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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
BLWGET APPRAISES
LOCAL BANK STOCKS
State Establishes Valua-
tion for Purposes Of
Taxation

Stock In local financial institutions
Is considered to be good investment,
the appraisals for purposes Of tax
alton. fixed by the state board Of
equalization indicate.
Securities of banking houses In
nearby cities and towns are also
appraised considerable higher than
their par value. the annual state
ment, issued from the Office Of Tax
Commissioner william H. Blodgett,
discloses.
The New Britain National Bank.
with stock Of 500 par. will be taxed
on 4 basis Of $40 . share. Stock
Of the City National bank will be
taxed at its par. 800.
The Commercial Trust Co.. and
the New Britain Trust Co.. each
with q par value of 500 = share
are appraised for taxation at S32S
q share. Fidelity Industrial Bank
stock, 500 par. will be levied
agaist on a basis Of 312o. excepting
for the block which Is only partly
paid, that being taxed at $50 .
share.
Bristol banking houses are listed
~ follows: Bristol National Bank.
800 par, S240 share valuation:
American Trust Co.. 500 par. $40
share valuation: Bristol Trust Co..
800 par. t325 share valuation.
The Plainville Trust Company's
stock. whose par 10 $50, 10 appraised
for @lss, and the Southington Bank
and Trust Co. II assessed for three
times IT. 500 PAR value.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
EXPANDS T
Policies Of Smith
Sends Message to State
Legislature Pleading
for Cooperation

Albany. N. T.. Jan. ; (UP)-
Franklin D. Roosevelt. new gover-
nor Of New York. mentioned by
some a. the next democratic presi-
DENTAL candidate, sent q message to
the state legislature today embody-
Ing and expanding the policies Of his
predecessor. Alfred f. Smith.
The message. read in both houses.
carried even further the policy Of
non-partisanship In state affairs
which Smith showed in appointing
republican ~ well as democratic Of
hcials.
Roosevelt pleaded for cooperation
Of both parties in enacting beneficial
legislation. pointing out that most
OF our problems are not political"
He advocated appointment Of .
commission to study state farm
problems and reduce farm taxes.
Like Smith. he favored public re-
tention Of water power sites. but
urged action this year In develop
ing them. He praised Smiths tis-
cal policies. saying. II inherit from
CONTINUED on Pare 1e,0
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
HERALD GIVES ANNUAL
NEWSB0YS' BANQUET
More Than 400 Eat Turkey
and Watch Hockey
Game

More than 400 Herald newsboys
launched into approximately a quar-
ter of ton Of food yesterday after
noon at the annual New Years din
ner at which the Herald Publishing
Co. following . custom established
when the fathers Of some Of the
guests were carriers. played host to
the entire force Of "newsies."
The dinner was served at 2 o'clock
at !. o. o. F. hall on Arch street,
William J. Fallon catering. A squad
Of 80 Mattresses served heaping
plates Of turkey. dressing. vegetables
and cranberry sauce. and the din
created while the boys filed into the
hall and took places at the tables
died down for about 20 minutes a.
the lads took UP the serious business
Of mastfcation. After the ice cream
and coffee had been disposed of, the
newsboys settled back in their chairs
while the more talented members of
the group staged an impromptu en-
tertainment
The Nelardi brothers, carriers for
several years. favored with \ pro-
gram Of vocal numbers, winning the
applause Of the entire house. Patsy
Patanc. after some urging. also took
the stage for q series of harmonica
selections, and concluded his act
with q clog dance. Others contrib
uted to the program. some by re-
quest. but moro moved by the urge
<Cont3aueA on PaGp l0.1
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
FURTHER
SUBMARINE Tests
Will Ascertain Fitness of
"Defender" Before Con.
Quoting Experiments

New London, Jan. 2 R-Further
by the navy here were postponed to-
day pending an inspection Of the
submarine Defender at Bridgeport
by navy officials to determine its fit-
ness for the next tests to be con-
Quoted. The Defender was to have
been towed tfrom Bridgeport to this
port today by the salvage vessel NAL
lard which was to have sailed from
here at six o'clock this morning for
the submarine
An nth hour cnange IN orders re-
suited in the Mallard remaining at
her berth at the submarine base un-
til further orders.
Lieut.. Commander Palmer H. Dun
bar. who Is In charge OF the sub
marine safety tests, and Lieut.. Carl
ton Shugg. his assistant, left here by
train this morning to make an in
spection Of the Defender at Bridge
port. 1t was expected at the SUBJ
marine base here that if Comman-
der Dunbar found the Defender
ready for tests of her safety equip
ment, the Mallard would be ordered
to Bridgeport at once in order that
tests could be started by Friday
The tests are to be held some
where in the vicinity OF Block Island
One OF the big pontoons used in sal
vaging submarines will be sunk tc
the bottom and the Defender will
submerge to the bottom alongside
Then q special escape hatch under
her stern will be used to send diver,
out from the submerged submarine
to attach chains to the pontoon. I,
10 hoped to prove the practicabilit,
OF carrying on rescue and salvage
operations from q submerged sub.
marine regardless Of conditions or
tho surface. In the S-4 tragedy De.
cember II. 1927. it was surface con.
ditions that prevented the rescue o1
six men trapped In the submarine.
II the tests with the pontoon prov.
satifactory 1t II planned to make
further tests With the Defender ant
the 81 which since being salvage<
from the ocean bottom last March
has been re1lttsd - . safety expert
mental sAiD.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Three MEN HELD IN
Ohio KIDNAPPING Case
Suspected of Abducting
4-Year-Old Melvin
Horst

Orrville, Ohio. Jan. N1Three
men were held here today In con-
nection with the disappearance last
Thursday Of four year old Melvin
Horst. Prosecutor Walter J. Mougey
said formal charges OF KIDNAPPING
would be filed against them.
Mougey returned to Wooster after
the trio was arrested here early
this morning with the announce
ment he would file the KIDNAPPING
charges after he had had some rest.
The three men were held after they
told conflicting stories ~ to their
whereabouts the evening Melvin
failed to return home from play
after his evening meal.
After the suspects were arrested
Deputy Sheriff Lee Pontius and =
special detective left In an automc-
bile on a mysterious 100 mile trip.
They are expected to return At noon
with additional evidence.
It is understood Columbus was
their destination and It was believed
they were taking a woman there In
an attempt to have her identified
by a Columbus woman u the per-
son who was seen on street car
in Columbus Saturday night with 4
boy who resembled the missing Orr
vile lad.
Mougey said the three suspects
denied any connection with the sup
posed KIDNAPPING. He added. how
ever, that they told conflicting stor-
les relative to their movements on
the night the boy disappeared.
Melvin was last seen late Thurs
day when he told . chum with
whom he had been playing that he
had to go home for supper and ief1
pulling the little red wagon IN
which he had been giving his play.
mate q ride. His parents became
alarmed soon afterward when he
failed to appear and a search start
ed. The wagon was found in
the edge Of the yard.
Authorities believed that II Mel
vim was kidnapped 1t was either FOL
revenge or that he was mistaken fol
a neighbor's boy. Melvin's fathe,
is a laborer while the father Of ths
other boy. who is the same age o,
Melvin and looks very much liks
him. is said to be wealthy.
Roy Horst. city marshal, 10 ~
uncle of the missing boy and It n
thought that his activities asains
alleged bootleggers may have hat
something to do with Melvin's dis
appearance.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Sees GOAL POSTS
and HEADS FOR THEM
Roy Riegels Broken. Heart.
ed 1t Losing California.
Georgia Tech Game

Pa1adena, Calf. Jan. ; (UP)-
4 broken hearted younsster mourn
cd today over the momentary aber-
ration which yesterday caused him
to run Is yards toward his own goal
posts in tho greatest football game
Of his career. 20 far. and cause his
team. University Of California to
lose by the mild margin Of 3 to Z,
to Georgia Tech.
Roy Riegels. California center and
captain-elect, tried today to md In
his mind some excuse for what had
happened.
II can't even think Of q decent
alibi." he said. 1T was the most
terrible boner ever made in foot
ball. I think"
But while Roy was in the depths
Of despair. Coach Nibs Price was
standing back Of him and branding
tn, error ~ merely an unfortunate
circumstance" and warning sport
writer's had better take my advice
and not laugh at that boy: II they
do he'll make them cry next year
because he's the best linesman on
the coast"
Il don't know how It happened"
Riegek said. shaking his head
shamedly ~ friends tried to get him
to forget IT,
II Just bounced out with the ball.
saw . pair Of goal posts and headed
for them.
I'm absolutely broken hearted
that such boner on my part cost
my team-and such 4 wonderful
team too-a victory they deserved
10 much"
Coach Price said that he had
feared when Riegels had made his
remarkable run in the wrong direc-
ton that the lad had been hurt.
That. he explained. was his object in
taking him from the game at the
time.
"C' course" Price declared, "his
mistake upset our entire plan Of
battle. But the public must not
condemn him for that run. Riegeis
10 the headiest man on my squad.
1t II Just an unfortunate circum-
stance. That's ALL"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
INFLUENZA BLAMED
FOR Death Of Child
Boy, Aged IL, First Local
Victim in National
Epidemic

Influenza pneumonia which has
been causing many deaths In other
parts OF the country made its first
in-road to New Britain today when
it was a contributing cause in the
death Of John Panasewicz, 12 years
cid. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Panasewicz Of 345 Myrtle street.
He was taken to the New Britain
General hospital yesterday afternoon
and died at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing. DR.. John Purney. deputy med
ical examiner. was summoned and
he declared death was due to dia-
betes and influenza pneumonia.
John was born In this city. He
leaves two sisters besides his par
ents.
Funeral arrangements, In charge
Of Frank BroAsak . Son. under
takers. ere tncomDlsts.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
CONNECTICUT BIRTH
RATE IS Declining
Last Three Years Show
Marked Regularity in
Its Falling OF

Hartford, Jan. 2.@N-A compar-
son OF the first ten months Of each
Of the last three years shows that
the birth rate in Connecticut has
been declining with marked resu-
larity
Statistics compiled by the state
department Of health also show that
along with this decline In the birth
rate, the marriage rate is steadily
decreasing In this state.
The death rate in 1927 was the
lowest Connecticut has ever seen. Al
though all statistics are not yet
available for 1923. 1t Is believed that
last year will show the second lowest
years death rate in the states his
tory although 1924 with a rate Of
11.3 has good chance Of being the
second most favorable year II De-
cember's reports for 1873 are not AZ
favorable ~ those for the esrlier
months have been.
This low death rate in 1873 has
been obtained In spite Of an increase
In deaths from childhood diseases.
measles and whoopsng cough In
particular.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Driver Goes Onto
Crossing While Hag.
man Makes Frantic
Efforts to Warn Him
Engineer Puts On
Brakes, Slows Cars.
Hoffman and Vos Families
Have Hairbreadth Escape
From Death When Ice
Storm Obscures Vision
of Man ut Wheel-Gates
Not in Working Order.
Especial to the Herald,

Plainville, Jan. c-His automobile
stalled on the East Main street rail-
road crossing In front Of an oncom-
Ing passenger train, Charles Hoffman
of Wallace street. New Britain. and
seven other occupants Of the ma
chine barely saved themselves from
death or serious injury by scrambling
out of the car just Z few seconds
before the train hit and demolished
1t last night The accident was
caused by Hoffman's failure to see
or hear Z fiagman who attempted to
halt him. and 1t would have been
far more serious but for work Of
the engineer in slowing down his
train. In spite Of the slippery rails,
enough to delay the impact until all
eight had escaped from the sedan.
With Mr.. Hoffman were his wife
and two children. also Mr.. and Mrs.
]. B. Vos and two children OF Whit
ing street, Plainville. The V0s fam
lily had been visiting the Hoifmans
in New Britain during tho evening
and Hoffman was taking them to
their home here.
Drives Onto Tracks
The ice storm. which lasted all
day. had rendered the rates at the
East Main street crossing USELESS.
but the cresscvef wAs guarded b.
tenders With lanternA ~ . vest.
bound train. No. fBs. approached s1,s
crossing pt s:44 o'clock. Dave Ere,
Q spare han who was employtd iast
night ~ an extra eFessine guard.
suddenly saw the HOFFMAN car com
ing from New Britain In apparent
disregard Of the onrushtng train.
Erbe waved hts lantern npd 'elew hie
police whistle. but Norman. hjs
vision affected by th~ etorm. did not
see the signal and drove past Crbe
onto the tracks
Leave AUTO Qricikly
Then Hoffman saw the train and.
trying excitedly to gct his car on the
track. he stalled the engine. }eavins
the machine helpless in the rath OF
the train. Tho engineer applied the
brakes but vas hampersd BY the vet
rails. He also sounde3 a iong. con-
tinuous blast Of warning with the
whistle. The eight in'psrlltel per-
sons lin tho car. realizing their In
ability to escape otherwise. flung
open all the doors and ded Sell 1nell
lust before the engine struck the de-
serted sedan and wrecked 1t.
The train came to halt . short
distance beyond the croxsIng and the
crew ran hack to find out II anyone
had been killed or injured. They
found Mr.. Hoffman in \ con9ratuia-
tory-mood. and the New britain msn
warmly wrung the hand Of the en-
sineer whose prompt work has
slowed down the train enough tc
save eight lives.
Constable B. ]. Wadsworth tnvesti'
gated the crash and turned over hii
information to w. H. Gillia local
freight agent. The smashed car Wa
towed to Parselle's garage.
Mrs. Vos 10 the proprietrsss Of
sally's tea room on Whiting street.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Question Marx, Army
Ship, Shutting From
Los Angeles to San
Diego N Assault on
Records-Plans to Re-
fuel.
Blaine Tuxhorn Racing
Army Plane in Flight In
Missouri - Miss Bobby
Trout After W0man's
Endurance Mark in
California.

Three separate assaults on endur-
in the west today with the army's
big tri-motored monoplane Question
Mark already on its second day OF
q cruise in California that may last
for weeks with the aid of refueling
In the air.
Cp - Hours
The Question Mark. carrying 4
crew Of five, passed the gath hour
in the air at 7:z4 o'clock this morn
ing. Taking of from Los Angeles
yesterday the Question Mark made
contacts with a refueling plane at in
tervals and took aboard gasoline, oil
and food. Until the three engines
or the fiers wear out the plane will
remain aloft-
Blaine N. Tuxhorn and Leonard
Rhiner. dying = small open cockpit
monoplahe In near-zero weather. got
of the ground at Marshall, Mo-, at
s:5& .. m. Today in an attempt to
shatter the refueling endurance flight
record Of so hours and seven min
utes held In Belgium. Fuel and
supplies will be picked up from the
+, ground by means Of . device in
veatsd BY Tuxhorn.
In quest Of q new endurance rec
ord for women. Miss Bobby Trout.
IL, hoped OF at Los Angeles at
sos .. m, hoping to better the pres
| ent mark Of s hours and six minutes
set at Roosevelt field. N. Y, BY Viola
Gentry.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Sleeping Sickness in
Massachusetts County

Holyoke. Mass. Jan. . R1-There
are fifty cases Of sleeping sickness
in Hampden county and nearly one
out Of three IL proving fatal. ac-
ccrding to DR.. e. P. Bags, jr.. presi-
dent Of the County Medical Associa-
ton.
In IN address here last night. Dr..
Bagg declared that provision by the
state Of adequate hospital facilities
to combat the disease were urgent,
especially for children. He pointed
out that there 10 no state institu-
ton provided solely for such cases
ard that accommedatiens IN ether
places were inadeQua4l
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Yeggs Bent On Riaing HIS. Safes
Urged to Call Up Superintendent
Plainville School Depart
ment Head Pastes No
tees on Vaults for Infor-
nation Of Maraudinx
- -~s7 y
Visitors.

Especial -te the Herald)
Plainville. Jan. NO longer will
thieving night intruders at the
Plainvills high school be forced to
undergo the ignominy and trksome-
ness Of forcing doors with ''jim-
miles," prowling furtively through
the school corridors. and spending
tiresome. sweated hours in pound
ing the steel safes with hammers
and chisels In their attempts to
earn = livelihood from an unwilling
school department.
Complete cooperation with all
would-be burglars was offered today
by Superintendent Of Schools Leon
c. Staples. and in the future he will
extend them all possible aid in their
ventures. In return for saving them
from all the toiisome effort which
past burglars have been forced to
put forth. all the genial superinten-
dent asks is that he be notified by
telephone II a break 10 intended.
and he will then simplify the oner-
Gus task by coming to the school.
working the combination. and open
ing the safe himself.
This, in effect. il the gist Of dupli-
cate bulletins which were pasted on
the doors Of the two safes at the
high school az classes were resumed
today after = Christmas holiday re-
cess which had been punctuated by
the third robbery which the high
school has suffered within the past
year. These identic notes, one on the
large safe in the main Office and
the other on the smaller one in the
inner sanctum Of Vice Principal
Douglas 8. Mcdonald. read as fol-
lows:
IAN moneys are deposited in the
Plainville Trust daily. These vaults
are fireproof and contain records
ony. II you want to view the interior
please ring my house number.
Piainvills III, and I will open the
safe for you.
"Yours truly.
''LEON c. STAPLES"
Mr.. Staples said that he was tired
Of having the safes broken open and
had adopted this plan as the only
one which would effectively dis
courage intruders who believed hid
den treasure lay behind the locked
vault doors and were determined to
make those treasures their own. The
last two robberies have netted the
thieves only about 81 IN actual cash.
but the wear and tear on the school
finances caused by the necessity of
buying new safes has begun to tell,
and 1t 10 hoped that the offer of
assistance vii stop this drain on the
departments treasury.
About a year ago one well-inform-
ed thief broke into the high school
on the night after the dramatic club
had given . play. and he extracted
. considerable portion Of the pro-
ceeds from the safe and put them to
uses which he alone knows. The
success Of that venture has fired
others with the desire to emulate the
lucky burglar. and two other breaks
have been made since that time. The
lirst Of these. early In 1923. increased
(COuf{nuoA mn To~o "A
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
REV. RLINY COONEY |
dies IN new CANAAN
Priest i@ 81 Ysars, Spsd Boy
hood IN This City
ILLNESS Was BRIEF
snn af Late Mr.. And AGFL John
Ooulncy ol Unioa EtEoct Neceivea
Early Education h schools q
New Britain.

New Canana, Jan. : N-Rsv.
Pliny C. Cooney. pastor of st. Alloy
sius church, died today after q short
illness.
He had been in the priesthood
since December u. 1907. and had
served in Meriden, New Haven,
Greenwich and Broad Brook.
At the time he occupied the
Greenwich pulpit, Father Cooney
made a trip around the world on a
fund which was the gift Of his
parish.
Father Cooney was born in Ell
mira, N. Y. He attended the paro-
chial and high schools In New Brit
ain and studied for the priesthood
in st. Charles Seminary. Baltimore,
and the Grand Seminary. Montreal.
Father Cooney came to st. Alloy
sius' November Is. 1928. Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
After serving as 4 curate at st.
Mary's In Greenwich for ten years
he went to st. GATHERINGS at Broad
Brook. East Windsor. in November.
1924. and from that parish he came
here in November.
Father Cooney was a member Of
Greenwich Lodge Of Elks and the
Rotary club. About six years ago
he had pneumonia and after that
he never fully recovered his health
and his last sickness was traceable
to the earlier serious illness.
Rev. Pliny F. Cooney was the son
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cooney Of Union street. Born in Ell
mira, N. Y. he came to this city at
an early age and attended st. Marys
Parochial school here. Upon gradu-
alton. he attended the New Britain
high school, later entering st.
Charles Seminary. Baltimore. He
was about ~ years old.
He was assigned for study to the
grand seminary in Montreal and was
ordained on December 2l. 1907, at
et Joseph's Cathedral In Hartford
(Continued on Pare ~
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Art Dealer Thought
To Have Real Rubens

Berlin. Jan. : @eAn art dealer
In Berlin possesses . painting wAich
Prof. Wilhelm Bode Of the xAlDee
Friedrich museum. and otheg e.
perts. says b = genu1ns KneeaA
The painting rsSrsseats DaAi11
encounter WITH ~ bsas. - vA4le
abeuke - A111egeo 1a1A AAnnoQA
hse = = msu - ~ 1 -
seaA1As1 Wogn - 0
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
Torch RETIRES after
SO YEARS Of INDUSTRY
Veteran of American
Hardware Corporation
Decides to Rest

After 50 years Of continuous serv-
ice In the P. & F. Corbin plant and
almost 60 years OF service for
branches Of the American Hard
ware Corp, Gottlob +. Lorch. Of 36l
Maple street. who Is so years old
but doesn't seem like more than 60,
has decided to retire.
mo I'm not going to stop work
ing and live in idleness." said Mr..
Lorch to 4 Herald representative
who called to wish him Q Happy
New Year today. i've just been
busy working on the furnace, and
III find enough to do to keep me
Continued on Page Eighty
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-02
BOLIVIA HAS NOT
signed PROTOCOL
Nseetadon With P,r,su,y Art
Nov It Slndstl
LATTER COUNTRY READY
Has Man a4 Meeting Ready to Sign
but Dolivian Minister Woa't Ann
Signature Until Ordered By Hia
Goves1nnea6

Warrington. Jan. ) W0One OF
the pauses that have come 80 fire.
quently to the progress toward
peace OF the Paraguayan-Bo Bolivian
quarrel today had mediators wait.
ing. Dies Do Medina, Bolivian min
lister, had not received instructions
from his government to sign the
protocol OF conciliation and until he
does receive them there apparently
u nothing to be done.
Paraguays representative was at
the meeting yesterday Of . special
committes named BY the Pan
American conference to settle. II
possible. the controversy. He was
ready to sign the protocol.
Some conference delegates were
discouraged because Of tho latest
interruption in the negotiations.
They felt that Bolivia had had time
to reply. - the protocol was cabled
to her when It was sent to Para
quay and the latter country already
has answered favorably.. Others be-
lieved that Bolivia probably was
only considering the protocol care
fully and that all would be well.
Mine judges
The protocol would appoint q
medtation tribunal Of nine judges,
two each frem Bolivia and Para
quay. With the other hvs yet 70 he
naaed. Probably there will ~, eue
sac1 Sttem the United states. Cuba,
ArgsntlnA Brasil and Uruguay
The latter rAPss eountrtes have been
asksd II thay would b willing n
appoint judges on the tribunal but
they have not been heard from.
PaFticipatien Of ths United States
and Cubs II the tribunal - named
fHAat(a~AA - 0a-> NoN