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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
L|NDbERGH HOPS
 SOUTH TOMORROW
Mother to Fly North After Seeing
 Son Take Off
GUATEMALA HIS GOAL
Intrepid tlier to Pass Over Wild. Unsettled Country as Mrs. Lind- bergb Sails Back With Strawbcr- ries for Mrs. Henry Ford.

Mexico City, Dec. 27 P>-Utilizing every spare moment Of his time Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh today Was nearing the end of his prepara- tions for 675 mile flight over rough mountainous country, largely unsettled to Guatemala City Guate- mala.
 sometime between six and seven tomorrow morning the Lone Eagle will start his flight over a country which few travellers and not many explorers have seen. Allowing for headwinds it was estimated that the Spirit of St. Louis would cover the distance in nine hours.
 Mother to See Hop-Of.
 His mother is expected to See what she has never beheld before, the hop off Of her son on one Of his famed flights. AS he disappears over the mountains, Mrs. Lindbergh will start her return trip to her Detroit class room in the plane which brought her here. She will stop at Tampico, San Antonio, Texas and Indianapolis. She expects to arrive at Detroit at night fall Thursday or shortly after wards.
 Fresh strawberries, now abundant here, will be taken by Mrs. Lind bergh to Mrs. Henry Ford.
 Lindbergh. while not adhering 10 any set schedule expects to stay two days in each Central American capi- tal. He will arrive at Havana while the American conference, which opens January Is. is in session. It is also probable that he will fly 10 Porto Rico before he returns 70 St. Louis.
 Lindbergh made four flights in the Ford plane which brought his mother here, taking up q number of women who had never flown be- fore.
 Lindbergh Annoyed.
 Once, when the crowd surged around the plane, Lindbergh plainly showed his annoyance. He left the plane and threatened to abandon the flights. The officers rallied, however, and drove back the crowds and Lindbergh continued his flying.
 Secretary of War Amaro and his wife and several staff officers made the first trip. It was the first flight Senor Amaro and his wife had ever made. Then Lindbergh took up Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, wife of the American ambassador, Mrs Alcxan- der w. Weddell. wife Of the .Ameri. can consul general, and the wives of every member of the embassy staff. Not one of these women had flown before and each said she got g. great thrill out of being in the air and especially when Colonel Lindbergh was the pilot.
 The rest of the day Lindbergh spent in gathering information about the country he will pass over in his
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
FIVE KILLED IN STATE
 DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Dozen Injured in Mishaps as Connecticut Observes
 Christmas
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
 The holiday season in Connecti- cut was not without its tragedies. Drowning, esphyxiation and auto mobile accidents took toll of five lives and there were 12 persons in jured in mishaps of one sort or an- other in the period from Saturday to early today,
 One man, missing from home. was found dead in a vacant shore cottage. q victim of escaping gas. A deck hand fell into the waters of the Thames and was drowned. Three others died, victims of auto- mobile accidents.
 stephen Mischley. g, was killed and Albert Quinn and Joseph Sa- iala were badly injured in Green wich when their car crashed into a telephone pole.
 All three came from Stamford and were on their way to White Plains N. Y.
 Escaping gas is believed to have taken the life of Robert Cutler of Myrtle Beach, whose lifeless body was found in a deserted cottage by Thomas Cullen, a Bridgeport report CT and nephew of the owner of the cottage.
 Hattie ,-kurowsky. $, was injured when she was struck by an automo- bile driven by Roosevelt Winsley in Stamford.
 Two persons died in Middlesex hospital following automobile acci-
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upon which to base their estimates,' he said
 We have over So,000 people in New Brttain," continued the post master. This is a conservative esti- mate. At the beginning of 1927 we had 1e,353 inhabitants and our pub lie school enrolment was over 19,- 900. The sch 1ols have enrolled more than a 1000 over that of last year. On this basis alone we could accurately claim s1.000. but I am making it a conservative figure Of So,0O0."
 T don't believe that anyone in New Britain is satisfied that that figure represents true population figures here" said Secretary Ralph H. Benson of the Chamber of Com
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
VOL LNTEER CORPS KEEPS GIRL ALIVE
 36 DAYS BY ARTIFICIAL RESPLRA TION
Parents, Two Uncles and Several NeChbors Work in Relays Pumping Life Into Young Woman's Body
 When Her Lungs Become Parayzed.

Oconto, Neb., Dec. c7 (UP)-Alma Overgard, 16. died here today after a corps of volunteer workers had kept her alive for 3t days by arti- ficial respiration.
 Physicians had expected her death almost momentarily for several days.
 1nfantile paralysis caused Miss Overgard's lungs to cease working.
 Her parents, two uncles and sey- eral neighbors worked in relays un- til the moment of her death, keeping her alive by raising her arms above her head and lowering them to her sides. Her arms were raw from the long ordeal.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
Turkey That Dined On Pure Gold Makes
 Fine Holiday Meal

Red Lodge, Mont, Dec. 27 tF Discovery of gold nuggets in turkey prepared for Christina dinner by Mrs. A. Pollard. ha started prospects on a search for the mother lode.
 Eight nuggets. weighing Sp grams and valued at about s. were found in the turkey. The fowl was raised on the Paul W. Cartright ranch, two miles from Red Lodge It was one Of the few birds sold here by Mir. Cart right, about S5 birds were shipped to Maine.
 Red Lodge is the district where placer miners obtained millions of dollars worth of dust in pioneer western days.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
JUDGE SCORES JURY FOR FREEING REMUS
Court Denounc@ Jurors Pe-
 tition for Indicted Perjurer
JUSTICE IS HUMILIA1ED
Body of Men and Women Which Gave Bootleg King His Freedom After t9 Minutes Deliberatiou Taken to Task Today.

Cincinnati, O., Dec. q (UP)-The l2 jurors who acquitted George Remus of the murder Of his wife were brought before Criminal Court Judge Chester R. Sock today 10 ex- plain why they signed & petition re- questing perjury indictment against John s. Berger. Los Angeles fair promoter be quashed.
 Berger. witness for Remus. who was acquitted lon the sole ground of insanity was held in contempt of Judge Snook's court Friday on charges Of circulating the petition which incidentally asked Rcmus' re- lease over Christmas.
 The court then ordered Berger and the jurors 10 appear today to explain their connection with the matter.
 Orders Doors Locked
 As the accused jurors filed in and seated themselves. Judge Shook or dered the doors locked
 'I am addressing myself to the Jul tlS, ills court Sdll, OH d IHOSl disagreeable and unusual situation.
 You were brought here in con- nection with a very serious matter matter separate and distinct from the Remus case"
 The court then gave 8 brief re- sume of the Remus case--Remus must prove himself sane to obtain his liberty-then assailed the jurors who acquitted Remus after 19 min utes' deliberation.
 Berger sat nearby as the court continued:
 "Whether this verdict was sup jorted by the evidence which took five and one half weeks to adduce. is something for your own conscience, but your conduct in signing this peti- ton offended and shocked the whole country.
 Court is HumiIiated'
 This document has humiliated this court beyond expression. It is an insult to the court and was done with q palpable intent to influence the court
 Judge Shook discussed the history Of the petition, telling how Berger presented it to him after it's prepara- tion in the county jail by Vernon R. Chumbley, federal convict, and Remus witness.
 The jurors were called before the judge. one by one.
 Several of the jurors said they realized, after signing the petition, they had made a serious mistake. Judge Shocks ire was mounting as the jurors were examined, and he shot sharp glances at Berger. who evidently was alarmed over the trend of things.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

John French. last of the volun- teers. was slowly lowering her arms when physicians pronounced the girl dead at a. III.
 Physicians said it was the longest case on record of prolongation of life by artificial respiration.
 The girl was conscious to the end and appeared to be trying to thank the persons who had labored trying to save her life.
 Up until Christmas she had been able to carry on conversation.
 The case had attracted national interest. A complete report of the case is being compiled for the Amer ican Medical association by pr. J. c. Wade. ....
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

the reason that the supreme court in the recent Mexican Petroleum company decision declared them to be unconstitutional. Technically and literally, Senor Gales is only asking congress 10 make the oil law con- form with what the Mexican su- al.
 But public opinion here in its first reaction seems convinced that the good will flight Of the Lone Eagle" the feature of friendship from the United States, which in Mexican minds that flight personified Am
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
MRS. MOORE LEFT
 QUARTER MILLION Appraisal Filed in Probate Court Shows S259,918 Value MANY LOCAL INVESTMENTS
New Britain Corporations Listed in Stock Holdings-Cash in Banks Aggregates $43, 3,098-Libe1ty Loan Bonds Included in Inventory.

Mrs. Alice E. Moore Of Lincoln street left an estate valued at s25a,- 91S.S4, according to an appraisal filed in probate court today by the New Britain Trust Co., administra- tor. The appraisal was made by William L. Hatch and Maxwell S. Porter.
 The inventory follows:
 Reni Estate Known as No 256 Lincoln St. NeW bF.tfla -......,.h...S "e,Jtn.
 Bonds Third "A 0 United States lib. srty Loan Bonds due 1928. le.e51.97 Accrued interest Sept. IS, 1927. to Nov. 29. 1927 ....... iiIl2 Fourth tt United States Lb- erty Loan Bond. due l933- 1s3s ..................... 2,os0. s3 Accrued interest Oct. Is, 1927, to Nov. %. 1927 ...... 16.6S United States of America lEG Treasury Notes due Oct. l5. 1852 ...,..,.............,. sos7.5o Accrued interest Oct. IS, 1927, to Nov. 20, 1927 ...A.... 37l3
 Stocks 4oo ehs. American Hdwe Corp. Par s25, at 18 ............. 5i..oo. o9 shs. American Tel. & Tel. Co. Par s1on, 2. l79a ,. lo,s05. 9 25 shs. Atchson-Topeka & San- ta Fe Railway Co.,. common. Par $10o, at 190 ............ $50. sh. Baltimore & Ohio P R. Co.,. pfd. Par $1oo at s1R Sl.50 36 shs. Baltimore & Ohio R. R, common. Par $l0o, at l16,3 ................... 4.ia4. 100 shs. Colts Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. Par. s25. at 29% %... :s75 c5 shs. Conn. It. & Pr. Co. sla e pfd. Par &10o. at 113a 2.s3-,50 10 shs. Eastman Kodak Co.,. pfd. Par $l0o. at 126A ... l,ae2.50 50 shs. Electric Bond & sharo Co. 6eo ptd. Par s1oo. at 1O9A ...................., 5,4SI5V c5 shs. General Motors Corp. 79o pfd. Par sl00, at l25h.. 3,i37.50 400 shs. Landers. Frary & Clark. Par s25. at s3 ...... 3s,coo 40 shs. Radio Corp. of Ameri- ca. pfd. A. Par $50. at 66%s .,cs5. 25 sins. Rochester Gas Co. Se ries D 6eo pfd. Par sloo. at 1O4'2 c,6Ob..v sh. Shuttle Meadow Club, Inc. Par $50. at 10 ....... 10. 400 chs. The Stanley Works, common. Par s25. at s2 .... si.so0. 15s shs. The Stanley Works. ssa pfd. Par s25. a. 27 .... 4,266. 40 shs. United States Steel Corp, ptd. Par slOo. at l3sla 19.39o. 20 shs Utica Gas & Electric Co.,, pfd. Par s1oo. at lo5ls 2,llo. Deposit. Burritt Mutual Savings Bank. New Britain ........ lS,2s9.9o Deposit. Savings Bank of New Britain .................. l4.i4s4s Deposit, Bristol Savings Bank 9,24l,22 Deposit, The New Britain Trust Co. ...................... s.425.3c Mortgage note, William Roy Willard, dated Oct. 1, 1920 slo,00o) Balance due thereon 5.a29. Accrued interest Oct. 4. 1927, to Nov. es, les7, at 5S ... H1c Jewelry ................... 3.sS4. Furs ...,,.......... 1855. Household furniture ....... e,74S50 1924 Pierce Arrow limousine 1,4oo lea: Dodge touring car ...., 100. Accrued income. estate of Alice Stanley Martin trust ....... c.osol7
  Total s259.s1SS4
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
State Motor Accident Rate for 1927 Much Worse Than That
 of Country as a Whole
FEWER DEAD, MORE HURT
 THAN IN PREVIOUS YEAR
165,000 Persons Killed in Cars Dur ing Last Two Decades-Increase Same for Rural District as for Large City-Only c8O Should Have Died Had State Been in Pro-
 portion With Rest of United States

New Haven, Dec. 27 PrApprox- imately 32.000 persons in Connecti- cut have suffered injuries in mo- tor mishaps within the last year, ac- cording to an estimate of large in- surance company Of Hartford.
 The estimate is based on the BPS motor fatalities that had been re- ported December 22 to the motor vehicle department Up to and in- cluding December 15, this year, and the insurance report which shows that 100 persons are hurt in auto mobile mishaps for every motor fa- tality.
 Connecticuts toll Of BPS persons killed or fatally injured in automo- bile accidents from January to December 15 almost equals the num- Der of persons killed during the whole of 1926, as there were 332 motor fatalities in the state for all of last year. The state motor ve- hlc]e department December 22 had received also reports of 11,277 per sons who had been injured in auto mobile accidents. inclusive of De- cember IS. During all Of 1926 there were only 9,S02 persons reported in- iured in motor mishaps.
 The existing discrepancy in the number reported injured to the state motor vehicle department this year and the estimate of the insurance company is explained by a descrip- tive Of the kinds of automobile acci- dents reported to the insurance con- pany by it's accident policy holders
 The insurance company statistics include persons injured by burns and by being caught In doors and win dows of automobiles, persons struck by flying or falling objects, those who have been injured by handling cars. caretaking, cranking, defective appliances. and by operating and having a foreign element lodged in the eye.
 Many Injuries Minor
 Many of the injuries are only minor in nature.
 Connecticut's motor accident rate IS considerably worse than that of the United States as whole. the an- alysis show. In the country in its entirety one person is either killed or fatally injured In a motor acci- dent for every 1000 cars. On the basis of the states automobile reg istration of 260,911 in 1926, only 26o should have died as a result of automobile mishaps instead Of the 332 reported by the state motor ve- hicle department.
 There were more than 2o,000,0 900 cars registered in the United States in 1926 and from numerous sources it has been reported that approxi- mately 23.00o persons were fatally injured or killed in motor accidents.
 This comparison proves that the tstimation of one motor fatality for every 1000 cars is approximately true for the country as whole.
 The insurance company has esti- mated that some one is either killed or injured in motor accidents in the United States every II seconds,
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
BODY FOUND
Unidentified Woman Lying Dead on Street In Los Angeles Proves Mys- tery to Police.

Los Angeles. Dec. 27 P--Discov- cry of the body of an unidentified woman. securely trussed with canvas and binding twine. near Mulholland street, San Fernando. today provided mystery for police.
 The woman. found yesterday. ap- paren'ly had been dead about twen- ty-four hours. The hands had been securely tied across the breast and the legs drawn up behind and held with twlne. A bruise evidently from a blow on the forehead was noticed by police, who. however, doubted that the woman was killed by being struck. Officers believe that she had been stunned. tied up, and left to die of exposure,
 Dr. Webb. assistant county autop- sy surgeon, found evidences that the woman had been drinking and an autopsy was ordered to determine If she had been poisoned.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
Embargo on Aircraft and War Munitions Lifted to Make
 Sale Possible
"DlS1lNCT RELAXATION"
 OF ARMS LAW IS SEEN
Permission For Selling Ti-Motored Craft Viewed as "Softc1,ing" on Part Of United States In its Atti- tude Toward Selling of Battle Tools to Neighborins Country Terms Of Sale UnamOlmced.

Washington. Dec. 2 Pl-Deciding upon d distinct relaxation" of the aircraft or war munitions embargo against Mexico, the state department today granted a license to the MeXi- can government to purchase the tri- motored Ford plane in which Mrs. Evangeline Linibergh flew from Detroit 10 Mexico City.
 It Was not made clear at the White House whether this would involve a permanent or merely d temporary lifting or the embargo. Except for the brief comment that the stat. department was exploring the situation, there was no addition al information given.
 First Step in Policy.
 The permission given to Mexico City to buy the Ford plane was the first step taken under the new policy announced today.
 The first announcement that the state department was considering the lifting Of the munitions embargo came from the White House. It was said at the department afterward, however, that while there was TO present intention to wipe out the en- hargo entirely each applica ton for purchase of arms or other war mu- nitions in the United States would
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Los Angeles, Dec. q tPl-William E. Hickman. confessed slayer of Marian Parker, was locked in jail here at l0:l5 o'clock this morning.
 Hickman vas taken off the South ern Pacific train at Alamo eda and Jackson streets. in the outer rail- road yard district. No crowd was gathered there.
 The youth was shackl-d to De- tectives Harry Raymond and Dick Lucas.
 The two officers and their prisoner entered a police automobile with District Attorney Asa Reyes and dashed for the county jail with a convoy of police cars in front and rear.
 A crowd Of about 1000 persons stood gloomily watching the unload ing of the prisoner from an automo- bile in which he had been brought from the train.
 In spite of rumors that Hickman might be taken off the train at some outlying point to avoid demonstra- tion by expected crowds. the train was not stopped until the corner of Jackson and Alameda streets, in the downtown district was reached.
 He was quickly hustled into a au- tomobile. manacled to two Los An geles detectives. 4 string of seven cars, carrying policemen and report CTS followed. The caravan took q round about route to the jail and at tracted little attention.
 Streets around the entrance to the tunnel into the county jail were lined with curious persons but there was no demonstration.
 Hickman was taken off the train at l0:l0 and was in the jail at lQ:15 a. III.
 At Glendale. suberb, a crowd Of about l,o0O persons gathered at the side of the train and gave an ovation 10 the two captors of Hickman. Chief of Police Tom Gurdane and
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
DIVERS D|G SECOND
 TUNNEL BENEATH S-4
Work Preliminary to Rais- ing Sunken Sub Goes
 on Uninterrupted

Frovincetown. Mass. Dec. c7 UPl--Divers today began making a second tunnel beneath the sunken hull of the S-4 as part of the work preliminary 10 raising the suhma- rine that went down December IT with all on board.
 Continued mild weather and q comparatively smooth sea favored the salvage workers.
 The second tunnel will be created about 70 feet from the bow. The first tunnel, already completed, is 2S feet from the bow.
 Directors Of the salvage opera tons tonight will inspect the sub marin" S-6 as an aid to the laying Of plans for removing water from those compartments Of the S-4 which are believed to have been flooded.
 Provincetown, Mass. Dec. o7 lP' - Though sea conditions were slightly worse. divers on the salvage ship Falcon were preparing to de- scend 10 the sunken submarine S-4
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Confessed Slayer of Marian Parker Guarded to Prevent
 Lynching by Mob
DISMEMBERED BODY
 BEFORE CHILD DIED
Had Always Wanted to Kill Some one So He Suangled Little Girl, He Tells Detectives as He Signs Graphic Account of Method Hc Employed in Crime - "Cramer" Proves to Be Bluff,

Los Angeles, Dec. c7 (P-The Eve ming Express says that in an "un- officiar' confession William Edward Hickman has admitted Marian Park CT, although unconscious from strangulation. was not dead when he began to dismember her body.
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New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
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