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New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
MACDONALD SAYS
 ]. 5. AND BRITAIN
 ARE NEAR ACCORD
Tells League Of Nations As sembly Only Three Points
 Must Be Settled
ASKS FOR PREPARATION
 FOR PEACE, NOT STRIFE

Great Applause Greets British Pre- mier's Declaration of AngIo-Amer- ican Disarmament Progress-"17 Points Settled,' He Says-Pales- tine Riots Based Merely on Law lessnesS. British Leader Declares.
 Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. P)- Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald addressing the assembly of the League of Nations today announced that Great Britain and the United States have reached an agreement on all but three of 20 points covered in the negotiations between the two nations on the question of naval power.
 Great applause greeted the Brit ish labor leaders statement In an impassioned peroration Macdonald appealed to all nations to turn their energies to the purposes of peace rather than to preparation for war.
 An atmosphere of expectancy pervaded the league assembly when the British labor leader began his address.
 The work of the league will go forward and establish the founda- tion of world peace and the prob lem of the league of nations is the problem of security, he said.
 "The pact of peace is still a cas- tie in the air and the work of the league is to build up a foundation for it." said Macdonald.
 Macdonald declared he never be- lieved the Hague conference could or would fail.
 Comments on Palestine
 Commenting on the situation in Palestine, Macdonald said the trou- ble was not a racial conflict be- tween Jews and Moslems but mere ly and uprising based on lawless- ness and disorder. Great Britain. as the mandate power under the league, will investigate and find 9 remedy to prevent recurrence of the outbreaks, he said.
 Macdonald announced that the Anglo erican naval agreement probably would contain 20 points.
 "Only three of these points are outstanding" he said.
 The labor leader expressed belief
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
Will Try Again

Syracuse, N. r., Sept. 5 UP)-- Forced down by a broken air line, Clyde Pangborn and Carl E. Dixon, pilots of the Empire State Stand ard, which set out five days ago to eclipse the endurance flight record announced today they would make another attempt to set a record as soon as preparations could be com- pleted. The pilots left for Camden, N. J., their home field.
 Dixon said he worked two hours on the plane while it was aloft try ing to repair the damage, but had to give up when the plane seemed about to fall.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
ANXIETY IS FELT
 FOR JEWISH TOWN
 WITH WIRES DOWN
7iberias Gut 0I From Jerusa- l0m-R0St Of Palestine Is
 Quieter Today
ARABS PLAN MEETING
 TO PROTEST POLICIES

Police Disp"rse Gathering at Iaffa--
 Moslcms Reported Adding Stone
 Layers to Mailing Wall-Inyasion
 From Tran~-,lordania Is Checked
 Arab Amir Says Trouble l.
 Over.
 Jerusalem, Sept. tE'-Fcar was felt here today for the safety Of Jews in Tiberias. the only center Of great anxiety in Palestine today. Telephone communication with Ti- berias has been interrupted and there is no information regarding what has occurred there.
 Reports from other points indi- cate the country generally is quiet. Tension exists in Jerusalem, how ever, because of reports that Mos lens are arranging a meeting at the Masque Of Omar to protest against the high commissioner policies.
 At Jaffa Moslems started a pro- test demonstration yesterday but they were dispersed by the police.
 No protest meeting had been held in. Jerusalem to noon today although many Arabs from surrounding vil- lages were present in the city.
 Jewish authorities here have been informed that Moslems have re- sumed construction work on the wailing wall, the sacred shrine Of Jewry which is the key to the pres ent dispute between Arabs and Jews. It is stated that several new layers of stone have been added to the wall. The government is in- vestigating.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
WOMAN LOSES FINGERS
 IN AUTOMOBILE COLLISION
Mrs. George Meyers of Bristol Pain- fully Hurt When Car Is
 Tipped Over.
(SpeCial to the Heraldl

Plainville, Sept. 3 - Mrs. George Meyers of Bristol had two fingers on her hand cut completely off and part of d third when the car she was driving was struck by a New York machine as she attempted to turn into Whiting street from Broad street shortly after noon today. The force of the crash turned Mrs Meyers car over two or three times.
 Dr. George F. Cook was called to the scene of the accident and af'er treating Mrs Meyers for injuries to her fingers, ordered her 10 the New George Schubert is investiga ting the accident.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
Arab Invasion Checked

Jerusalem. Sept. Pl-British oppressive efforts have so broken up the invasion of Bedouins from Syria into Palestine that only small scattered forces were said to- day to be making their way across the border for participation in the Ara ab-Jewish hostilities.
 Information here was that the British military, cooperating close ly with the French government oi mandated Syria. had the situation in hand. The French had close the entire Syrian frontier and were axerting every effort to maintai. law and order. The British Trans,
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
Soviet Plane Finishes
 First Stage of FIipht

Moscow, Sept. (Pl-rhe all. ltusSlan airplane Land of the SoViets,' piloted by the RlNsian ace Shestakov on his second\e& fort to fly from Moscow to N.Y. York, landed today at Khaba,ve ovsk, eastern Siberia, complet Ing the first stage of it's flight across an ocean and three con- tinents.
 At khabarovsk. mechanics got busy putting floats on the land plane for the crossing of the Pa cific, Shestakov and his three comrades will fly by way of Niko- layeysk- -Amur, Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka, and the Aleutian Islands to Alaska.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
State Federation Of Labor Head Advocates Sale Of Light
 Wines and Beer
ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN
 FOR A FIVE-DAY WEEK
Comments Eagles fer Advocating Old Age Pensions - Dcnounces Drive to Ban Smoking By Law Says Nolstead Act Has Caused Greater Crimes That it Has Pre- ventcd--140 Delegates Attend.

Meriden, Sept. P}-The report of Charles J. Moore. president or the State Federation of Labor, at the opening session today of the three day convention of the federation now in session here, advocated the continued effort of the federation to push through legislation for t five day working week. Mir. Moore stated that more than 5O0,0O0 workers in the country are now working under this plan.
 Phenomenal growth of the Union Labor Life Insurance company, Mir. Moore stated, was big factor in combating the group insurance plans popular in industry.
 The Fraternal Order of Eagles was commended for it's support and efforts to establish an old age pen sion law, and Mr. Moore said the policy of the union will be to work for legislation enaCting an old age pension law.
 President Moore advocated that all union men put aside parry prln~ ciples in politics and support those support measures favorable to the unions cause.
 Prohibition a "Farce'
 Claiming that prohibition has been and still is farce" Mr. Moore in his report stated the corruption and hypocrisy of public officials are the results of prohibition. Tracing the nine years of prohibition, he said that the enforc2m ant of the Nolstcad
New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
Will Land Tonight

Will Land Tonight By the Associated Press
 The Graf Zeppelin was this morning presumably nearing Bor- deauN over the Bay of Biscay on a now route to Friedrichshafen. where she should be safely berthed tonight. At 3 a. m. (E. s. T.) she was approximately 500 miles from Bordeaux.
 The big dirigible, hoping to break her round the world record from Lakehurst to Lakehurst by still bet
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Hoover hopes may improve condi,
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Average Daily Circulation For
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

the station In New York before boarding train
for the west: The New York Yankees also
= were there to catch train, and several Of the
New York players stopped for q minutes chat.
"Kzow many strikes and balls do YOU fellows
eAh wrong IN the course OF ! nine inning
gamer" asked Waite Hoyt, the star, right
handler. - 49,
- Owens girinned "oh, about IL either way
:, Hoyt had 70 hurry away then with. the others
TO board train. but about 4 week later hap.
pened TO be umpiring behind the bat in a.
series between the Yankees and Tigers Hoyt
was pitching During the early part OF the
game he kicked at several Of my decisions On
nis seconce trip to the bat Hoyt tsasued 70 me
How many do you fellows allow yourselves
70 miB during Q gamer. ss.e5
+ repeated what Brick Owens had told hina
ut the statson-"about IL either way -. - Il
=. Il suppose by that you mean "a altogether
he replied.5 1.5s "a -
~ Yes 24;when you are pitching, came back,
e. e. Well then" said Hoyt, you'd better have
your eyes Examined, because you're up 70 the
limit nov and we have four more innings 10
col" .zS4; ~ - ..
SHRRE are moments on the diamond when
friendships are forgotten I'M the heat Of
battle In this connection there Is an Interest,"
Inc story about my friends Dan Howley man.
ageg of the st. Louis Browns during 1929 and
Bill IIltlifers the Brownies coach IEiiiifer lives
at West Chester, Pa. just ~ miles from nay
home In Wilmington Del 'tf
Many times during the OF season / happen
to be driving through West Chester and always
drop In to- see Mr.. and Mrs Killifer. Bill Is q
great psi Of Dan Howleys. Both are popular
in the game Dan being one Of the best liked
men III base ball. knew Dan years before
he came TO the American League. -g4
Between the three Of lis there always has
been warm tie Of friendship. Howley In his
: ininitAble style Of kidding, on and on the feld
+ called me Broad minded and the nickname
has followed me wherever I 60 @
One day in Cleveland Frank, osRourke Of
the Browns cut third base. Joe SeweN, Indian
third sacker, called for the hall and claimed
the out at third by stepping ON the bag. ~
declared O'Rourke out In snash ONt
rushed my old PAL Dan, and my good friend,
Bill, and Mr. O'Rourke. They had fire in their
eyes, for the run would have won the game for
the Browns.-4.
Howling Dan .raved and rthe great Bin Ixil-
liter eut loose with some plain and fancy. Te-a
marks about my ability TO see requested the
boys 70 calm down or somebody would hit the
showers 1888 s4astf t4eF !. fstj 4
showers hells9 .roArcdi Roaring. Bill, KHAfer.e
"Tlnat was tie TOttenestcdecision ever saw In
my eAFeexl".rns 1888 y f,9sf sseeSs az,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

protesting the decisions Of the judges 1T the
dog shows says Dick '.Its just getting even
for the squawking have TO listen To- al SUM
mer" -. - -
Dick is fine story teller and the gang RI down
{ IN Frederick assemblies, when Dick comes home
to hear him spin the yarns. On the train one
day between St Louis and the East he told
me this one: Asfs
!. .:-shoEtly after the season opened the SEN n
,atoys went to Philadelphia for series At the
start Of one Of the innings Mickey Cochrane
: singled. Bump Hadley was pitching for WASH
ington. He pegged to first to try to catch
,Coehrane mapping. ruled Cochrane SAFE Z.
II was standing in my position behind the
pitcher and TO the left Of second base, Hadley
8 fFed another across to Joe Judge who lixlat4
ming fast stuck the ball on Mickeys foot.
49,. You're out ruled.
"Cochrane leaped to his feet and dashed
over to where was standing. He wanted 70
Tight, 50 while he was advancing toward me,
and the crowd was in an uproar reached into
my hip pocket and pulled out q package Of
chewing scrap Of . brand popular among the
players. Without . word I turned and handed.
1t to Mickey
when Cochrane started over for me he vas,
50 hot he could have chewed my ear on: But
he quickly caught the hunaor of the
reached for the package and took chew ne
turned and walked to the bench without q
word The crowd also saw the drift and the
SNF~ro DcSonsS laughs. s-4.5 ,
NALLIN told me Of another time when he
was working behind the plate In game Il,
which Ray sctalk was catching. ~ sstsssl
g "Schalk was scrappy little cuss, said Dick.
and very smart catcher Invariably When
Ray thought ball was good enough to he
called strike he would hold 1t for q few sec.
onds after he had caught it, making &c appear
that the umpire had booted one that was right
across the middle. Naturally the white SCx
rooters would howl whenever Ray held the BAH.
In one game Schalk had held several balls
IN that fashion and advised him to cut it
out. But he kept 1t up. regardless. Finally he
held fast one and touched him on the arm
)" Hold 1t there just minute, Ray I said.
Then stepped out from behind the plate,
moved over in front or 1t and crouched ON my
launches. 4 sighted the bali carefully as the
surprised Schalk held It. Then stood zip and :
turned to the press box ~ e. .,ss.' s. :
Yes, and its sttll Z ball. shouted 90
everybody. up there could hear II, .st;;S
2' Ray Schalk held no more, balls on me the q
rest of tthe year. "sst,,f = ~ n, = i
MostsOfs the enmities. that spring up betxeen !,
PLAYERS and between players and hnpires era :
ended Us suddenly rs they beein And IN tlals,s
,e-a 4. go; - Gf.{l;{ - ~ = s'As3t 20 sa4s-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

q couple OF Con-
gresSmen If they
choose. But it's all
coed clean fun and
part Of the game.
Tommy Connolly,
dean OF allthe men
who eaH balls and
strikes, this season
gave. a rakzl,erry
reply to q group Of
complaining players
in delphia, and
his words draw Q
picture of an suTn-
pire's position that
Is clearer than any
other lever heard.
Z 1t was IN 'Phila-
delphia:s and the
Macks, battling to
establish a subStan-
tial lead III the
American League,
&s.-kt Z, RA&k -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

game to the white Sox Y TO g.. The NInpires
weFe Connolly van sGrafan and me4-Or ], u
Won insist on good grammar. Anyway, the game
had been filled with close plays. All the players
seemed to be IN peeviSh mood: The fans were
ut their best. riding us 1t every turn
In the runway under the stands after the
game were players from each team growing 81
the decisions. - ss9
~sWeiI chance Of winning 4 ball game with
YOU burglars working" said one.
1--WE didn't get . close one All das. aasu
another.
eve haven't had . close one 20 our way for
two weeks" said still another: -
The veteran Connolly master of Irish wit,
q character beloved by the ball players them
selves, waved his hand Then =
~The AS don't get any close ones" said Con-
molly "the White Sox never get close one,
YOU never hear of anybody getting close ONE
then where do all these close ones ge?" 1:kS
That was the nnishing punch 20 that ball
: game. -
CONNOLLY has a way Of SPEAKING the right
word at the right time. IN HIT Sc years Of
calling plays on the major leagiie diamonds
he has won the respect ,ef every ball player.
His rnannerissns and remarks take the sting out
Of the players WRATH, 80 81
Tommy was umpiring thirst base in game
ct Boston with, the Cleveland stndians In the
{ eighth inning Bill Carriean. manager Of tfle
Red Sox sent . youngstef with lots Of speed:
{ to run for Bigeiow, who had walked Pitcher
Hudlin of the Indians pekged .. Few to frst,
trying to catch the lad of base, and then,
after q few pitches to the batter, HudliI shot
{ one TO frst that caught the runner by inches.
Connolly called the runner out. The coach
Objected heatedly Connolly didn't blink an
eye. One Of the spectators, trying to be funny.
yelled, Hey, Connolly, don't you ever break
q S1nile?" L K
"a The veteran umpire advanced few steps
toward the stands, and when things had quieted
down, cupped his hands to his mouth and
shouted SO hundreds could heari
''You never saw the villain hi a play smile.
did you2" sa4E<s
During a double header between the sAthletic8
and Indians Jimmy Dykes, Connie Macks great
little utility man, was squawking about strikes
that Dick Nallin was calling on him. Dick Was
behind the plate for the first game, and IL
seemed that every time Dykes came to bat there
were words between the two.
In the second game Nallin went to third
base to call them. In the ninth inning Dykes
drove one TO right center and streaked around
the bases. He had to hit the dirt at third
base Jumping up after his slide into the bag,
Dykes yelled, He never touched met 20 e 81
Nallin turned TO the player quickly. ~
Z you've been calling. EN- all afternoon but
that's the first one yoG' called right" he said
Dykes was taken by the quick Tetort.a He
laughed sheepshly and said Thanks q. 80
Umpire Brick Owens and !. were waiting ct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Big-Leagne Umpiires Hear
Many Things the Fans
in the Stands Do MOI
Get, and Here Broad
minded Bill" McGoq0an
Passes on Some Of the
Hot RePartee.
BY BILL MCGOWAN.

II " MPIRES have tough spots, it is true,
but the path of the arbitrator is
not always strewn with thorns. Um-
pires even have been known to smile.
And often in exchanging banter
among themselves umpires and players hit
upon new and humorous phrases that become
q part of the national slang.
Also lots of the funniest things that happen
On the big league diamonds never get in print,
for the reporters in the press box too far
away to hear what goes on, and this past
season in particular there has been some par
ticularly red-hot repartee. Ball players are
sarcastic cusses. and they can be as nasty as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
F IRE RE Sou {.
Makes D. c.
HISTORY

The rescue Of Capt, Frank Hell,
muth at the big downtown fire early
today was perhaps the most thrill.
ing ever made at a blaze here.
Leading the first crew of firemen
to arrive at the scene, Captain He'll.
muth ran up four flights of steps
which were being licked by flames
to haul a hose to the top of the
building.
Following Hellmuth were Privatas
F. NJ. McAnallan and NJ. T. Cole.
man, and Central Battalion Chief
c. w. Gill.
When the men reached the top
of the building they found them:
selves in room filled with
smoldering excelsior. Hellmuth ran
to a window, broke it open and
started to drop a lifeline to which
firement on the street were to tie
a fire hose.
Explosion Occurs
AS soon as the window was
opened. the thrush of cold air
created "back-draft" enemy
of firefnen. An explosion followed
and the room became solid mass
of flames.
Chief Gill was making his way
through the back of the build
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ON STAND
IN WITCH
TRIAL
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN


COURT HOUSE, YORK: Pa, Jan.
IL Q.N.S.).-His pale face twisting
neryously, Wilbert Hess, IS, took the
witness stand here today and related
the sordid details of his part in the
brutal Staying of Nelson d. Reh-
meyer, a 60-year-oli farmer whom
he believed to be a witch.
The defendants mother, Mrs. Alice
Hess, sobbed softly as her son
shuffled to the stand.
The youths father, Milton J. Hess.
an manufacturing man wearing spec
tacles, sal beside her at the defense
counsePs table.
In quiet voice Hess gave his age
as 10.
He was asked by Defense Counsel
Harvey A. Gross to point out his
father and mother. He did. He testi-
fled that he had quit school when he
was Is years of age.
O. lby Grosse-Wl1en did YOU first
meet John BIymver (the powwow-
doctor who told the Hess family that
Rehmeyer had the Hesses "hexed'9?
A.-About a week before we first
went down there Ito Rehmeyer's
home to kill him) Blymyer and John
Curry came to our house.
Q.-What was Blymyer at your
house for?
A.-Powwowing. He had book with
him.
Hess testified that when he was
arrested he admitted he had hit
Rehmeyer once or twice" He was
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
DEAD IS
TOLL IN AIR
CRASH

MIDDLETOwN, Pa, Jan. 12
q. n, S9.-The death toll in the
tragic crash of the Army transport
plane CO. near here yesterday,
mounted to eight today when sergt.
Patrick Conroy, of Somerville, Mass,
the lone soldier who had survived
the disaster, passed away at Poly
clinic Hospital in the nearby city
OF Harrisburg.
Conroy, who had received frac-
tured skull and internal injuries,
died at 1850 O'Clock today.
Five OF the other seven men in
the plane were killed instantly, and
two died In Harrisburg Hospitals
soon after the crash.
Two investig lions into the dis
aster are under way.
Bodies Of Eight Crushed
The bodies of all eight men in the
plane were crushed when the big
ship rolled over three times in a
yard near the postofficel ate Roynh
ton near here. after a wing caught
in tree. The three motors of the
huge Fokker machine. a sister ship
OF the famous Question Mark, ap.
parently had gone dead, and the
pilot could not find large open
field in which to make safe land.
ing.
The plane had just left the Army
air depot here on a return flight
4 ~
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BIG IRE N|ENACES
{ +: I:j a downtown SEC
CAPTAIN SAVED FROM LEDGE
Of DUuN 3 MARTIN ROOF

Two fremen were hurt and damage estimated by the
which early today threatened to sweep the entire business
section of Washington The blaze subdued through
the efforts Of the entire fire department and nearby Mary
land and Virginia firen1en Nine engine companies
sent from Baltimore.
Capt Frank Het was ledge of the g
Of Dua e sshle net
spread D the ground in he LET 60 ss
He taken Emergency Hospital where he being treated
for severe burns on his face and hands.
Fitzhugh McCandrh another treated at the hos
pital for a lacerated chin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

The FIRE started in the Dulin & Martin store on
Street and rapidly ate through the roof Of the struc
ture.
Famed by high wind the flames ate into the
Street store of the firm, which is connected to the
other building and then began to play hop-scotch"
with the fremen.
A solid wall of water was laid by the hremen on
the Street. side to prevent the flames from jumping
across the street into other stores The water
and many engines took part in preventing the spread
of the FIRE.
All Police Reserves Called Out
A general alarm turned in desperate
effort to prevent the flames from spreading to the
whole downtown section. All police reserves in the
city were rushed to the hold back the huge
crowds that Aocked to the FIRE.
Aid was asked from Baltimore and nine engines,
several machine loads of FIRE officials and an am
bulance were sent here.
One of the engines broke down on the way When
No. Engine Company reached Laurel it was COM
PEELED to stop because of ignition trouble.
Number II Engine Company of Baltimore made
the fastest run here The was made in the
record time of 81 minutes
5 Alarms Sent In at Once
Deputy Chief Nicholson of the Washington Fire
Department, in charge of the FIRE and sent in
FIVE of the alarms. On the arrival of Chief George
Watson of the Washington department all avail
able FIRE apparatus in the city was sent to the blaze.
The Baltimore and suburban FIRE engines assigned
to FIRE houses here to stand by in of emergency.
spectacular thrilled the crowds Of spectators
on Street several minutes after the FIRE started.
Door Crashes in Rescue
Capt Frank Helmuth in charge of adetail of 6remen
the roof of the Street store was cut of by the
spreading flames and badly burned He was HANGING
the ledge when discovered A life net stretched
below him and extension ladder was thrown up.
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5 Alarms Sent In at Once
Door Crashes In Rescue

Capt. Frank Hellmuth, in charge of aldetail Of FIRE
the roof of the C Street store, was cut of by
spreading flames and badly burned. He han
to the ledge when discovered. A life net stret
below him and extension ladder was thrown
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