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New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
IN7ERV|EWERS like
LINDY'S ALERT Mind
Air Hero Never at Loss
for Answer to
Questions

The personality OF Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh which has attracted the
admiration of thousands, as much as
the glamor of his feat in crossing
from New York to Paris, was admir-
ably exemplifled yesterday in Hart
ford when reporter from the Her
aid was given "a few minutes of the
flier's time after the parade and be-
ore the dinner at the Hartford club.
Needless to say the reporter was
familiar with his appearance
through thousands of pictures of
him which have appeared in the
press, and he was somewhat familiar
also with "Lindy's' mental processes
through reading interviews with
him. But actual contact with the
boy diplomat" had been lacking up
to yesterday and any previous ad
miration for his personality was
multiplied many times by a few
words with him.
Lindbergh, in room at the Bond
hotel, received only newspapermen
at this particular time. although
Governor John H. Trumbull was
present and relegated to the back
ground for the time being where he
appeared perfectly willing to be.
Standing beside the bed, the young
fellow answered his questioners with
a promptitude which was evidence
that his mental processes were as
quick as his physical reactions in
flying, and Just as accurate. With
never an uncertain moment he shot
back replies to numerous queries
and did SO with a promptness and
clearness that YVES gratifying to his
interrogators. His smile accompan-
led some of the answers: his face
was serious at other times. Attired
in a dark blue business suit, tall.
big boned, with q. pleasing crown Of
curly hair, he appeared as any
American boy along the street APP
pears. The hagGardness which was
evident in his pictures taken shortly
after his epoch making fight had
disappeared and he looked even
younger than news pictures would
indicate. The sharpness of his eyes
as he looked at his questioners was
the only indication of his proves
and ability.
The burden of the interview con-
cerned the future of aviation and
the establishment of airports in va
rir"s cities, a matter which has been
gone into frequently before. He
stressed the importance of landing
fields for cities of any size. no mat
ter how near they might be to an
other city so equipped. and predict
ed that it would not be long beore
the use of airplanes would be as
common as the use of autom obiles.
when a field is located in near
by, city 1t necessitates getting into
an automobile and riding for some
distance if person wishes to reach
the city without a field" he said.
land the time thus wasted offsets
the time saved by the use of air.
planes" Although he did not spe-
city New Britain. this city is I'm.
douhtedly included in his general
argument, Inasmuch as the Gug-
genheim Foundation for the PROMO
ton OF Aeronautics arranged the
flier's schedule the Herald reporter
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New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Houses Too Shaky So
Autos Nav Not Sneed

DeerAeld, Mass. July 81 tP>-The
shaky condition Of pre-revolutionary
houses in this town, OF which there
are a considerable number. is re-
sponsible for an order ISSUED today
bv the sclectmcNt to the chief OF po-
lice calling for absolute restriction
to a speed of Is miles an hour OF
motor vehicles passing through the
town. The Jar occasioned by the
passing OF trucks and other heavy
vehicles at h;Gi, speed is said to be
seriously threatening the existence
Of the cd dwellings, some Of which
date back to colonial days. and
w}ich constitute tho towns greatest
chaln,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
CLAIMS FALSE ARREST,
ASKS C|7YfoR $4,000
Broad St. Merchant Wants
Damages for Raid
on Store

Notice that he will hold the city
of New Britain liable for false arrest
and Imprisonment was filed today
by Adam Grecki of 113 Broad street
through his attorney. Monroe S.
Gordont A suit for $4,000 will
follow, the attorney announced to-
day.
According to Grecki's claim his
storew as entered by policemen last
Monday night and he was placed
under arrest after a raiding squad
had discoveries small quantity of
alleged liquor there. 1t was later
learned that the store which was
to be raided was located elsewhere
and that he officer on the beat had
made a mistake in the street num-
Ter. The case was thrown out of
court the following morning after
Attorney Gordon had pointed out
tbs technicality.
The officer, William O'Day, has
admitted his mistake to the store
cwner. the latter says. Creek
claims damage to person and bust
ness.
The Commercial Trust Co.,
through Attorney Donald Gaffney,
has brought an action against N.
Irving Jester, Peter Agostini and
Sam Schneider of New Britain. and
Bernard J. Alderman of Hartford
for foreclosure of mortgage on
property at 1S7-197 Arch street,
known as testers hall, and posses
sion of the premises. Constable
Fred Wrinkle served the papers.
According to the allegations In
the action, NJ. Irving Jester owed
the plaintiff $4,000. for which he
gave a mortgage note, and on April
81. 1926, he sold the building to
Schneider, who transferred one-half
interest to Agostini on the same
date. On June 10. 1925, Agostini
and Schneider by their note to the
Commercial Trust Co.. assumed the
Jester mortgage. Subsequent en-
cumbrances are listed. and 1t is set
forth that interest. water rents and
taxes remain unpaid.
The property is owned by Schnei-
der. Agostini and Alderman, but
Jester is cited as q co-defendant on
account of his mortgage note.
Clarence r Hartman Of 10 Muir
ray street. through Attorney Donald
Gaffney. has brought suit against
Ella Hcggson of Redding Ridge,
Conn. alleging that the defendants
handling Of the steering apparatus
of the automobile caused a collision
at the corner of Adams and For
est streets on June q, 1925. The
plaintaff claims $4,000 for personal
injuries and $500 for damage to his
car.
The case will be heard at 200
o'clock tom orrow afternoon in city
court. Attorney David R. Wood
house represents the defendant.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Liner Arrives After
Three DAYS in FOgs

New York, July 2l-P1The
Hamburg American liner Cleveland
with sS3 passengers, arrived from
Boston today having CROPPED its way
through fogs for three days. 1t was
one of the longest Boston-New York
trips ever made by a transatlantic
liner.
The Cleveland put into Boston on
Monday, after fogs off the Grand
Banks had precluded any possibility
Of putting into Halifax, where it
was due Saturday.
Four hours out from Boston
found the liners in the grip of even
worse fogs. Monday afternoon the
vessel was forced to anchor off Pol
lack light. There it lay for 10 hours
before the fog lifted slightly, but
the liner bad only been under way
two hours when navigation became
impossible again and it was forced
to anchor for nearly 20 hours long
ef.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
TURNPIKE FATALITIES
SUBJECT Of MEETING
Officials OF Towns Along Milford
Road to Discuss How to
Curb Tragedies.

New Haven. July 81 P-Frank D.
Alling, Harry NJ. Merwin and Wal
ter S. Hine. first selectmen OF West
Haven, Milford and Orange. respec-
lively. are to meet at the lAtter.s
home today to discuss the ways and
means of reducing the chances Tor
fatalities on the Milford turnpike.
Mr. Alling will suggest the laying
of sidewalks along the turnpike. -
enc means of combating the reveF
growing death list which already to-
tails 20 for this year and he viii 49,
suggest that the highway be lighted.
A check up OF arrests made by
state policemen on the pike snce
July 3. reveals that 80 persons have
been taken in for reckless Ar4yMo,
speeding and other motor Nv ~
lations.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Blow by Blow Story
Will Be Megaphoned

A blow by blow account OF the
/ Jack Dempsey-Jack Sharkey
heavyweight fight at the Yankee
Stadium in New York tonight, as
carried over the telegraph wires
of the Associated Press directly
from the ringside, will be mega
phoned from the Herald win
dows. The preliminary bouts
will start promptly at S:15
o'clock while the main bout will
take place at $3.50 o'clock, east
ern daylight time. -...... A..
New York. July Fl R-One Of
the biggest pots in boxing. half
a million dollars, perhaps more,
will be taken by a pair Of Jacks
Dempsey and Sharkey-at the
Yankee Stadium tonight. Demp-
sey's contract calls for 27H per
cent OF the gate" but 1t was
generally believed, that he will
get more than $275,ooO, possibly
$35o,ooo. Sharkey will get % u
per cent and his bit should be
at least s225,oo0.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
LEA {. TO PAY OFF
employees BY Check
Payroll Robberies Prompt
= Officials to Take
Action

In line with the modern trend
10 build UP a barrier against high
way robbery. officials of Landers,
Frary & Clark announced today that
eeffctive next Tuesday, employees of
the company would be paid off by
check instead OF in cash. Approx
mately $500 employees will be af-
tected by the change.
Many industries throughout the
country, IN order to thwart payroll
thieves, have adopted the policy Of
paying by check. Repeated hold-ups
Of payroll carriers has prompted
this move. which is becoming more
general. Landers, Frary g. Clark is
now adopting the safety first"
policy to reduce the possibility of a
hold-up on the streets Of this city.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Fisherman Has Hot Fight
With 500 Pound SwOrdfish

Boston, July y R@Roy Leblanc
of the fishing schooner Isabelle ar
rived in port today with a story Of
terrific battle with a 500 pound
swordfish. one of the catch of II
taken on Georges bank. Leblanc
had put out In a dory to retrieve
the fish after it had been harpooned
with a lily iron from the pulpit.
AS he took it in tow. the giant
fish suddenly came to life and
charged the boat Three times Let
blanc fought 1t off as 1t tried to
puncture the bottom Of the boat
with its sword. The fish finally
wearied and was hauled aboard.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
final HEARING BY
GOVERNORS BOARD
All Witnesses in SacCo.Yanzetti
Case Have Testified
ARGUMENTS NEXT MONDAY
Last Witness to be Heard Today Was
Man Who Claims He Sold Some
Cloth to Vanzetti in Plymouth on
Fatal Day.

Boston, July q LF-The advisory
committee appointed by Governor
Alvan T. Fuller to make an inde-
pendent investigation Of the Sacco-
Vanzetti case concluded its hearings
today. Arguments by counsel for
the two men under sentence Of death
for murder and by Representatives Of
the state will be heard beginning
next Monday.
The final witness heard by the
committee was Joseph Rosen OF
Buffalo. N. Y, a salesman. Rosen
has asserted that he sold some cloth
to Bartolomeo vanzetti in Plymouth
on the day of the murders of q, pay
master and his guard In :, South
Braiptree OF which Vanzetti and Nj
cola Sacco were convicted.
The two prisoners continued today
their hunger strike at the state
prison. Since SUNDAY morning they
have refused food. The Sacco-Van-
zetti defense committee, four mem
bers Of which last night sent letter
to the governor protesting against
the secrecy surrounding his per-
sonal investigation into the case has
asserted that it was this secrecy
which led the two men to undertake
the strike.
Respite Ends August 10
Death Of the prisoners In the
electric chair. originally set for the
week of July 10, was postponed
when Governor Fuller granted them
respite to August 10 In order to
give him time to complete his in
vestigation.
Louis and Tony Fortini, Plymouth
youths were questioned by Cover
nor Fuller today.
Among the communications re-
ceived by the governor today with
regard to the case was a radiogram
from Geneva, Switzerland. where
posters have been pasted on walls
and a mass meeting OF protest
against the death sentence has been
called for July 81. The message,
signed by Martha Gruening, said:
Respectfully urge pardon Sacco-
Nanzetti. Reasonable doubt of their
guilt"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Whole Nation Mourns

Bucharest, Rumania, July 21.-tP
A whole nation mourned today for
its king as the body of Ferdinand
lay in the great hall of the castle
at Sinaia, with officers of a local
mountain regiment standing guard.
The castle was the place where
Ferdinand passed away early yester-
day morning. 1t vas built by his
uncle. King Carol and at his own re-
quest. Ferdinand will be buried be-
side his uncle and aunt. Queen
Elizabeth, better known to the world
as Carmen Sylvia.
New King Installed
Rumania's new king, Michael 7,
faxen haired boy of six, has already
been installed before the national
assembly as Ferdinand's successor,
and the regency council which will
act until Michael becomes eighteen
years of age. was sworn in at the
same time. All parties took the oath
OF allegiance to the new monarch;
the liberal ministry, after the for
mality of rendering its resignation
to the regency council, which was
rejected, continued at the helm.
State troops throughout the coun-
try have sworn allegiance to the new
regime and the capital and country
are calm, The general commanding
the Bucharest area has issued an
edict prohibiting ell manifestations
the spreading of false rumors, and
public discussion OF the dynastic
question. He has also decreed that
all theaters must be closed and there
shall be no music or dancing until
after the funeral Saturday. Public
buildings are occupied by soldiers.
Guns Boom Salute
Bucharest heard the booming of
guns at four o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon, and knew that the boy king
has assembled the throne The child,
dressed in a white silk suit, black tie
and patent leather slippers, holding
the arm of his mother, Princess
Helen OF Greece. passed before the
deputies and senators in the house
OF parliament to receive their cheers.
When the brief ceremonies were
over. the little king, hardly under
standing what it was all about.
whispered to his mother: Lets go
home. mama. ! am hungry
AS Michael was led into the
chamber by his mother, he halted
as if on the verge of tears. but pro-
ceeded to the royal tribune after
she had said; Remember you are a
king and the son of kings"
Mother Shows Emotion
His mother, in deep mourning
with heavy crepe VEIL seemed to be
laboring under great emotion as she
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New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
GETS GREAT LOBSTER

New London, Conn, July 2l.-tR
Caught in drag net by Captain
Nathaniel Culver OF Mystic, the
largest lobster seen In this section
in many years has been brought
into Mystic. The crustacean from the
tip of its feelers to the end of its
tail measured four feet, one inch.
Its body length was - inches. 9th
er measurements were greatest
girth, 21 inches, crushed claw, "a
12 inches long; cutting claw length,
Is inches. The lobster weighed ex-
actly rs pounds. e,. 49,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Indy BIDS hD|Eu.
TO HARTFORD AND
CONTINUES flight
Dips Prettily Over Springfield,
Dropping Message, on His
Way to Providence
REACHES RHODE ISLAND
CAPITAL AT 1:SO O'CLOCK

Makes Graceful Hop-o6 From
Brainard Field, Hartford, At 1920
O'clock, Ending % Hour viat IN
Connecticut's Capital City-Smal
Crowd On Hand Cheers As He
Smiles, Waves and Departs.
Hartford, Conn. July q N-
Beginning the second leg OF his ma
tion-wide tour in the interest Of
aeronautics, Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh. hoped off from Brain
ard Field at 1920 this morning.
ending his visit Of twenty-five hours
in Hartford. Smiling with the 10y
Of being once again in the cockpit
of the Spirit of st. Louis" he tax
led down the ramp and on to tho
field. AS though the whirring Of
the propeller were a signal, a great
cheer arose from the small group
of spectators assembled to see him
depart. But across the field the
plane roared, and then. easily and
beautifully, lifted in a take-on a.
perfect as his landing here wac yee-
terday. He was winging his way to
Springfield, Mass, where he will
drop a message and continue to
Providence, r. l., his second stop.
Five minutes before the Esprit OF
St. Louis took the distinguished
visitor from Hartford. Lindbergh's
own party hoped of in their
Wright plane on direct line to
Providence. This plane carried
Lieut.. D. ]. Kehoe. advance agent
for Lindbergh and representative OF
the Guggenheim Foundation.
Colonel Philip Love. pilot and Theo-
dore Sorenson. engineer. the last two
named connected with the Wright
Airplane Company.
Lindbargh's final words were ad-
dressed to a mechanic at the field
and they were Charlie, will you
give me TWIST" Charlie complied
and spun the propeller. While the
engine was warming up, Lindbereh
remained in the cockpit for three
minutes before hopping off. The
plane rose gracefully into the air,
encircled the field once and then
went on his way. but not before the
spectators saw him wave his hand
in farewell and smile his we'll known
smile.
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New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Filters Leave Dayton
On Trip to Washington

Dayton, Ohio, July q (UP)-
Lieutenants Lester j. Maitland and
Albert Hegenberger, after being re-
ceived back irto the air service with
unusual honors at their home field
here, left at IL o'clock today for
Washington to meet army officials.
The flight to Washington was ex-
pected to take about four hours.
The filters were entertained here
after their arrival yesterday after
noon by an enthusiastic populace
and proud, bcastful group of fell
low officers.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
DR.. Simpson, Putney
Health Officer. Dies

Milford, Conn, July 2l.-P-
DR.. Willis Simpson Putney. health
officer of the town of Milford for the
past 20 years, died here today. He
was born in New York city on May
IS, 1859 and was the son of the
Rev and Mrs. Rufus c. Putney,
Methodist minister. DR.. Putney grad
uated from the New York Home
pathic college and came to Milford
in 1855
He is survived by his wife and
son, Major Edward W. Putney of
Fortress Monroe, Va.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
fight MAD CROWDS
STANDING IN line
AWAITING Opening
Denpssy.Sharksy Bout Tonight
Is Expected to Draw Crowd
Of Fully $4,000 Spectators
MEN WEIGH IN, DEMPSEY
1874 IL and SHARKEY 1876

Those In Charge Predict that About
81 100000 VIII Be Taken in at
Gate-Special Trains Reach City,
One Coming AL Way from Chi
cago-Ringside Priced Tickets
Are Easily Obtainable.
New York. July FL up - More
than 100 hardy fight fans several
OF them on the scene at dawn. were
IN line outside the Yankee Stadium
at II o'clock this morning, waiting
for the opening of the sale of
bleacher seats at $3.50 p. M, for the
Dempsey-Sharkey fight tonight.
$1,O5O,OOO Is Forecast
All box-office operations were
transferred from Madison Square
Garden to the stadium, where Joe
Boynton, in charge Of sales. pre-
dicted gate" of not much more
than a million. He estimated ST.
C50,000, which would be 100000
short of sell-out. There were
plenty of seats at ringside prices
available.
A change in the days program
developed when the boxing CON-
mission announced the weighing-in
OF Dempsey and Sharkey, as we'll
as the preliminary boxers. would
take place at 1 p. m. in Madison
Square Garden instead of an hour
later at the commissions Offices, as
originally scheduled.
Crowd of $4,000
All preparations for handling a
crowd of rpobably 10000 spectators
was completed we'll before noon at
the stadium. The ring, the same
one in which Sharkey scored a
technical knockout over Mike Nc
Tigue in the Garden, was pitched
atfsecond base. This was 80 feet
nearer the outfield than for the
Maloney- Sharkey battle in May and
permitted the installation of addi-
tional ringside seats.
Arrival Of special cars and trains
from Chicago, Boston-Sharkey's
home town--Philadelph Balti-
more. Washington and Pittsburgh
brought thousands of fight fans to
augment the metropolitan crowd.
A party of $50 from Chicago was
piloted by Doc Krone and in
cluded Packey Mcfarland former
lightweight star.
Men Weigh In
Jack Dempsey scaled 194lR pounds
at the official weighing in before the
New York state athletic commission
at Madison Square Garden this after
noon. Dempsey stepped on the
scales before Jack Sharkey, his OPP
ponent appeared.
Sharkey appeared for his turn on
the scales few minutes after Denp-
sey left. The Boston boxer scaled
1876 reversing the advance expecta-
tons that Dempsey would weigh
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New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Three SCH0ONERS
RUN AGROUND IN
FOG AT CAPE COD
Excursion Steamer and United
Fruit Go. Liner Also Figure
in Crash at Sea
ENTIRE COAST SHR0UDED
IN IMpENE1RABLE MISTS

Skipper On One Boat Says He Has
Not Seen Sun In Five Days-Ex-
cursionists Thrown Into Temper
airy Panic When Two Boats COL
lde-Leviathan is Held Outside
Harbor to Await Clear Weather.
Welldeet, Mass. July u P1Lost
In the dense fog that blanketed. this
end of Cape Cod last night and early
this morning, three sailing vessels
ran ashore.
Two Of them, the four masted
lumber schooner Orleans Of Boston,
and the two-masted bean trawler
Ruth Mildred OF South Boston. are
still fast on the beach near Cahoon's
Hollow coast guard station here.
with the. coast guard destroyer Hen
ley standing by The third vessel, a
two-masted auxiliary fisherman,
struck near the Nauset coast guard
station about l o'clock this morning
but worked itself free an hour and
a half later. Its name could not be
obtained
About $50 last night the Ruth
Mildred, On her way to port from
the Georges Banks with 10000
pounds of fish in her hold, drove
hard ashore. She is resting within
100 yards OF the beach this morning
with her seams opening. She is ap-
parently so hard aground that coast
guardsmen fear she will be total
loss. Her captain. Nils Sodersom, and
his tcrew of seven. remain aboard.
No Sun For Five Days
Early this morning. while coast
guardsmen from Cahoon's Hollow
were standing by the Ruth Mildred,
the big four sticker, bound from
Cape Breton to Boston and miles oft
her course, grounded not 200 yards
away. Captain Thomas Byrnes, a
Wellf1eet skipper, in command of
the Orleans, said he had not seen
the sun for FIVE days and for that
reason had been unable to check his
navigation calculations. The Orleans
ran right by her port of destination
in the fog.
The Orleans Is owned by r. r.
Freeman, Boston. She was built in
1905 by Kelley. Spear & Company, at
Bath, Maine. She is $50 feet long,
and 3S feet in the beam.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Courtney Won't Start
For u, s. Before Sunday

O1oMn, ireland. July II cS'-Cap-
tao frank T. Co9.!,cy. P:it.sh cvia-
toy, who Is preparing fol q tronsat-
lantiL Align. TO New York, VIII not
atom ot he fight Lc'ore Sunday,
says q passage received from him at
:hc T,c!donnel air station in County
11b.la.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Youth of Is Will Wear
FIRST Suit in Coffin

Woonsocket, r. l., July 2l.-oP0
Nalmore Duclos, Is, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Duclos, who died today,
will wear his first suit of clothes in
his funeral casket. He had never
spoken nor been out OF bed since
birth.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
kings FUNERAL TO
Be held ON SUNDAY
Services Postponed That Rural
Population May Pay Homage
MICHAEL ALREADY SWORN
Queen Marie of Rumania Shows
Great Emotion-Carol Remains In
Seclusioal Near Paris-Regency In
Charge Unit! He is is Years Old.

Paris, July q P-A Havas dis
patch from Bucharest says that the
burial of King Ferdinand has been
postponed, from Saturday until Sun
cay to permit the rural population
to reach the capital to pay homage
to the lead klrg.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Under threatening skies and
heavy black clouds which sent down
intermittent rains that finally broke
into heavy deluge, the cornerstone
was laid in the World war mem orial
shaft at Walnut Hill park last night
in the presence of crowd made
small by doubtful weather condi-
lions.
Mayor Weld dropped a strong box
containing war relics and numerous
other objects into the hollow OF the
stone and covered the top with
cement just after the exercises had
been opened with prayer by Rev.
William A. Ross of the First Baptist
church. Arthur G. kimball. chair
man of the building committee, was
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

in charge of the program. He pre-
scented Mayor Weld and Rev Ozora
S. Davis, speakers of the evening. to
the gathering, and remarked brief
ly on the significance of the exer-
cises. DIR. Davis is president of the
Chicago Theological seminary and a
former pastor of the South Congre-
gational church, this city. B. f.
Armstrong led community singing.
accompanied by Eddy Glover Post,
American Legion band.
Members Of Eddy-Glover post,
American Legion, headed by Com
mander Harry Ginsburg, and of the
auxiliary to the post attended the
exercises in a body.
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