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New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
SHADE RECOMMENDS
 NEW H. s. BUILDING
Points to Increasing En. rollment as Supporting
 Suggestion

Among many recommendations concerning the Senior High school by Principal Louis P. Slade in his annual report filed, today are Q larger auditorium, better gymnasi- um and bathing facilities which gre at present inadequate and unsatis- factory, a larger library to take the place of the present ore room af- fair, more modern type of science laboratory containing better equip ment and lunch room facilities.
 Members of the school commit tee will give these matters consid- eration at the monthly meeting of the school board this afternoon.
 Mr. Slade's report which contains a brief resume of his history and development of the school since 1916 also estimates how the school will develop in the next five years.
 Following Is the number of stu dents accommodated in the school from year to year since 1916: 1916 -699; 1917-746; 191s-701; 1919 -7S6; 192O-G79: 1e21-sG6; 1922 -S73; 1923-979; 1924-939; 1925 -Sl7; l926-1. .063. The present enrolment is 1925. Judging by past increases the enrolment in 1921 will be 1.400, according to Mr. Slade. There will be accommo oda- tion for about 1,415 at that time, Mir. Slade feels.
 The principal sums up remedy in the following statement:
 Tt will be practically impossible to remedy these defects unless a third building is erected between the academic and vocational build ings. so planned as 10 provide an auditorium with a capacity of 1.S00 to 2,000. Two gymnasiums. one for young men and one for young women. with adequate bathing and dressing room equipment. A library. and offices for the principal, etc.
 If such a building Is erected, room would be released in the aca- demic and vocational buildings which could at a reasonable ex- pense be converted into approxi- mately 20 additional school rooms. with total capacity of 700 pupils. :"
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Grabbed Woman on Street
 And Is Given Jail Term

New Haven, May IS R}-Elmer Lawrence, P. arrested after four complaints had been made that he had been grabbing women on the street. was sent to jail for four months today with additional time on another charge.
 The police had been told several times that at night in the vicinity of the county jail man came up from behind and put his arms around women. A watch was set and suspect was traced, to a resistance.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
MRS. LINDSAY IS DEAD
 AT AGE OF 89 YEARS
Liberty Street Woman Lived Here for Over
 Half Century

A resident of New Britain for more than half a century and a member of the First Congregational church for that length of time, Mrs. Margaret c. Lindsay, died at o'clock this morning at her home at 50 Liberty street, in her s9th year.
 She was a native of Scotland. the daughter of Alexander Mieklem and Isabel Nichol Mieklem. Her period of residence in New Britain was close to 53 years. Her husband, the late Robert Lindsay died in 1896. Up to last October she had enjoyed remarkable health but since that time illness incident to her advanc- ing age set in resulting in her death today.
 Surviving sons and daughters are: Robert E. Lindsay of East Hartford, Alexander w. Lindsay of Oakville, and John A. Lindsay of this city; Misses Isabella, Mary and Euphemia J. Lindsay and Mrs. Margaret F. Muir. Five grandchildren survive. They are: James Lindsay Muir. Robert S.. and Raymond Lindsay of East Hartford. Margaret J. Lindsay of Oakville and John Bennett Lind say of this city. She also leaves two sisters. Mrs. Jean Hart and Mrs. George Kay. and two brothers, Alex ander and John Mieklem of Meri- den.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at o'clock at the home on Liberty street. Rev. Theodore A. Greene of the First Congregational church will officiate and burial will be in Fairview ceme- tery.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Stamf0rd's Tax Rate Is
 Now Highest in State

Stamford. Conn.,. May 13 (UP)- Tax rates fixed today by the city of Stamford gives Stamford the dubi- ous honor of having the highest tax rate of any town in the state. City tax rates here are 17.4 mills. for the first and second tax dis tricts and 12.3 mills for the third.
 The town tax rate is 15.9 mills so that the combined town and city respectively. Waterbury, Stamford's closest rival. has tax rate of 31.9 mills.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
FEDERAL OFFICERS
 IN BREWERY RAID
16,000 Gallons Of Beer Seized in
 Waterbury Haul
NEAR EAGLE WAREHOUSE
This Is Believed to Be First Suc- oessful Raid on a So-Called "Wild Cat" Brewery in This State Ownership is Doubtful.

Waterbury, May 13 ReFederal prohibition enforcement agents un- der direction of group head Edward B. Doolan and Anthony Mannon, early today made what is believed to be the first successful raid upon a so-called Wild Cat" brewery in the state. The raid occurred on the outskirts of Waterbury, where for more than six weeks the federal men have had under surveillance a building, the Eagle Storage ware house, a one-story building built ol brick and having heavily padlocked doors. one of the buildings of the old Eagle Brewery company.
 Many Suspicious Trucks.
 After observing the trucks that were constantly passing in and out of the place, the federal men decid- ed the time had arrived to seize evil dence and make arrests.
 At 1 o'clock this morning seven enforcement agents gathered al Naugatuck police headquarters. The officers were Doolan, Mannion Holtz. Raffile. Briggs, Avery and Keane, from Bridgeport New Lon- don and New Haven.
 They proceeded to this building and observed a truck come out. The truck was followed and in front o1 the Chatfield company on Rene. dict street, the driver was ordered to stop. He proved to be John Nc. kenna of 163 East Main street. Wa terbury. The truck was owned by his father, J. r. McKenna, also ot Waterbury. The driver was placed under arrest charged with trans. porting liquor and the agents seized the sixty or more half barrels ot beer found on the truck. The beer on analysis showed 4.S5 per cen, alcoholic content.
 The driver of the truck was no, admitted to bail but was taken tc once to Naugatuck police headouar. ters and locked up.
 10000 Gallons Seized,
 After making the seizure of the truck with it's load of beer, the fed. eral men turned their attention tc the alleged wild cat" brewery.
 In the building they seized about l6,O0o gallons of beer as well as paraphernalia for preparing 1t for the market.
 In the seizure at Waterbury fed eral men believe they have got al the source of supply of good" beer which has been flowing into many cities in the state during the past few months.
 Officials at the old Eagle Brew cry company denied having any in. terest in the place raided this morn ing. The federal men are now mak- ing an investigation to determine the ownership of the place.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
POWER OF FLOODS
 NOT TO BE DENIED
Mississippi Finally Bursts
 Through Two CreVass&
FERTILE LAND INUNDATED
Toilay's Break is 150 Miles North west of New Orleans And Sugar and Rice Districts Are in Path of Waters.

New Orleans, May 13 R-Their conquest of the upper valley com piete, the flood waters of the Miss issippi today charged through two crevasses in the Big Bend section of the Bayou Des Glaises levee, 15O miles northwest Of New Orleans, to invade the fertile sugar and rice districts of south central Louisiana.
 The break ended more than a week of fighting on the part of levee workers to hold back the climbing waters which streamed down upon the Bayou Des Glaises embankments from crevasses en the west bank of the main stream above Natchez and Vicksburg. fed by the flood waters from Arkansas and by the overflow and backwatcrs of the river. Tons of water pressure came against the narrow Bayou Des Glaises levees. Situated at the foot of the inland lake, submerging northeastern Louisiana, the crest or the flood moved slowly toward the Gulf of Mexico the waters reached the top of the ramparts and, and despite the desperate fight of hun dreds of men to restrain them, streamed over the top yesterday in several places.
 Rains Add to Hazard
 Rains added to the hazard, weak ening the embankments and satur- ating the workmen. Many refugees who fled today were men who had been struggling against the rising
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Testators Love For Children Reflected in Requests Affecting Their Welfare and Happiness.
S2O,OOO for City Condition al on Its Paying $2,000 for His Trouble in Naples Case.

Many philanthropies are included in the will of the late Benjamin A. Hawley, including gifts totally more than $1O0.OO0 to the New Britain institute for the erection of a me- morial library. The will which was admitted to probate today, reveals took in children. It also contains 6 provision for the payment of $20.- 900 to the New Britain park com mission for park extension or beau tifying, provided bill of $2.000 is paid the Hawley estate for services rendered in the Naples case. Mir. Hawley, who died Wednesday at his home on Hart street, was general manager of Russell & Erwin's and a vice-president of the American Hardware Co.
 It is said unofficially that MT. Hawley's estate Is valued at be- tween $S5o,oO0 and $4oO,O0O.
 The will contains the provision that the sum of S20.000 be set aside and the income go to an aunt, Har- riette R. Manvel of Greenwich Conn.,, and upon her death the principal go to the board of park commissioners of New Britain for beautifying parks. providing that within a year after the death of the aunt the city pays to the Hawley estate the sum of S2,000 for services on the Naples case
 $1.000 to the Greenwood cemetery at Brooklyn, N. r., for maintenance of the family plot.
 $500 to Helen Carlson, maid at the Hawley home.
 s20,0o0 to the Brooklyn home for Aged Men and Cripples as a me- morial to MT. Hawley's mother.
 Income from s10,Oo0 to the Children's Home in New Britain.
 5000 outright to the Chf1dren's Home.
 Income from s5.0o0 to the Visit ing Nurse association.
 s5,000 to the New Britain Day Nursery.
 Income from s5,ooO to the Well fare association.
 s10,000 to be set aside for a free bed fund for children at the New Britain General hospital.
 5000 for the Newington Home for Crippled Children.
 5000 to the South Congregation al church for Christmas festivities for children.
 $2,500 to the Congregational church of Dorset. Vt, for Christmas festivities for children.
 S5,00o to the Society of the Chil- dren of Mary Immaculate Concep. ton of New Britain.
 Income from s10,000 to the New Britain Fresh Air camp.
 s5,0OO to the Boys club of New Britain.
 5000 to the Y. NJ. c. A.
 s5,ooo to the Y. w. c. A.
 s1O,0oo to the Jerome home of New Britain.
 s5,O00 for the St. Lucyan Home for the Aged of New Britain.
 s50,OOO to the New Britain insti. ute.
 s50.0Oo and accumulations of a number of personal trust funds tc the New Britain institute for the erection of memorial building ir memory of his mother and dedi- cated to the welfare and happiness
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
MRS. SNYDER, GRAY SENTENCED ID DIE
Both Calm as They Hear Judge
 Name Week of June Mth
TO SING SING MONDAY
Stand Near in Courtroom But Each Ignores Others Presence-Wom- an Says She'd Like To See former ParamOur.

Courtroom. Long Island City. N. r., May 13 (UP)-Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray stood before Justice Townsend Scudder today and heard the sentence of death passed upon them. as their punishment for the murder of AL bert Snyder.
 Justice Scud@er ordered they b, electrocuted at Sing Sing prison the week of June 20, 1927.
 Suburban housewife and corset salesman. caught up in an illicit romance that shattered two homes, they were straining and tense as Justice Scudder pronounced the doomsday words:
 You shall be put in solitary con- finement at Sing Sing prison until the week of June twentieth at which time you shall be put to death as prescribed by law in this state," the justice slowly pronounced.
 Neither Shows Emotion
 The expected outcries, such as condemned men and women some times cannot control as they face the forfeit the commonwealth de- mands. did not materialize.
 There was suffering in Ruth Shy der's eyes and her head was bowed but she did not weep. Judd Gray's eyelids closed and his jaw quivered but the composure of the stoic little man survived the fateful sentence.
 To Prison Monday
 Both defendants will be spared
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
CHEAPER COAL FOR
 CONN. FAMILIES IS NOW VERY LIKELY
Freight Rates Reduction Would Save Nearly Million a Year if
 Passed on to Consumer
R. R. ACTION IN LINE
 WITH GOVERNORS PLAN

NeW fOfk, UntAr10 ana Weete9n
 Only One of Eight Carrier Lines
 Trying to Carry Out Provisions of
 Law and Trumbull Demands Oth-
 CT Seven Be Compelled to Reduce
 Rates as Well.
 Hartford, May ,13 R-A reduc- ton in freight rates on anthracite coal which, if passed on to the consumers, will mean a saving of at least $7oo,0OO and possibly s1.o0O.- 900 annually has been practically assured to this state.
 This is the result of voluntary adjustment of rates by the New York. Ontario and Western Railway company and the New Haven system and is directly in line with the ob- jective sought by Governor John H. Trumbull in his recent efforts to throw the resources Of tho state be- hind the rate reduction movement.
 The manufacturers' association of Connecticut has also been working along the same lines.
 Effective on June i.
 The New York, Ontario and Vest ern railway. the Central New Eng land railway and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad has filed with the commission . scheduh of reduced rates on an- thracite from mines on the New York, Ontario and Western railway to Connecticut, which unless sus- pended by the interstate commerce commission will become effective on June 1.
 The decision of the New Haven road and its subsidiaries to adopt the lower schedule of rates Is re- garded by the governor and his as- sociates in the rate abduction ef- fort as significant of determina- ton on the part of the New Haven railroad management to cooperate in this movement in manner which will ultimately serve the best interests both of the coal shipping patrons of the railroad and the con- suming public.
 The governor has already re- quested that the commission and the attorney general file petition in the federal courts for a writ of mandamas commanding the several carriers to comply with section four of the interstate commerce act
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
WIFE AND S700 GONE
Broad Street Husband Reports Her Disappearance, Believing She Has Eloped With Male Companion.

Frank Bartusewicz of 178 Broad street reported to the police this morning that his wife left home on May G. with a paramour. taking $70o. It is understood the money was in the bank in her name.
 Julian Lauretty of 317 Lincoln street reported to the police last night that Nellie, his IS year old daughter, left in the morning and did not return. He thought she was at 130 Lasalle street. but Sergeant Flynn reported she had not gone there.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
D|RG|bLE LOS ANGELES MAY BE SENT AS FAR
 AS LABRADOR IN HUNT FOR TWO LOST PLIERS:
 CONDITIONS DO NOT FAVOR C0LUMb|A'S START
SPONSOR OF FLIGHT OFFERS S5,0oo
 REWARD FOR RESCUE OF TWO PLIERS
Orteig Posts Fund Which Also Will Be Paid Any Avia.
 tor Finding Trace of Lost Plane

Cracken, Jr., assistant secretary of commerce, in charge of aviation.
 Orteig, an American, is now in Paris. He cablcd the offer to his attorney, George w. Burleigh. of New York. who notified the com- merce department. The fund was posted with the Bank of America, A Wall Street, New York City.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13

Washington, May 13 R-A re- ward of $5,000 for any aviator who discovers either of the missing French fliers or traces of their air planes, has been posted by Ray New York Paris flight prize.
 Announcement of the reward of- fer was made today by w. P. Nc
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Searching Ships Ordered.

St. Johns, N. F., May 13 F- The governor of St. Pierre today informed Sir William Horwood, ad. ministrator of the government 1T absence of Sir William Allardyce that he was sending ship tt search Placentia Bay and neighbor. ing waters for the French airmen Nungesser and Coli.
 The Newfoundland government has placed the telegraph service al the disposal of those engaged in the service and has promised to aid the hunt in every possible way.
 Major Sydney Cotton, United States aviator now in Detroit, and who is familiar with flying condi- tions in Newfoundland, states as his opinion in message to Premier Monroe that If the Harbor Grace reports of hearing the plane flying over there are authentic it would seem likely that the White Bird had come down on the western part of the island, towards Port AuH BaSQueS.
 Search Still Goes On
 New York. May 13 R-A thorough search of wild and rocky areas O the extreme northeastern Atlanti. coast was under way today for Cap tains Nungesser and Coli as new re ports bolstered the theory that theil lost biplane passed over the fog covered region last Monday morn irg.
 Support to the belief that thu French aviators reached the Allan tic coast was seen in the report O two lobster fishermen that an un
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Intensive Search on Land and Sea Brings No Tidings of Nunges- ser and Coli.
Additional Reports From Northern Newfoundland Repeat Belief Airplane Was Heard Monday.

Washington, May IS R-The feasibility of sending the dirigible Los Angeles as far north as the coast of Labrador in search of the missing French fliers was taken under consideration today by the navy.
 The Los Angeles Is covering the North Atlantic coast today and there were indications,a at the White House that the administration would like to have it make a thor ough search while 1t is out.
 A message to the navy depart ment from Lieut.. Commander Rosendahl, sent from the Los An- geles off Nantucket and received here shortly before noon. said the dirigible had encountered heavy fogs in that vicinity, adding that the visibility was "very low" and the oceans surface was totally obscure"
 Still No News.
 Intensive search on sea and land SlIll UIlll6S 4lo liOli6S oL tIC lillu- ing of the French aviators, Captains Nungesser and Coli now four days overdue at New York on their flight from Paris.
 Reykjavik. Iceland, sent word to- day that a watch on the Icelandic waters had failed to sight the miss ing White Bird"
 The minister of posts at St. Johns Newfoundland, has received word that Fletcher Back, of Sound 1s- land, Placentia, heard the hum of an airplane last Monday in the fog overhead but this and other reports that the whirr of a motor in the fog had been heard by three resi- dents of Harbor Grace, has led to nothing definite in the hunt for the French aces in the wilds of New foundland.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight, prob- ably showers Saturday; not much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13

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New Britain herald., 1927-08-25
MRS. JENSEN DIDN'T INTEND TO PAY
 NAVIGATOR OF PLANE ALOHA ANYTHING

San Francisco, Aug. 25 R-The action of Martin Jensen in Honolu- lu yesterday in paying his navigator. Captain Paul Schulter. only $25 for navigating the monoplane Aloha from San Francisco bay to Honolu- lu to win $10,000. second prize in the Dole race, was not in accordance with instructions given by Mrs. Jensen to her husband before the race. She insisted that the naviga- tor be paid nothing.
 From the beginning. Mrs. Jensen wanted her husband to fly alone. She believed he could make the hop single handed and her opinion was based on her experience when she accompanied him as an avia- trix at country fairs.
 When it became apparent that Jensen might be compelled to use 1T five-gallon cans to carry his re- serve supply of gasoline. he cabled to Mrs. Jensen saying he would be able to obtain a second man in the plane, who could refill the main fuel tanks from the small cans and navigate the plane as well. This
New Britain herald., 1927-08-25
TESTS OF SANITY
 GIVEN GANGSTERS
Police Use New Weapon in
 Fight on Crime

Chicago, Aug. 25 R,-The new enemy Of Chicago gangsters and gunmen-police sanity tests-today had won a partial victory over Frank and Vincent McErlane, figures of the once powerful Saltis- McErlane gang, as they faced 10-day stretch" in the psychopathic hospital for mental observation.
 The brothers, arrested last night in a fashionable Hyde Park hotel wilted before the threat of this strange new weapon in the hands of the police and refused to take the simple tests which tell their minds meanderings.
 We refuse to talk until we get to court" the men said last light when confronted with the test questions but their defiance only led the police to decide to send them to the lpsychopathic hospital for observa- ition after which they will be taken before the county judge for sanity hearing.
 The arrest of the brothers in the hotel resulted after other guests complained of a disturbance.
 Frank McErlane last spring was acquitted of murder as result of holdup in Lake County. Ind.
 Their arrest precipitated the brothers into the midst of the new police move inaugurated by Chief ,O'Connor for padded cells for crm- inals" At the outset of the move, the chief had predicted he would Hand the McErlanes."
New Britain herald., 1927-08-25
SHELL.SH0CK VET
 GONE FROM HOME
University Man Lost in
 New York

New York, Aug. 25.-tP)-William Michael Fay. 3S, Boston consulting engineer. said to have been she'll shocked as an army captain during the World war, has been missing for the past eight days. police have been informed.
 He motored to New York to visit his wife, Jean Moore, an actress, whom he married in June, and registered at the Hotel Chest stertied. He left the next night, saying he was going to theater, and failed to re- turn. Police found that he had called at the veterans bureau the follow ing day. He is the son of Mrs. Julia Fay of Brown street, Marblehead Neck, Mass.
 William M. Fay, was born in Louisville, Ky, educated in the Uni versity of Michigan school of mines and served with an engineering unit during the World wal. during which he was badly gassed.
 He spent the first four years fol- lowing his return from overseas in the West and for the last three years had been associated with the Walworth Manufacturing company
New Britain herald., 1927-08-25
IS SHOT
 IN GANG WARFARE
Police Comb "Little Italy" for
 Clue to Slayers

St. Louis, Aug. 25 R-Police were probing Little Italy" here to- day in search of the slayers of Alloys r. Beelman, an attorney. and Benny Giamanco, we'll known gangster, who were shot by gunmen in a re- newal of gang warfare shortly be- fore midnight
 Spetding past the Lyric Coffee Shop, a gangster rendezvous in the heart of the business district. the killers fired four shots into the res- taurant, ostensibly to kill Giamanco and two companions. Giamanco lay dead on the sidewalk when the death car had passed, while Beel- man, slumped over cup of coffee in the restaurant. fatally wounded.
 Beelman. a graduate of the Wash ington university law school and veteran of the Mexican war, was the victim of a stray bullet. the police said today, as nothing was found to connect him with the gang warfare which has simmered here for a year or more.
 Two theories were advanced in the staying. Police believe that Giaman- co, an associate of Vincent Spicuzza and Tony Russo, gangsters recently slain in Chicago, was marked for death by either friends or enemies of the pair. The other theory was that the Cuckoo gang, which has been suppressed for year, had again opened it's fight with the Italian gang.