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New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
Priests Ordered to Keep Away From Public Beaches

Milan. Italy, July 27 LP - The Catholic clergy of Lombardy will be instructed not to frequent the beaches or public spectacles without special permission.
 A collective pastoral letter to this effect has been decided on by the bishops of Lombardy. meeting here under the presidency of the arch bishop of Milan. The letter also will exhort the faithful to dress modestly at summer resorts and beaches, par ticularly attacking the scantiness and transparency of women's street clothing as "worse than bathing suits"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
BOLTS START FIRES
 IN FURIOUS STORM
House on Mill Street and Stanley
 Quarter Barn Struck
BRISTOL STREETS FLOODED
Many Trees Blown or Knocked Down in Bell City While Light ming Darts Out of Clouds in Storm Which Terrorizes Residents.

Spectacular lightning flashes, ac- companied by heavy thunder and sheets of rain, gave New Britain a monday thrill today, The light of the sun was shut off and electric lights were called upon in many homes and business places. The business center was deserted except for those who huddled in doorways. Toward the latter part of the storm hail of large dimensions fell. storm water sewers were taxed to their capacity but absorbed the unusual load.
 Mill Street House Hit Struck by a bolt of lightning while the storm was at it's height, three family house at 243 Mill street took fire and was damaged to the extent of about s1,200 this noon. It is be- lieved the lightning followed the electric wires along the outside of the house, entering the first floor tenement, which is occupied by Mrs. Pauline Hoppe and family. The blaze worked it's way into the parti- tions and gave the firemen a hard fight, threatening several times to spread to the upper tenements. Peter Mack owns the house.
 In the heavy storm, two boys ran to No. fire station on kensington avenue and gave the alarm at 12:45 o'clock. No. company was sent to help and at 12:57 o'clock an alarm was sounded from Box 223 at the corner of South Main and Brook streets, bringing other companies.
 Henry Hoppe, aged 20, was ad- mitted to New Britain General hos pital at 1 o'clock this afternoon for treatment for painful burns to both hands. He told hospital authori- ties he had touched a match to some gasoline in the cellar, causing the burns. He was in great pain and will be under treatment for some time.
 First Deputy Chief F. F. Barnes of the fire department did not know of the boys injuries until informed Of the hospital report. He said he inquired of Mrs. Hoppe and others at the fire whether or not there was any theory other than lightning and they said they were taken by surprise and were at a loss to ac- count for the sudden outbreak of fire. Mrs. Hoppe made no men, tion of her sons burns to Chief Barnes, the latter said.
 There is no doubt in Chief Barnes mind that lightning set fire to the house. The electric meter, which was just inside the cellar window, was blown out, indicating that the bolt of lightning had gone to it.
 Traffic Jam Blocks Chief When the fire department chiefs car swung into Main street with Driver Robert Smith at the wheel it was held up for several minutes by traffic jam. A sedan driven by Benjamin Myerson had stalled in the heavy rain and several other vehicles headed northerly turned out to pass. Cars going southerly added to the tragic confusion. Patrolman (COntinued on Page Ten)
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
CHANGES HIS PLEA
Portuguese Makes Second Degree Murder Admission in White Plains COurt-Gets 20 Years to Life.

White Plains, N. r., July 27 R- At the beginning of the second day Pieres, who was shot to death hero six weeks ago in an argument about woman, Jose Luiz Pinheiro, Por- tuguese sailor, asked to be allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder. Supreme Court Justice Tomkins accepted the plea and sen- fenced Pinheiro to serve from 20 years to life in Sing Sing.
 Pinheiro was arrested at Marion, Massachusetts on June 2S last.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with slight chang es in temperature; gentle southcrly winds.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
Relations With US.
And Church Matters
Analysed BY Gales

WASHINGTON Sept. 1 H9-Deyot-
ing a portion of his message to the
Mexican congress to relations with the
United States, President Gales, &C
cording to a translation made public
by the Mexican embassy here, said to-
day that they unfortunately present
a character of indecisions which fire.
quently resolves itself in disagree
ment and even eliminates in polemics
between the governments"
Specific reference was made to the
controverted article 27 of the Mexican
constitution, President Gales declar-
ing that up to now there have not
been presented to the government of
Mexico concrete actions that evidently
constitute aggressionS or reflections to
foreign capital invested in the oil in
dustry." On the other hand, he con-
tinued, foreign capital has shown
activities the contumacy and disre-
Spect of which no independent country
can admit"
However, President Gales said that
the Mexican government trusts that
the spirit of good will and cordial Un-
derstanding of our problems may in
spire the acrid discussion still latent
between the two countries for the final
settlement of these affairs SO tran
scendental"
Regarding application of MeXico's
agrarian laws, Gales told the congress
that "the situation becomes at times
difficult through reasons that are
very similar to those relating to the
oil controversy. In this case also, he
said, his government, which has Of
fered to attend with equity and justice
any concrete cases brought to it, hopes
to solve them within these principles,
maintaining, at the same time, one of
the dearest social conquests that the
Mexican nation has been able to at
tain"
Acknowledging without euphem-
isrns" the controversies with the United
States, Gales said that these reached
"the point where acts are registered
that the executive in my charge con-
siders deplorable because it not only
hurts the national feelings that wish a
hearty and uninterrupted friendship
with that great country, but affect our
commerce and handicap our peaceful
development"
"The principal difficulties with the
government of the United States
specially arise, as is universally
known" he continued, from the ap-
plication of the laws derived from
article q of the constitution" Until
now, he added, "the disagreement OF
the officials at Washington specifically
refers to the general aspects of the
aforementioned codes"
Deploring the use of aggression for
the maintenance of international rela-
tions, President Gales said that Mex
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
S N ALL POWERS
In LEAGUE ASK
.DISARMA men I
Urge German Foreign
Secretary to Take the
Lead in Drive.

GENEVA, Sept. 1, R-With the
opening of the 46th session Of the
council of the League of Nations
today, reports we're current that
Sweden and some other Scandinavian
lands were trying to induce Gustav
Stresemenn, German Foreign secce-
tary to take the leadership of the
small powers in the League in a
assembly to force a general reduct-
ion of ornaments of the world.
Their argument is that if DR..
Stresemann directs the disarmament
move Germany will become a great
er force in the League than if she
contented herself with following the
lead of her fellow great powers,
which would, in the Scandinavian
view, weaken the disarmament eff
fort and simultaneously curb Ger
many's international political i'm
portance.
The council meeting is preliminary
to the convoking of the assembly,
September 5, and the members OF
the council will take under considera-
ton many of the questions that are
to be submitted to the assembly.
Administrative questions occupied
the council today.
In the meantime campaign is
going on over the presidency of the
assembly Some of the Latin American
elements are actively advocating the
election of Dr. Guerrero, Salvadorean
minister to France, who will retire
from the council at the end of the
year, probably in favor of a represen-
tative of Cuba, who is expected to
be elected on-permanent member
of the council
Sir Austen Chamberlain is said
to be backing Alberto Guani of Ur-
uguay for the presidency, while the
candidacy of Mineichiro Adachi, OF
Japan, is finding warm support.
Still another movement took shape
tonight in favor of Count Albert
Mensdorff -Dietrichstein of Austria,
former envoy to London, for the
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
HUGE B|PLANE.
TAKES AIR ON
LONG VOYAGE.
Leon Givon and Pierre
Carbu Set Forth On Haz-
ardOus Journey.
OVER ATLANTIC
Weather Conditions at
Start Appear to Be Ideal
With No Wind.

LIE, BOURGET, France, Sept.
q H9--The biplane BIueOird,
manned by Leon GivOn and
and headed for New York this
morning. After thousand yard
run, with motors straining IL =
tremendous effort. the big bipiane
left the ground at 6:21 a. m. ana
soon disappeared into the misi,
headed for the great Atlantic
expanse.
Leon Givon and Pierre Corbu, flying
the biplane bluebird have had long
experience in the air, flying not only
in the war but reeling off hundreds OF
miles in commercial aviation. Givon
is one of the top notch pilots on the
Farman airplines, and is credited with
nearly $500 hours of flying. He has
flown almost daily between Paris and
Rotterdam. He is 80 years old,
Corbu is another military aviator
who went in for commercial flying
identifying himself with the Farnnan
company on the Paris Rotterdam and
Paris Berlin routes. He has flown
nearly 1900 hours in commercial work
Corhu is only IS years old. He was
cited for work in the Moroccan cam
paign.
The Farman plane is an all French
outfit. The Bluebird is powered with
two Farman motors attached to the
upper wing each motor developing SOC
horsepower and equipped with four
bladed propellers. The motors are sci
in tandem, the forward one pulling
the plane ahead while the rear motor,
facing backward, pushes the plane.
The total weight of the loaded plane
is IL tons including $500 gallons Of
gasoline and 125 gallons of oil. Its
speed is estimated at about 88 miles
an hour with a cruising radius OF
5000 miles. An aerial compass was
installed instead of an earth inducto1
compass to show the way over the
long course which the pilots charted fol
themselves.
The fliers originally planned to head
away for the Azores, then set
a course for Halifax, N. S., thence
along the Nova Scotia and New Eng
land coasts to New York. BY this
course the Bluebird would avoid fogs
and bad weather off Newfoundland.
The Bluebird carries no radio.
Givon and his flying companion
had arrived on the field about II
O'Clock last night, after deciding the
weather conditions we're favorable
supervised the fueling of the plane
2,113 gallons of gasoline being taker
aboard. They also stored food fol
themselves half dozen sandwiches
25 bananas, three quarts Of coffee
and two bottles of white wine. They
estimated that the fuel would be
sufficient to keep the two large mo.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02

leo nevertheless "does not admit that
for her relations with foreign countries
foreign rules be imposed upon her in
detriment of her national dignity or
with privileges against the interests of
the public.
"She eccepts, and even longs for
the cooperation of all foreigners" his
message continued, "but in harmony
with the Mexicans who are the indis-
putable owners of their country. She
receives in good faith capital and for
eign effort, but under the unimpeach-
able condition to respect and comply
with the laws that Mexico has imposed
upon herself.
IF, unfortunately, as it happens
some obstacles, the strength of which
it is difficult for our country to face,
may come out frequently to stop our
precepts, the government of the ma
ton avoids them with unruffled forti-
tude, with straight Intentions and with
patriotic resolution, convinced as we
are beforehand that in such a diff
cult strife we safeguard the national
future and that any irresolutions may
cause the failure of the most noble
ideals which our country has paid for
with so many sorrowful efforts"
Pursuing a program of friendship
towards all nations, Mexico, Gales
said, maintains, in the case of Mica
ragua, her principles to allow every
country to establish freely the gov
ernment demanded by the will of her
people" He added, that Mexico fur
ther "acceptS with brotherly spirit all
the actions tending to develop among
the nations of Central and South
America a peaceful and cooperative
understanding, wherefrom may come
forth the greatest collaboration with
the people of this continent, should
accomplish with the other countries
of the world"
Gales also said that Mexico con-
templates to attend, through an ade-
quate representation, the sixth PAN
American congress in Cuba next jan
uary.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
AMERICA
PUSHES SEARCH
FOR REDFERN
Seven Days Pass With No
thing But Indefinite
Reports of Aviator

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept. l
[P-The whereabouts OF Paul r.
Redfern, the young Georgia aviator,
who disappeared since starting his
solo flight from Brunswick to Brazil
August, 25, remained an unSolved
mystery at O'Clock this afternoon.
Up to that time no confirmation
was received here Of an earlier csr-
cumstantial report that Redfern had
fallen down" near Alemquer, state
of Para.
The Brazilian government, to pre-
vent the dissemination of misleading
reports, has ordered all land, cable
and radio stations not to give to
the public the slightest news of the
aviator until after flashing it to Rio
Janeiro, so that the government may
inform Edwin Morgan, the American
ambassador.
The minister of communications has
taken personal charge of the task
of running down all clues tending
to confirm or deny the report OF
Redfern'S forced landing near Alem7
quer.
AS soon as the authorities heard
Of the rumor, realizing that he may
have met with an accident some
where along the frontier of northern
Brazil, urgent instructions were broad
cast ito all operators in the states
of Amazonas and Para to be on
the alert.
Further doubt on the Alemquer
rUmor was cast when the national
telegraph operator at Para wired that
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. R-
The first aid team Of the Ana
cOnda Copper Mining company,
Butte, Mont, and the mine rescue
team of the PeneIac Coal corpora
ton, Seward, Pa. were awarded
first hOnOrs tonight at the closing
of the sixth international first aid
and mine rescue contest held here
by the United States bureau of
mines.
The Penelac team also won first
hOnOrs in the combined first aid
and mine rescue event.
Second hOnors for first aid work
went to the team of the Phelps
Dodge corporation, .Morenci, Ariz.,
and third place was awarded the
team entered by the Standard Oil
company of Louisiana, of Baton
Rouge.
In the mine rescue competition,
the H. C. Frick Coke company
team of Mt. Pleasant, Pa, was
awarded second place while
third hOnOrs went to the team of
the Phelps Dodge corporation of
Bisbee, Ariz.
The Phelps Dodge Bisbee team
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
RIVER PARLEy.
RECESSES To
SEPTEMBER 19
No Agreement Reached On
Division OF Colorado
River Water.
HOPE PREVAILS
Arizona and California
Delegates Optimistic On
Agreement.

DENVER, Sept. H5-The seven
state conference on Colorado river
problems late today. recessed to meet
in Denver again on September 49, No
agreement was reached on division of
water between the three lower basin
states, CaliforniA Arizona and New
ada, but delegates expressed the opin-
ion that a ground work was laid for
an amicable understanding when the
meetings are resumed.
Z Despite the fact that 10 days of
negotiations in both executive and
open meetings bad failed to effect, an
agreement among the lower basin
states on a subject which had been
hanging fire for almost five years, the
certain a compromise when the con-
cOncensuS prevailed that such strides
had been made as to make almost
ference recOnveneS.
Spokesman for Arizona and Cali
fornia, parties to the water division
controversy, seemed to have unbridled
optimism regarding the eventual out
come OF the parley, as well as to the
settlement of tangent questions on
power and the storage of water in the
lower basin for flood protection, hydro
electric energy and irrigation.
The resolution introduced by United
States Senator Key Pittman of New
ada, in open session early this week,
declaring in effect that the individual
states owned not only the waters of
the Colorado and the other streams
within their borders but the beds and
banks as well, did not come up for
discussion before recess. It's discussion
at the next meeting of the conference
was made certain, however, by the
statements on the floor just prior to
the rap of the gavel by Chairman
George H. Dern, governor Utah.
Thirty representatives of the seven
states drained by the Colorado river,
including river commissions, advisors
and lookers-on, took part in the final
meeting. Governor Dern, opening the
meeting said there could be no I'm
conditional ratification of the famous
Santa Fe, N. M, compact, drawn in
1922, by California and Arizona until
their reservations had been met. These
would be met, he indicated, at the
next meeting.
ARIZONA" the chairman continued,
must be assured that her rights in
the river would be preserved, and Cali
fornia that she could obtain water
storage for flood protection and irri-
cation. We realize, therefore, that be-
fore our conference can be a complete
success, other factors besides water
division must be discussed.
eve OF the upper basin have heard
the cases of both sides to the con-
troversy; we feel that a fine spirit has
been manifested and appreciate the
attitudes of the conferees and gen
eral evidence of a desire to reach a
settlement There has been no dis
position to dodge settlement. The
upper basin has felt justified in devot-
ing almost two weeks to this task, and
We are ready to devote more time.
"Our work is not finished. We are
within five per cent of an agreement
on the water, and it would seem ridi-
culous if an agreement were not eff
fected."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
PHELPS DODGE BIsBEE TEAM WIN
HIGH HONORS IN u. S. COMPETITION

.Slso took second hOnOrs for COM
bined first aid and mine rescue
work. Third place in that event
was awarded the Pittsburgh Coal
company team of allatin, Pa.
Forty nine first aid and IS mine
rescue teams from 1S states par
ticipated in the events, which
were the finals of elimination con-
tests held Throughout the country.
The contests were in progress for
three days.
The awards were announced at
a banquet, concluding the meet,
when trophies were presented the
winning teams.
State championships awarded at
the contest included:
First aid-ArizOna, Phelps Dodge
corporation, MOrenci, Ariz.; Cali
fOrnia, Shell company, Long
Beach, Calf; Colorado, Colorado
Fuel and Iron company, TiOga,
Colo; Montana, Anaconda Cop
per Mining company, Butte, Mont;
Utah, Uath Copper company, Salt
Lake City.
Mine rescue Arizona, Phelps
Dodge corporation, Bisbee, Ariz.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
FEAR CHICAGO MOVIE LOCKOUT
WILL SPREAD TO OTHER CITIES

Labor and the theatre janitor'S
union today extended their moral
support to the stage hands, ,mu-
sicians and operators thrown out
of work by the controversy which
began as strike and developed
into a lockout.
While the stage hands, who
called a strike last night, after
representatives failed to make a
new contract, and operators were
pledging allegiance, theatre own
ers again declared their intention
to hold out "at all costs" The
costs so far in the three days
that the play houses have been
closed are estimated by them as
almost S750,OOO Of lost revenue.
The probability of the Chicago
>tie-up being felt in other cities
where there are houses of the
same circuits affected here is re-
mote, labor leaders said, unless
nOn-uniOn labor is used. That
has not been contemplated, the
movie theatre owners said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02

CHICAGO, Sept. 1, AP.-
Several other cities today re-
ported threatened ruptures of re-
Iations between movie theatre
owners and their employees as
stage hands and operators here
agreed to stand together on their
demands that have closed virtual
Iy all of the city's movie and
vaudeville houses.
Operators at Minneapolis threat
ened to walk out unless they
were granted increased wages;
musicians at Rihcmond, Va, will
not be in the orchestra pits next
week because of rejected con-
tract offers, a spokesman said,
and showdown is imminent
between owners and employees at
Los Angeles. Operators and mu-
sicians of three Decatur, Ill,
houses auit last night when
they failed to effect new con-
tracts.
The Chicago Federation Of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02

fliers of the crew Of the st.
Raphael, Philip Payne, Hearst
representative, announced tonight
LONDON, Sept (R)-BritiSh hopes
and fears hover nervously over the
Atlantic tonight The monoplane St.
Raphael, with Captain Hamilton,
Colonel Minchin and Princess L.owen-
stein Wertheim aboard, now is so
many hours overdue after making the
greatest allowances for slower time
than it was thought she would de-
velop that hopes held in the after
noon grew fainter and fainter as the
night were on.
The presence of a woman in the
plane and that woman a princess,
makes public interest and anxiety all
the greater.
The plane has a supply Of petrol
sufficient only for Az hours flying
and unless heard from within very
few hours, the fate of the fliers
necessarily must arouse the greatest
anxiety.
Captain Hinchcliffe, the Columbia's
new pilot, and other aviators through
out the day maintained that anxiety
was needless even if the st. Raphael
was not heard from by 10 o'clock
tonight. But that hour has passed
and most of them are beginning to
have the grlavest fears with the pos
sibility remaining that the trio may
have been rescued by some ship lack
ing wireless outfit.
The air ministry has had no news
whatever since the report from an
unknown source Wednesday night
stating going strong lat 11:SO," which
it was assumed came from steamer
in the Atlantic. Since then there has
been a complete silence.
Absence of news of the st. Raphael
is having its effect on other prospec-
tive flights. Charles A. Levine has
decided that unless the British avla-
tors are heard FROM he is not likely
to hop off tomorrow. He added thai
the weather reports were very un-
favorable and that there were several
things he wanted to have done TO
the Columbia.
Mayfair society circles talked Of
little today but the waning chances
of Princess Lowenstein- Wertheim.
Many recalled the time when as a
child she leN an old fashioned care
fully guarded life, contrasting greatly
with the audacity of her later years.
She was one of the first European
women to interest herself in flying.
No anxiety is felt that the aviators
would be starved. They carried pro-
visions which the Upavon experts say
might be stretched to last four days
and ample coffee.
. OTTAWA. Ont, Sept. R-Gov-
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-02
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Phoenix MoUie Men
Released On Charge
OF Shouting Fight Film

y PHOENIX, Sept. 1 R)-Sitting
* as United States commissioner
y protein, Peace Justice Nat T. Nc
* Kee today dismissed the federal
y complaint brought against Harry
y. Mace of Richards and Mace, mo-
y. ton picture exhibitors, and
* Thomas Hawkins, negro janitor
+ of the Strand theatre, following
y the first production here last
:f Sunday of the Dempsey -Sharkey
X fight films.
y Mace and Hawkins we're charg-
X ed with accepting delivery of the
+ films with intent to exhibit them,
* in violation of the federal code.
y According to the testimony, HaW-
* kins receipted for the films with
* out knowing what WIS in the
+ package later proved to have
y contained them, and Mace was
I. shown to have been ignorant of
y their arrival. for several days
X after they had been accepted.
X
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