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New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

on Main street and he much pre- fcrrcd riding to walking
 Boys Put Salt in Water
 Three "refuclings" were made during his record ride. Early Thursday morning Billy asked for glass of water. It was given to him, but some of his friends had played a trick on him. The glass was filled with sale water. Sputtering and making wry faces, Billy con. timed 10 pedal grimly. although tEc endurance flight" almost ended then and there.
 Rivalling the famed flying colonel, Billy traveled light Twenty cents suffic"d for his food and drink dur ing the ride, twenty cents, which was expended thusly-for three sodas, taken at various intervals, 15 cents; for crackers, five cents. That was all.
 Mechanically during the last hour of his demonstration. his legs moved up and down as he sought to better the record set a few days ago by NCntinude on Page 21.)
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
0|L TANKER BLAST ROCKS NEW YORK;
 1 DEAD, 1 MISSING
Spectacular Fire Follows as Blazing Spreads on Har-
 b0r'S Waters
TUGS TOW VESSEL TO
 BROOKLYN MUD, FLATS

Flames Feed on Cargo, But Do Lit
 tic Damage to Boat-Dcad Man
 Blown 200 Feet from Craft into
 Rivcr-Spark Blamed for Explo-
 sion-125,OOO Barrels of Oil
 Aboard When Accident Occurred.
 New York, Aug. P)-An explo- sion aboard the giant oil tanker William Rockefeller today rocked New York harbor and caused the death of one man and injury to eight others, One man was missing.
 John Ward, deck watchman, was killed in the blast and his body was found 200 feet out in the va ter from the Bayonnc, N. J., pier where the vessel was being unload ed of cargo of crude oil.
 Spectacular Fire Follows
 A spectacular fire followed the explosion. As the fire started tug pulled the ship from the pier and with the help of the other tugs and two freboats, which maneuvered through a miniature sea of flaming oil, the tanker was beached on the Brooklyn shore in the lower bay. Officials of the Standard Oil com- pany of New Jersey, owner of the tanker, said the ship was not bad ly damaged, the flames evidently having fed chiefly on the cargo.
 The explosion was felt in Staten Island, lower Manhattan and all along the New Jersey waterfront. No definite cause for the blast was established, although Standard Oil officials believed it was caused by a spark ignitins fumes of some of the cargo.
 125,0O0 Barrels Aboard
 The William Rockefeller had taken on it's cargo at Baton Rouge, La, from where it arrived yester- " 125, 1000 barrels of oil remained aboard.
 The vessel. one of the largest ot the carriers of the New Jersey com. pany, carried a crew of between 3( and 40 men. The fate of the othe, members of the crew was not i'm mediately ascertained, but it wa! believed several of them, if not al the unaccounted for, were ashore.
 Chester Smith. general manager of the Standard Oil plant at Bay. onne, said that workmen were pumping the oil off at the time oi the blast.
 None of Eight Dying
 At the Staten Island hospital where eight of the injured were taken, it was said that none was in a serious condition.
 The tanker, when lowed to Red Hook flats. off Brooklyn, and beached, could still be seen burn ing from forward and amidships as the big oil carrier was pushed onto the mud.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
GRAVE DIGGER DIES IN STRIKE R|0T|NG
Bus Load Of Non-Union Help
 Charged in New York
POLICE HOLD ASSAILANT
Foreman Insists Former Employees Began Harling Britks-Caskets Still Pile Up as Emergency Help B:iries Them in Trenches.

New York, Aug. 2 tP)-One man was shot dead when crowd of striking grave diggers charged bus load of strike breakers near the Calvary cemetery. Queens, today. Stanley Zasadzdniski, 25. of Brook lyn, one of the strikers, was the man killed.
 Police said he was shot by Philip Nunziato, a foreman of the Calvary cemetery, who was on the bus with the strike breakers. Nunziato fired into the crowd of strikers when they started hurling bricks and stones at the bus as it neared the cemetery.
 Nunziato was taken 10 the New town police station. No charge was placed against him pending investi- gation.
 Between 500 and 700 men are in- volved in the strike at the Calvary cemetery. First the grave diggers walked out and they were followed by members of the funeral drivers union.
 The strike has been in effect for nearly week and the grave diggers shortage has forced cemetery off cials to place caskets, which average about 25 day, into long shallow ditches pending the end of the strike when they can be moved into family burial plots.
 Strike demands are recognition of tic union and an increase of about $2 a day in salary.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

Ice Cream Famine to
 Face Chicago Citizens

Chicago, Aug. 9 CP - An ice cream famine" faced Chicago to- day. The strike voted last week by the ice cream workers union was to start today and unless some settlement was reached i'm mediately it seemed probable that there would be a shortage over the week-en
 Although it was previously planned to wait until hot weather should create larger demand for their product, union officials decided not to wait any longer and the 450 union members in 35 factories were instructed not to go to work today. The moderate ly warm temperatures of the last few days were expected to con- tinue.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Heath Is Arrested in
 Detroit Station Today

Detroit, Aug. Pt-John NJ. Heath. aboard whose cruiser Rich ard J. Sandlands, federal prohibition agent is believed to have fought be- fore his death in the Detroit river carly Saturday, was arrested at the Michigan Central station by special customs agents this morning as ne stepped from a Chicago train. Heath was taken 10 the district attorneys office for questioning.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Hamburg Gets Message

Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 9 LP)- The Hamburg-Americap lines receiv- cd a radiogram from the Graf Zep-' pelin this morning giving its position at 9:09 a. m. mid European time (3:00 q. m.. T.. s. T.) at APO north latitude and 40.40 west longitude.
 Aviation experts here were quick 10 note that the reports of position given by the Graf Zeppelin at an in- terval of an hour appeared to in- dicate that the huge airship was turning westward.
 The first position placed her at 40 west longitude at s a. nl.. mid Euro- pean time. while the second position an hour later placed her at 40.40 west. or approximately 34 miles west
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
COMMANDER ACQUITTED

London, Aug. 9 R}-Lt. Comman- der H. P. Dram. commanding off cer of the submarine L-12 at the time of It's collision with the HAT on July 9 resulting in the loss of more than a score of lives, today was found not guilty of negligence and acquitted by court martial.
 The two British submersibles col lided in St. Georges channel and the HAY sank in 270 feet of water.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
ACTORS BEATEN IN
 DISPUTE 0N UNION
Frank Goddard Perhaps Fatally
 Injured in Assault
COMPANION ALSO HURT
Second Outbreak of Violence in
 NIovic-Equity Quarrel Causes Emergency Operation to save Life Of Victim.

Los Angeles, Aug. 9.-tP>-It was learned this morning that Frank Goddard. actor and boxer, had been attacked and seriously injured and his companion, Harry Deck, actor, badly beaten near the entrance of a motion picture studio yesterday. The men charged that they had been attacked after refusing to join the Actors Equity association. Emergency Operation Performed
 Goddard was taken to a hospital where he underwent an emergency operation in what authorities said was an attempt to save his life. Po- lice said he had been kicked in the stomach.
 Deck said Goddard had come to tackled him. He declared the assault followed his and Goddard's refusal to listen to demands that they join Equity.
 Lieut.. William Haynes of the po- lice intelligence bureau reported that he had the names and addresses of the men suspected of making the at tack.
 This was the second case Of vio- lence that has been attributed 10 the differences between actors. union officials and film producers over Equity's attempt to establish closed shop in the motion picture industry.
 Destroyed Films
 Several weeks ago a group of cX- service men employed at studio dragged two of three persons, ac- cused of being Equity sympathizcrs. from an automobile and destroyed several hundred feet of films found
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
; .,N00K REPEATS , ]0RY OF MURDER q 7
 : : EjndeSS Cross Examination 4 Continues in Trial Today CAR FIGHT
Insists Prosecutor Slapped His Face While EXhort- ing Him to Confess-Denies He Admitted Slashing Girl.

Court Room. Columbus, Ohio, Aug 9 LP-under the lash of a re- lentless cross examination, Dr. James H. Shook again today took the jury in his first degree murder trial through the intimate and tragic details of his last tryst with Theora Hix, the medic coed he slew last June 13.
 Demands Many Details
 Prosecutor John J. Chester, vino started the cross examination late yesterday picked it up with the opening of court today and soon had the former Ohio State professor deep in the story on the fatal night Ches- ter demanded an elaboration of the account told yesterday in direct ex- animation and at one time assumed the role Of Theora Hix while he and the defendant demonstrated to the jury just what happened at tn. time of the killing and immediately before. .v
 Dr. Shook repeated his denial that he recalled cutting the girls throat, the fact upon which the state de- bends to substantiate it's charge of premeditation which is necessary for a first degree murder conviction.
 Chester charged Shook with hav- ing admitted during the questioning that preceded his arrest that he had cut the girls throat ito relieve her suffering" after he had beaten her head with hammer.
 Says Prosecutors Liars
 Shook denied it and Chester re- piled: F Then if we say you did, we are liars"
 "Yes, you are" Dr. Shook re- sponded
 Chester, in his cross examination followed closely to the questions put to Shook while he was being held for examination. He made no at- tempt to base his examination di- rectly on Shocks confession as such
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Is Minutes of Frenzied Selling Follows Unex. pected Federal Re serve Rediscount ] . crease Traders I,
 Bad Beating in Fall.
Whole Curb Exchange Price List Collapses Many Points - Brisk Rally Staged on Big Board After Hectic Opening Hours of Liqui- datiOn.

New York, Aug. 9 P-The most sweeping reaction in the history of the New York Stock Exchange, which wiped out more than billion dollars in quoted values in l min utes of trading, took place today as a result of the panicky liquidation of stocks inspired by the unexpected increase from to per cent in the New York Federal Reserve redis- count rate, the latest official blow at securities speculation. Prices of scores Of active stocks broke $5 to S15 share on opening transactions of 5000 to 25,o00, but a brisk rally ensued before the end of the first half hour.
 Thousands Sell Hastily
 As happens in all major stock market declines, thousands of pan icky investors and spectators threw over their holdings "at the market at the opening, taking terrific losses because of the overnight withdrawn of bids by pools and other market sponsors.
 Wealthy individuals and profess sional traders bought stocks for a turn' On the opening decline, with the result that 2. sharp rally was quickly under way as soon ss the necessitous liquidation had been completed. s.
 U. S. Steel common Westinghouse Electric. General Motors, General Electric, American Telephone. Pack ard and scores of other leading in- dustrials and rails quickly rallied 1 to 6 points from their opening levels.
 Brokers Ready Early
 All leading brokerage houses in structed their employees to report for an hour or more earlier than usual this morning. Phone exchanges were swamped with calls of customers placing orders and of brokers calling for instructions and demanding margin on weakened speculative ac- counts,
 So great was the rush to sell that many SpeCldllSIS were COIL lpelleu lO refuse to accept 'stop loss" orders, particularly on odd lots. In the case of the highly speculative issues, opening orders were "bunched" and executed in one block, several of these running from 5000 to 25,oou shares.
 Practically the entire curb ex- change list was swept downward, widest breaks occurring in the re- cent leaders in the utility group. Eletcric Investors opened at 25 F off 25 IA points and Electric Bond tS Share at 1928, off s. Middle West utilities. one of the stocks that started the selling early in the week, dropped 26, American Light S Trac- ton 9k. Central States Electr1- Convertible preferred and Ameri- can Super-Power 5 k.
 Increases Coincide
 The rise in the rediscount rate coincided with an increase in brok- CTS loans by federal reserve banks
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Believe Message Wrong
Approaching English Coast

London. Aug. 9 (Pp-A message received at Crydon. London's airport, at D. m.. today @ a. m. E. S. T.) stated that the dirigible Graf Zep- pelin was approaching the eEnglish coast.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

Berne, Switzerland. Aug. 9.-1Pl- The three Swiss aviators who left Le Bourget flying field yesterday for Lisbon on the first leg of a transat- lantic flight to New York are young in years as well as in experience.
 Oscar Kacser, pilot of the Farman airplane in which the trio will try to cross the Atlantic from east to west, is only 22 years old. He was breveted a pilot in 1926 at the Alfred Comte school in Zurich and has done a good deal of flying since 1927. In 1928 he flew to India with Lieut.. Imhof of the Swiss air service Nas relief pilot.
 Kurt Luescher who is financing the transatlantic flight and acting as mechanic, is only 20 years old and has no brevet He is a graduate of the Airplane Construction section of the Zurich Polytechnic school and recently studied at the pilot school.
 Alfred Tschopp, navigator and mechanic, is an expert mechanic at tached to the Gnome- -Rhone Motor factory in Paris. The Farman plane is equipped with Gnome- Rhone motors.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Exact Course in Some Doubt = Eckener Ra-. dios He Will Not Fly Over Berlin Sunday, National Holiday, Be- cause of Progress.
Message Indicates Airship Either Turned Back for Time to Avoid Storm or Words Were Garbled- Route May Take Craft Over Northern France.

By the Associated Press.
 The dirigible Graf Zeppelin, on the first leg of her historic world gird- ling flight, was more than half way across the Atlantic today en route to lriedrichshafen.
 The air liners exact course was somewhat in doubt. but from all in- dications she seemed likely to reach her home port late Saturday or Sum- Jay morning.
 Dr. Eckener in message regret ting his inability ofy over Berlin on Sunday. informed the ministry of communications he hoped to reach Friedrichshafen on Saturday.
 The two latest messages on the. Grafs position at ? and 3 o'clock this morning. eastern standard time, indicated that the ship had swung in a northwesterly direction and had flown westward between 80 and 40 miles.
 Believe Message Wrong
 At Friedrichshafen it was thought that Dr. Eckener either was avoid- ing local storm areas or that the messages were misinterpreted as everything thus far received pointed toward a good fast voyage.
 While conditions generally were favorable, weather reports indicated fog banks ahead and unfavorable winds between the Azores and Spain.
 Zeppelin officials believed that the Graf, instead of swinging as far north as London. would head straight across northern France in order 10 reach Friedrichshafen by the shortest route.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
FEARS GROWING FOR
 5 SWISS AV|AT0RS
No Word Received From Plane Headed for
 Portugal

Le Bourget, France. Aug. 9.-(P" Fears for the safety of three Swiss aviators who left here yesterday aft ernoon for Lisbon on the first leg of a transatlantic flight to New York were felt among officials at the air field today.
 Pilot kaeser Navigator Tschopp and Mechanic Luscher, who have been flying only since 1927. planned to dare the difficult westward cross ing of the Atlantic despite their few years of experience in flying.
 Nothing has been heard of them since they left late yesterday after noon for Lisbon, which they should have reached early this morning.
 No French radio station reported their passage or landing, and it was learned from Madrid that they had not been reported at Lisbon. Officials here assumed they had stopped in some small town for fuel or perhaps had been forced down in a place without adequate communication facilities
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Boy Biker Rides For 8 Hours, 2 Min.
 To Set New City Endurance Record

Larry Gagnon aged 15, of Frederick street. Maple Hill, set an endurance bicycle record for Newington yesterday when he rode for 13 hours. He started at 9 a. m. and rode until 10 D. m.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

For eight hours, two minutes and II T. seconds, 13-year- old Billy Ba- nulshi pedalled up and down Hart ford avenue. up and down Winter street, up and down Spring street up and down Elm street and up and down East Main street, lodging traffic to win the New Britain bicycle endurance cham nionship, His record breaking flight" started started at 7:15 Thursday morning and ended at S:17:17l2 Thursday afternoon.
 Billy would have pedalled much longer and much further except for two things-it was time for him to come to the Herald and get his papers and his flying milk wagon. Walter Conner, pulled him off his bicycle because Walter had business
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The Washington times., 1929-01-18
BILL HAINES TN
SLAPSTICK
COMEDY

One of the Oldest traditions of
the screen and stage is that a
clownish makeup is a hindrance
rather than help in trying to
be funny. At least this was a
tradition until William Haines
disproved it as co-star with
Marion Davies in Show People"
a Metro oldwyn.Mayer comedy
which is now playing at Loew's
Palace.
THE difficulty with most
clown makeups, trick moustaches
and other exaggerations," said
Haines, lis that they are apt TO
make the character stilted. Trick
clothes and makeup are obvious
indications to an audience that
humor Is in the air. They are
more than likely To sit up and
say to themselves: All right. fell
low, you think you're so funny.
Just try and make me laugh"
I'm Show People play
slapstick comedian who throws
pies. gets hit in the face with
settler water and hides behind a
trick costume and six-inch
moustacfle. It was precisely these
exaggerations that have driven
the 'slapsticxs' out of business.
Yet both Director King Vidor
and myself thought that this
humor would be funny in the
picture a and it is. The
reason is that we were making
a motion picture OF q, motion
picture AS a man playing
low comedian, the audience knew
that I would have to dress the
part. There wasn't any handi.
cap for me to fight
Miss Davies In the role OF the
innocent newcomer to the comedy
field Is OF great assistance in
getting the idea over and her
work touches the real high spots
of humor"
Haines and Miss Davies are as
sisted in their comedy by a real
cast including Polly Moran. Tenen
Holtz. Harry Gribbon and Dell
Henderson.
The Washington times., 1929-01-18
DESERT SONG
AT POLLS
JAN. II

A musical treat is in store for
local theatergoers in the coming
Of "The Desert Song to the
Polls Theater for an engagement
beginning Sunday, January al.
This show is coming direct from
a ten months enga cement in Chi.
cago. run Of Is months in New
York and an all.summer showing
in Detroit.
Sigmund Romberg, composer OF
''The Student Prince, . blossom
Time" MY Maryland and other
recent successes. is responsible for
the music in THE Desert Song"
which the New York critics nro
llounced his very best work. The
book is from the combined mems
Of Otto Harbach. Oscar Hammer
stein, End. and Frank Mandel the
authors of Rose Marie,' sunny,
and mo. No. Nanette.''
The cast of "The Desert Sono',
Is the same which appeared in
Chicago and New York and IN.
cludes Alexander GRAY. Bernard
Granville, Bernice Claire Harold
Stanton, Sally Sloan, Edna Tor.
renee, Philip Ryder. Ben Hen.
bricks. Carlotta Miles. Donald
Douglas. Al Baron. Larry I,awr.
ence. Grace Carroll and .Iack
Spiegel. There is a vocal en-.
semble OF 100 voices and there win
be an orchestra of symphony nro.
portions to do justice to the Rom.
berg melodies.
1.-THE Desert Song" is a thril,ing
romance of northern Africa Of the
present day, colorful as to locale
picturesque as to costumes and
stirring as to dramatic action
Lyrics and music blend into ths
story to make 1t plor;f;a1
operate unit. - i'ie"
The entire production il undar
the direction of Schwab ana Ma
del, producers Of Good Esn s
and Follow Thru" s"s
The Washington times., 1929-01-18
IS
HEARD IN
RECITAL

No herald is needed to proclaim
the glories of the Flonzaley String
Quartet, but, far and wide voices
lament that it is quitting the
concert stage.
The famous quartet bade fare.
we'll to the Capital last night in
the sixth event of the Commun-
itv Institute series, at Central
High School Auditorium. after q
record of Is years of concert
playing, in more than 500 Ameri-
can cities.
The quartet which still includes
three of it's original members.
Adolph BETH. Alfred Pochom and
Ivan d'Arachambeau has long
been the guiding star. to all other
similar artists. Nicholas Media
van who has succeeded Ugo Ara,
has proved himself sufficiently
masterful to maintain the high
standard of his predecessor.
The exceptionally large audi
ence. which came to bid sdieu to
the musicians. left the auditor.
ium only after they had done
everything in their power. in the
way OF applause and insistence
for encores.
Last nights performance was
another occasion to impress the
auditors with the many splendid
features that have led the Flon-
Valleys to such heights of praise.
Coordination. perfection of inter
probation. uniformity of spirit,
marked every beautiful number.
The Beethoven Qnartet in B Flat.
which opened the program, was
one OF the best pieces of the eve
ming.
Messrs A. Pochon, A. BETH, !.
d'Archambeau, played the next
Handel Sonata a Tire Another
favorite of the evening was the,
Sonata Quinta in G Minor" by
G. f. Handel. which was arranged
for concert use by Alfred Pochon.
We are deeply grieved to say
good-by to these players who have
brought US so much pleasure dur
ing the past quarter of CEN
tury, but, since they are leaving
us, and no effort can deter them.
we extend TO the musicians our
l1eartiest hopes for their future
happiness.
MADELINE EMIG.
The Washington times., 1929-01-18
Famous Filler HeIped

Lieut.. James :. Dyer, the Navy
pilot who was technical director of
the flying sequences of Warner
Brothers 100 per cent vita phone
production, Conquest, this
weeks screen feature at the Earle
Theater. has just been awarded
the Schiff Memorial Trophy for
safe flying foe the fiscal year
1927.192S, and has been ordered to
fly to Washington to receive. the
reward from President Coolidge.
This trophy Is awarded annually
by committee headed by Rear
Admiral Moffett, and was won by
lieutenant Dyer with a total OF
!: Ting hours which has never been
equaled by naval aviator. Dur.
ing the year Dyer flew 1881 hours
without an accident to personnel
or craft.
1t was as a result OF his excep-
tional record that he was selected
to assist in filming Conquest.
and the completed film is tribute
to his expertness and to his thor
ough knowledge OF aviation. Great
alEtalking aerodrama Blues first
talkie!