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New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
7S TO GRADUATE : AT HALE SCHOOL
Diplomas To Be Presented ht Exercises Tomorrow

Diplomas will be presented to 7S pupils at graduation exercises to be held in the auditorium Of the I.Nathan Hale Junior High schoo, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock The presentation will be made by Mrs. Laura F. Mangan of the school | committee.
 Officers of the class are Simon Eutrm. president: Myrtle Carlson, ] vice president: Lillian Pollard, seo- retary; and Joseph Mlyna rski, treas- l urer. The class colors are blue and silver.
 The list of graduates follows:
 Anna Abraham. hphild Anderson, l Lucy Aparo, Beaffice Applebaum, Ruth Bagdigian. John Blake. Irv- ing Blumenthal, George Buckbee, Jennie Buden. Simon Butrtm, Anna Campisi. Myrtle Carlson, Helen Chalke, Helen Chiebowicz, Fe- lix Cichowski, Julia Glenn, Edith Cohen, Esther Cohen Ladislaus Dabkowski. Carmelo Da. quilo, Burton Davidson, Coredo DAmato. Mary Dembek. Mary Do- leski. Joseph Errede. Madeline Er- rede. Venicto Garofano, Mildred Gehring, Antoinette Gianninoto. se- bastiana Gianninoto, Rose Goldberg Arthur Gorfain. Theresa Jevack. Lil- lian Kalberg. Edward Kalkowski Edward Konicki
 Edward Kren, Michael Kvedos Mary Labas, Judson Landon, Mary LaRosa, Marion Larson, Isidore Lif- shitz. Elihu Lumpkin, Annie Ma kuch, Nicholas Mancini, Loretta Marotta. Edward Matulis, John Me- lynk. Anna Meskosky. Gustave Mill Ter, Joseph Mlynarski. Paul Mud zinski, Mary Myslievic. Philip Me- derer. Pearl Papasian. Alex Parda. Anna Partyka, Helen Pisko, Helen Pizer, Lillian Pollard, Albert Ra- Gutis. Emily Ruscik. Andrew sar- tinsky, James Scarrozzo, Ernest speziale. Julia Spring, Ellen stanke- witch. Edward Stankowicz. Frances staubly, Sophie Terzak, Jennie Twardus, Anna Tynik. Charles Va ness, Amelia Celente. Lloyd Vib- verts. Walter Wezowicz, Ethel Yan- kowitz.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
City Items

day. Moody Secretarial school advt.
 Members of the democratic party will meet with their town committee tomorrow night at the party head quarters in city hall. The demo- cratic women will hold their weekly gathering Friday.
 Richard Frank Leupold and Anna Mae Yaas have been added to the list of pupils who will be presented with diplomas at graduation exer- cises at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon at the school auditorium.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Rhode Island Hard Hit

Providence, R. l., Jan. o5 Rl-- Thousands of dollars damage was wreaked in this state early today by a 60-mile gale which ripped roofs from buildings, brought telephone poles crashing down and blew in the side wall of factory in Warren. The roof of Harrington brick firm, 200 feet long, was ripped off by the gale and sent crashing onto the tracks of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad, where it brought down the wires of the railroad and Western Union. Train service was disrupted for several hours. Night workers in the Collins Aikman com pany. manufacturers of textiles, es- capped injury when the south wall on the fourth floor of the building was blown in and bricks flew about the room.
 The roof of the Newport Casino piazza was blown off, high waves carried away cement fences near the beach and the steamer Common wealth of the New England Steam- ship company was blown from her dock onto the mud flats. She later was hauled of by several tugs.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
HANGS SELF IN CELL

charlestown, w. Va. Jan. 25 R Wise Bailey. 30, charged with killing his mother and step-father, Mir. and Mrs. Enoch Tolliver, hang ed himself in the county jail today
 The killings occurred in the Tol- liver home at Pierpont, W. Va, last December 26. Bailey escaped. He was arrested in Ashland, Ky, and brought to Charleston last night by . state policeman.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25

It was signed by Counctlmen James P. Murphy. Harry T. Wilson and Lucian Nacora, all of whom are fifth ward members
 It is understood the f1remen ad- mitted to the board that they had compiled the data by communicating with heads of departments in other cities.
 It is also understood the men who appeared the board last night said they had no intention of being in- subordinate, but that they felt they could properly exercise the preroga- ative held by other city employees of seeking wage increases either through the board or by direct ap- peal to the common council. In this instance ii is claimed Councilman Murphy championed the firemen's cause without solicitation on their uart after the board had rejected their plea.
 Mectin. Data Kept Secret
 Chief Noble, member of the board and the clerk of the commission. to- day refused to dvulge any informa- ton as to the business before the m,eting. Commissioners were plain ly displeased with the failure Of their executive to transact it's busl- ness without public notice.
 several of the firnen called be- fore the board were off duty and the Qepartment's car in charge of Driver Robert smith was sent after them. Others were called from the fire sta tions where they were doing duty.
 They appeared before the commls- sioners i'll this order: Private Gau- dette, Lieut.. Hartnett Clerk Lough . cry, Private Finneran, Private Scar lett, Private Moore and Private
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
New York Hard Hit

New York, Jan. 25 (UP)-Gales which blew out window panes and demolished small structures in the suburbs during the night were fol- lowed today by storm warnings from the weather bureau here for the Atlantic seaboard from the Della ware breakwater to Passport Ma.
 The wind storm struck New York shortly after midnight, endanEerine shipping off the coast Of the North Atlantic states.
 Two vessels Were sunk in the har- bor by the storm. One was the r. s. s. Dewey, historic gunboat cap- tured by American naval forces in the Spanish American war and re- named after their commander. It recently was bought from the gov ernment by private interests and was being dismantled in the Brooklyn docks. when high waves svamped it. Only two masts Were left show ing above the water
 The other was a 4"0-ton barge which went to the bottom when its
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
FIRE ON ROCKWELL AVE.

Fire broke out in 8 cottage house at 19 Rockwell avenue, owned by the John Boyle Co.,, and Co. No. 6 of the fire department was called by . still" alarm at 12:19 last night. II is believed an overloaded furnace pipe set fire to the floor and | par tition, causing damage estimated at $500.
 At the office of the John Boyle unoccupied and the furnace was be- ing used while renoyations wefe be, ing made.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
CIGAR IS EVIDENCE
Beck's FOndness For Certain Brand Sold in New York Club Indication Of Residence.
N Residence.

O HfSadenCe.
 Washington, Jan. '25 0P - The fondness of James M. Beck for . certain IS cent cigar sold by the Union league club of New York city was used as evidence against him today before house elections conn., lnittee in his fight to retain re- publican seat in the house from Pennsylvania.
 Representative Kent, democrat, Pennsylvania, prosecutor of the democratic move to oust Beck on the ground that he was not legal resident of Philadelphia at the time of his election, contended that in or- dering the cigars Beck had request. ed their shipment to "my residence at 1924 21st street. Washington. ID. C."
 Wilcott Parry. borough clerk al Seabright, N. J., testified that Beck had paid poll taxes in 1924 at Sea- bright, where he owns property and had been appointed honorable attorney" for Seabright. He added that the job carried honor only, and no salary. and Beck said it was the the first time he had known that he held that position.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Plays Havoc in 1'cnMeses.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 25 R;-The storm which swept in ] great semi circle south of Nashville through a day afternoon reached the climax of it's destructiveness in Dekalb county, where rural district school on Holmes Creek was blown over and four children killed and another probably fatally injured.
 The dead are:
 Edward Atnip. & Harvey Cripps. 5; George W. Smith, 14 and Ruby Hayes, 6.
 Aubrey Smith, IA is expected to die from internal injuries.
 H. Grady Carter. teacher: sus- tained broken ankle and numer- ous cuts and bruises. but his condi- tion is not considered as serious.
 The school is six miles north of Smithville and the storm which wrecked the school and killed the children came almost without warning.
 A neighbor mounted his horse and
 
 doctors hastened to the scene. Telephone connection between Nashville and Smithville was still interrupted this morning and details of the disaster were brought here by bus.
 Confirmation of the bus drivers story was obtained through a rail- road dispatcher who said that a rural mail carrier in the storm swept district told that five or six children had been killed when the school col lapsed.
 2f Narrowly Escape | Twenty one children and their teacher barely escaped death or serious injury when twister demol- ished one story frame school house near Lang, Ky, yesterday. ! An infant daughter of A. Trice. a farmer near Gage. Ky. was crushed , beneath the wreckage of brick chimney when the Trice home was demolished by the winds. The storm left ruined homes at Wickliffe, Kevil, Gage, Lamont and Paducah, all 1 Western Kentucky river towns. and then dipped into Illinois in the di- rection of Caseyville.
 The storm apparently dipped into f Eastern Tennessee and then swept down into the central part of the state. bearing directly west. At the extreme western corner the winds bore northward into Kentucky and after striking several river towns, crossed the Mississippi river into Illinois.
 i storm damage was reported from i Cheatham county on the west, Will liamson. Mavrey and Rutherford south of here, and in Dekalb on the east. The damage in all these coun- ties. Dekalb excepted. consisted of the unroofing of houses. destruction of outhouses and uprooting of trees In the towns many plate glass win dows were destroyed.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Thrilling Kr&,lle

thrilling ride on the brooches buoy across 200 yards Of boiling surf brought Captain Sterling Fullerton of the barge Harry E. Keeler and his wife 10 safety today. The barge. owned by the kselcr Transportation
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
seams ripped open while resting on the Brooklyn side of the harbor.
 70 Mile Gale

70 Mile Gale
 Tearing at 70-mile-an-ho pace over the city, the gale passed north- eastward along the shoreline and out to sea, whipping up the waters into huge waves.
 In the New York harbor alone the waves Were the highest ill the memory of marine officials, and they dashed against the Battery sea wall so hard that spray was flung 70 feet in the air.
 Incoming liners, all delayed by other weather disturbances of the past few days, crept along. For the first time in years they were not met today by a coast guard cutter. so rough was the harbor.
 All day the harbor police and gov ernment boats received calls for aid as barges tore loose from their moorings and were tossed about in the harbor.
 No reports had been received Of large vessels in distress.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
$500 GIFT TO WESLEYAN

Middletown, Jan. 25 OR - A be-
 quest of $500 from the estate of
 D. c. Knowles of Hilton. N. H., has been announced by Wesleyan uni- be created with the bequest, in memory of Frederick Lawrence Knowles. '94, Wesleyan's most
 noted poet.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25

Advisory: Warnings changed to northwest Delaware breakWater to south of Hatteras to Savannah. Ga. storm of great intensity over Maine will cause west and northwest gales today.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
10 CnftARes RAzed

Newport, R. l., Jan. 25 PrTen small cottages and a garage near the Beavertail lighthouse were wrecked by the gale which swept the coast carly today. Stones picked up by the wind sm mashed many windows in the vicinity.
 Sections of the bathhouse walls at Newport beach were carried across the road. At Bailey's beach bathhouses erected last summer were moved four feet. the piazza of the west pavilion was demolished and the canoe shed was destroyed.
 The Fall River Liner Common wealth, swept from her moorings 10 the mud flats. was safe at her dock again this noon.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
F|REMEN CHILLED
 ON WAGE PETITION
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mems action in mailing propaganda on wage increases is without pre- cedent and he suggested that an in- sestigation be made.
 Councilman D. l.. Bartlett advised that the printer assumes responsi- bility for the pamphlets appearing with the official minutes. his con- tract calling for printing and mailing of the firemen's statement, but that he wished 10 save the men postage charges and included the document as a suffer.
 Not Signed by Bremen
 The petition referred to was not sent to the common council over the signature Of any mem Der of the de- partment. investigation at the of- flee Of the town clerk today shows.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Conn. Shores Affected

Milford, Jan. 20 WJ - A Wln0- storm with heavy rain throughout last night swept the Milford shore from Silver Beach west, and tore two unoccupied cottages between Poles 110 and Ill at- Seaside Beach from their underpining.
 The loss was placed at $c,500. The owners are Anna Rosenberg of Hartford and Walter Bunce of New Britain.
 New London. Jan. 25 R)-About 100 local telephone stations were put out of commission, the toll wire between this city and Saybrook was i torn down in two places, power service was partially crippled and coastwise shipping was forced to shelter by terrific southwest gale which lashed this vicinity through the night. The storm attained it's height at 2 o'clock this morning, when the wind was raging with a velocity of 65 miles an hour. Four large liners bound from New York to Providence and Boston put into port and this morning they were still held here awaiting the abatc- ment of the mountainous Long ls- land Sound seas.
 The corner of lodging house
 was carried away when a huge elm tree, uprooted by the storm. crashed down onto it: section of the cop ling of the St. James Episcopal
 church was torn away and the cop. ing on the roof of a three-story
 building in Bank street was sent crashing to the sidewalk by the
 force of the wind.
 Three passenger and freight
 steamships, one freighter and sev- eral tugs with barges in tow were 1 weatherbound here today.
 The steamship Lexington of the Colonial line from New York for
 Providence put into port early to-
 day with about 70 passengers aboard who were landed here to
 proceed by train to Providence. i The ships steward. Walter Schneider, had several stitches taken in his left arm as a resu), { of severe cut suffered when in a
 sudden pitch of the ship his arm went through the window of a door.
 The steamship Tennessee. of the Bay State line. from New York and
 bound for Providence. docked hers at noon and unloaded about 50 pas- sengers who proceeded on their way by train.
 l The steamer Woonsocket. bound 1 for Pawtucket from New York, put in here early this morning and dis charged ber passengers. The freighter New Haven docked for
 water this morning and then an- 'chored in the harbor pending bet ter weather.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Fall River Has Damage

Fall River, Mass, Jan. 25 PN-An so mile gale early today wrecked an
 amusement park, drove two barges ashore and tore off chimneys and portions Of roofs Of residences in and near this city. The roller coaster al Island Park,
 Portsmouth, K. l., and number of concessions situated beneath it were i levelled. The damage Is estimated
 at $1O 900.
 Barges five and six, owned by the New England Oil Refinery company. went ashore near the Somerset side of Mount Hopebay while in tow of
 the tub Interstate. They cannot be
 f1oated today because of the rough seas.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
storm Warning

Nashine5 on. Jan 25 P-The weather bureau today issued the following storm warning:
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25

You know Sir Hall Gaines novcls- we'll here is their British author hik-
 ing across the snows at St. Moritz.
Evening star., 1928-06-03

President Coolidge
meets the hnalists in
the Fifth National Ora
torical Contest. Left
to right: Ere d d i e
Johnson, Cairo, ILL.,;
Joe West, Q m a h a,
N e br.; jam es r.
Moore, Somerset. KY,
the winner; President
Coolidge, Benjamin E.
Hinden of Washing
ton, Elliot Norquist,
Kansas City, Mo-, sec
ond in contest, and
r a lph Zabludofsky,
Brooklyn. NJ. Y.
Q Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1928-06-03

Miss Gunda Mordhurst of
New York as she posed during
the singing of the Hymn to
America" at the National Ora
torical Contest here May 26.
% Star stan Photo
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22

ways been . large one and no time has ever been lost in dspoaiting such material where 1t is best taken care of. Lately there has been . marked decrease in power trust material sent us. Possibly careful check-up Of this paper convinced the trust 1t was wasting postage. It always will if the dope is directed at this office. All other propaganda. 1t might be mentioned, finds the same fate in store. We play no propaganda fav- orites.
 Readers of newspapers justly ex- pect the publications which they buy should be free from propaganda and If we had anything to say in favor of power trust-and it Is distressingly difficult to even imagine such thing-we have the energy to write it ourselves We have attempted to hold up the torch of in journalism, and prefer to lean backward rather than forward in contemplating the aims of power trusts. be they state, re- gional. or national.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

Amazing though 1t may be, there seem to be some small newspapers which are burdened with editors whe are 50 negligent in their re- sponsibility to the people they serve that they are willing to ac- cept editorials from a power trust, thus playing the game of the elec- tric trust against the people.
 Such papers, of course, do not deserve to exist. They for the most part are weddings, possessing edi- tors who lack the energy to think for themselves. or who are prepared to sell out the heritage of free and untrammeled press for the pottage of immediate gain.
 They are without the fold of edi torsliip which takes itself seriously enough to reflect the true needs of their communities. An editor who accepts propaganda from 9 power trust and runs it as his own edi- torials likewise will be unintelligent enough not to realize why his pub lication stands low in the estimation of his public. Compared to the large number of independent and coura- geous editors throughout the coun- try the number of black sheep, for tunately, is small.
 Revelations being made before the Federal Trade Commission indi- cate again that the power interests of this patton have for several years spent large sums of money to in- fluence public opinion in their be- half They have run the risk of over doing it; and now that they are found out the repercussion will be serious to these interests.
 For our part, at time when the machinations of the power trust have been so thoroughly exposed in Washington. we point with pride 10 the fact that we have never been in- fluenced in the slightest by the stream of power propaganda which has come to our desk from time im- memorable. Our wastebasket has al-
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
25 Tears Ago To-day

At meeting of the stockholders of the New Britain Opera House company, it was decided to have q new roof put on the theater at once.
 Superintendent Stuart of the local schools complained today that the superintendents of schools in other cities arc drawing away teachers from this city by offering them higher salaries.
 Principal Akers O. the high school is very much interested in football and has shown members of the team much encouragement.
 Alderman O. r. Curtis announced today that he was in favor of the consolidation of the town and city governments. He vii support the new chapter which he believes will be a great benefit to the city.
 Within few weeks the children's fare on the trolley car will be reduc- ed from five to three cents.
 G. M. Landers has exchanged Lis Haynes Apperson phaeton for a larger four passenger car made by the same concern.
 The large walnut crop will be a strong temptation for many people to violate the trespass law this year. Trees about the city are loaded down with the nuts.
 The fire commissioners sprung a surpris" on the department yester- day. They rang an alarm from the Stanley Works box and when the firemen arrived there they found the commissioners waiting for them. The trip was made in good time.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
MIXING BABIES

A more pressing illustration of the need for intelligent nurses doctors, and the system under which they operate in hospitals never came to light than the distressing case in Detroit, where a newborn baby was given to the wrong person and the latter has never been heard from since.
 The mother died soon after the child: was born. The father went to the hospital, to get the child. A nurse, just returned from her vaca- ton. received a discharge order for the baby from two doctors, but over the telephone. A man walked into the hospital, and few minutes lat CT another nurse told the nurse who got the discharge order that "a man was in the hall"
 T went to the hall and asked him if he had come for his baby; he said he had" testified the nurse. Then without asking the mans name. and Tn spite of the fact that she had never seen the child's fa- ther at all-having been away when the maternity case started-she got the baby and gave 1t to the man. Later the real father called for the baby. but it was too late. T pre- sumed the man who got the baby was the right man." she admitted.
 Such laxitiy, it is certain, obtains in very few hospitals. Yet cases of the wrong people getting babies seem to be frequent enough, judging by the news dispatches regarding such cases which occasionally see print.
 Education, intelligence, system, are the only ways to combat such tragic episodes. Lackadaisical meth ods lead to disaster, and discharge orders given over the telephone. and presumption regarding parents, should have no place in such insti- tutions.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
\ CAREER AND ALINONY

4 judge in Hartford the other day promulgated the doctrine that a wife who seeks a divorce in order to pursue a 'career" is not entitled to alimony. This doctrine is an impor- tant bill of rights in the realm of domestjcity. The wife who thinks more of some career than of wife hood has already made her first mis- take, but if she at the same time wants her husband afflicted with the duty of paying her a monthly allowance-money no doubt needed in pursuing the precious career-alI semblance of justice leaves the pie ture.
 If wife tires of the restraint and responsibilities of married life and simply must embark upon the wat CTS of a career let her do r unassist- cd Let the career. if it is worth having. be earned without leaning upon alimony. The judge was right.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
,London. Paris Airline i \ Passes Ninth Birthday

Croydon, England, Sept. 1S. VI British civil aviation has celsbratsd the completion of its ninth year of operation between London and the continent 0 t
 Whom on August 2S, 1919, the worlds first daily airplans service for messengers was instituted' b. tweed London and Paris the air craft were small machines of 3se horsepower. each seating, two pas sengers in . tiny cabin.
 Today. on their de luxe services between London and Paris. Imps- rial AlSways employ giant air. planes developing 1900 horsepow- CT and providing luxurious accom- modation for IS passengers, in addition to pilot. engineer. and steward. the last named serving refreshments from his buffet while the S-ton craft rushes through tho air at 100 miles an hour.