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The Washington times., 1927-01-15
M RS. TAFT A
LUNCHEON
GUEST

Mrs. Taft. wife Of the Chief JUS
tice, was the ranking guest at
luncheon today Of Mrs, Robert Love
Taylor. who entertained at the
Washington Club. Other guests
were Mrs. Jardine, wife Of the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture; Countess
Szechenyi, wife of the Hungarian
minister: Nine Latour, wife Of the
minister Of Guatemala; Mrs. Lee $.
Overman. Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard,
Mrs. Robert N. Stanfield, Mrs. Nor
ris Sheppard, Mrs. Woodbridge N.
Ferris, Mrs. Charles s. Deneen,
Mrs. William H. King. Mrs. Charles
McNary, Mrs. Harry B. Halves,
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Henry F..
Dinock, Mrs. Henry T. Allen, Mrs.
James r. Mann, Mrs. Wilton Lam.
bert. Mrs. William Kearny Carr,
Mrs. w. Harry Brown, Mrs. John
Covington, Mrs. Ollie James and
Mrs. Beverly Williamson.
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BELGIAN ENVOY
TO BE FETED
The Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier will be the
honor guests at dinner Of C. Bas-
com Slemp, who will entertain on
Tuesday evening, January rs, at
the Carlton Hotel. There will he
thirty in the company.
DON Victor james Freyre, son Of
the Minister of Bolivia and Nine de
James Freyre, and secretary Of the
Bolivian legation, has rejoined his
parents at the Wardman Park Ho.
tel. Senior Freyre left on Decem.
Der 10Th to visit his fiancee, Miss
Charlotte Meade Burrage, and her
parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs, Guv
II. Burrage, with whom he spent
two weeks in Italy.
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PARTIES PLANNED
FOR POPULAR BRIDE
Miss Cornelia Bowie will entertain
at dinner this evening in conpli.
ment to Miss Elizabeth Snowden
Hill and her fiance, Jerome Ora
ham. Tomorrow afternoon Miss
Murlel Gray will be hostess at tea
for them. and tomorrow evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton Boland will
entertain at supper in their honor.
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The board of governors of the
Congressional Country Club will en-
tertain at tea tomorrow afternoon
at the club. after which there will
be a musicale in the Pompeian
room. The artists will be Kurt
Hetzel, pianist, and Mrs. Fred Pur-
nell. wife Of Representative Pur.
nell. soprano.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
TO CELEBRATE
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

In celebration Of the twentieth
anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Clarendon Smith, Miss MYRTLE
ketcham will be hostess at dance
to be given tonight at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith in Cleveland
Park. Many old friends of the
couple will be included among the
guests. The wedding took place in
the Capital and Mrs. Smith was a
Washington girl, Miss Elizabeth
Toulson.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
DIVERS BIG SECOND TUNNEL BENEATH S-4
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late this forenoon 10 cut away more of the tangled WreckaEc and try to recover any bodies Of the crew winch might be within easy reach
 The temperature of the sea, which was choppirr than yesterday when four divers went down to the wreck, was again in the low 40's. The f'al- con and the naval tug Sagamore were each moored aboIc the sunk en submarine by four anchors. At 10 q. m. Captain Ernest l. King and Lieut.. Commander Edward Ellsberg, were out on the Falcons deck mak- ing last examination of their equipment before sending the first diver of the day over 1hc side.
 The first diver down, il vas said, would take with him the large white sign boards, the idea of Commander Ellsbcrg. which read This way for ward" and This way aft" These signs will be fastened 10 the SIS coming tower, one pointing to the bow and the other toward the stern.
 Th,s" signs were expected to over come part of the handicap resulting from the poor visibility underwater las they will tell the diver exactly where he is when he dcsccnds and he will not be forced 10 lose pre- cious minutes groping about on the bottom to recover his sense of direc- ton.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

Cases of colds and bronchitis eN- c.e1cd in numbers other diseases and illnesses which were reported, averaging 4lS.6 cases yearly for each 1000 inhabitants. The aver age for influenza and grippe was next highest with 143.2 cases.
 Annual averages. for other ill- nesses reported for each 1000 ?, r. sons Were as follows: Disorders of the digestive system. 9G.5 cases i; touiltis and sore throat. G5.7; con- finom"u's and other puerpcral con ditions. 46i; headaches and disor- 1"rS Of the nervous system. Al {: accidents and disabilities resulting from external causes, 39.5: measles, S4.2; whooping cough. 22.G: rheu- matism and lumbago, 21.S: heart and circulatory diseases. 1S.3; dis cases of the skin; 17,G; chicken pox. 13.9: laryngitis and croup, II 4 i; -venereal diseases of genito- urinary system, Ill; diseases of kidney and anneXa. lilo; diseases of ear and mastoid processes, 10.9: diseases of teeth and gums, 7.5 i; diseases Of "yce. "A: pneumonia e.; diphtheria, scarlet fever and typhoid fever, 60; and hay fever and asthma, 5.S.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

Washington. Dec 27 P-The av- ,rage American is ill about once every year.
 This conclusion. has been reached by the United States Public Health Service after q surrey it conducted to determine the amount and types of illness with which people of this country suffer yearly.
 For the purposes of the investiga ton, the Health Service selected d small inland city which was con sidered representative of the aver age American city. judged by stand ards of climate, diversity Of indus try, amount of foreign born popu- lation and organization of it's so- ciety.
 Inquiries were made twice month over a period of 2S months at every residence in the city as 10 past illnesses of the occupants. The resultant figures revealed that there had been an average Of l050 ill- nesses yearly for every 1000 in- habi'ants. Forty per cent of the ill., nesscs were of sufficient gravity to require confinement to bed.
 The annual death rate for the period was 93 deaths for each 1000 in habitants
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
Los Angeles Returning.
Waters Too Rough For Ship.

New York, Dec. 27 P'-The stormy waters between Cape Cod and Cape Race in which Mrs. Fran ces Grayson's plane The Dawn is generally believed to have landed were difficult even for ship to navigate. Captain E. G. Dggle Of Mauretania. reported when the liner docked today.
 Captain Diggle said that on Satur- day he was south, of Cape Race and that variable winds of gale force were blowing.
 "The wind blew from every direc- tion of the compass.' he said. it was a. gale l don't know much about planes but I do know the weathe was bad enough for a ship. and 1t must have been even worse fer q plane. When we were off the tail of the Grand Banks, where you turn south, we took the temperature Of the water and t was 32 degrees, so i, must have been even colder far 1 CT north"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
nISCISS EROLlC OF ,2S

Reports of progress in the Lions club annual frolic which will be held January Is, r and IS were made at the noon meeting today. Committee chairmen reported that their com mittecs were working and that more definite reports would be made next week. A report was made by L. w. Nogcl. general chairman The at tendance prize was awarded to Will liam r. Curtin The prize next week will be given by F. II. Erwin.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

I put it around her neck and twist ed 1t tightly. ] held on and she made no outcry except to gurglc. held on for about two minutes, guess. then l let go.
 When l cut loose the fastenings she felt to the floor. '1 knew she was dead" "Oh. I forgot, you can sec, ] did not want to kill her because l told her before I bound her that if her father did not pay l would let her go home safely.
 'Well after she was dead, I car ried her body into the batheroom and undresscd her. all but her un- derwear and cut hole in her throat with q pocket knife to lei the blood out"
 The pocket knife which Hickman r used to slaughter the girl is now ir the hands of the district attorney, il
 was learned upon the train.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
22 ALARMS FOR FIRE
 RECORD FOR WEEKEND
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urday evening. damage of sl0o was
 done in q storehouse owned by John Woztunik of 25 Clinton street,
 groceries and part Of the building
 being burned. Shortly after 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Co. No. 2
 was called 10 Stanley Quarter park for a grass ire.
 Early Sunday morning, fire broke out in coal hin in the cellar of a six tenement house at 109 Orange
 street owned by John Carfi of 113 Orange street, and worked it's way
 up through the partitions to the attic. At 3:11 o'clock the fire de- partment was called and found 1t necessary 10 cut away partitions in five rooms. The damage totalled about 5000. The occupants of the building were aroused, but were able to return to their tenements after the fircmcn finished their work.
 At 4l3 o'clock in the morning,
 the fire department was called 70 36 Cranston terrace, fire having broken out in the living room of
 MT. and Mrs. Clarence Jacobson on the second floor. The house is own ed by Supcrnumerary Officer James Noonan, father of Mrs. Jacobson. Officer Noonan. who lives on the first floor. was aroused by J. Arthur Johnson. neighbor. who heard , flames cracking when he was pre- pairing to attend church services. The lVlng room was a mass of flames. and Mir. and Mrs. Jacobson were able to salvage only a few articles. i Their furniture and q number of Christmas gifts were destroyed, none of the loss being covered by insur-
 ance. The damage is estimated at about $500. Mir. and Mrs. Jacob son are making their home with Mrs. Jacobson's parents temporarily. At 9:J0 Sunday morning, Co. No.
 6 was called to grass fire near the
 Shuttle Meadow club. At 12:45 o'clock. Co. No. 5 was called to a
 grass fire al the Town Home prop
 erty. and at l2:45. Co. No. : went , to the Pitkin property at IA West
 street where there was a grass fire. At 3:09 in the afternoon. Go. No. z went 10 the Jackson property on Stanley street. where there was a
 grass fire.
 Slight damage was done 10 gro-
 ceries In the cellar of the Economy
 store at 552 Arch street Sunday eve
 nins about 7:oS o'clock Tho fire department was called and prevent ed the blaze from spreading to the
 store.
 At lo:16 yesterday forenoon. an alarm was rung from Box 425 for a
 fire in a wardrobe in tho home of Joseph Failia of 47 Spring street. Damage amounting to approximate ly Sl00 was done 10 the wardrobe and the clothing in it.
 At lo:42 yesterday afternoon. Box 317 was sounded for fire in the home of Stanley Wasik, e Clinton street. where e chair caught fire when placed too near a stove. The chair was destroyed but there was
 TO other damage.
 At 3:07 yesterday afternoon, a grass fire was eytinguished on Wal. 1 nut Hill park, across from the hos pital. on Grand street. and at TAI
 in the evening, Co. No. was called
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
City Items

An automobile owned by Anna Chester of 56 East Main street and driven by John Zovanski of the same address, figured in a collision with a car owned by George Jackson of Park and St nley streets and driven by Joseph i"' a of S42 High street, about 1l:So yesterday forenoon at North and Sexton streets. Super numerary Officer fanatics reported d that the machines were slightly damaged.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
MAN 62, BOY 8. INJURED

Leon kasczeta. aged C2 and John kasczeta. aged 9. of 356 East street were slightly injured when an au- t~mobile in which they were riding. was struck by car driven by Walter Reindel of 136 Chapman street at the intersection of Hartford avenue and North street about GAO last eve ming. Michael F ger was driving the car north on Hartford avenue, and Reindel was driving west on North street when the collision oc- cured. Dr. David F. Waskowitz at tended the injured passengers.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
SLOT MACHINE RAIDS
Police Seize Gambling Devices in Stores as ForerInner of General Clean-Cp-Two Arrests Made.

X drive against gambling ma forenoon by the police and several seizures were made. Chief Hart said the machines will be Confiscated wherever found, as they are not permitted by law.
 The machines are operated. the police say, by inserting coins simi- lar to the old style slot machines. The person playing" them takes the chance of winning and therein lies the gambling feature, accord . ing 10 the police. No arrests were made tolav
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
BRING SUIT FOR $500.

Claiming that the defendant un- lawfully entered on their property with steam shovel and removed thoreirom . large quantity of dirt, valued at about $500. George L. TWiss and Gertrude E. Twiss. through Donald Gattney, have brought suit for $500 damages against Joseph Bat;aglia. The plain iitfs set forth that they own prop e,tv on Shuttle Meadow avenue and they state that Battaglia committed the breach on that property. Con- stable Frank Clynes served the DaDers
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
POLICE. BRING. IN GIRLS

Two girls under 16 years Of age, who are on probation, were bro~sht to the police station about 7:55 last night by Supernumerary Officer Cy- rus Schoonmaker. who found them in the rear part of a shoe shine store at 3l5 Main street, with three young men, aged II, l3 and IS years. It developed that the young men in yited the girls 10 have their shoes shincd and then they went to the rear part Of the store. The IS year old young m%n turned off the lights just before the officer, who was try ing the store doors stepped in. The matter is being looked into by Miss Bristoll woman probation officer.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
L|NDDERGH HOPS
 SOUTH TOMORROW
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Central American flight. He pored over maps with American military and naval attaches and Mexican ayiators.
 At the first and only all American affair in his honor, Lindbergh met several thousa ld of his fellow Americans resident in Mexico City at an ambaSsadorial reception. In behalf of the American colony, m haSsaJor Morrow presented the fly CT and his mother a silver tray and bowl.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
TWINKLE NAMED PRESIDENT.

Constable Fred Winkle was elect % od president of the New Britain the annual meeting yesterday at the TaImu1 Torah hall, Elm street. 9th 1T officers chosen were: Vice presi- dent, M. Fucker: treasurer. J. E,isen- berg; financial secretary. M. Abra- hanson; recording secretary, Isaac Cohen; sexton, sam Rosen. The trustees are \. E. Mag, F. Goliberg, \. Dubowy and Sam Greenherg. Frank Nalr is chairman of the build ing committee.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
Report From Halifax

The first announcement Of the receipt of this call was given out at Halifax. by (. A. Harvey, marine and fisheries agent of the Canadian government.
 The Radio Corporation Of Amer ica said it's station at Chatham. Mass. had picked up an unidentified message at 9:45 o'clock sunday night, the same hour as that re- ported by the Sable Island station, The operator, however. could only make out the code letters Co, meaning anyone please answer. The message was broken up by in- terference and static.
 Previous supposition that the call if sent from the Dawn, bad been dis patched from her emergency senl- ing set was disputed by E. l.. More house, who with A. D. Cardwe. built and installed two radio sets or the Dawn.
 He said tho high pitched note and the fact that the call was on an in terrupted continuous wave would mean that Brice Goldsborouch. the operator had sent tn" message by tho planes main radio sct, which, f1e said, would indicate the plane either was still in the air at that hour CT if it was down on the water the star board engine was still running and at a speed high enough to drive thf .t,,.J t..r larger set on the plan" was operated
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
WATER DAMAGE IN SCHOOLS

Considerable damage was done 10 ceilings at the Central Junior High school at Main and Chestnut streets when Il water pip" on the third floor hgrst this forenoon. Officer Patrick M.ehan reported the mat ter 10 Captain Kelly at i".5o o'clock and the latter notified John F.. Downes. who has charge o. school buildings.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
6. \, FUND FALLS SHORT

The Salvation Army fund fell s170 short of the amount desired for Christmas dinners and toys for chill dren of needy families, according to today's report by Ensign Fredrick- son. Instead Of the sought for s1,- 900 there was received finally a to- tai of $S309s.
 The army will hold its annual Christmas party for 300 children to- morrow evening. Saturday afternoon S7 Christmas dinners were sent out.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

by a still" alarm 10 76 Derby street. where garage and truck owned by Eugene Faselle was on fire. An alarm from Box AIS was sounded for the same fire. The truck and garage were damaged.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
BREAKS SHOULDER IN FAIL

Vincent SkarZynski. aged 52, Of 152 Hayes street. suffered a com pound fracture of the right shoul- this noon. Dr. John J. Tokarczyk set the fracture at New Britain Gen eral hospital.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
Special Notice

Members and friends of Clan ro'.glas aud Lady Wallace lodge wlll hold a Christmas ire" party for rhIr Hule Jr nIs "Wednesday r,o- ming, Dee 2N'H, in l;"d Mems hail. 277 Main street. at 1:%o sharp.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
REPORTS S2S0 STOLEN

The police are investigating a re- port by Anthony Leiner Of 30N Chapman street that entrance was gained to his home about s o'clock Saturday morning and s2S0 taken. |.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
City Advertisement
GASOLINE FILLING STATION

Notice is hereby given that a hear z will be held in the office ot lhe oard of Public Works at 7.8y F. r',. Tuesday, January 3rd, 1928, rc'a- t.Fo 10 the application of JaroD ' Jukle, (Wnlile's Auto LaImerg) P approval of application for r"so- 'c filling station 10 he located at !, TS 'omm,rr.J s'r'.'. in ac- Hdance with f4e Public Acts Of =.
 MI r.rsoor .n'.r.e'n1 gre ro1ues' to he present a eal1 hearing. f lov zee causa and he heard in rcla- [ on to thc ahoy.
 GAEpEEE C WELD
 Mayor.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
Information Scarce

The search was seriously handi- capped by lack of definite informa- ton as the planes whereabouts since it was reported passing over Cape Cod shortly after : o'clock Fri day night. Two hours before it had taken off from Roosevelt field, Long Island, for Harbor Grace. Now foundland. on the first lap Of a pro- iected flight 10 Croydon. England.
 Extension of the search to Sable Island followed announcement by the Canadian government wireless station there, operated by the Mar conf company. that on sunday n'Ght an interrupted message signed with the call letters of the Dawn was heard, reporting the plane in trou- 1a
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

good meal. There I cashed the first of the $2O bills Parker gave me. ! went to a theater that night and went home after the show. l slept soundly. The next morning l got out early. went to theater and about five o'clock robbed a man of his car. at Hollywood and Western avenue and drove to San Francisco.
 T spent the next night in the Herald hotel in Frisco and continued on north. I don't know why I kill ed Marion. It was just an urge. ] always wanted to cut up body. l used a pocket knife and it served real well. I drained each piece l cut and washed the tub"
 Saturday, he said he had Marion write her second letter 10 her fath- CT and Hickman wrote his second letter.
 Then he bound her in the chair as on the previous day only this time he gagged her and blindfolded her.
 Stranglcs Child
 'It was while l was fixing the blindfold that the urge to murder came upon me-" he continued. And I just couldn't help myself. I got a towel and stepped up behind Ma rion. Then before she could move,
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
NORTH ATLANTIC
 COMbED IN VAIN
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He has asked the Sable Island sta. ton for review of the weather since Sunday night so that the south ward driftage of the plane can be estimated.
 At daybreak tomorrow the yos. sels will start 70 cover an area 50 miles south of Sable Island and an additional ara 10 coy"r the probable driftaso before entering the zone north Of the island. 1T th, plan, is to the norihWdrd il will bc passing gradually beyond the fishing grounds and toward the open Atlantic. The currents and prevailing winds at this season are from north 10 south.
 The Sturtevaut Was in touch with the T.. <. coast guard dcstroyers Shaw. Monaghan and DoHnes which were CO operating with the navy in the soarsh. These voss, Is at q. m. were off Cape Sable, x, S., heading outward for an intensive comhiug of the area between the mainland and Sable Island.
 Los Angeles Returning.
 4 message received by the Sturte- van, from the dirigible Los Angeles at l2:S0 p. m.. said that the dirIgi- hle had searched for the plane in the area between Cape Cod and Emerald Bank and was turning back toward Cape Cod or the way to her hangar at Lakehurst, x. J. The Los An geles in thls trip had covered by daylight the area which the two de stroyers had trayersed after dark last night and had gone a consider able distance ahead of them.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27

Continued From First Pagsl State Traffic Officer Buck Lieuallen Of rg-lleton. Ore.
 Tho Glendale crowd was in cheerful mood. As the train started boys ran alongside the car bearing Hickman. pointing their fingers at th" window of his compartment.
 No Signs Of Nervousness
 Hickman showed no signs of nery- ousuess as he was being prepared for the final dash of the eventful trip, He wore q dark suit and heavy black hat which was several sizes too big for him and fell down over his facc.
 On the ride to tho jail he looked indtfcrently at the streets of the city from which he fled less than two weeks ago after killing the Parker girl and cutting up her body.
 The crowd pressed the police lines. Tho two officers 10 whom he was mauGclcd quickly drew him through the cordon and into the building.
 Hickman appeared in much better shape physically at the end of his journey from pendl"ton than at the start
New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
WILLIAM HICKMAN
 HURRIED ID JAIL
 IN LOS ANGELES

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New Britain herald., 1927-12-27
The HERALD

Read by s P. M. Answered by 8 A. M. TELEPHONE 925
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-30
Nov. 80 to Jan. 8
SHERIEE'S SALE

BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECU-
TON, Issued out of and under, the
Seal of the District Court, in and for
the County of Redwood and State of
Minnesota, upon a judgment render
ed and docketed in the said Court, on
the 10Th day of November, A. D. 1927,
in an action wherein Farmers State
Bank of Springfield, a Corporation,
is Plaintiff, and John P. Kagel, is De-
PENDANT in favor of the said Plaintiff
and against the said Defendant, for
the sum of One Thousand Seventeen
and 34-100 Dollars, which Execution
was directed and delivered to me as
Sheriff in and for the said County of
Redwood, 1 have this 10Th day of No
vember, A. D., 1927, levied upon all
the right, title and interest of the
said Defendant John P. Kagel. in and
to the following described real estate,
to-wit:
The north half of the south
west quarter of Section Twenty
(2O), the east half of the south
west quarter of Section nineteen
90, and the southeast quarter
of section nineteen Q9), all in
township one hundred ten 1O),
North of Range Thirty-five (35),
in Redwood County, Minnesota.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That l, the undersigned, as Sheriff
as aforesaid, will sell the above des-
cribed real property to the highest
bidder, for cash, at public auction, at
the west front door of the court
house, in the City of Redwood Falls,
in the County of Redwood and State
of Minnesota, on Friday, the 18th day
of January, A. D., 1928, at II o'clock
A. NJ, of that day, to satisfy the said
Execution, together with the interest
and costs thereon.
Dated November Goth, A. D., 1927.
L. j. KISE,
Sheriff of Redwood County, MINI.
Alexander Seifert,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Springfield, Minnesota. 21-6ts