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New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
THREE PLA700NS
 FOR POLICE DEPT.
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 ing cS45 adults and 53S minors. There were 2927 residents and 451 on-residents.
 In conclusion. Chief Hart ex- presses his sincere thanks for the efforts which the commissioners have put forth for the betterment of the department and for the con- sideration shown him personally. He is also appreciative of the help given by the officials of the court and for the many courtesies extend- ed by all the city officials, and for the attitude of the public in gen. eral. He also expresses his sincere thanks Ito the members of the po- lice department for the respect and support they have given me" :" and adds that "as department of the city that is called upon to pro- tect life and property, l sincerely hope that we will merit the confi- dence that is reposed in us.'
 The report of the detective bu- reau. of which Detective Sergeant William P McCue is in charge, shows total of 1,276 arrests by de- tectiyes; 2,09s complaints investi- gated. and 571 complaints involve ing juveniles.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Mrs. James A. NcNeil

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna tDonlon) McNeil, wife of James A. McNeil of 3S7 Main street, were held this morning at S:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. McNeil's sister. Mrs James T. McGrath. 54S Main street and at St Mary's church at o'clock. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. Walter A. Kyddy. celebrant; Rev. Matthew J. Traynor. deacon: Rev. Walter A. McCrann. sub deacon and Rev. Thomas J. Laden, master of ceremonies.
 Mrs. Mary T. Crean sang Some Sweet Day" at the conclusion of services when the body was being borne from the church. The pail bearers were James McGrath. Sr., William Coffey. Thomas Donlon. Thomas McKeough. William Donlon and Daniel Bailey. The flower bear CTS were Thomas and William Nc Grath hnd Francis, John and Jo- seph Donlon.
 Father McCrann conducted the committal services. Interment was in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Vandalism at N. B. H. $.
 Won't Cost Class $175

Fear that vandalism which brought about the painting of the class numerals "27" on abutments in front of the vocational building at the Senior High school would in- terfere with the holding of the an- nual promenade and banquet of the senior class were allayed today fol- lowing the announcement by Prin- cipal Louis P. Slade that the cost of repair would not be as great as that which was reported yesterday at $175.
 Pupils are planning on "dime dances" and minstrel show in an effort to raise the funds, but Mfr. Slade said he would not advise such a course since previous ventures along this line have been financial failures
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Peterson Is President
 Of Bach Male Chorus

George Peterson was elected president of the Bach Male chorus at the annual meeting last night in Vega ballroom. Other officers are: George Hallin, vice-president; Frank Lundell. secretary; Roy Cedaryall. treasurer; Alderman Walter L. Falk, manager.
 The secretary's report gave indi- cation of a successful year under the leadership Of Prof. Per Ollson and greater accomplishments are expect ed this year. It was voted to hold an outing It Lake Pocotopaug this season. Tn charge of arrangements is . committee headed by Walter L. Talk, assisted by A. Wilson. R. F. Benke and Theodore Johnson.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
MYSTERY" EXPLODED

The finding of . decomposed mass of flesh in the cellar of a house at 26 Franklin street last evening by w. F. Lowell. an en- ploye of the Connecticut Light and Power Co.,. bid fair to produce a mystery until Sergeant NJ. J. Flynn. to whom the matter was referred for investigation, found that an animal had died in the cellar or had been buried there after hav- ing met death outside.
 Dr. John Purney. medical ex- aminer. was notified by the health department that the discovery of an infants body. had been report. ed but the investigation dispelled the atmosphere of mystery and he went no further into it.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
70 CHILDREN ARE :. KILLED BY BLAST
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collapsed housed the lower grades.
 May Reach 90 or 40

l S.J May Reach 30 or 40 Bath. Mich.. May IS (UP)-Ex- plosion of dynamite mysteriously planted under the foundations of the Bath Consolidated grade school here took an estimated toll of between 30 and 40 young lives today. The west wing Of the two-story brick structure was demolished. Two hours after the west wing collapsed, state troopers working under Charles Lane. chief of the fire marsha's division. reported they had found ten sticks of the explosive, with slow fuses still burning under the east wing of the school. Discovery of the additional ex- plosive prevented another explosion. Bath is small town seven miles north of Lansing, Michigan, where the wounded were taken in ambu- lances to hospitals.
 The explosion which wrecked the west wing of the school at the height of the morning session was the third in Bath today. The first occurred at the home of A. E. Kehoe, sub- master, and the second wrecked Ke- hoes automobile. in which he was sitting at the curb in front of the school.
 Kehoe, with E. E. Huyck, prin- cipal of the school, were listed among the adult dead, while the toll of pupils was estimated at more than 30.
 Glenn Smith, postmaster of the town. was fatally injured and was taken to a Lansing hospital, where he died shortly before noon.
 Scenes of Frenzy
 The little village of 300 popula- tion was turned into a scene of frenzy as word spread that many of the pupils in the school had been killed. The only telephone line out of the town was at once comman- deered by authorities and kept busy calling for firemen, doctors, nurses and ambulances.
 Meanwhile, nurses and physicians who arrived from Lansing found a tragic scene at the school, where in one row 2l small bodies had been laid out while rescuers tore away at the ruins in an effort to extri- cate additional bodies. The injured were at once transferred to ambu- lances and sent to Lansing.
 Work of the physicians and nurses was hampered by the search of par ents for their children. Parents went from group to group. and the general rescue activity was fre- quently interrupted as some mother found her child among the dead or in 1ured fF
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
BOY ON BICYCLE STRUCK

About 2 o'clock last night. an automobile owned by Russo Aparo of bS Beaver street, and driven by his son. Thomas Aparo of the same address. struck . bicycle on which Angelo Lipito, aged 14. of 59 Broad street. was riding. The boy was riding east on Broad street when the automobile, which was so- ing west, turned into Washington street.
 officer Louis Harper took the boy to . physician's office whore 1t was found his only injury was . bruise on the nose.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
GOLD WATCH FOR HALL :
 FROM L. E. & (. Officials
Former Secretary of Manufacturing Co. Rendered Farewell Banquet
 at Pennington Club

Twenty. eight officials. directors and division heads of Landers, Frary & Clark attended 8 testimonial din- lner at the Pennington Country club last night in honor of Senator Ed- ward r. Hall who retired as secre- tary of Landers last Saturday to take over the duties of chairman of the state board of finance and con- trol.
 Following the dinner. Chairman Charles F. Smith of Landers' board of directors presented the former secretary with a gold watch on be- half of the concern. Senator Hall re- sponded in appreciation. Short speeches were made by several of the officials present.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Auto Goes Down Bank,
 Woman Badly Injured

Mrs. A. c. Azukas of Granby is in a critical condition at the Granby hospital as the result of an automo- bile accident which occurred in that town Monday night during the storm when a machine operated by George J. Reilly of-.27 Bassett street, this city, and containing her husband and daughter. slid down a ten foot embankment near the power plant in Tariffville.
 Reports from the hospital state that the injured woman is suffering from Q fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Reilly and her husband were slightly injured and the car was badly damaged in the crash.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
MISSING FROM ARMY

Chief w. c. Hart of the police department was notified today by Lieutenant Edward H. Metzger of the 7th Field Artillery that Privates John Adamowicz of 163 Grove street. Stanley Symolon of 121 Broad street. and Stephen Szyskowski of 157 Grove street, are absent from their posts at Forth Ethan Allen. Vt. They should be sent back if seen here, the notice states.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
AGED WOMAN IS BURNED
Mrs. Elzina Thornton, $, Polishing Stove In Home On Stanley Street, When Fluid ExpIodes.

Mrs. Elzina Thornton. aged 75. of 2050 Stanley street, was painfully burned out the face. hands and up- per part of the body when liquid polish which she was using on a hot stove ignited. Dr. John Purney re- ceived a telephone call about 1:40 this afternoon but the connection was broken presumably by the hang ing up of the instrument before he had grasped the message. He com- municated with Captain Kelly at po- lice headquarters and the latter de- tailed Officer James McCabe to go to the house and investigate
 The officer was accompanied by Sergeant O'Mara, and on finding Mrs. Thornton in great pain, they took her to New Britain General hospital. Captain Kelly then noti- fled Dr. Purney. who attended her. Mrs. Thornton was alone in the house when the accident occurred. She Is expected to recover from the burns,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Urges Care of Teeth
 In Talk to Kiwanians

Instead of his death having been caused by the bite of a tsetse fly on the shores of the Amazon river in South America. former President Roosevelt died from an infected tooth, according to Dr. A. N 'Suter of New York. who spoke to the Ki- wanis club today.
 Dr. Suter spoke on the subject of dentistry and the influence of the teeth on the body. He said the state- ment that "a clean tooth never de- cays." Is a fallacy. although he claimed cleanliness prolongs the life of a tooth. A Kiwanis fez was presented to Gleason w. Parker for perfect at- tendance for six months, and Ki- wanis watch charm to William R. Fenn for perfect attendance for . year.
 Attorney Edward A. Mag, presi- dent of the Probus club, invited the members to the Probus club next Monday when an instructor in the Yale law school will speak on the Sacco-Eanzetti casa
 Thomas Firth was welcomed as . new member.
 The members were invited to meet with Lions club next Tues day to hear Dan Chase speak on sportsmanship. It was announced that the proposed evening meeting of the Lions club next week had been cancelled and meeting will be held at noon as usual. The two clubs will play baseball at Walnut Hill park at 4:30 o'clock this after- noon.
 F. J. Burke of 24S Elm street mo- tified the police today that tire. rim and cover were stolen from an automobile in the rear of City Hall between 3 and 10 o'clock last eve- ming.
 Mrs. Paul Caravatt and son of Hartford spent Tuesday with Mrs. Herbert H. Pease of West Main street.
 William Bush of 53 City avenue has returned to the L. S. S. Wood after spending two weeks leave at his home. He will be stationed at Santiago. California.
 The Young Mems Brotherhood of the South Congregational church will meet tomorrow evening.
 New Britain lodge. B. P. o. E.. will meet Thursday evening.
 Joe Auger will return home this evening after business trip of three days in Boston. Thomas l.. Keavney and Daniel Igoe have returned home after . visit in Bridgeport.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
CITY LEAGUE MEETS
Managers of Teams in Senior Cir cult to Assemble in City Hall Thursday Night at s O'Clock.

A meeting of the managers of team entered in the Senior City baseball league will be held Thurs day evening at o'clock at Room 257. City Hall. The following teams are entered in League this year: Pirates, Burritts. West Ends. Blues which were formerly the Rangers, Speed Boys an dthe Tabs who are taking the place of the Robins who have not organized this year.
 Arrangements will be made for coming season at tomorrow eve- ning's meeting. All managers are requested to attend.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18

noon. and was fined S5 and costs. execution suspended. Judge Hunger ford told him to remain away from the garage, a Gitlavits had told him he did not want him there. Accord ing to Avella. Gitlavitz called him . ''crook" and he retaliated by punch ing him in the mouth. Gitlavitx de- nied calling him names, and said he suspected . number of young men of having stolen equipment from cars stored in the garage. causing the los of ono tenant and inJuring him financially. He said every time he looked up AvellA was either coming in or going out. despite the fact that he had been told repeated ly not to come about the place.
 Causes Disturbance In Home.
 Edward Nevardo, aged g, of 94 Kelsey street. pleaded guilty to the charge of breach of the peace. Ser geant McAvay testified that the young mans mother and sister complained that he made . disturb ance at home and . warrant was issued for his arrest. Nevardo said his health was tho cause of his actions, and he plans to take treat hents. Judge Hungerford continu- ed the case for six months in charge of the probation officer.
 William Oster, aged %. of Slater Road. pleaded not guilty to the charge of assaultins Mrs. Pauline Brzosowska of 142 Belmont street, and on request of Attorney Thomas F. McDonough. a continuance until Saturday morning was granted. Ac- cording to complaint to the police, the woman and the young mans mother had trouble over children Sunday and Oster Is accused of having struck Mrs. Brzosowska in the face with a wrench.
 Royal L. viles, aged 57. Of East Orange. N. J., and 2S0 Whalley ave- nue. New Haven. pleaded not guilty to charges of breach of the peace and evading responsibility and ask ed that his case be continued until Friday morning. Judge Hunger ford granted the request and fixed bonds at $100.
 Held on Rutherford's Complaint.
 Sergeant McAvay arrested Viles this morning at . local hotel. on a warrant issued on complaint of Building Inspector Rutherford that an automobile driven by Viles hook ed the fender of his car on Franklin Square yesterday morning. and Viles used abusive language to him and failed to stop. and ascertain the extent of the damage. Mr. Ru- therford turned over the automobile registration number to the police and the arrest followed.
 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein presented the states case.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Evidence Complete in
 Suit for Injunction

The submission of evidence was completed yesterday in superior court in the action of George w. Traut against the City Quarry Co.,. for & temporary injunction restrain ing the firm from operating It's new quarries on West Mountain about 1.6O0 feet from Mir. Traut's home. The case is being heard before Judge Marvin and has been adjourned un- til tomorrow when the lawyers will proceed with their arguments.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the re- cent bereavement in the death oi our beloved son and brother: also for the beautiful floral offerings re. ceived.<
 Signed,
 Mr. and Mrs. Walter MuHkawich. Julia and John Zdancxukas.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT.

The police were notified today ot the suspension of the right to oper- ate. in the case of Paul Heavy of 800 Gold street. tho return of the license Of Mike Zenel of 14s Grove street. and the suspension of the H. censes of Edward Maietta of 31 Franklin street and Nick Sara of 77 Cleveland street.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance $176.3S6.154
DorY LEAVES HOSPITAL

Policeman David Doty. who was shot in the back by an unidentified gunman on Elm street, in the rear of building near East Main street, Thursday. May 5. was discharged from New Britain General hospital this afternoon. He will recuperate at his home, 65 Black Rock avenue. before resuminS duty.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Funerals
Miss Alice Dun.

Funeral services for Miss Alice Duff of Hartford, formerly of this city, were held at B. c. Porter Sons funeral home at 19 Court street at ,, o'clock this afternoon. Rev. G. Clarence Lund. pastor of Christ church, Hartford. officiated. Burial was in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
City Items

James B. Parsons. Sr., of 2l Park more street, was operated on at New Britain General hospital yesterday. He Is reported as improving today.
 There will be a rehearsal of St Johns mipstrels tonight.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
Wall Street Briefs

Sun Oil Company proposes au- thorization of S10,000,0OO of new 6 per cent preferred stock and an in- crease in common from 1,25o,000 shares to 1,500.000. Public offering of $4,500,000 of preferred is being made today.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
BRINGS SUIT FOR sM,ooe
Edward Wetmore of West Hartford Files Action Against BiagiD Pe. trunti and Fl. and c. Gordoa.

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 Damages of $2o.o0o are sought by Edward Wetmore of West Hartford in an action which he has brought against Biagio Petrunti Harry M. Gordon and George Gordon of this city, Abraham Gordon of West Hart. ford. and David Gordon of Hart. ford, as the result of an automobile collision at the intersection of Hart and Griswold streets, this city. sever- al weeks ago. in which the plaintiff was severely injured. according te his claim.
 Nair & Nair is counsel fer tho plaintiff. Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18

The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad has placed an order with General Electric Con- pany for two electric-trolley-s orage battery locomotives, the first of their type ever built. Each will weigh 65 tons and will be able to operate from the trolley. or from the storage batteries they carry and can charge their batteries from the trolley while operating.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18

Mergenthaler Linotype Company declared an extra dividend of 25 cents and the regular quarterly of $1.25 a share, both payable June 30 stock of record June 1.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18

by Court Of11cer Lanpher. Juoge Hungerford said he had intended to suspend judgment, but now he would impose the fine.
 Fined 45 For Fighting
 Andrew Sariski. aged 23. of 7s Wilcox street and Louis Dehm. aged l9. of 45 Griswold street. were each fined $5 and costs and placed on probation for thirty days. They pleaded not guilty to the charge of breach of the peace and said they were on Grove street about 10 o'clock last night to buy cider when Dehm was struck in the ankle by . stone, apparently thrown by some- one on the opposite side of the street. On going over to ind out who threw the stone and why, Dehm said he was set upon by Q crowd of young men. Sariski tol da similar story and said he went to Dehm's . assistance. Neither of the young men is employed.
 Sergeant O'Mara testified that he and Sergeant Flynn went to the corner of Grove and Orange streets in response to 8 telephone report of a street fight. They saw four young men going north on Grove street. Dehm ran but was caught by Ser geant Flynn, and sariski stood his ground. They admitted they had been in : fight, Sergeant o'Mara said.
 Admits Assaulttng Garage Owner
 Frank Avella, aged 20. Of S4 Tai. colt street. pleaded guilty to the charge of assaulting Hyman Gitla- vitz ct the latter's garage at Elm and Seymour streets yesterday after-
New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
5 LOCAL STOCKS Furnished by Putnam & Col

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The Washington times., 1927-10-28

Pa, this month when the new field
at that place will be dedicated and
opened for aerial traffic.
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NJ. G. retired. and representative
in Washington Of the Reading
Chamber OF Commerce, viii be taken
to the dedication ceremony by air
plane assigned especially for that
PURPOSE.
The Washington times., 1927-10-28
Reading, Pa, to Open
New Airport This Month

The first direct response to the
appeal made by Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh for municipal airports
while on tour of the country re.
Gently will be made in Reading,
The Washington times., 1927-10-28
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The Washington times., 1927-10-28
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The Washington times., 1927-10-28

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The Washington times., 1927-10-28

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The Washington times., 1927-10-28

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The Washington times., 1927-10-28

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The Washington times., 1927-10-28

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-26

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