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New Britain herald., 1929-07-22

Diploma: An engraved sheet of paper used to fool student and make him think he is educated.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-22

Correct this sentence; T believe in freedom" said the man, and that means I grant others the same freedom I dem1nd for myself.' Copyright, 1929, Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Donahue Says Boxers
 Swapped for Big Bout

New London, Dec l9 tPEState Athletic Commissioner Thomas l.. DOnohuc today said he was convince cd that the Cicconc brothers, John fly and Elmer, tried 10 pull a fast cnc' by changing places for the main bout of a boxing show here Tuesday night. and awaited official confirmation before announcing the indefinite suspension of both in this Gtatc
 Johnny Ciccone. who once defeat- cd Bat Battalino, the current feath- crWcigit champion, was to have fought Marty Owens of New Bed ford Mass. in the headline bout of the local show. but for some reason unknown to the commissioner, h." sent his younger brother, Elmer. a preliminary boxer, to fight in his place.
 Elmer was technically knocked cut in the seventh round. Spocta- tors later raised the cry that it was not Johnny Ciccone who was knock l cd out and demanded explanations.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
DRIVER NOT ID BLAME
 IN COASTING FATALITY
ManalaHGhtcr Charge Against Jo!:n IaC!< Nollcd By Prosecutor
 ir Police Court.

John Xark. 45. of 475 Burrj;t street. driver of the automobilo which figured in collision with a sled at the corner of Martha and Bur ritt streets on December Is, result ing the following day in the death of Aloisc Skroupski, &, of 4l5 Bur- ritt street. was freed on q nollc in police court today, the charge being manslaughtcr. He was represented by Judge w. r. Mangan.
 Prosecuting Attorney T. G. Woo.!s informed Judge Traccshi that IacE was driving slowly and carefully when the sled struck his car, and he recalled the icy condition of the streets at that time, which male vohicular travel dangerous. The sl d came out of Martha street without warning and it did net seem is though Iacll was at fault, he said
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
LongwOrth and Garner
 Joke on Speakers Car
Washington, Dec. 19 tPy-"Ol

Washington, Dee. 19 (P)-"Oh, Nick. is our Car ready"
 "Om car'-You mean my car"
 No, our car; I'm just letting you use it until after the next election"
 The inst party speaking is "Jack' Garner of Texas, leader
 Of the house democrats; the sec
 cnd is Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, the speaker of the house. The car in question is that pro
 vided by the house for the | speaker.
 The conversation between the two takes place nearly every | afternoon at the capitol. When Garner has finished his work for the day he looks Up the speaker | and demands to be taken in "oI.r | car.' He claims the house will go | democratic in the next election 1 and he as democratic leader l will become speaker and for that
 reason it's now "oUr car" | LongWorth doesn't even laugh.
 He says Jack" has made tha,
 claim so many times before cleo
 tions that it's no longer amusing | Anyhow, Jack" gets d ride
 home.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Shattuck Says He Had
 Discussion on Tariff With Executives Sec-
 retary, But Received no Adyice-Did Not Capitalize Connection.
Witness Says He Strongly Resents Inference That He Secretly Sought Lead CTS Assistance-Insists He Is Not Lobbyist, But Lawyer.

Washington, Dec. 19 P,-Edwin T. Shattuck, a lawyer who has been described repeatedly as having been hired to work for lower Gu ban sugar rates because of his friendship with President Hoover. testified today before the senate lobby committee that he had never discussed the subject with Mir Hoover but said he had talked on sugar matters with Walter Newton, one of the presidents secretaries.
 A letter written by H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba company. who had employed Shattuck to Cuban official had said that Shat tuck held conferences with the chief executive on sugar and that the president had instructed New ton to bring members of the house ways and means committee into i Cuban rates.
 ShattuCk was not questioned about his conferences with Newton and most of the short hearing was devoted to his relations with Mr. Hoover.
 R@Sents Hoover Angle
 The attorney said he resented the fact that Mir. Hoover's name had been "bandied about in testimo ony before the lobby committee and said inferences drawn from his re Iations with the chief executive were improper. He asserted he had been thrown with Mr. Hoover through charitable work and had also done some legal work for him,
 "I make no claim other than l hope to have his friendship he added. At the outset of the hear ing the witness was asked by Sena- tor Walsh, democrat. Montana, whether his work for lower sugar hates was that of lawyer or lobbyist"
 Shattuck answered emphatically that his work was that of a lawyer He said he saw President Hoover about the time he became an em- ploycc of the Cuba Company and that he told him of the connection he had formed.
 Shattuck also denied that he had solicited contributions in Cuba io' his work. A letter written bN Junior Owens, of the American Bot ' (Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19

Westerly, E. I. Dec. l9 LP - George Shippcc, 4O. of PaWtucllet, shot and killed Mrs. Edith II. Stew art. 35, at her apartment early today and then killed himself. A note which both had signed saying This is q suicide pact was found in his coat.
 Children Sleep Through Crime
 Mrs, Stewards four small children. the oldest nine years of age. slept through the tragedy in nearby room. Shippce had recently been confined to the Wallum Lake state Institution for Tuberculosis. The woman's husband died at that in stitution about q year ago.
 The shooting was heard by Mr, and Mrs. Henry Richards. who oc- cupied another apartment of the five apartment house, following Aloud ! talking about o'clock. On sum- moning police. Lieutenant George 1 II. Champln and Officer Rober ! Kessel responded. Through ; win
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
FOUR PROBES OPEN IN MINE DISASTER
Investigators Enter Shaft t0 Determine Blast
 Cause

MrAlcsjcr, Okla, Dee. 19 sP>-FoUr Investigators today wcro to enter the Old Town Coal company's mine in an effort 10 determine the cause of an explosion which Tuesday snuncd out the lives of g miners, while relief agencies in all parts Of the state worked at top speed. pill ing up a fund 10 aid destitute fam lilies of inc mines victims.
 Work in the mine itself was at a standstill this morning, while bat terics which supply the mines cleo 1ric power were being charged and the lighting system repaired.
 Men in Charge of Inquiry
 The investigators who will go into the mine are Miller D. Hay, state chief mine inspector; C. 4. Herbert, senior engineer of the United States bureau of mines William Ogilyie, of McAlestor. as q neutral inyestiga- tor, and q representative of the mining company. vet 10 bc chosen. The party planned to enter the mine about noon, unless inc mine owners requested delay until tomorrow. Despite persistent rumors that i've more bodies still were ill the lower ] levels of the mine, Hugh Rice. man. aSor. insisted every man had been accounted for.
 Rescue work was seriously ham . n, l In the lower levels the rescue squad; toiled in a temperature of l2o de. grces, Hay said, with precipitation streaming down their faces anC bodies. Then, on coming 10 the sur face, the shock of the near zero weather at the surface left many 0 them weak and trembling.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
DINNER BET RESULT
 0F SN|CKER CHARGE
Dobson Wagers Meal Pa jeWski Cannot Prove
 Accusation

Alderman Peter ]. Pa icWSki of the fifth ward will be the guest at dinner to be paid for by Chair man George R. Dobson of the board of public works if he can furnish proof to back statement made to the common council last night. in which he charged that q ment was ''snickered att when re- ceived by the board.
 The council had under discussion Councilman Joseph Mlynarski's mo- tion 10 refer back 10 the water de- partment q report that a water main cannot be installed in Gov ernor street because there is nc adopted grade. The councilman protested that residents of this street are entitled to the same ad- Nantages as other property owners but have not been granted them.
 When Mylnarski had concluded lLs remarks, Pajcwsk arose to say q may be out of order but there is something l would like 10 say This is not a joke. There is no oc. casion 10 snicker at any resolution l introduce in this council. Abou two weeks ago. l read in the news papers that some members of inc board snickercd when a resolution was introduced for improvements il the fifth ward. ] always treat mol as Eentlemen>and like to be treated as a gentleman myself, and alWay try 10 act like a gentleman. If som, people find it hard to be gentle men. it's just too bad"
 After the meeting had adjourned Chairman Dobson asked Pajewski t amplify his remarks, and the alder man repeated he had read in tn paper about members of the boart snickcring at fifth ward improve ment request. Dobson then mad the offer to treat 10 a dinner paiewski would back his complain with proof.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Rhode Island Man Kills Mother
 Of Four and Self In Suicide Pact

dow they saw the bodies of two per sons lyinsson a bed and they gained entrance By breaking down a locked door.
 An examination by Medical EX- aminer pr. NJ. H. SCanlon a short time later showed that Shippee had fired four shots from .25 calibre revolver into the Woman's breast and had then shot himself once through the head. pr. Scanlon said both had probably died instantly. The re- volvcr was found ClutChed in Ship pee's hand.
 Born in England
 Harry Stewart, the woman's hus band, died at Wallum Lake about ; year ago. Mrs. Stewart was borI in Arlington, England, and married Stewart in 1917. The four childrel are June, 9; Duncan. &; Ella, an, 1 Edith, l-2 years old. i Shippee was little known here, bu it was believed he had a wife Twin in the state.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
BERLIN INCLUDED IN CORN BQRER DISTRICT
New Regulations Bring Battle Front Near
 New Britain

New Haven, Dec. 19 P)-Almost half of Connecticut is brought un- der quarantine for the European corn borer in the new regulations announced by the United States de- partment of agriculture. The line which deslgnates the generally ln- tested area is roughly drawn in southwesterly direction from Wood stock to Branford and includes Meridcn and Berlin. It is far ln advance of the old quarantine line.
 All territory eastward is under the restriction. It is infested by the more dangerous two generation corn borer and comprises the en- tire counties of Windham, Middle sex and New London and the fol- lowing towns outside: Hartford ! Jcounty-Berlin, Glastonbury, Man chester and Marlboro. New Haven county-Branford. Guilford, Nadi- son and Mcriden. Holland county -AndOver, Bolton, Columbia, Gov entry, Hebron, Mansfield, Holland and Wilmington.
 Towns near the Massachusetts border which are infested with the one generation borer will be quNr- antined as part of that states infes- tatiou. They are Salisbury, North Canaan, Suffield, Enfield and Som
 CTS.
 Federal officers and the Connec-
 ticut agricultural experiment sta
 ton, which cooperate iE enforcing
 the quarantine hope to keep the two strains apart as long as pos
 sible.
 Cleanup work by state and fed eral forces will be done in Danbury , Bethel. North Haven, Easton. Rox- I bury. Southbury. Stratford, Milford l and Orange.
 n The new regulations, which af- | feet 3S towns, follow the recommen'
 Idations of Dr. W. F. Britton. state t entomologist and H. N. Bartley, fed 7 cral agent in charge of the quaran'
 tine.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Men Rob Restaurant
 After Eating Dinners

New York, Dee. 19 tP-Threo men after eating a loisureIy meal carly today at l1cishcr's restau- rant on Broudwly, between 97th and @ath street aal leaving a 75 cent lip for the waiter, held up the cashier ami escaped with more than >-,poS in cash,
 There were more than l5 after theyter diners in the place, put the robbers madc TO attempt 10 rob them. A bus boy, unaware Of what Was happening, coIljdcd with one of the robbers and was knocked scnsclcss with a blow over the head from a pistol butt. A patrolman in a police aHomo- bile who set out in pursuit of the three men was outdlstaEe"d.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
E Pajewski Opposes Salary Raises
 Being Sought By City Employees

Alderman Peter J. pajCwslli of the fifth ward, chairman of the salary committee of the common council, is unalterably opposed to granting any applications for increases in, pay for city officials and employees, he an- nounced after the council meeting last night, at which several petitions and recommendations from individ- uals and commissions were received
 Alderman Pajewski said it was his conviction that the conditions of the times did not warrant an upward revision of the salary list. He will not call the committee into session until after the holiday season and then two evenings will he devoted to hear ings and one to the preparing of a report to the council.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
SPEEDS HOME FOR FATHER'S FUNERAL
Mrs. Raymond Cook, Missing, "
 Races From Nashua, \. H;
GETS SAD NEWS TODAY

rdHtC t.UNftS Gi IkciatlNtS ana TO-
 lice to Notify Her of Bereavement
 Nee: With Sucre~s al Eleventh Hour.
 A tye-day search for Mrs. Ray mond Cook of Shuttle Meadow ave 'nue, to notify her of her fathers death, ended a few hours before the funeral took place this afternoon when sho arrived in this city at 1t:&o o'clock in q private car aftcr a tourney of more than 17o miles.
 She was notified carly this morn i ing by q friend short distance 1 from Nashua, x. H.. and immodi- atoly they began the rae" 10 reach this city before the funeral took place. Mrs. Cook. who loft 9 week aro Tuesday for a trip through i Massachusetts. Vermont and north i crn Connecticut was unaware that her father, Edwin A. Clark, had died Saturday in SaybrooI, and since his death relatives and local police made attempts to notify her of tho fact.
 Sunday night through Station | WTIC at Hartford tho rows of the death was broadcast at inc request of tho local police. who also sent communications to cities they thou@ht were noasibly included in her itinerary. Though handicapped by fog and rain this morning on thoir journey to this city the ear sped towards its destination. arriv- ing horo without mishap
 This afternoon at 2 o'clock rola- lives, friends and members of liar mony lodge, A. r. X A. N, attended tho obscquios of Mr. Clark at Erwin chapel Roy. Raymond x. Gilman of the Stanley Memorial church of fciat"d and burial was in Fairviev cemetery. Members of tho Harmony lodge acted as pail bearers.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
FIRE. ESCAPE INSPECTION

Fire escapes and exits in every building in the city will be inspected to determine strength and acccssi- bilty under a program inaugurated today by Building Inspector Arthur \. Rutherford. The last general ln- spcctiou of these building details took place more than eight years ago.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Secretary Of State Sharply CritieiZeS DisparaginS View
 Of Naval Conference
SEES DELIBERATE EFFORT
 TO BREAK DOWN MEETING
Official Says Publication Of Material Attempt to Make Trouble Among American Delegates, Discrcdit Cabinet Members and Influence Japanese Delegation Adversely Adams Absence Played.

Washington, Dec 19 lP}-Secre- tary Stimson asserted today in q formal statement that it was the "deliberate intentiOn' of an edi- torial published today in The Washington Post "to attempt to make trouble among the American delegates to the Uondon navaD conference and the members of the presidents cabinet, to discredit our government before the Japanese delegation and thus to try to cause breakdown of the London con- fcrcnC".'
 Post Uneasy Over Plan
 The Post editorial said ii was ''noedlcss to say that Americans look with some uncasiness upon the proposition that the size and rela- tive strength of the United States navy are 10 be determined by a po- litical bargain with other powers, and that expert naval counsel is to be minimized if not disregarded entirely The public would be vast ly reassured if the secretary of the navy should take part in confer cnccs which may shape the future of the navy. When Mir. Stim- son and Mir, Morrow Ambassador Morrow enter into an "cXchange ot naval views with such an expert as Admiral Takarabo. it k not 10 be expected that the Americans could hold their own"
 Text of S.imson Statement
 Secretary Stimsou'S statement read:
 My attention has been called tC an editorial in the Washington Po. of this morning." the statement said which dwells upon the absence Q Secretary Adams from certain con ferenccs that are going on in Wash ington with the Japanese delegate who are on their way 10 the Londo' conference. Ii is quite clear that ; is the deliberate intention of tha editorial to attempt to make trouhl among the American delegates to tn conference and the members of thu presidents cabinet, 10 discredit ou government before the Iapanes, delegation and thus to try to cause ; breakdown of the London confer ence.
 "Thc utter falsity of the state mont is evident if | recount that tn Japanese delegates have indicate that they would be represented : three persons in the preiiminar discussions. We, in usual courtesy also determined to limit our mum bcrs, and Mr. Adams, who was con suited by me, suggested that som other member undertake it, and OH
 Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Caught in IOldup Act
APPROVE HRITTEN BILL

Washington, Dee. 19 Rl-The house naval committee today ap- proved the Britten bill to authorize expenditure of $750o,0oo for con- struction at naval stations and bases on the cast and west coasts, in the canal zone and in Hawaii.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19

Aldcrmap David l.. Nair of the first ward expressed himself at the meeting last night as opposed to sal ary increases except in special cases" which was construed to mean that extraordinary conditions or un- usual reasons only would prompt him to favor increases.
 The salary committee is composed of Alderman Pajewsli, Councilmen F. William Huber, C. o. Holt, w. &. Warner w. o, Willametz, C. w. Parker. Walter Nelson, John F.. Holmberg, Samuel Sabletsky, and w. w. Greene. Alderman Pajewski Is tho only member to date to state his attitude on the salary qnestion. (COntinupd on Page TWO)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
4l5 LIVES SAVED
 IN HARBOR CRASH
Bermuda Boat Sinks Three
 Hours and Half Later
FOG BLAMED FOR WRECK
Fort Victoria Sliced Open by Gal vcston-Bound Algonquin t2 Miles or Dock-Ordcrly Rcscucs Are Praised.


 Praised.
 New York, Dec. 19 Pl-Under an oily sea 1o fathoms deep the Fur ncss-B.rmuda liner Fort Victoria today lay on the muddy bottom of the Atlantic ocean just off Am prose lishtship, but her 206 passen- gers and crew of 165 were safe ashore.
 A half mile or more away. still held to anchorage. by a blinding fog that had sent her crashing into ] the Fort Victoria late yesterday aft crnoon, lay the Clyde steamer AL gonquin, her ships bell ringing out q doEtul dirge through the heavy air. Her bow was stove in but she was said to be in no danger.
 Grapple for Vessel A salvage tug that with a vessel of the |. s. lighthouse service had been searching with grapplne hooks through the night for the hulk of the ship, lay alongside tn, Watery grave of the Fort Victoria warning other vessels entering Am prose channel of the new menace 10 navigation.
 It had been hoped by Clyde linc officials that the Algonquin could return to her pier during the night 10 allow transfer of her passengers to other ships for a continuation of their journey, but the fog raised an impenetrablc barrier.
 Ashore four investigations wer, started into the disaster WhicI caused the loss of $1,25O,000 ship it's S250,0Q0 cargo and uncountet personal losses to her passengers most of whom lost all their travel ing equipment and clothes. cNccp those they wore when transfcrrc' to pilot boats and tugs from tn sinking ship.
 In the Hotel McAlpin. where 92 rooms had been reserved for then by the F'urncss line. the passenger and crew of the Fort Victoria slcp late today as the line went ahea with preparations to send all thos who wanted to continue their voy age to Bermuda on another shiI the Fort St. George.
 i Several still Uncertain
 Several of the early risers sai they had not made mp their mind as to whether they would continll their voyage. Several said the wished to get in touch. with rela tivcs first, while others pointed or f that they would have to shop fc t new clothing and travelling equir = mcnt before continuing their joui 2 neT.
 l Capt. A. R Francis of the Fol t Victoria, last man to leave his shi t and then not until she had turne l over on her side, was lOath 10 di' - cuss the crash. rcscrVing any con = mcnt he might bavo to make fo the ears of the lines officials an n official investigators of the crash. l. It was feared his ship will be l. total loss and probably will have r be dynamitcd to clear the cntrant = to Ambrose channel.
 n Passengers safe Ashore New York, Dee. 19 tP-Rcscu' = when their ship was Tanned al
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-19
Ice on Wires Sewers C0nlInuni- cations in Many Sections Of
 EaSt--BliZZard on Plains
FOG AND MIST DELAY
 SHIPPING IN HARBORS
Further storm Warnings Issued - Ontario Traffic Paralyzcd by a Freezing Rain-South Shiycrs m Near Zero Temperatures, While Thermometers Drop to Record Levels in Middle West section.

By the Associated Press.
 old King Cold broadcast over a nation wide network today
 If many receiving sets Whistlca, ii was the wind; wind that raced at express train speed across tho prair- ios and dashed the lakes to fury. If the announcer seemed to speak sharply. crisply, il was the sub-zero, zero and near zero temperatures that reached from Canada 10 Dixie, aAi from the Rockies to New England. If the broadcast was tragic, it was the dozen or more deaths caused by gales. ice and low temperatures.
 Winter became q magician who dipped his hand into Medicine Hat, where weather breeds, and drew forth nearly every kind calculated to cause discomfort, disorder anl distress. Blinding bli2zards, sweep ing across the midwest ahead Of q train of undor-zcro cold; snoWs coa;- ing the cities streets with the traffic hazard of ice; sIeet, snow and gales over much of the Dominion of i Canada; and snow, even, in New Orleans, which had not seen it for years,
 south Feels Blast | Dixie felt the cold especially, for ] it came on the heels of unusually 1 warm weather. Kentucky, Tcnncsss so and Georgia watched mercuries drop i to the twcntics. Only in the Ali lantic coastal states of Virginia anl ] the Carolinas was the temperature seasonal. ranging in the fifties.
 Ontario. the eastern states and Now England counted the cost of :; crust-of ice that Icvelled many miles of communication lines and scram- bled transportation. New York an Boston among eastern cities escape the wintriness from which most O the country suffered. but they wal lowed in fog.
 The southwest was so cold th& stockmen had a problem in proHid ing shelter for their cattle. In TeN2: a hunter frozo to death when pitch ed into an icy stream.
 All Temperatures Low
 Sub zero readings were so num"r ous that they had to be in the minH tWcnties 10 earn place in the news Saco, Mont. cracked in tcmpera ture of 36 degrees below zero. Wil listOn x. D., was only two desre" less frigid. and Devils Lake in tn the same state was g degrees in th' red.
 Christmas Trade over a wide arr; was seriously interrupted. In man middle west cities, including Chicl go Milwaukee. the Twin Cities, Dn troit and St. Louis the weather w. held 10 blame for keeping man l potential shoppers indoors. The general forecast for todd was without cheer, auguring clear ] ing skies but continued and-fOr tn l middle west and portions of the ca. $ more severe cold.