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New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
Bandit BINDS SHERIFF,
Steals AUTO, ESCAPES
Child Asleep in Car Left in
Lot-OklahOma Having
Man Hunt

Tulsa. Okla, June Is R-After
binding the marshal of Jennings.
Okla. to a tree and stealing a motor
car in which two-year-old child
vas sleeping, Matthew HINES. no
torious young bank bandit of the
southwest, today was the object Of
one of the most extensive man hunts
in the history Of Oklahoma.
HINES apparently had eluded the
officers this morning. having been
chased to Hominy. Usage county. by
Pawnee county posscmen. He head
ed for the Usage hills late last
night after stealing the automobile
at Drumright. Payne county.
George McAninch, marshal at
Jennings. was captured by HINES
early today when he attempted to
through the little town. HINES tied
McAninch to a tree and continued
on his way. It was McAninch who
identified his captor as HINES.
The bandit stole an automobile be-
longing to Orville Z. Noble at Drum
right shortly after Noble and his
wife drove up to the home of a
friend for visit HINES apparently
did not notice the two year old son
Of the Mobiles lying asleep on the
back seat. The child was found soon
afterward on a vacant lot two blocks
from where the car was stolen, still
sound asleep.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15

navy and see the world but join
the naval aviation and see the next
world he wrote.
Mitchell, who was the center of
an aviation controversy in 1925
which led to his retirement from
his army service. charged the navy
had "incompe tent di Getting heads
in its air service and suggested the
navy was unwilling to admit that
battleships were useless in the light
of aviation development.
He said there was no excuse for
permitting the Spirit of st. Louis"
to be dampened by salt air en- route
home aboard the cruiser Memphis
Col. Lindbergh was quoted in New
York as aging caused the motor
trouble.
Mitchell insisted the Lindbergh
flight had proven the correctness of
the Mitchell position in favor of a
special government department of
aviation.
Warner held the defect had been
developing for some time. said the
navy was blameless and suggested
that even had Lindbergh flown the
st. Louis to New York no harm
would have come to him.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
VETERAN MERCHANT
CLAIMED BY Death
Simon Schlenker, $40 Arch
Street, Dies at Hospital
Today

Simon schlenker, 70 years old, of
$40 Arch street, one of the earliest
settlers in this city where he open
ed grocery store 40 years ago,
died at the New Britain General hos
pital this morning at 2:45 o'clock.
Mr.. Schlenker was born in Aus
tria on August Z, 1857. and when
he emigrated to this country he was
one Of small group Of Jewish resi-
dents who lived here. He opened
a grocery business and for years
conducted store on Arch street.
About Is years ago he sold the store
and retired. His son, William, pur-
chased the store and is now conduct
ing the business here his father was
formely locaaed.
Mr.. Schlenker was held In high
esteem by his neighbors and friends.
He was in good health until recent
ly and, although retired from active
association with business, spent the
greater part of his time at his sons
store, where he had cheerful greet
ing for all who entered. He was
kindly and benevolent by nature,
this characteristic being expressed
strongly in his fondness for little
children on whom he lavished gifts
from the candy counter.
Fraternally Mr.. Schlenker was
associated with Harmony lodge, Ger
stacker lodge, l. o. o. f., OF which
he was a past grand, the Corcordia
Benevolent society and the New
England Order OF Protection.
Surviving him are two sons. Will
liam and Louis Schlenker of this
city; three daughters, Mrs. Anna
Rapp. Miss Rachael Schlenker Of
this city and Mrs. Fannie Weiner of
Ansonia; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
the home on Arch street at 2:30
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rabbi
Gershon Hadas will officiate. Inter
ment will be In Beth Mishkan ceme-
terry. Harmony lodge will conduct
a ritual at the grave.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15

MITCHELL STARTS ANOTHER
ARGUMENT OVER AVIATION
Former Flying Leader Charges Navy Used Lindbergh
For Propaganda and Blames Motor Trouble to
This Branch of Service.

Washington, ~une Is (UP)-Wil-
liam Mitchell. formerly in charge Of
United States army aviation over
seas, charged today in letter to
the Washington Post that the navy
had used Charles Lindbergh for
propaganda purposes" and was re-
sponsible for the motor troubles in
his spirit of st. Louis"
A letter from Assistant Secretary
Of Navy Edward p. Warner, printed
beside Mitchell's letter. absolved the
navy from blame In connection with
the plane.
The controversy arose from the
fact that Lindbergh Monday borrow
ed an army plane for his flight to
New York fter he found his own
motor working imperfectly. "A
sticking" valve, or more technically
a frozen cam follower" was blamed
for the trouble which navy men and
aviation experts said could not be
foreseen.
Mitch II said behind the difficulty
lay "the spirit which the navy had
always held toward aviation, that Of
keeping 1t down an' under"
ut is the saying now, join the
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
BEIRES RESCUED As
ARGUS" IS WRECKED
Portuguese Aviator Saved After
Three Hour Battle With Waves
Plane Total Loss.

Rio Janeiro. Brazil, June Is R>-
Holding on to the floating wreckagc
of their plane. the Argus, Ma ;or
Sarmento Beires, Portuguese avia-
tor, and three companions battled
the elements three hours, in an at
tempt to fly back to Lisbon by way
Of the United States. They left
Para, Brazil, for Georgetown, Brit
ish Guiana, on June Z. After flying
only so miles they were compelled
TO make a forced landing at sea.
Waves then engulfed the plane.
wrecking it.
Great waves washed over them
repeatedly during the storm and
when they had almost given up
hope a fishing boat appeared. and
rescued them with difficulty and
took them to Para. The plane sank
and only the log of the flight was
saved.
Major Beires who flew across the
South Atlantic from the West Afri-
can coast, to an island off the Bra
Nlldn coast ana tHcHCe W DTdzll last
March. now will return to Europe
with his companions by steamer.
The plane came to grief in the
Maraca region, where the Argentine
aviator Bernardo Duggan was fore
ed down last June after leaving
Paramaribo while on flight from
New York to Buenos Aires. He,
TOO, was rescued by a fishing boat
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
Young Flyer Stayed
Out Until Daybreak.
Spirit of St. Louis Is Ready
to Carry Him From
Washington, Navy Me-
chanics AnnOunce-TO
Fly From Washington.

New York. June IL R-Charles
Lindbergh rode through crowded
cheering streets again today to ap-
pear as guest of honor at a lunch
con of the Merchants association and
the New York State Chamber of
Commerce where he advocated a
large increase in the country's air
force.
He said he die not believe that
airplanes would ever take the place
of the army or the navy but assert
ed that each must be adequately
protected by airplanes.
A S20,00o,000 battleship he said.
might prove a formidable foe against
one airplane but could never with
stand the united attack of 100 planes
which altogether would cost at most
s2,000,000. He advocated the train
ing of civilian pilots so that they
might become military pilots if need
arose.
I'VE do not want war; he said,
but the surest way to avoid war Is
10 be prepared for it."
This city. he said, is probably
Americas most vulnerable point in
case of war and should have an ade-
quate air force.
The luncheon was held in the AS
tor hotel and was attended by 81
900 persons. On his way to the
function Lindbergh's car was driven
through Times Square which was
crowded with throngs which cheered
him unanimously.
Remains In Bed
For the second day since Charles
A. Lindbergh's return to New York,
reporters outside the Park avenue
apartment where he is staying were
told this morning that the young
flier was sleeping late to rest up
from eXertions of his reception.
Remembering that the doorman
story of Lindbergh's slumber yes
,erday had proved to be a screen
behind which the yonthfr! colonel
had slipped away to the Long Island
flying fields, it would not have sur
prised the reporters to have sudden
ly learned that their man had
turned up in Washington or almost
anywhere at all.
Indications that Lindbersh really
was staying "at home this morning
we're strengthened when party
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
One Stroke Better
Than Gene Sarazen.
Jones Early in Day Is Play
ing Par Golf, With the
Rest of the Field at Oak.
mont.

Oakmont, Pa. June Is P-Hari-
son L. Johnston. Minneapolis en-.
try for the national open golf
crown, continued to set the pace this
afternoon in the chase for Bobby
Jones title. With some 20 of the
contestants having finished the IS
holes, including Is yesterday and q
like number today. the Minneapolis
player, with a card of LAT, was one
stroke better than Gene SaraZen,
who shot a 80 on his first nine and
Harry Hampton of Memphis had
ISL and Wild Bill Melhorn 1872, as
did Fred Baroni Grafton. Pa,
Archie Compston. Great Britain.
with 153. All other scores Of the
first 90 were over 100.
A warm sunshine flooded the
course today, in contrast to yester-
days constant rain. AS the day wore
on the greens became faster and the
fairway less troublesome.
Much was expected of the defend-
ing champion. He got away early
in the afternoon and the first few
holes indicated Jones would not ba
bothered by the sand traps, as he
was yesterday. Bobby was away to
a flying start, shooting a birdie on
the first, and par four on the sec.
ond.
Gene Sarazen, with his good card
of "A yesterday. went good on the
first nine today. But at the long
18th he found much trouble in
reaching the green, and was two
over par with a six. Gene flashed
bit of temper by breaking a club.
Gene recovered and shot a birdie
on the 18th. He had par on the 18th
and 18th. and made the home nine
in par 35.
Johnston's Card Out
Johnston. off in Hampton's wake.
missed six foot putt for birdie
four on the first hole and was down
in five A beautiful iron second
shot from the rough had put him
on the edge of the green.
Johnson got his par four on the
second hole but was one over on
the third, where he hooked his
iron, Clipped a bit short and took
two puts. He took a disastrous
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
McGrath Awarded Burns Emblem
As H. S. Seniors Leading Man
Qualities by Athletic Prov
ess, Character and by
Standing in Studies for
Schools Highest Honor.

Frank J. McGrath, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. McGrath of As
Griswold street and a three letter
man at New Britain Senior High
school. was today awarded the Will
liam +. Burns emblem for excel
lence in athletic, studies, and gen.
eral high character.
The presentation was made at an
assembly of upper classmen in the
auditorium Of the school by Prin-
cipal Louis P. Slade who, with
Physical Director George NJ. Cassi-
dy, were the judges who decided
upon the award. Immediately after
he won the coveted award, his rivals
for the honor. John C. Matulis,
Marion Zaleski. and Gabriel Brom-
berg congratulated him and urged
his further success in athletics. He
was showered with congra tulations
throughout the day by fellow stu
dents and members of the faculty.
The Burns Memorial plan was
first put into effect in the spring of
1920 after the death of William r.
Burns, who was said to be the
greatest all-around athlete ever to
take part in school athletics. The
plan was to choose an athlete from
among members of the graduation
class who would come nearest to
Burns in athletic ability. The candi-
date must be three letterman.
must have good record in studies,
and must be popular with students
and faculty.
Those who have Won the honor
previously were John Bunney, who
is now in California. 1920: Leonard
Appel. who has recently completed
preparation for the bar eXamina-
tons. 1921: David Mahoney. who is
in the real estate business in this
city. 1929; James J. Reynolds, who
is manager of Reynolds Feed and
Grain Co.. 1928; Harold Beagle, an
athlete at Alabama Southern in
birmingham, Alabama. 1924: Err
nest Neipp, an athlete at the same
college, 1928: and Henry T. Bray,
an athlete at Vermont University,
1926.
McGrath is graduate of St.
Mary's parochial school and the
Elihu Burritt school when the lat
ter was a junior high school. He
was member of the basketball
team representing that school.
When he enrolled at high school
he made the second basketball team
in his first year and for three years
he was regular on the basketball
quintet. He was acting captain of
the team during the latter part of
his second year.
He made the football team last
fall after having been substitute
center the year previous. Last year
he made the track team and was
elected captain of the team this
year. He won nine letters.
Fraternally he is associated with
the Alpha Iota Epsilon fraternity.
Burns, Bunney, and Neipp were also
members of this organization.
McGrath was elected president of
the Senior club and the senior class
this year. He Is also good soloist
and has shown his talent on sew
eral occasions at meetings OF the
club.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
HENRY 7. BURR Named
IL. 8 c. SECRETARY
Chosen by Board Today
James L. Howard New
Director

Henry T. Burr was elected secre-
tary of Landers, Frary & Clark at
the quarterly meeting of the board
of directors today. Mr.. Burr sue
ceeds Senator Edward L. Hall, who
resigned recently to head the newly
created state commission on con-
troll and finance.
Mr.. Burr has been associated with
the company for the past nine years
in the capacity Of auditor. Prior to
coming to New Britain, he was prin-
cipal of the state normal school at
Willimantic. He has continued to
manifest interest in education and is
a member of and secretary of the
New Britain school board.
The directors also elected James
l.. Howard of Hartford member of
the board to succeed the late Ed
ward 3. Bennett.
The customary quarterly dividend
of 8 per cent was declared.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
OLD MANS GOSSIP LED
TO FLOCGING OF WOMAN
Ku Klux Khan Blamed for
Outrage Though Leader
Denies Completely.

Toccoa, Ga, June IS R-Small
town gossip, thought to have origin
ated with an ''old man" in the COM
munity, finally rcaped 81 blows
across a woman's bare back. The
story Mrs. Ansley Bowers told of an
attack on her and her Is year old
son led to the arrest of four men
and to a charge laid at the door of
the ku Klux Khan.
From a hospital bed in Gaines
vile, Ga, near here. Mrs. Bowers
told newspapermen that - men in
three automobiles called at her
home late last Sunday night, forced
her to accompany them to a lonely
road and then. beat her four times.
Her son Floyd was taken too, she
said. and beaten when he cried out
against her assailants.
These men are all members of
the ku klux Khan; there is no
doubt about it," Mrs. Bowers de-
clared to newspapermen. They
wore the ku Klux Khan uniform
and threatened to brand the letter
"k' on my back unless l left town"
Nathan Bedford Forrest, grand
dragon Of the Ku klux Khan In
Georgia, replied to Mrs. Bowers as
sertions with 4 statement in which
he said: ''If any member of the
ku klux Khan took part in the Toe
Goa flogging. the Khan will do its
utmost to send him to the state
penitentiary." Forrest said that
there was a local Khan in the vicin-
ity of Toccoa but that he thought
that men who committed this das-
tardly outrage" posed as Klansmen
to throw the blame on the organ
ization.
The "old nan" to whom the gos-
sip was charged remained in the
background. A prominent business
man of the town told investigators
that so persistent was this "talker"
that the chief Of police took cog
nizance of the stories but that after
five days he dropped the matter as
not worthy of concern.
Husband Railroad 4fan.
Mrs. Bowers husband from
whom she has been separated two
years, Is railroad man and two Of
the men arrested on charges Of hav-
ing participated in the flogging are
railroad employees. Elmer Clark and
Charles Thomas surrendered to
Sheriff T. A. Stowe, of stephens
county. late yesterday after COM
pleting run from Greenville, s. G.
Both denied the charge.
The two others arrested were w
J. Acrne. principal Of a high school
near Toccoa. and T. r. Lowery,
sub -forman OF furniture factory.
All four waived preliminary hearing
A grand jury to consider the
charges is to be convened .Iulv 1.
A band Of ROBBED and hooded men
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
FRENCH FLYERS HAD FLARES
SAY PARTISAN AUTHORITIES
Hope That Nungesser and Coli May Be In Northern
Quebec Is Revved-Searchers Start Into Woods.

Paris. June Is R>-Captains
Nungesser and Coli had ten flares
and Il pistol with which to discharge
them when their transatlantic
plane White Bird hoped off from
LIE Bourg-t Field, according to
revelations made today by officers
of the saith aviation regiment.
The pilots had taken from the
machine a package of flares weigh
ing about ten pounds, but at the
last moment officers of the regi-
ment handed to Captain Nungesser
ten flares of the type used in mill
tary aviation. together with a pistol
for their discharge.
This revives the possibility that
the flares seen in northern Quebec
were flied by the two daring French
airmen who have been missing
more than month, provided they
actually reached the North Ameri-
can mainland.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
AS7ERUS WINS
Frcnchman'S Horse Comes in First
On Ascot Track In One of Fea-
lures On Totiay's Card

Ascot, Eng, June Is R>-M. NJ.
Bouss2c's Asterus won the royal
hunt cup, one of the features on to-
days card OF Royal Ascot week. J.
b. Joers Priory Park was second
and Reid Walkers Delius third in
the field Of 80.
Asterus by Teddy, out Of Astrella,
won by neck, and the same dis
lance separated the second and
third horses. The betting odds were:
Asterus 10 to /, Priory Park Is to I,
and Delius 9 to 2.
Asterus' victory gave the French
racing contingent their first success
during the present royal Ascot meet.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF
ZONE BOARD APPOINTED
Maurice Stanley, Samuel McCutch-
con and Elias L. I;ingrose
Selected by Mayor Weld.

Three alternate members of the
board of adjustment to serve when
ever regular members of the board
are disqualified We're selected by
Mayor Weld today and will be pre-
sented to the common council for
approval at tonight's meeting.
They are: Maurice Stanley. repub-
lican, president OF the Fafnir Bear
ing Co.; Samuel McCutchoon. re-
publican, treasurer of Nos:h & Judd
Mfg; Attorney Elias I. Ringrose,
democrat.
If approved by the common coun-
Gil, the appointments Will be effec-
tive July and will run TO May !,
1908
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
F. T. Dawson Flies
To New Haven Today

Mitchell Field, n. Y. June Is P-
T. Trubee Dawson. assistant secre-
larry of war in charge Of air actiei-
ties, left at 1890 o'clock this after
noon for New Haven, Conn, as a
passenger in the Amphiban plane
San Francisco.
Mr.. Dawson is to complete pre-
parations at New Haven for the
dedication there Sunssy Of monu-
ment to members of the Yale uni
versity killed in the World war.
The Amphibian is piloted by Cap
tain Ira c. Eaker. who used the
same craft on the recent Pan
American flight.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
Quebec Flares Probably
Set OFF by Surveyors

Quebec, June Is R = Hope that
the flares reported seen in the tim
bered regions of st. Germans
township might have been sent up
by Nungesser and Coli, missing
French aviators, was dimmed to-
day with the statement of Aviva
Bedard. assistant director of the
forestry department, that the lights
probably came from surveyors
working in the district.
Bedard said the government
would attempt to trace the reported
flares, although there is little pos
sibility that the signals were issued
from the lost French aviators."
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
CHAMbERLIN and
LEVINE WELCOMED
Bellanca Plane Fliers Ar
rive at Friedrichshafen
From Baden.Baden

Friedrichshafen, Germany, June
l5.-tP>-Motoring from Baden
Baden to karlsruhe. the American
transatlantic aviators Clarence
Chamberlin and Charles Levine,
made the trip to Friedrichshafen
this morning in German passen-
ger plane, arriving at 9:15 a. III.
They found the city gaily decor
ated, and were cheered by thousands
Of enthusiasts as they alighted at
the Loewenthal airdrome.
A reception committee including
DR.. Hugo Eckener. Zeppelin builder,
escorted them to the Dornier air
plane factory and later to the yep
pelin works.
At the Dornier factory they were
shown a Super Wal" the latest
type OF large passenger plane. After
their inspection, the machine was
taken up for an exhibition flight.
At the zeppelin works they We're
especially interested in the LZ-127,
now under construction, which DIR.
Eckener yesterday announced would
attempt a flight around the world in
1928.
After inspecting the zeppelin
museum, the airmen We're taken. to
DR.. Eckener's home for luncheon.
karlsruhe. Germany, June 10
'P1Alord Mayor Finter. members
Of the magistrate and other digni-
taries greeted Chamberln and LIE
vine on their arrival at the Karls-
ruhe flying field this morning from
Baden Baden.
Frau Tunk, wife of the Baden
premier and Frau Finter presented
the airmen with bouquets as they
boarded plane for Friedrichshafen.
Crowds cheered the Americans on
their arrival and departure.
Baden Baden Germany, June Is.
--LPl--Chamberlin and Levine left
by motor for Karlsruhe shortly after
six o'clock this morning, terminating
their brief rest here from the round
of festivities in Berlin in honor of
their record-breaking flight from
New York to Germany.
The airmen in brief speeches at a
banquet in their honor last night
said they had established a new
record In Baden Baden by sleeping
six hours consecutiyely. while in
Berlin they had never been able to
get more than four.
During the banquet they present
cd the director of the Kruhaus, who
was their host. with the only $40 bill
they had between them on their
Atlantic flight. on which they car
ri~d les than $50 in currency. The
director thanked them for the
souvenir.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
Attack Officers Of the Law, Re-
sisting Efforts to Take Young
sters by Court Order
SUBDUED AFTER FIGHT
AND PLACED IN CELLS
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Roman of Is
Oak Street Put Up Stiff Fight
Woman BOmbards Officers and
Sinks Teeth Into Patrolman's
Hand-Hurls Household Utensils
and SmaSheS Window.

Fighting fercely to prevent W.
H. Phelps of the Connecticut HUI
name society and Detective Ser
geant George c. Ellinger from TAX
ing their three children on COM
mitment papers signed by Judge
w. C. Hungerford of the city court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Roman of 10
Oak street aroused the entire neigh
borhood this noon and Mrs. Ro-
main bombarded policemen with
household utensils, smashing WIN
dows in the house and sinking her
teeth into the back of Supernumer-
airy Officer Bonnie Huck's hano.
Husband and wife were arrested OIL
the charge of interfering with Off
GERS and will be presented in court
tomorrow morning.
The fight was one of the fercest
the police have had on their hands
i'm some time. When Sergeant Ell.
linger and Agent Phelps arrived at
the home to serve the papers, Mrs.
Roman was alone but few min
utes later, her husband arrived.
The papers were explained but Ro.
main refused to permit the officers
to take the children. He said he
would go to the police station or
anywhere else but the children
must not be taken. The children,
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