the party disemharked for supper. Chicken was the order Of the day and We know at least five boys who had six dishes of ice cream each. The trip home was spent in singing songs with "Stuhby" Pier kowsN acting as director for the rest ot the crowd and otherwise the ride was uneyrntful. II was the greatest day in the lives of the boys and will be long remembered by them.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-13

of the program arranged in New York.
 Head Keeper Toomey of the park was on hand and hs started 10 guide tho party about the spac- icus grounds. From the African ant-eater 10 the gazelles and bears and all the other species in the fenced-in quarters, the boys kept going, all wide-eyed and open mouthed in their, excitement. "Stubby" Pierkowski especially en- joyed the monkeys while frank Mullen fondlad a South American boa constructor which Mir Toomey took out Of the cage, from a dis tance. Frank said he had seen so many snakes, he didn't care to handle any.
 The party sat down to dinner in the Rocking stone restaurant in the park and several of the boys were caught storing cake in their pockets for later on in the day. l. was discovered that a double head CT was in progress at the Polo Grounds, SO after the boys had treated MT. Toomey to some cigars,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-13
H1TNGERFORD'S HORSES
 WIN FURTHER AWARDS
.,u1 Jadv Jane" And "Aladdin Win Ribbons .t Rochester, \. Nr
 And Charter Oak.

1udre W. C. H. ngerford Of thls ,,,y is meeting with considerable success in horse shows with "'e .+rinz of animals, word having come iron, Rochester, after the snow o' ,as+ week. that his mare, My Lady 1sn."took five ribbons in this afla'r' Mr. Hungerford's bay gelding "Alad- lin also won two frsts at the morse ahov at Charter Oak park Friday. -r.e latter horse has been shown lV times and haz never failed to re- ceive a ribbon.
 "Nv Lady Jane's" success in ho. chester is doubly pleasing because ol +he character of the show there. many of the finest specimens oL flesh in the country compe.'ns to- the awards. In the pair class sha was paired with "Black Saun . Ike two horses taking the first rlo- non She was placed fourth ln the ,5no stakes there being l4 or tue ,,os+ noted saddle horses in Ihe nountrv entered in this event, ne o,har rihhons were awarded in the class for American registered sada'e e horses. for saddle mares over I+'- and for saddle horses owned anu r;ddan bv an amateur. My LaoF lave" ,s entered in shows at spring 1eld worcester and Brockton' all 10 ne held in the near future.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-13
WASHINGTON BOYS
 ENJOY BIG TRIP
Boys League Champions See
 Double Header in New York

Saturday was day Of days for a group Of New Britain boys who. after a season of hard baseball playing, enjoyed the fruits that go with being newly crowned cham- pions and visited New York. in- srected Bronx park zoo, saw Brooklyn and the New York Giants play a double header, shook hands with Mcrwin Jacobsen. New Britain's only contribution to the big show and arrived home. tired but happy at midnight Saturday. This was the itinerary followed by the members of the Washington baseball team, winners of the championship of the New Britain Boys league. as the guests of the New Britain Rotary club,
 Were 1t possible for the mem- bers Of the Rotary club in this city to accompany the boys on their trip. they would have been satis- fled that their money was well spent. Never were more interested spectators present at big league baseball game in New York or anywhere else, and never were the animals and other species Of wild life viewed with more interest or awe than by the Washington boys Saturday.
 The party was scheduled to leave from the Burritt hotel at 6 a. III. Saturday morning and to be sure that they would be on time, those making the trip met at a prearransed place at 5:15 o'clock, before dawn had started to light up the eastern sky, and they were at the hotel before the bus had ar rived. The start was made about 6:15 and after a ride that was filled with interest for all attend ing the bus drew up at the main gate of Bronx park on the first lap
New Britain herald., 1926-09-13
Buffalo Second Baseman
 Is Sold to the Giants

BuTata. N. Y. Sept. 1S p'-Ples- dent z n Robertson of the Buffalo International league club, has soia rsfayette Tresco Thompson s'ar second sacker, to the New forK Giants for s25,o0o in cash and two players. In addition Robertson claims to have formed an alliance with McGraw which he believes Will nrove beneficial 10 tho Buffalo cinn' the best fruit of which will be two exhibition games during next springs training season.
 The players to report to the Bis ons next spring in the Thompson deal are T. Walker, manager and outnelder of the Greenville club ot south Atlantic league, and outf1elder Morrissey Of the Hartford club Of the Eastern league.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-13
NEW TENNIS CHAMPS ARE
 CROWNED M TOURNAMENT
J. kirkham Downs kron Last Years Title Holder Dresse and E. Benson Down A. Benson and Kron 1925 Winners, in Doubles Fnals-Sizzling Matches Mark Final Play in Both Branches-Annual Event This Year Was Best Ever Held.

New champions were crowned yesterday in the tennis singles and doubles after the final games Of the annual tournament for the cham pionship Of New Britain. J. Kirk ham won the singles and E. Ben son and Dressel the doubles. The titles were taken In the final play offs from the champions wlfo had copped the honors in the 1925 play.
 The semi-fnals were played Sat urday al the New Britain Tennis clubs courts on Lincoln Road. In this play. Kirkham came through 10 eliminate l.anza in two straight sets 6-n and 6-4. Kron eliminated E. Benson in one Of the most gruel- ling sets seen during the tourna- mant. IL was a battle Of two net stars and though Kron won, his fight was so hard that it is thought il effected him the next day. The scores of the match were 63, 2-6, 6-3.
 In the play before the semi-fnals in the doubles, the Lienhard broth CTS defeated the Carlson brothers in straight sets and went into the semi finals against F. Benson and Dres- sel. In match that was featured by the playing of both teams, the ch mpions-olect defeated the Lien- hard brothers 6-l. 6-1 and 75. Then came the feature match of the doubles play. F.. Benson and kron stacked up against Duncan and Wheeler. The first match went 10 the D. and W. team by a 3 10 II score. kron. after playing in q gruelling singles match just a half hour before this, played like Bill Tilden in the games. Benson and Kron took the second match S-6 after another sizzling fight, Then the superior experience and stamina Of the winners carried them through