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New Britain herald., 1929-05-24

Simla, India. May 24 N-Aman- ullah, former king of Afghanistan. his brother Inayatullah. king after him. and Amanullah's queen, Sou- riya, who arrived yesterday at Chs man, Baluchistan, were leaving to- day for Bombay. en route to Europe.
 It. was announced officially that at the request of Amanullah the gov- erRment of India was according to him and his entourage transit facili- ties from the frontier to Bombay from where he proposed to embark for Europe. A special train has been placed at his disposal.
 Flight of Amanullah and his household from Afghanistan today apparently marked complete col. lapse of efforts te regain the throne he gave up in favor of his brother. sa January 14. after . rsve1sfisa by
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
Here's the Latest
 In. Scotch Iekee

Chicago. May s4 @-One re- suit of Nrs. Helen Jehnson's suit to divorce ArtAur Johnson was the wsttinS ints the court rsesrds ef 1svesal new Scotch Ara. Johnsen set forth to her attorney that her husbanA was Scetch; that hs weulan't perutt her to uss the vAcsum cleaner for fear 1t .wsald wsar cut tAe rugs. We wsah sst h1s alarm cieck then avatea beferv it. rang. shutting k s9 te savs the, spring. Further be weuta taks the clock ts hls methefss roea upstairs, thus saving tho ex- pense of a second cieck: On July |. the cemplaint went on. Johnson did nst bsy firecrackers. but celebrated the day by esing around the house shoutine "Boem!" On the same dsy. statee Mrs. Johnsoa. her hnsbaaA struck her in the face, co ehe left-
 Jehnsaa ais4 has -aIed suit. ehasGiAg Aeoeftiea.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
t9S8-S9 TAX RECEIPTS
 H,ols,7&; S7s,3sS OWED
Collector IIoonsis Files Anaual Re- pOft Of OGtcc For Past
 Fiscal Year

Collector Bernadotte Loomis turn ed 33.015.72s.3o into the city treas- ury in the fiscal year 1S2s-1s2s. which leaves 337S,3ss.s1 yet to be collected. his annual report, com- pleted today, states.
 Due the city are the following amounts: Taxes. tz77.s13.17; sewer assessments. t4s.521.4s; street im- provement assessments, SSs.et5.1s: sprinkling assessments, 4450.30: per- sonal taxes. Ss.24s.s0. The collec- tiens included: Taxes, 32.s0s.SS1.s2: sewer account. e32,34S.33: street im- provement account, S1LSS114: street sprinklins, ss53.al; personal taxes. eSs,eso.Se.
 In the property tax account table. it is nsted that $z1.74s.s3 was taHen in through interest on delinquent ac- counts and e4ts.to was derived through lines. Abatements totaled &s.2ss.ss: and 31s.ssO.ss was placed in the suspended account.
 Penalties for non- payment of per- sonal tax brought s1.s4. to the city treasury. Abatements amounted to s3.S1S.
 Receipts this month have nearly doubled those of last year. 9Ss.- 7l1.2s having been taken in. with six more days collections to be consid- cred. In the month of May. 1928. the csllectisas wers S2s.37l1ts
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
Ambassador Morrow on Way Home
 To Attend Wedding of Daughter

Laredo, Tex. May .2l W-Dwisht W. Morrow. uaitsA states ambassa. der to Mexico. was ssn the way 10 his hssne in Ensiewssd, N. J., to- day. te attend the wedding of his daughter Anne, te Gel. Charles A. LinAbsetA. Nf. Metfow refused to annsaace the date of the wedding but sid. Tt will take place while I am op this trip nsfth." He plans ts rstufn te Mexice City in July.
 The ambasAdoe arrived here late yesterAay from the Mexican capital escorted by 2se Mexican soldiers. befefe his aepartsre from Mexico City 1ast Wednesday, newspaperm~n wefe pledged to secrecy ss that he wseM net be exposed ts danger hy anneoNcement es his itinerary.
 I've hundred oo6liers were on pilet train which ran ahead of the reeu1ae 4exico City-Larels passen- ger train to which the ambassador's private car was sttAchsA The ether
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
GIRL INJURED IN WRECK
 REGAIHS CONSCIOUSNESS
Grace GustAfsoa Of Mcsidcn Has Two Fractures of Skull-
 Condition Critical

Miss Grace Gustafson, 23. of II. Wilcox avenue. Meriden. who was injured when q coupe in which she was riding about 12:30 yesterday morning. left the road and crashed through . wooden fence at Gillette's corner on West Hartford road. re- gained consciousness late last night at New Britain General hospital, but remained in . critical condition to- day.
 X-ray examination disclosed one fracture of her skull just above the right eye and another fracture on top of the head. She had a poor night. according to the hospital re- ports.
 Carl Boehle. owner of the coupe. was driving at the rate of 35 miles an hour, according to his statement to the police after the accident. He also admitted, according to the po- lice, that he had two drinks of in- toxicants, but there was no liquor in the car, nor did Boehle or his three companions show the slightest sign of having been drinking.
 Measurements taken at the scene of the accident by Sergeant Stadler and Officers O'Day and kumm showed brake marks on the road way s5 feet from the fence. Twen- ty-iive feet. eight inches of fence and three posts were knocked down by the impact. When the police reached the scene of the accident. the switch of the coupe was still on and the lishts were burning. The body of tho coupe was smashed be- yond repair and the mechanical parts were also damaged.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24

Friedrichshafen. Germany. May 24 M-The Graf Zeppelin returned at dawn today to Friedrichshafen from Cuers, France, where 1t made an, emergency landing just week ago after turning back near Gibrai- tar from an attempt to cross the Atlantic. N...-. i| :
 Aboard the dirigible when 1t land ed here were II of the IS passengers who made the outward bound trip. and in addition seven French naval officers. invited as the special guests of Dr. Hugo Eckener, the ships master, in appreciation for French aid in landing his machine in its emergency last week. .. .,
 Rays of the rising sun outlined the giant air-liner as 1t approached tho zeppelin works from over Lake Con stance, its silvery sides glinting and shining as it finally lowered over the field which 1t left 70 proudly eight days ago. A landing crew. in readiness for half hour, seized the hawsers the dirigible let down and brought 1t to earth at 5:Os a. m. U1.0s p. m., Thursday, E. s. T.) Safe tn Hangar
 By 5:30 a. m. the airship was safely in its hangar. the landing crew deftly following directions given them through a megaphone by Captain Von Schiller. The zep- pelin's constructor, Dr. Ludwig Duerr. who was almost grief stricken at the failure of its four motors on the abandoned American flight. superintended the ground opera ti0ns. ='
 Captain Sir George Hubert Will kins arctic explorer, was among the first to alight. He was followed by the French guests and Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York. only woman on the flight. The Frenchmen were warmly greeted on behalf of the Wurtenberg and Federal govern ments by an officer of the German Reic chsWehr. DQtul s ~. The flight from Cuers to Fried- richshafen, over a course of some 800 miles. occupied eight hours and ll minutes departure from Cuerg taking place 1t t:?S ?. m. Thursday GEES p. m. Thursday. E. s. T.) A large French land crew assisted the ship from the hangar once occupied by the ill fated French dirigible
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24

Washington. May .4 N-First Lieutenant Robert 2. A. Gladden.. killed in plane crash at Cape Hat tien. was the con of Prof. Thomas l.. Gladden. of St. Johns college. An napolis, Md. He was not an aviator.
 First Lieutenant Robert Harten- stine Rhoads who was reported seri- ously injured. lived at Reading. Pa. he graduated from the Naval acade- my in lS23 and was attached to the marine corps. He had been attach cd to the first brigade of marines at Haiti since August 1927.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
25 COWS PERISH AS
 BERLIN RAINS .BuRN
Damags at Carter Farm
 Estimated to Be
 No,eoo

Two large bafsg ckeefe and two siles sa the farm of Gsorgs '. Garter 0n tfAs< afrQet 1sna1at. tea. wers Aestreye1 by Ire iast nitht. It WA the nSsk esfteHS Afs la Ter. lin in sevsral year6.
 The, hrA bfvelss 6ut ahett . s'cieck in the evening and ,wa1 Arst noticed by Mr. Carter when he isft the heuss to attend to s'the Milktne. The New Britain hre department xsS called. but the barn was toe. fAf eoAe to be saved, the fsrsmen ce,atArin9 their attention on tho hou4e xhich WIS only :s feet away from the Names:
 The only water supplY was from . we'll nearby and this wA1 hauled up and poured into the. jumper and pumped against the flames. The house of Lloyd Carter. 0eorgs Car ter's son, caught Ire but was quick ly wet down and savsA before the New Britain men arrived.
 Tho cause of the fira i4 not known but 1t is believed te havS been start ed by combustion in sesne hay that had been recently put In the barn. When the hre was hrst discovered. MT. Carter rushed into the barn and succeeded in getting two horseA and one COW out of the burning struc- ture. Tho COW was badly. burned and had to be dtspeeed of today.
 Twenty-Five COWS wers locked in. their stanchions, and p&rished in the flames, unable to move 4id unable to be- freed on account ef the intense heat. Farm tools ana | lead of grain that had been delivered the day be- fore were lest and tvs slios that were connected with the barn were dcstroyed. 1' 4.i
 The fact that the wind was blow- ing away from the hsuse prevented 1t destruction.
 Tho loss b estimated at about e2o.eeo; partly covered by insurance.
 Crowds were attracted to the blaze from kensington and New Britain. , The blaze was visible from New Britain but could not be seen from Berlin street.
 Mr. Carter is we'll known in Ber- lin and New Britain. having been First 4elsctman of B4rlin for . num- her Of yearR He hAs . large milk route which will be taken care ef e he plans to buy milk until he caa get his bafns rebuilt and his cows Feplace6. ,
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
MISSISSIPPI fL00O
 CLAIMS FIRST VICTIM
Arkansas Plantation Fore man Drowned Trying to
 Rescue Horses

Memphis. Tenn, May s4 R- From softened, crumbling levee tops along half a dozen Mississippi valley streams. men looked down today upon threatening water and found the sight sufficient cause for work ing harder to hold the rivers within bounds. Near one of the levees a human body hoated.
 The high water in the Mississippi river and Its tributaries took the seasons first recorded flood death last night. Raymond Hays. 2S, . plantation foreman, was drowned In Red river near Texarkana. Ark. while trying to rescue horses sur rounded by the food In that vicin- ity about 1000 acres were under water and property loss had been severe. .~.
 There had been no other breaks reported. despite the pesaimistics out look of Mississippi delta citizens. Theodore c. Bilbo, governor of Mis- sissippi and engineers In charge of the Mounds Landing levee near Greenville maintained their confi- dence that the levee would be saved -harrinE always the accidents no experienced river man overtooks in predictions.
 ss. Great Tracts Ua1ef Water !. The Commercial Appeal said today fhat 1s3,eb0 acres in Issaquena, uGarkey,s Yasoo and Humphreys counties, Nins., had been flooded by t.ackwatar frpm the Aississippi.
 Because of the growing area under backwater, the paper said. citixens of these four counties were prepar- ing to ''cut government red tape and demand . show down" from govern ment engineers who have maintain- cd that the situation at the Mounds levee near Greenville docs not demand extraordinary measures at present.
 Governor Bilbo of Mississippi joined the delta citizens in demand ing supplies of army tents. blankets and increased efforts to strengthen the levee.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
ENDURANCE PLIERS
 NOW ON SIXTH DAY Texans Pass Dirigible Record d-New York
 Plane Quits

Fort Worth. Tex, May e4 R-On its sixth day in the air. the civilian monoplane Fort Worth today was driving steadily on toward the worlds endurance flight record of the army plane Question Mark.
 Reg. L. Robbins and James Kelly, pilots of the Fort Worth. passed the 1coth hour aloft at 11:33 q. n1.. and had only a little more than 30 hours to 50 to better the Question Marks time of 150 hours, 70 minutes. IS seconds.
 Record Is Near
 At dusk tomorrow evening, if the thus far smoothly functioning motor continues its uninterrupted roar, the rebuilt Ryan plane, piloted by R. l.. Robbins and James Kelly. will be- come supreme in the air.
 The reftieling mark of 150 hoursy 70 minutes and 1J seconds, made last January by ths army nseuoplsne Question Mark, carryinx . crew ot live men. will be equalled at S:l3:lS tomorrow night. An additional hour would set . record. The plano teok of at 11:s3 .. m. last Sunday.
 The dirisibie endurance record of 11s hours made several years ago by the French-owned Dixmude. was ex- ceeded and the record of Ill hours and 4s minutes made by German Graf Zeppelin on its flight to Amer ica was passed at s:1S |. m. today.
 Buoyant and happy in the face of their prolonged ordeal, Robbins and Kelly were cheerful as to the fnal outcome of the night. A note at Meacham feld, their base. said. We will try not only for new record but . good one"
 Everyone in Fort Worth is inter- ested in flight. Large crowds visit Meacham field daily. although it is not necessary to 20 to the airport to
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
RACE OVER OCEAN
 NOW SEEMS LIKELY
efsll nash M YdlsV Brd
 Hop ts Stlrt 1onelluv
IAY FLY SIDE BY SIDE

Cassses Arc Paralbel For f,eee Mia { -Swcdish aad Polish Ayiators
 Alao Planning Flights to Poaats
 Acroas the Sea.
 Old Orchard, Me-, May 24 (UP)- Two giants of the air rested side by side on the sands of Old Orchard beach today. with adverse and un- promising weather the only remain ing obstacle to the first transatlantic race in aviation history.
 With widespread storm areas definitely precluding | start today. the crews of the American Bellan- ca monoplane Green Flash and the French Bernard menoplane Yellow Bird looked restlessly to the mor- rows dawn for clearing conditions which would permit them to hop oif.
 The Yellow Bird, which. by com. parison. dwarfcd the biz Bellanca. arrived here early last night after . fast flight from Roosevelt field. Pilot Rene Lefevre and Navigator Jean Assolant made tho trip in the plane. Armeno Lotti, IT,. third mem- Der of the crew, coming by train. They announced they were ready to start for Paris as soon as the wealth. CT was right.
 The Green Flash. In which Roger O.. Williams and Lewis A. Yancey, veteran American airmen, hope to make . 5000 mile nonstop flight to Rome, is housed in Captain Har- " Joncs' hangar. but the French plano was 70 biz that its crew had to leave 1t just outside the hangar. Yellow Bird Arrives
 Hundreds of Old Orchard resi- dents were gathered on the beach at dusk yesterday to greet the French men and their Yellow Bird. Circltng the beach once. the huge craft set- tied to | perfect landing only . few yards from the incoming tide.
 Tho plane. weighing about two and half tons, began sinking in the mud before Lefevre and Aasolant hardly had time to emerge from the cabin. Fifty volunteers dragged the yellow monster to the hard packed sand farther up on shore.
 Among the first to greet the new arrivals were the genial Williams and Navigator Yancey. After the Yellow Bird had been safely parked in font of the Jones hangar and . Diecs Of tarpauliM spysad over the sso horsepower Hispano- suisa Ina. tor. the French fliers were escorted
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
Absent. Minded Prof.
 Quits Exam for Fish

New. York. May 24 N-A professor at Columbia univer- sity absent-mindediy went fish, ing yesterday while 100 stud- ents awaited an examination for bachelor degrees.
 When Prof. Parker Thomas Neon failed to appear to give the assembled students their examination in International Relations," an investigation was started which located him at his summer home In Woodmont. Conn. The lure of fishing haunts had banished from his mind all thoughts of interna- tional relations and college ex- aminations.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
beUBB F 4B
 HAS Af Af'llll|ln
Mrs. Fogsrty's Ls,Nytt. Makes Statement -Ttil
 Due h Hn

New Haven. May a4 (UPb-Cs,. onel Lewis l.. Field, attorney Sof Mrs. Katherine King FegsFty d New York in her tses, co bcoecA of promise suit against 0ene TlA- ney. said today that if aa aAldaStt bearing her signature cxiats. watv. ing any claims on the rst1re1 heavyweight champion. it WswlA be interesting to learn under what circumstances 1t was aigned."
 George w. Whiteside. Tsnnsy's lawyer. stated la New York thet n had in his possession ssch 1scu- ment, signed last July. twe saay4 before the Tunney -Heeney heAk
 of Mrs. Fogarty having receivel of Mrs. Fosarty havin received compensation for signing tho al. davit.
 The New Haven lawyer salA Ae was making preparations for tAs trial in Fairfield ceunty suptrtes court. expected in september e C. tober.
 T believe Mrs. Foearty is ea. titled to have her ciaims skeaea - . judge and jury" Fi4la seN. ''1fe out-0f-court settlement hAe beea considered"
 Field explained why the sule Wns brought in Connecticut and It time when the defendant VI stn Europe where his recent bsils. tlle former Mary Josephine Lav6es e9 Greenwich, is recovering fru0 . serious operation. Under CenQeel1. cut laws . suit may he. inGeotoao1 by attaching the defs11aath .rroe- erty. he said. In Nsw Yeek 'psrN sonal service of the papsgo ie se- auired. The suit wa beouGkk af this time only 'ln the netuu03 course of events" Field epil.
 Mrs. Tsaaey Csa,estasa1s
 Greenwich. May 2l S0sesVe
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
STANLEY WORKS VETS
 AT ANNUAL ROUNDUP
25O Employees Attend Meet ing of Quarter Gen.
 tury Club

At their annual meeting and banquet. e5O employees of the Stan ley Works who have been connect ed with the company for 2S years or more elected . new sta6 of ef- ficers for the Stanley Quarter Gen. tury club last night at the Shuttle Meadow. club
 R. M. Parsons. sales manager for the Stanley Rule and Level divi- sion. was elected president to suc- ceed Walter RI. Hart. Senator Er- nest W. Christ was. named vice president. Patrick' '. King was elected secretary-treasurer and c. L. Benedict became assistant sec- retary-treasurer. Walter Hart and Fred Verkason were elected direc-
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
.llHlNs DECLINE
 5. 11LoUEl DEMANDS
Alliss Are Divided on Debt
 Qaestion - Schacht :. 7 Sees Young

Paris, May, :l M1Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. chief of the German repa- rAttvns delegation. went into con- ftreApe with owen D. Young and the creditor delegatsy this after- noon. There were suggestions in some quarters that the result of this conference, might be decisive.
 The dsrman delegates in their convefsstions thus far have refused to bu1es an inch in the demand that their reservations to the an. nufties proposed by Mir. Youns be accepted.
 It was learned authoritatively that the British and Jepaness dele rates are inclined toward accep- tAsce of the proposals of Dr. Hjal- mar schacht of Germany. but the French and Delgians. with soms support from tho Italians. are firm in their intention not to make fur ther- sacrifices.
 There were many private talks this morning, but little that showed above tha surface was accom- plish- sd. tAa rte4itsr Aelesates may hold e111 " hsstiA1s later ta4&y in m see& IT Iie " ' Sstlt. y t ss., 4.ss.~SJ JNssluliaun la Ar '
 There was an undeniabie air ef peeelmisM about the German camp, where nr. Htatmar schacht and hts csnfrsre. Dr. Ludwig Kasu, were sxAntning the revised form sE the draft report of the confer. ence submitted them by the credi- tor nations' experts. Neither they nor these representing the former atlied nations saw much hope of their acquiesence In the report.
 The rehgnation yesterday of his colleague. Dr. Albert voegler, im-
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
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 h bldas
SNATE NEARING VOTE
 ON REAPpoRn noNnENf
oao0 Expectcd Nefore Ad3oasaaseet -seastnr sasss Aaaeuaess us VII Seek Chaags is R.ses cd Aiiaw Aeporsess a seaaas Fssss -Esssaass Al vstes Bs Tsta ia O.. s.-.aa.

Washington, May :t M-Consid- eration of tariff ainendments in the house. action on the census.reappor- tionrnent bill In the senate and fur ther efforts blythe farm biii confer snce committees to break their deadlock over the export dsbenture proposal were the outstanding tasks today before congress.
 The republican majority In the house was fcedy. 'afteri days of .nege- tiatioH. with . special rule to Ax . P. m.. T6esday. for . vote on the tariff bill and limit consideration of amen(ments tn ,- the meantime te those advanced through the ways and lneens committee. After an hours discussion Of the rule today the way was clear for this task.
 Tho senate, meanwhile. was under agreement to limit dlscpssioR of the bill to provide for tho 1s30 census and reapportionment of the house membership and counted on this procedure to bring vote on passage before adjournment. Such . vote was expected yesterday but was dc. .layed because of the heated discus- sion growing out of the publication
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
GOLF HANDlCAPS
 ANNOUNCED TODAY
Two Connecticut PliyHs Ritad
 E TYeStAs xm
OTHER LOW SCORE HEN

cncc Manning of shuttle Meadow
 All Rated In Four Class-Ratings
 of Other We'll Known Golfers.
 Paul Haviland of Brooklawn and Frank D. Ross who has switched his allegiance from SeQuin to Wam- panoaE. are the ranking amateur golfers of the state with handicaps of two, according to the 1S2S state handicap list announced by Robert D. Pryde, chairman of the Connec- ticut Golf association handicap committee today. The list was made public at meeting of the c. c. A. held today at Shuttle Meadow club. Among the best known players handicapped at three ars F. K Engliah- of Waterbury. J. J. GeoghA- Ghan of Mlddletown, Robbie Grant of Goodwin Park. w. K. Reid sf rarrhintton. George Smart Of WAm- panoag and Sam Smart of Goodwin Park.
 Shuttle Meadow club of this city enters the list of low handicap men at four with three members. thus rated. They are Bill Sweeney. Al Sweetser and Clarence Manning. Fred Jarvis. IT,. of Hartford, is also rated in this division. H. c. Wilkie of Goodwin Park is rated at . handicap of live. r..>
 Ted Hart of Shuttle Meadow and E. c. Tredenntck of Highland are among . numerous section of aix handicapped players.
 Golfers well known in this city whose names are contained in the list as issued today include H. F.. Anderson of 0equin with . handt- cap of ,. Stanton Ashley of Shuttle Meadow rated at 20, c. E. Baldwin of Shuttle Meadow with IF. E. E. Baldwin of Shuttle Meado7 with 10.
 Clarence Barnes of Shuttle Mea- dow rates a handicap of 14 while the work of W. H. Booth gives him . handicap of eight. Rod Chamber lain is among the low score mon with a handicap of 13 while Fred Chamberlain is rated at 1s. w., T. Coholan rates IT strokes. These three are from Shuttle Meadow. w. N. Coxles is among the top notch- CTS in tournament play with 12 while c. w. Davis goes him three strokes better with nine. Davis is also . member.-at shuttle Meadow.
 NJ. H. Donnelly of Sequin is- given a rating of F, while pr. George
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
MARINE FLYER KILLED
 IN CRASH IN HAITI
I4catenaat Meets Death In Airplaae Accilent-Pilot is Seriously
 Injured.

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti May .4 R) "A United States marine corps air, plane crashed at Cape Haitien yes terday. First Lieutenant Gladden. was killed and Second Lieutenant Rhoades. who was piloting the ma chine. was seriously injured.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
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