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New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
City Items

4 regular meeting Of Pride Cir
Gle. Lady Foresters, will be held
Thursday evening ut o'clock in
Red Mems hall. 277 Main street.
Gitlttl Brothers reported to the
police today that the cellar Of their
store at Is and ~ Lafayette street
Was entered last night. A check
was being made today to determine
whether or not anything was
missing.
A. Novak. one Of the owners of an
automobile truck which was re-
ported stolen and later recovered.
explained to Officer Hopkins last
night that one Of the drivers took
the truck to Springfield. MasA,
Monday night, intending to return
In a short while. but he was ar
rested for speeding and detained ov-
er night.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Weddings
COLLINS-DOOLh

Miss Marian Charlotte Dooley.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Dooley Of lsl North street. and
John Joseph Collins. son Of Daniel
Collins of Rainbow, were married
this morning at . o'clock at st
Mary's church. Rev. Walter J. Lyd-
dy officiated. Miss Alice c. Gparmer.
= cousin of the bride. was maid OF
honor. and William H. Collins. bro
Their Of the bridegroom. was best
man.
S The bride wore . gown Of peach
colored transparent velvet with hat
to match and carried bouquet Of
talisman roses. delphinum. pansies
and lilies OF the valley. The maid
OF honor was dressed In beige trans
parent velvet with hat to match and
carried a bouquet OF sweetheart
roses and bronze pompons.
A reception was held at the home
Of the brides parents where the
decorations were bittersweet bay
berries and autumn leaves. The
couple will make their home at 1876
Kent street. Hartford. following .
wedding trip.
The bride 10 graduate OF the
New Britain High school and OF st.
Francis Training School for Nurses.
class Of 1927.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Funerals
Miss Helen MalIcy

Funeral services for Miss Helen
Malley of o37 Elm street were held
this morning at 10 o'clock at st.
Mary's church. Rev. Thomas +.
Lawior celebrated solmen high
mass of requiem with Rev. Matthew
J. Traynor as deacon and Rev. Wal
ter A. Lyddy az sub-deacon.
Mrs. Mary T. Cream sang ave
Maria" at the offertory and Some
Sweet Day" at the conclusion OF the
mass. The pallbearers were Wilfred
Cayer. John Crowley. John Griffin,
Raymond Cunning. Frank Hilbur.
and Henry ,Kupper. The flower
bearers were Harold Wright and
Frank Hammel.
Ladies Auxiliary. A. o. H.. of
which Miss Mallcy was member.
attended the funeral in a body.
Father Traynor conducted CONF
initial services. Burial .:as in st.
Marys cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Real Estate News
Warr(laty

Warranty
Lucia B. Barnes to Lorena Seidl,
May street.
Shuttle Meadow club to Stanley
Hart. Windsor road.
Louie g. Jones to John w. An
derson, Corbin avenue.
Mortgages
John kapica to Stanley Parda,
$4,000. Hayes street.
Richard b. Vets to Pennington
Savings bank. 800, Viets street
Domonic Tedesco. ct al to Savings
Bank of New Britain, $4,000, Brook
street.
John W. Anderson to Louie s.
Jones. $1,000. Corbin avenue.
Nellie V. Costello to John W. An
derson. $500. Elbridse road.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Deaths
Edward Hannisan

Edward Hannigan. 70 years old.
OF 1854 Curtis street died at his home
yesterday afternoon following a long
Illness.
Born in England. he came to this
city many years ago and settled in
the Dublin Hill section. He was a
barber by trade and UP until IL
years ago he conducted shop. He
was employed at the Fafnir Bearing
Company.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Katherine Hannjgan and niece,
Mrs. Fred Guenther of this city.
Fraternally he was a member of
the Holy Name society of st. Mary's
church and the Foresters Of Amer
lea. He was also member Of 81.
Mary's parish.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day morning at 3 o'clock at st.
Mary's church. Burial will be in St.
Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Young Flying Student
Plunges Out of Plane

Windsor. Ont. Oct. 24.-R-Don
strevett, youthful student pilot OF
the Border Cities Aero club. fell
from one of the clubs Moth planes
this morning.
According to early reports.
Strevett was at the controls Of the
plane. with the club instructor. r.
H. Soundy, flying with him. Sudden
ly the plane went into q vertical dive
and Strevett fell out.
Soundy also fell from the fuselage,
but succeeded in catching the wing.
He pulled himself back into the
plane. which was then flying upside
down, righted 1t and made = SUCCESS
full landing at Walker airport.
A searching party went out to look
for Strevett's body.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Tattoo Mark on Arm
Identifies DeseYter

Sergeant T. ]. Feeney and Officer
John NJ. Liebler today brought
William Hippo OF .27 North street
to Fort Wright. near New London.
the young man having been ar
rested yesterday by Sergeant P. J.
O.Iara on the charge Of being Z
deserter from the army. Zippo.
whose correct name is said to be
Zapor, tried to deceive Sergeant
O'Mara but the latter checked up
on the description contained in the
circular received on the descrtion
and the young man finally admitted
It was he who was wanted. Among
other marks by which the identifi-
cation was made was tattoo on
the arm.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
SPECIAL POLICE DETAIL

Anticipating that the passenger
station and the immediate vicinity
will be crowded tomorrow evening
when Governor Smiths train makes
Il brief stop. Chief w. c. Hart has
ordered ~ policemen to report at s
p. NJ. for special duty. In the group
are Officers N. J. Moore. Thomas
Lee. George Collins. Daniel Co.'S
grove. William Grabeck. william J.
Mccarthy, John O'Brien, Maurice
Flynn. ThQmas Tisrney, william Po-
litis. Eugene Kief1er. and John
O'Keefe,
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Course in 'Mopology"
Offered by University

Cincinnati. Oct. 24.-LP0A course
In "mopology." will be offered at the
University of Cincinnati II the recon-
mendations Of DR.. Henry 8. Gamblers,
professor of education. are followed.
He proposes training class for
school janitors and engineers. which.
II begun, would be the first in this
section of the country.
DR.. Ganders maintains that no one
except the principal has more In
fluence over the physical well-being
Of the school children than the jani-
tor. which he gives as a reason for
the desirability of establishing such
q training course.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Circus Performer
Dies in Australia

Melbourne, Australia, Oct. "a R-
A missed hand grip In mid-air today
was responsible for the death Of
Valma Schultz. member OF an
American troupe, 1.-THE Flying lie
Mars" who have been doing fea-
ture circus turn here.
As Valma was hurtlin8 through
space. a second girl performer hang
ing from 4 trapexe caught only one
Of her wrists and detected her
course. She struck the wall OF the
building and bounced from the edge
Of the safety net into the audience.
crashing into . seat. Physicians
said that she had died instantly.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Stremlau Will Discuss
Old Are Pension Bill

julius Stremlau, chairman OF the
state old age pension committee Of
Connecticut, will address the New
Britain Aerie OF Eagles Thursday
evening. He will speak on What
10 being done about the state on the
old age pension BILL
M. p. Casey, state trustee OF the
Eagles, and delegation from Meri-
den will be present at the meeting.
Members Of the Terryville Acr,e will
meet New Britain ct as" after the
regular meeting.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Result ID Johnson
Had to GO to Work

London. Oct. ~ (UP)-On his
way to the poor house for Q nights
lodging. Frederick johnson met a
woman bound for the Same place.
A man entering = poor house alone
for bed and breakfast must stay and
work the following morning, but a
married couple IL allowed to 70 free.
10. In order to dodge work. johnson
arranged with the woman to 20 In
a. her husband.
The next morning johnson was
confronted by an official.
Your wife has given birth to q
baby" he said. ana Ia such cases
the husband must 10 II dayT work
befors he u allowed - leave.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
WANTED FOR BURGLARY
Isinald lNranchiili, Accused of Two
Store Robbeeics, VIII DC Extra.
ditld From New York.

Charged with burglary on two
counts, Rinah Franchilli, aged
about ~. il under arrest In Astoria.
L. l., and will be extradited to New
Britain within few days. to stand
trial. Detective Sergeant George G..
Ellinger u having the necessary
papers prepared and will bring
Frapchilli back.
Information In tho hands Of the
police Is said to implicats Fran
chilli in the burglaries at Benjamin
Goldberg's dry goods store, 49,
Main street. and the italian Book
Store at sos Main street. on Sep
TENDER 10. Considerable loot WAS
obtained and d boy under the age
Of Is years was apprehended q
short time later. his case being
handled in juvenile court.
Franchilli. who is alleged to have
been the boys partner, lived with
a relative on Lawlor street and for
some time has made his home in
Astoria. according to the police.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Herbert Timbrcll

Funeral services for Herbert TIM
brell Of $50 Arch street will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Erwin chapel. Rev. Raymond N.
Gilman, pastor OF Stanley Memorial
church. will officiate. Burial will be
In Fairview cemetery. Friends may
view the remains at b. c. Porter
Sons at 10 Court street until noon
tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
PARTY LEADERS TO MEET

Democratic workers. members OF
the town committee and Of the COM
mittee on finances will meet tonight
at o'clock at their headquarters
in United Building to hear Herman
Kopplemann, candidate for con-
sress. Mr.. Kopplemann will discuss
erEaaiRtioA Hoyk.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Is HEAIrHrUL CITY

This city Is remarkably free from
communicable diseases and has
been for several weeks. the files at
the office Of the board Of health
show. There was one case Of In
faRtile paralysis reported yesterday.
however.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
LETTERS FOR ZEPPELIN
MAILED IN THIS CITY
nawo ma - 9llaaves For Trip
Aovuoe Atjanttc Posted At
Locn3 O1icc.

Between 80 and 100 letters have
been received 1t the local post Office
for shipment on the return trip OF
tho Graf Zeppelin. according to Post
master Herbert L. Erwin. The
postmaster states that az soon a.
definite date y set for the return Of
the Zeppelin, he expects . great
many more letters.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
FAIR WELL PATRONIZED ON
SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY
Women Buyers Busy Al Main Street
Business Establish.
ncut,

Business appeared to be very rush.
ing indeed In the Fair Department
store today when Herald repre-
sentative called In at that place OF
business to estimate the trade
brought out by the four pages Of
advertising placed by Davidson and
Leventhal. owners. in last nights
paper. Throngs Of buyers. mostly
women, crowded the roomy aisles
between display and sales counters
They were actually buyers. not look
ers. It appeared.
Undoubtedly the past reputation
OF the Fair and tho character Of its
goods. coupled with an adequate ad-
vertising display Of the bargains
which the concern Is offering in cele-
bration OF its seventeenth year In
business in the city attracted the
women folks in droves.
business Is very good" said one
Of the partners, 8. NJ. Davidson.
why shouldn't 1t be with the quail
ity and prices Of our offerings and
the advertising campaign we put
on?" Wherein he summed UP the
situation. The Herald offers mer-
chants preliminary contacts with
their customers through its adver-
Using columns. Without the con-
victton in the customers minds.
born of past experience. that the
merchant will carry the values az
advertised, advertising is Of little
value. Newspapers may carry the
message Of bargains to eventual
buyers. get them into the merchants
stores, and thereafter it il up to the
merchant to hold them. Past repu-
tation Of the Fair evidently had its
full share in bringing customers to
the store. Immediately they knew
something was going on.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

Marriage license applications have
been filed at the office Of the town
clerk a. follows: Anthony Stanley
Kurnicki Of 81 Noble street. and
Agnes Gertrude Walsh Of o70 High
street: Julius Joseph Mieczkowski Of
10 Smith street, and Stella Rose
Kowalgsyk Of lis Gold street.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
ACCIDENTAL DEATH

bridgeport, Oct. - R-A finding
Of accidental death was returned to-
day by Cornorer John J. Phelan in
the case of Herbert Eugene Nelson
of Greenwich who was killed on Oc-
tobcr II in Greenwich by b car OPP
Grated by James A. Lewis OF Hart
ford.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
Two SCORE ISSUES
PUSHED Up TODAY
Market SECS Tremendous Vol.
ums Of Trading BY Bulls
BY STANLEY w. PRENOsIL
ASanciated prNna Fina ncial Editor

A0oVS4atCU xtVN HAAuebNb AuaS0I
New York. Oct. - N-The 'buli'
movement In stock prices went
merrily On it, way today with Al
least two score issues pushed into
new high ground on tremendous
volume OF trading. The advance VAS
one Of the most comprehensive In
recent weeks. embracing a wide as
sortment Of steeh. oils. coppers.
cans. public utilities, rails, special.
ties and merchandising issues. More
than 1000. 900 shares changed hands
In the frst hour. with the accumu-
lation Of orders 30 large that the
ticker fell Is minutes behind the
market by early afternoon.
Although cautionary advices con-
tinued to pour forth from several OF
the large commission houses. the
public appetite for stocks showed no
signs Of dininution. Today's ad-
vance was stimulated by the publi-
cation Of 4 series Of unusually fav-
orable earnings reports. Packard.
Graham Paige, General Electric and
the Northern Pacific railroad being
among the many corporations to
show substantial gains over last
year.
Wall Street also was immeasur-
ably relieved by the further easing
Of credit conditions. Cali money
was In plentiful supply at the re-
new wal figure of 6 per cent and time
money also was available at SUBJ
stantial concession below the rates
of = week and 4 month ago. The
reduction In commercial demands.
reflected in the decline OF borrow
ings 1T the Federal Reserve banks.
and the recent imports Of gold gave
promise Of relatively easy yates IN
til the approach Of the holiday sea
son.
Coppsrs moved steadily forward
with demand stimulated by talk Of
higher d. ,."rds on Kinnecott and
some Of Their shares. New peak
prices .,istered by Anaconda.
Cerro l. co, Chile. Kennecett.
CRANKY, mi and C~aeca.
L8ld DllSltttlchl vi y ItCN HA6A 1NS>
ord OF U. 8. Steel common ut 1855 IL
revived interest in the steel group.
Spang Chalfonts 5 point rise to s..
az contrasted with = recent low of
rs. Was accompanied by reports OF
an early merger 18th A. NJ. Byers.
which incidenta = fell back four
points on realizing.
Atlantic Refining. VIZ an extreme
gain of 10. points at new high
r cord of cesA, again led the ad-
~ ,~c in ell. which are ciscount-
ing high refining company earnings
ard the ,ect of an edrly agree
ment on world wide curtailment of
crude. Sinclair and Superior Oils
also mo I'd into new high ground.
In irrational Harvester. Case
ThreshinE. Radio. American Bank
Note, Simmons. Union Carbide, r.
H. Macy. Ms-'iesen Alkal. and
Gimbel Bros. all sold I te points
higher. many Ct them at new peaks.
Ado" broke from yesterdays close
Of 373 to 40. Westcr.. Union and
International Ni-ko' eac.. fell four
poir-- C-eat Northern Ore and
Briggs each.
! at. LOWS Southwe tern, Union
Pacific. Wabash and oRck Island
led the advance in the rails.
THE MARKET AT $50 p. NJ.
| (Eurniohod h1, E,Yf =, n q, rn
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
HURT, sues FOR $1,000
Saverto Moratta, Passenger In Ger
Involved In Collision, Acts Against
Joseph Getomin, MiddIetowp.

saverio Moratta of New Britain
has brought suit for $4,000 against
Joseph Geromin of Aiddletown, al
lcging that the :"tter's carelessnesa.
recklessness and negligence while
driving an automobile on Saybrook
read, M,ddletown. on August 8. 1875,
was the cause of q collision between
the automobile and one driven by
James A. Sirianni Of New Britain.
the plaintiff at that time being =
passenger in Sirianni's cor.
Geromin. according to the aAega-
ton. made Q turn to the right with
out giving a signal and In the crash
that ensued. the plaintiff sustained
numerous injuries including a per-
manent scar on the forehead. The
writ. which was issued by Attorney
S. Gerard Casale. 10 returnable In
superior court in November.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24
EL0PERS MARRIED

Walter Tkacz, -, and Helen NJ.
skcwron, is, Of Manchester, n.
H., Macc Nan and Wife.
The necessary sanction having
been obtained. Walter Tkacz. aged
~, and Helen II. Skowron. aged Is.
both of Manchcst--, n. H.. were
married late yesterday by Rev.
Stephen Bartkowski. pastor OF Holy
Cross church ON Pennington ave.
nue.. Immediately after the cere-
mony. the couple and their relatives
IL for Manchester.
Tkacz and the girl came to New
Britain last Wednesday and spent
three days and nights in a rooming
house before they were arrested.
According to Tkacz. The girl suggest
ed the elopement. and 1t is said she
did not deny that her Inhalation for
her sweetheart and her desire for a
thrill prompted her to arrange the
affair.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24

A collection Of clocte numbering
222 In all and claimed as the finest
collection In the world. was recently
sold In Londea for $4,000,
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24

New York, Oct. - W - Public
Service corporation Of New Jersey.
which through electric power. light.
gas and traction subsidiaries serves
nearly 50 per cent OF the people Of
New Jersey. ended the year on Sep
TENDER 80 with Q new profit Of $1S..
0l5.0sS. This compares with Sls.-
277.72l last year.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24

A new issue Of S6,3l0.000 Erie
railroad { IL per cent equipment
trust certificates of 1873. priced to
yield go per cent has been sold.
The issue Is TO be used In part pay
ment for IS freight locomotives, 500
steel underframe box cara. 900 su.
tomobtle cars. 100 furniture cars. IS
all steel suburban passenger coaches
and baggage. express. dining and
mail cars.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24

A 100 per cent stock dividend by
the Cube 4 Rutgers Fire Insurance
company Of New York will be sub
mitted to stockholders on Novem-
Der IL for approval. Directors pro-
posed today to increase the ca pital
to S7.00o.O00 from 3s.50o.OO0 to
provide for the dividend.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24

Sheet steel mills operated at 7o.1
per cent Of capacity in September.
the National Association Of Flat
Rolled Steel Manufacturers reports.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-24

Charles Hayden. chairman Of In
ternational Nickel company, an
nounced today officials OF the COM
pany had taken up with Its cperat.
ing heads and attorneys the matter
of arranging q closer community of
interest with the Mond Nickel COM
pany. Ltd. OF London,
General Electric company of
schenectady. n. u. for 3 months re-
ports net profit Of $3s.S41,C:5, equal
10 $o.l2 share on common stock
compared to S45.ls3.o54 or 1851 In
the first months OF 1897. Sales
billed for the first months were
announced by President swope as 10.
falling se+.,676.7s2 against s225,-
e5s.6lo in the corresponding 1927
period.
4 membership on the New York
curb market was sold today for
$4,000. a new high record price.
The previous sale was $l03.0o0.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-08-16

Rt. Rev. Bishop L o. Stringer has returned to the Yukon diocese afte an absence of several months during which he and Mrs. Stringer took 2 trip into the Arctic. Bishop Strtnge who is supervisor over the Mackenzie river district, visited the various mis- sions of the church in the Northwest ern Territories. He proceeded as far as the Great Slave river, bat was un- able to penetrate further into the Arc tic on account of this body of water being frozen over and inaccessible to boats.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-08-16
ANNOUNCEMENT

Mrs. Geo. R. Hatton represents the White Sewing Machine Company in Wrangell and is qualified to teach the use of the attachments, such as French scanning made possible by one stitching; darning by machine, etc. Attractive allowances made on oll machines traded in. Easy monthly payment terms. All models, both treadle and electric. Call at resi- dence near grade school.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-08-16
TWentY-one Years Ago

executive committee The club WiI meet every Friday at the residence O Hae members appearing in alphabeti- cal order on the roll This brings lHem 10 Mrs Barnes next Friday. Hae object of the club is to study Shakespeare and 10 improve the mem asrs intellectually
 Alex Vreatt. Guy Carson and Cal sehumaker are celebrating the 4th mp ca the Iskat, where they have gone ia search of precious metals. They are ia British territory. but that will no cool their American ardor any on tn 4th of July.
 Mr. ". 4. Eaton of Duluth. Minn. who has been looking over the mines Of this section the past two weeks. left on his return home by Che last boat 1Ir Eaton is well pleased with che appearance of several properties and especially Johnson and Olsons 3 Ground Hog claims, from which he carries some samples of ore for test- ing, and if it proves all that he thinks 1t is. he will take the property.
 Little Andrew Dear Hunter.'- Engstrom got a bad fall from one of the wharf cars Saturday The car was running at a rapid rate with the little fellow upon it. when 1t struck the switch. jumped Che track. and he was hurled from it Fortunately no bones were broken In this oonnee- tIon the Sentinel would ask II il is not risky business for the small boys to faol around those cars as they do2 We fear some of them will get badly hurt some day.
 1Iessrs. L. N. and c. c Grider and Frank Oswald. real estate men of Les Angeles. Galif. on pleasure bent are spending a few days in this section. They wish 10 capture a bear but the festive mosquito makes life unbear able for chem in bruins haunts. in fact the senior Mf. Grider was rem dered almost an invalid through one nights operations Of the little pests, and he thinks it pretty tough 10 come three thousand miles to be ehewed up by mosquitoes He must remember. however, that this is the most roman tic part of the trip. and an outing without a romance is no outing at all. John Wall is acting as pilot for the party.
 Orfille and Bert Palmer, with in rest of the Barnes logging crew. ar in for the 4th. By tine way. they are 2 pretty skookum looking lot of fel- lows and if they heave on a tug et war rope. something is going to give way at the other end
 The fireworks tonight will be pu off on Point shafesty, opposite tte wharf. beginning about g o'elocl. This will insure safety from fire, and all can see.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-08-16
Business Houses

The business of the town at this time was conducted by The Mathesoa Department Store, P Matheson. pro- prietor; The City Store, Donald Sim clair; St Michael Trading Co.,, The Baker Drug Co.,, Walter c. Waters. General Merchant; Wilson < Sylyes- ter sawmill Wrangell Marble Works,
 Lowery and Woodbridge; Cassiar Sa- loon, Frank Dandy; Brewery Saloon Bruno Greif The Mint Saloon, Car son and Denny; Wrangell Meat Mar