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New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
FORD NAY APPEAL
 PRISON SENTENCE
Judge Ra@ Failure to Take
 Witness Stand

Bridgeport. Dec. 13 R1Emilie w. Ford. 55 Greenwich painter. has signified intention of appealing to the superior court of errors a state prison sentence of one to two years meted out to him in criminal sr- perior court yesterday afternoon by Judge Athur F. Els. 4 5000 bond was posted assuring Ford's liberty until the appeal decided.
 Ford, who won fame in his home town for the daring rescue from drowning of several persons in and about Sound Beach, is claimed by the state to have operated an in strument of death on September, 19, 1928 when on Sound Beach avenue, his car struck and fatally injured Miss Shirley Trine. l6. Of Sound Beach and crippled her companion. Miss Ruth E. Van Wynen, also of Sound Beach.
 Found Guilty
 Judge Els after trial in which Ford failed to take the stand in his own behalf. found him guilty of wilful misconduct in the operation of a motor vehicle so as to cause death and Of evading responsibility for the death.
 Ford's conviction was reached chiefly through the painstaking ef- forts of County Detective William z kearns who spent much time in piecing into a shattered headlight on his car. pieces of glass found in the road or the scene of the accident. The glass discovered and placed to- Tether by Detective kearns to- gether with the shattered headlight found on Ford's car short ly after the police investigation into the death started was shown to Judge Els during trial.
 In sentencing Ford. Judge Ells, basing his authority on a recent sn- preme court finding. commented upon the fact that Ford's failure to take the stand in refutation oof the purely crcumstantial evidence against him weighed considerably fin the finding of guilty"
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
Riggs Appointed to
 Red Cross Committee

Washington. Dec. l3 R-Presi- dent Coolidge yesterday appointed Captain Charles Edwards Riggs of the navy medical corps. and J. Reu- ben Clark. Jr.. undersecretary of state. as members of the central committee of the American Red Cross. governing board of the or ganization. They succeed Rear Ad- miral Stitt, former surgeon general of the navy. and Wilbur J. Carr. re- spectively.
 Judge John Barton Payne. chair man of the Red Cross. Ogden l.. Mills, undersecretary of the treasury. Major General NJ. w. Ireland. sur- geon general of the army. and Will liam D. Mitchell. solicitor general of the department of justice. were re- appointed.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
Sharp Earthquake
 Recorded in Denver

Denver. Col. Dec. 13 UP)-An earthquake of ''very severe intensity was recorded on the Regis college soismograph here late yesterday. Father A. w. Forstall. seismologiSt, announced today.
 The quake, which probably was outside of the American continent. started at 2:04 D. m, and reached a maximum intensity at 2:l0 D. m. and minimum at 2:o5 p. m.
 "The tremorS were about 5000 or 4,000 miles from Denver and prob ably in southerly direction.' Fath- CT Forstall said.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13

The accordion was introduced from Austria about 100 years ago.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
Service Stations-Rcpairing I7

RADIATORS repaired by our new meth | cd. Expert work. Gordes Auto Supply | Everything for your Car. 49 Eas Main St. Telephone Glll.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
Finnish Government
 Quits After Cens,,re

. Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 13 tPl- The government resigned today after vote Of censure passed in the diet last night.
 The motion of censure, offered by the socialists, was passed by vote of S3 to S2.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
ARGENTINE EXPORTS

Buenos Aires Dec. E PEThc ministry Of finance today announced Argentine exports for the eleven months of 1928 reached l5.794,0 900 tons valued at $e5n,979,O00 against 17.456, 0oo tons valued at s925, 5,543.- 000 for the same period 1927. The increase in value was explained as due 10 a rise in prices of exported products. Exports of corn decreased l,154.o00 tons this year and meats lS2. 900 tons.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
City Items

A daughter was born at New Brit ain General hospital today to MT. and Mrs. John Cleba of PAP Kelsey street.
 Complaint was made to Officer Maurice Flynn last night by Mr, Lehrer of 154 East Main street that d vacant store at 220 East Main street was entered Sunday afternoon by boys who broke a rear window and tore paper off the front win dows besides breaking the glass in the front door.
 William O'Brien Of 12S North street, son of eX-Alderman John o Brien. is a patient at New Britain General hospital. under Dr. D. w. O'Connell's care.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13

lIOll StNtHJ today The democratic town com mittee failed to hold it's proposed meeting last night, and Chairman William J. Foran said that there was not enough work for the six officers now on duty. let alone seventh man, while it would be unfair to expect a man 10 lay out $50 for equipment and not have work enough 10 reimburse himself for sev- eral years.
 The selectmen rather Clinched the mater today by stating that they did not intend to appoint a constable, even If one should be recommended. This refusal is based on the fact that the present six officers are more than enough to care for what calls there are.
 The regular mid-wcck prayer meetings will be held in the Metho- dist and Advent Christian churches this evening.
 Mr. and Mrs. C. ". Curtis attend ed the annual session Of the Massa- chnsetts State Grange in Springfield yesterday.
 Mrs. Minnie Stephenson of Broad street will spend the winter with her sister Mrs Katie E. Judson of Park street.
 Local Bremen Lose
 Plainville 1iremen were smoked out hy those from Unionville in q bowling match at Harts alleys last night, losing three strings and drop ping the match by 59 pins. The match was the first of a series of home and home contests to be ar ranged between the tiremen of this town and those of surrounding cities and towns.
 Thompson was in great form last night and turned in a 363, with An derson and Bugbce also crashing the pins hard. but the Unionville team worked more evenly and ground out a devastating 1898 total. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
PLAINV|I.LE NEWS

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New Britain herald., 1928-01-26

outlived its usefulness as an educa tional center, both from a standpoint of accommodations and of construc- tion. Although playgrounds have heen connected with school build ings in other sections of the city, this district has been without an equipped field.
 MT. Vance, to whose memory 1t is proposed to dedicate the playground, was product of the local public schools. having been graduated from New Britain High school. In 1876 he founded the New Britain Ob- server, one of the first newspapers printed in this city. A year later his paper was consolidated with the New Britain Herald.
 From 1878 to 1887 he was town clerk. In 1886 he was elected to the general assembly. and upon comple- tion of his term was sent to con- gress by the voters of this district. From 1893 to 1895 he was a state labor commissioner. and in 1896 was elected mayor. serving one term. His last public service was in 1901 when he was . member of the constitution al convention. He died June IS. 1902.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26

Tax on Spinsters
 Urged by Old Bach

London, Jan. 26 R-What's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.
 The Daily Express which yes- terday featured proposal that the government, which is sadly in need of sources of revenue. tax bachelors. today gave prominence to the retort of an angry bachelor who contended that if bachelors were taxed. spinsters must also be taxed.
 The bachelor declared that. he had without success asked ten women to marry him. He sug- gested the possibility that some of the famous bachelors enumer- ated by the paper including Lord Balfour, the Bishop of London and Sir Robert Horne, might be bearing the cross of unrequited and undying love-"
 The bachelors letter conclud- ed: There never before has been so many women who refuse the responsibilities of marriage. At all other periods of history spinsterhood was a disgrace, to- day women boast about it."
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED
 AT SUBMARINE BASE
O-2 and O.3 Brought to Surface By Blowing Air From Outside Source

New London. Jan. 26 tPt-In con- junction with the schooling Of 40 future submarine officers. at the submarine base here. an interesting and timely experiment in submarine salvage was conducted at the base when the submarines O. and O-3 were brought to the surface by blowing their ballast tanks with air supplied from a source outside the boats in a manner which failed in the case of the S-4 last month.
 With an extra supply of oxygen and soda of lime aboard in case of mishap, the O-3. lying close to a wharf at the base, and with her full complement of men aboard, filled her ballast tanks and sank slowly to the bottom in cS to 30 feet of water.
 Previous to her submerging the salvage lines were attached to both the ballast tanks and the compart- ment air. line and 10 pounds of air pumped into the compartments. These connection were made on the surface as q matter of convenience.
 AS soon as the O-s had settled on bottom the O-2, to which the salvage lines had been attached. began pumping air into the ballast tanks and within Is minutes the O-3 float- ed to the surface again.
 The proceas was then reserved with the O-1 submerging and the O-3 remaining on the surface to fur nish the afr.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
THREE CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD
Would Succeed Late George w. Traut on
 Commission

Republican members of the com- mon council to whom falls the lot of electing a school committeeman to- fill the vacancy caused by the death of George w. Traut have been approached in the interests of three potential candidates.
 They are: Aaron Danielson, for several years q member of the board of assessors and prominent in the activities of the Swedish American Republican club; r. Raymond Gill patric, who has been alderman ot the third ward, president pro tenn. of the common council. and presi- dent of the Third Ward Republican club: Sherwood H. Raymond. who has been active in G. o. P. politics although not previously an office holder. Mr. Raymond is president Of the Masonic Temple corporation
 Mir Danielson is realtor, Mir Gilpatric is connected with the Stanley Works. and MT. Raymond with Landers, Frary X Clark's.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
TAKE CONDEMNATION STEP
 FOR RESERVOIR EXTENSION
City Officials Wish to Acquire 100 Acres 0f Land Near shuttle
 Meadow.

Condemnation proceedings have been brought by the city of New Britain. through Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham. against heirs of the Sandberg estate. Godfrey Holm- quist and Julius and Mathiida Schultz, in an effort to secure about 100 acres of land in the Shuttle Meadow district. to be used as fil- tering plant and for extension of the reservoir.
 The plaintiff also seeks rights of way over other properties. The city and the defendants in the action have been unable to reach an agree ment and the matter is returnable before Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin of the superior court or February 3, at which time q committee will be appointed to set fair price for the property.
 Constable Fred Wrinkle served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
Mrs. R. J. Vance Offers City s2,000
 To Equip Vance School Playground
Gift Would Be in Memory of Deceased Husband, Who
 Served IS Mayor and Congressman

An offer Of S2,0o0 to equip 8 play ground on the plot surrounding the Robert J. Vance school will be made to the school committee at its meet ing tomorrow by Mrs. Vance. through School Committeeman James J. Butler.
 The school. which is the most re- cent addition to the city's educa- tional system. Is located on Vance street at Shuttle Meadow avenue. Both the school and the street are named in memory of Mrs. Vance's s deceased husband, Robert J. Vance, who served the city as town clerk and as mayor. and who was also congressman from this district. It is the wish of the donor that ground lying to the north of the building be set aside as . play center for the children of that district and that the fund be forwarded to the common council for transportation to the public amusements commission.
 If accepted by the city. the play ground will be added to the system operated during the summer months by the amusements commission. Under the city charter 1t will be me- cessary for the school committee to pass a motion setting aside the land for this purpose, but the actual con- ducting of the play field will be un- der the supervision of the amuse- ments commission.
 The Robert J. Vance school was erected to take the place of the Mon- roe school which is one of the oldest buildings in the city and which had
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
H. 5. HONOR PUPILS
 ANNOUNCED TODAY
Eight Have S5 P. (. in Studies
 for Three Years
% IN SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Three Girls Star in Four Studies During Entire Course, According to Roll Made Public Today by Principle l.. P. Slade.

Eight members of the Senior High school mid-year class will be award ed general honors for maintaining marks of s5 per cent in their studies
 during their three years at school. Thirty-four pupils were awarded special horors as follows: English, II; French. {: history. 5; Latin. 5:
 mathematics, 5; trade work, s. | The general honors pupils are
 Frances Northrop Campbell, Florine
 Hazel Christensen. Walter Gerald Drogue. Libbie Ella Dunn. Normal Maxwell Earl, Stella Gladys Eisen-
 berg, Glennie Carolyn Peterson. and
 Kenneth Judson Frost. I Miss Campbell maintained @
 mark of S5 per cent or over in Eng fish. French, Latin and mathematics, an unusual accomplishment for such a hard course. Miss Christenen made the honor mark in English, mathe-
 matics and Latin. Miss Dunn and
 Miss Eisenberg accomplished g feat similar to Miss Campbell when she
 held a mark of s5 per cent or over in English, French. Latin and
 mathematics during their three year course. Miss Peterson held the
 high mark in English. history and Latin.
 The list of special honor students follows:
 English Helene Amelia Bober. Frances Northrop Campbell. Flo-
 rine Hazel Christesen, Emily Ruth Constance Clark, Walter Gerald Drogue. Libbie Ella Dunn. Stella Gladys Eisenberg. Helen Louise
 Erickson. Audrey Margaret Pagan. William Haswell and Glennie Caro- lyn Peterson.
 1 French: Frances Northrop Camp
 bell Libbie Ella Dunn. Stella Gladys Eisenberg and Helen Louise
 Erickson.
 | History: Audrey Margaret Pagan. William Haswell, Edith Alvida
 Johnson. Glennie Carolyn Peterson and Ida Sofie Swanson. | Latin: Frances Northrop Camp bell, Florine Hazel Christesen, Lib- bic Ella Dunn, Stella Gladys Eisen- berg and Glennie Carolyn Peterson. Mathematics: Helene Amelia Bo- Der. Frances Northrop Campbef,, Florine Hazel .Christesen, Libbic Ella Dunn and Stella Glayds Eisen- berg.
 ! Trade work (machine trades) :: Norman Maxwell Earl, Kenneth
 Judson Frost and Bernard Tran childa; (printing) Stanley F. kule- six
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
Death of Son, 6l,
 Kills Mother, 83

Guilford. Conn, Jan. 26 @- Grief and shock at finding her son. Oliver I. Griswold. 61. dead in bed this morning. brought on . hemorrhage and collapse which caused the death of his mother Mrs. Helen Chamberlain, SS, in their home, less than an TOUT later.
 The son died in his sleep from heart trouble.
 Mrs. Chamberlain on being un- able to awaken Griswold slowly realized what it meant, that . son who had devoted himself to her for many years. had passed away. She called a neighbor who sent for Medical Examiner F. D. Smith.
 Mrs. Chamberlain said she cid not wish to live without her son, and she was seen to be on the verge of collapse. While being given medical attention cerebral hemorrhage came which brought death.
 MT. Griswold was a bachelor and his mother had been q widow after her second marriage for many years. No close relatives are known.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
4. s. BARROW KILLED AS AUTO OVER1URNs
Machine Skids and Pins Him Underneath in
 Ditch {

Arthur Stone Barrow, 31 years old, son of Mir. and Mrs. Charles R. Barrow of 162 Francis street. this city, was killed instantly yesterday ill upper New York state when the brakes of his automobile locked on a hill and the wind carried the car over a ten foot embankment where it upset, pinning him beneath the wreckage. He was the only pas senger in the car and there were no witnesses to the accident.
 MT. Barrow was manager Of the Rochester branch office of the Fac- tory Insurance association of Hart ford, and he was on his way to Syracuse from Rochester to estab- fish headquarters there for another branch office. The exact time of the accident could not be determined. The body was found yesterday by Herbert Rolls. q farmer. who lived about 200 feet from the scene. Re- ports that he was strangled to death with his collar caught in the handle of the door were declared erroneous today. News of the accident reach- ed his sister. Miss Mildred K. Bar row, while she was teaching her class in the Camp school yesterday.
 Indications were that the car skidded at the top of steep hill and slid sideways through severai concrete fence posts into a deep ditch. There had been strong wind. snow storm and sleet storm and the road was dangerous to traffic.
 Mir Barrow was born in New Britain, May s. 1890. the son of Mir. and Mrs Charles K. and Jc- sephine (Brown) Barrow He was graduated from the New Britain High school in the class of 1908 and from Worcester Poiytechnicai Institute in 1915. He was world war veteran and besides seeing serv- ice in France. served with the army of occupation.
 He was not married. His only surviving relatives are his parents and his sister.
 Funeral arrangements. in charge of B. C. Porter Sons, are incomplete pending the arrival of ehe body fin this city. Burial will be in Vernon Center cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
Administrations Flood Control
 Program Again Asailed
COMPOSITE PLAN SEEN
Secretary of War Admits That Army Engineers and Flood Commission Proposals May Have to he Mofii- fled Somewhat,

Washington. Jan. o6 Rt-A sug- gestion that congress may find it ad- visable to modify the administra- tion's flood control program came from the administration itself today as attacks on salient features of the plan continued before two congress sional committees.
 Sec. Davis Views Secretary Davis of the war depart ment, whose energies drafted the administration proposals. told the house flood committee that the scheme might we'll be amplified so as to permit the federal treasury 10 loan money to the states to permit them to meet the stipulated 20 per cent of the cost on control measures. Later. under questioning by com- mittee members, the secretary con- ceded that congress can make q composite flood control plan out of the proposals of the army engineers and of the Mississippi river commits sion.'
 The army plan provides for a s2S6,000,0O0 expenditure, while the commission proposes cost of s175,- 000.000 for the work.
 The war secretary did not indi- cate that he would favor compro- mise between these two plans. but he readily conceded that such an out come might be in prospect.
 Meanwhile the senate commerce committee, after hearing another protest from the south against the 20 per cent state contribution pro- pOsal. decided to ask Secretary Hoover. who handled flood relief measures along the Mississippi last year. to appear later and give his views on permanent control legisla- tion.
 Will Call Hoover
 The senate committee announced MT. Hoover would be called after Alfred H. Stone, vice-president of the stapleton Cotton Cooperative association of Mississippi. told the he believed Mir. Hoov- CT favored having the federal gov ernment bear the entire cost Of con- trol legislation.
 Stone based his belief on the re- port which Secretary Hoover sub mitted to President Coolidge at Rapid City last summer.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
STANDARD OIL MAN
 ASKED TO TESTIFY
Chairman of Indiana Company Called Before Senate Committee
WILL APPEAR ON TUESDAY
Cancels All Engagements Which He Had in Mexico City in Order that He May Appear in Washington as Scheduled.

Washington, Jan. 20 LP--Robert w.. Stewart, chairman of the board of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. will appear next Tuesday before the sen ate oil committee in its investigation of the operations of the Continental Trading Co.,, Limited.
 Cancels Engagements
 Stewart so advised his personal counsel, l.. l.. Stephens today. He cancelled engagements he had in Mexico City that he might appear before the senate committee as it had requested.
 Yesterday, when the committee asked that Stewart come here i'm niediateiy. b's attorneys said asstv communicating with him in Havana that he could not be in Washington before sometime in February, as he felt he could not break his en- agreements in Mexico.
 Seek MOre Witnesses.
 Blocked in its efforts to bring some of it's most important witnesses to Washington. the senate oil com- mittee is preparing to reach across the Canadian border in its search for more light on the operations of the Continental Trading Corporation.
 The committee has decided to ask Vice President Dawes to appoint q commission to go to Canada and question Henry s. Osler, president of the Continental Company, which was incorporated in the Dominion. Such a step was authorized by the senate several days ago.
 The committees interest in the Continental Company arises from the fact that it's profits of about s3,000,00O. made almost over night in purchase and sale of oil, were in vested in liberty bonds, and that s233.o00 worth of these same bonds later were turned over by Harry F. Sinclair. lessee of Teapot Dome, to former Interior Secretary Albert H. Fall. in exchange for an interest ill Falls New Mexico ranch. The com- mittee very much wants to know what became or the rest or the $3,- 000,00C.
 Osler's Deposition
 Osler's deposition was sought by special government oil counsel dur ing the trial of the civil suit for re- covery of the Teapot Dome reserve. but he declined to testify on that ground that he could not disclose confidential information given to him as an attorney by his clients The Canadian courts have ruled since that Osler must testify on a demand by the United States courts. , but as understood here, that ruling does not go to the extent of requir- ing him to appear in Canada before q senate commission. frnnt;pnaA 4y po~o
New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
GILBERT STANLEY IS
 DISCHARGED BY JURY
Berkshire School Manager Freed on Charge of
 Manslaughter

Pittsfleld, Mass, Jan. 26 LF-A verdict of not guilty was reported by tho jury in the superior court to- day in the case of Gilbert Stanley. manager of the Berkshire school in Sheffield, and former Yale universi- ty hockey player. charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Peter Fuico of Great Harrington at the Berkshire school on Novem- Der c6. t-.-
 The jury retired at 2:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon and reached q verdict at 7:45 last evening. The verdict was sealed and was reported this morning to Judge William A. Burns.
 Fulco had driven to the school with another man and two women. one of whom was employed at the school. He remained in his car with one of the women while his other companions walked to one of the school buildings.
 Stanley came out to investigate why the car was parked on the school grounds and ordered Fulco to leave. When Fulco made objec- tions Stanley obtained . shotgun and with another school official re turned to the car.
 Testimony was given at the trial that Fulco jumped from the car and threatened Stanley. whose back was turned at the moment. and the gun was discharged when Stanley turned around. The defense was that the trigger caught in . piece of twine attached to the gun.
 Stanley Ys a son of the late Will liam Stanley. electrical inventor. and . brother of Harold Stanley. re- gently made a member of the firm of j.. F. Morgan < Co.