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The Washington times., 1927-12-06
Flood Control Important Problem

For many years the Federal
Government has been building q
system of djkes along the Missis-
sippi River for protection against
high water. During the past sea-
son the lower States were over.
come by 4 most disastrous flood.
Many thousands Of square miles
were inundated, great many lives
were lost. much livestock was
drowned. ard very heavy de.
struction OF property was inflicted
upon the inhabitants.
The American Red Cross at once
went to the relief Of the stricken
communities. Appeals for contri-
buttons have brought in over $17,-
100000. The Federal Government
has provided services, equipment
and supplies probably amounting
to about $1,000, 900 more. Between
$5,0OO.OOO and $10,00O,000 in addi-
tion have been provided by local
railroads, the States, and their po-
litical units. Credits have been
arranged by the farm loan board,
and three emergency finance cor
porations with a total capital OF
0osVUVgVVU hdFC cL0AIAOA10A
resources to the extent of $12,-
100000. Through these means the
100000 people in the flooded areas
have been adequately supported.
Provision has been made to care
for those in need until after the
first of January.
To Close All Breaks
The Engineer Corps of the Army
has contracted to close all breaks
in the dixie system before the next
season of high water. A most
thorough and elaborate survey of
the whole situation has been made
and embodied in a report with
recommendation for future flood
control, which will be presented to
the Congress. The carrying out of
their plans will necessarily extend
over a series of years. They will
call for a raising and strengthen
ing OF the dixie system with pro-
vision for emergency spillways
and improvements for the benefit
of navigation.
Under the present law the land
adjacent to the bikes has paid one
third Of the cost of their construc-
ton. This has been a most ex-
traordinary concession from the
plan adopted in relation to irriga-
ton, where the general rule has
been that the land benefited should
bear the entire expense. 1t is
true, of course, that the trouble
some waters do not originate on
the land to be reclaimed, but it is
oiCn fv.HN that - l.
right of way through that section
of the country and the land there
is charged with that easement. 1t
is the land of this region that is
to be benefited. To say that it
is unable to bear any expense of
reclamation Is the same thing as
saying that it is not worth reclaim
ing. Because of expenses in
CURED and charges already held
against this land. it seems prob
able that some revision will have
to be made concerning the proper
ton of cost which it should bear.
But it is extremely important that
it should pay enough so that those
requesting improvements will he
charged with some responsibility
for their cost, and the neighbor-
hood where works are constructed
have a pecuniary interest in pre-
venting waste and extravagance
and securing wise and econom.
ical expenditure of public funds.
A National Disaster
1t IS necessary to look upon this
emergency as national disaster.
1t has been so treated from it's in
ception. Our whole people have
provided with great generosity for
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

and pantry they found g great quantity of crockery and other ar- ticles which have been identified as part of the loot taken from the Camp home.
 Searchlights, cans of tobacco. safety razors, talcum powder. bar bers' supplies, rugs and clocks were found at the home of Sudorski and these were also seized.
 The policemen through admissions by the men and the articles re- covered have definitely established. they say, that the men committed seven breaks between Southington and Suffield. The cost of the goods taken in all amounts into thousands of dollars and the articles recovered form a very small part of the entire booty. It is thought that the men disposed of much of the stuff while search will be continued in various places for other articles.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
Marine Corps Reserve
 Being Organized Here

Sergeant Staph Of the |. S. Marine Corps visited this city today in con nection with the first arrangements to form |. s. Marine Corps Re serve in this city. This new service has been recently offered by the Land. Sea and Sky" fighters and is termed as particularly attractive to the employed residents of this city between the ages of IS and 35.
 The most numerous class Of Marine Corps reservists are those who make up what is known as the Volunteer Reserve. This is the sim plest branch to enter. demanding only that the prospective candidate files his intentions of joining and pass physical examination. No ac- tive service other than informing headquarters of changes in address is required. although members of the Volunteer Corps may take advantage of the 15-day camp service.
 Special correspondence courses of study in the military branches will be furnished officers who desire them, Sergeant Staph stated. This will aid officers to advance to the higher ranks in the reserve, and will be of assistance to those who cannot spare time for military train- irg. he pointed out.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
 AT WEEKEND CONFERENCE
swedish Bethany Church to Enter tain I25 New England Dele-
 gates Tomorrow and Sunday.

The annual conference of the New England association of Sunday schools will be held in New Britain at the Swedish Bethany church to- morrow and Sunday.
 The conference will begin with a business session tomorrow after noon at o'clock. In the evening at 7:45 o'clock a concert will be given by the children from the various Sunday schools in the dis trict. No charge will be made for the concert.
 Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock there will be addresses at the church by several church school workers. At 10:45 a. m., Rev. C. J. Fredeen, pastor of the church, will speak on Parents and Chil- dren." This meeting will be in Swedish.
 In the afternoon at 3 o'clock Rev. Mir. Fredeen will speak on "Qualifications and Responsibilities of Sunday School Teacher
 The church choir will sing at the morning service and the male cho- rus at the evening service. There are about 125 delegates expected'to attend the conference.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
WELD NAMES COMMITTEE
 ON FARM PRODUCE MARKET
Alderman Nair Will Be Chairman Of Group to Select Site for Sale
 of Truck

A committee to select a site for farm product market which will eliminate congestion about Commer- cial street in the early hours of the morning was appointed today by Mayor Weld who designated Alder man David l.. Nair as the first mem- Der, indicating that Nair will be chairman.
 Councilman Samuel Sablotsky whose resolution in the common council "Wednesday night resulted in appointment of the committee is also a member. He has a site in mind which, he says, is central, can be leased for reasonable rental, to be paid by the dealers. and will eliminate the congestion and noise now attending the vegetable mart.
 Other members of the committee are Councilman Thomas B. Fay. John G. Buckley and r. s. Caldwell.
 Alderman William H. Judd and Councilmen Harry N. Robertson and James P. Murphy are a committee to draft resolutions on the death Of B. A. Hawley, former park commis. sioner.
 For pleasure and profit read Her aid Classified Ads.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
LOOT RECOVERED
 UNDER ATTIC FLOOR
Police Find Burglars Cache in
 .Southington Home
Especial to the Herald)

Southington, May 20-The arrest of the fifth man in the search of state. county and Southington police men for the persons responsible for series of robberies and thefts last ing over period of more than seven months. will result in the plac- ing of charges for many of the un- solved crimes in Connecticut, the police believe.
 Walter Mezenski of Prospect street, Southington, was arrested Monday at the Wildwood sanitarium in Hartford where he was working under an assumed name. Constable Thomas Murphy of Southington, who has been working on the rob- berries since the first break occurred cured a tip that the man would be found there and he communicated this knowledge to the Hartford po- lice and Mezenski was placed under arrest Monday. He and four others, John Hubney of the Mount Vernon ulStflCl Ol tHis toNH, AHuTe" hdHld of West Center street. John Myzen- ski, his brother, and Bruno Sudorski. are all in the Hartford county jail awaiting trial on charges of roo- bery in the June term of the supe- rior court. IT..
 Not content with the arrest of the men, Constable Murphy calling on the state police, has been working with State Policeman Kelly on clues which are expected to lead to the
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

recovery of @ great amount of the loot which the quintet is supposed to have secured in the series of breaks.
 Yesterday the town officer and state policeman. through clever ruse. secured admission to the home of Kania on West Center street and there recovered numerous articles which have been identified by the owners as part of the stolen prop erty.
 The policemen met Kania's mother and told her they were seek ing a fishing outfit. She searched and could not find it and the of- ficers went into a barn. They found on fishing rod but told the woman that it wasn't the one they were after. She told them that there might be another in the attic 4nd they went there to look for it. The woman went down stairs and the officers then quickly tore up the floring in the place and discovered a neat cache filled with loot.
 Among the booty were three rifles and a shot gun thought to have been taken from the home of B. Camp, where 8 robbery was committed last winter and from the Bristol Fishing club. A valuable camera and pair of field glasses were also found and hundreds of boxes of ammunition of all sizes and calibre. These are thought to have been taken from the J. Lacourciere Co.,, store in Plantsville. Fifty traps were also found and these were identified by the proprietor of a Bristol Hardware store. Bottles of hair tonic and barbers' supplies such as shaving brushes, razors, toilet water and other effects were found in the hiding place. Many more articles were also found and everything was seized by the police men.
 In the living room of the house, the policemen found a rug on the floor that was taken from the Camp house and in the china closet
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
City Items

A farewell party was rendered Miss Mabel Carlson of 357 Chestnut street. Wednesday night by about 67 friends. Refreshments were served and a number of games played. Miss Carlson will sail for Sweden on June II.
 A son was born yesterday to MT. and Mrs. Charles Shulda of 43 Cot' tage Place.
 Suit for $500 damages for the al. leged non repayment of bill. has been brought by Jacob Gross. through Roche & Cabelus. against Harry Holland. The writ is re- turnable in the city court the first Monday of June and Deputy sher- if Martin H. Horwitz served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
ST. MATTHEW'S HAS
 CLEVER SELLERS
Trio From Parochial School Ready for Final Test

This boy and girl argument ''A ply has nothing to it. aceoruins '0 ,ha above champion spoilers Of st' Matthew's parochial school who hack I'D their statement by rollihs m a record of two to one in iaVor Of the boys.
 Two girls and one boy, but that 4oasn,t discourage the boy. lie say s b,. will win the Herald trip to Nash- Ington in June, just as sure as "atei is wet.
 Nobody knows who will win the promised trip, and nobody VIII hho" until next Thursday noon at the Rotary club luncheon.
 And say, boys and girls, just listen to this. If somebody came up to you on the street and handed you nun .)red dollar bill and said: Here, go out and spend this and have good lime for a week." what would you say!
 Well, anyhow, after you come 10 and the doctor said he thought you would recover. you shout Call that man with the sl00 back and tell him I'm the one he's looking for"
 The Herald is offering great deal more than that. In fact the cham pion speller of New Britain will be given a vacation as the guest of the l,; twice that S100 bill. A complete new outfit of clothing, trip in a sleeper to Washington. a visit to the White House, chance to See the president, visit to the various na- ,ional buildings including the fam GUS Smithsonian institution and many other buildings of which you have read and studied. boat rides on the Potomac river to the town where the first president was born, motor bus rides through the heau- tiful parks and driveways and boule- wards around Washington. banquets and theater parties. stopping at one of the best hotels in the city. and ldSl put Hot feast Cel lalhlS ol "lh- ming a cash prize and with chance of winning sl,000 in gold. All this is offered by the Herald to the boy or girl who wins the spelling match at the Rotary club next Thursday.
 Will you be the lucky person ? Who knows? Invitations to the Rotary luncheon, next Thursday. will be mailed tomorrow
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
10 Per Cent Dividend
 By Bankrupt Druggist

A dividend of 10 per cent was declared yesterday at a meeting Of the creditors of George F. Denby. bankrupt druggist. of this city. Harry Milkowitz is the trustee and the meeting was held at the office of Referee in Bankruptcy Saul Bers man of Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
Big Bill Tilden Beats
 La COste in Straight Sets

St. Cloud. France. May 20 R = Big Bill Tilden gained some meas ure of revenge for his defeats at the hands of Rene LaCosta last year by downing the French ace in straight sets in the opening matches of the Franco American lawn ten- his tournament here today.
 Tilden won at 6-4. 7-5.
 His victory compensated for the defeat of francis T. Hunter by Jean Borotra. the "bounding basque" at 4-6.6-4,6-4. and gave the Americans an even break, for the first day of the tournament.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

Emil J. Hjerpe, president of the association, will preside at the meeting.
 There will he annual reports by committees and the election of off, cCrS.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
CLEAR PAINT

OLfAn IhANA
 Before washing paint. wipe tho dry dust off with a clean cloth. It will prevent streaking and muddy appearance when dry.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

Just think of the pulling power behind Herald Classified Ads.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-20
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-10
By MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY
Downright, 1927. NEA Service, Inc.)
CII PTER x


During the winter of 1925-26,
Charles A. Lindbergh, flying night
after night through rain, snow, and
sleet, twice saved his life by drop
ping in parachutes from his dis
abled planes, making descents which
stand among the most remarkable
adventures in aviation.
On one occasion his plane circled
five times close to his parachute,
once coming within 300 yards of it,
threatening each time to collide as
it paralleled his descent.
On another occasion he came
down first through snow and then
through rain, to alight across a
barbed wire fence while the wind
pulled away at his parachute
threatening injury. But Lindbergh
was not as much as scratched.
That winter probably stands
next to the Spring of 1927 when
Lindbergh flew to Paris, as the most
thrilling of his life.
1t was on the night of September
16, 1925, that Lindbergh took off
from Lambert Field, st. Louis, with
the night mail for Chicago. Twenty
miles beyond Peoria. ILL.,, he en-
countered darkness and a blanket of
fog began to cover the ground. BY
the time Marseilles, Ill, was passed
this fog blanket from an altitude
of 600 feet entirely obscured the
earth. He attempted to fly under
it, but could not, and a flare which
he dropped hoping to determine a
safe landing place by it's light, failed
to work. He proceeded on to the
haywood flying field, the air-mail
station for Chicago, but the fog was
so thick he could not locate it. He
then set out to pick up, if he could,
the beacons of the Transcontinental
air route but this, also was impos-
Sible.
Fuel Ran Low
At last his fuel ran low. He had
enough left for seven minutes fly
ing. There was nothing left for him
to do but to abandon the plane in
the observation-disclosures he could
not see the ground.
"At 5000 feet the engine sputtered
and died." Lindbergh wrote in his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-10
Thrilling Air Escapes
Credited to Lindbe1gh

official report of what was to him
merely an incident in the life Of a
flier.
"I stepped up on the cowling and
out over the right side of the cock
pit, pulling the rip cord after about
100-foot fall I was falling head
downward when the risers jerked
me into an upright position and the
chute opened. This time I saved
the rip cord.
IT pulled the flashlight from my
belt and was playing it down toward
the top of the fog when I heard the
planes engine pick up. When I
jumped it had practically stopped
dead and I had neglected to cut the
switches. Apparently when the ship
nosed down an additional supply of
gasoline drained to the carburetor.
Soon she came into sight about a
quarter of a mile away headed in
the general direction of my para
chute.
"I put the flashlight in pocket
of my flying suit preparatory to
slipping the parachute out of the
way, if necessaryS The plane was
making a left spiral OF about a mile
diameter and passed approximately
800 yards away from my chute,
leaving me on the outside of the cir
Gle.
81 was undecided as to whether
the plane or I was descending the
more rapidly and glided my chute
away from the spiral path Of the
ship as rapidly as I could.
Out of Sight
"The ship passed completely out
of sight, but reappeared again in a
few seconds, it's rate of descent be-
ing about the same as that of the
parachute.
81 counted five spiraH, each one
a little further away than the first,
before reaching the top Of the fog
bank. When I settled into the fog
I knew that the ground was within
1000 feet, and reached for the
flashlight, but found it missing. I
could see neither earth nor stars
and had no idea what kind of terri
tory was below. I crossed my legs
to keep from straddling a branch
or wire guarded my face with my
hands and waited"
Presently I saw the outline OF the
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ground and moment later was
down in a cornfield."
Lindbergh was unhurt. He found
the wreckage of his plane two miles
away.
Lindbergh's next and his last
down from plane by parachute
was on the night of November 3,
1925.
Near Peoria, Ill, he encountered
snow and although he descended to
an altitude of only 200 feet could
not see the ground. He circled and
explored, looking for a spot where
the weather might be favorable for
a landing, for more than an hour.
But shortage of fuel forced crisis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-10
FoREMEN TO PICNIC
Club to Hold Dinner at Pumping
Station,

Plans for a family picnic in July
are being formulated by the Fore
mems Club of Indianapolis. A
sports program is being arranged
by a committee headed by L. j.
Hoffman.
/. Final plans have been made for
the fire prevention dinner to be
held June "a, at the indianapolis
Water Company, Riverside pumping
station.
Among the fire prevention speak
ers will be Richard E. Vernon OF
Chicago, editor of 1.-The Fire Plug;
Frank G. Jordon, fire prevention