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New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
BY BOYD LEWIS

BY BOYD LEWIS
UNITED Press staff Correspondent)
Bridgeport, Jan. Z (UP)-A de-
vice that lay rusted and neglected
in a Bridgeport shipyard for II
years has been offered as the answeE
to this countrys recent great sub.
marine disasters.
Leaves Retirement
Simon Lake, inventor OF the mod.
crn submarine. has emerged. from
retirement here to urge this country
to examine his 25-year-old sub
marine Defender" as a rescue and
salvage craft.
Lake, with Captain Sloan Danen.
hover. undersea salvage expert, hai
been busy for weeks reconditionina
the peculiar little submersible fol-
navy tests. The boat now is ready
Lake says, to prove that the delayi
forced by bad diving weather which
resulted in death of at least six Of
the S-4 crew a little more than Q
year ago, are unnecessary. Diving
operations, he claims. may be con.
Quoted without regard for the
weather and with greater comfort
to the diver, from the diving com.
partment OF the Defender.
Tiny Chamber
The diving compartment IL = tiny
chamber in the nose OF the subj
marine. After the air pressure with
in the chamber has been raised to
equal that Of the sea, a trap door
may be opened in the bottom Of the
hull and divers may come and 60
at will.
The writer was a witness to the
first test OF the diving chamber
when Lake and Danenhower tried
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
Scene Of RAIDS
Suburb Taken Over by County
Authorities
POLICE PUT IN JAIL
IS Men Arrested, Liquor Seized, Slot
Machines Smashed by Hundreds
a. Augmented Forces Clean Up
City by Wholesale.

Chicago. Jan. I R1The law has
begun to blot the blood and beer
from crime chased Chicago Heights.
The stormy suburb. where 80
slayings have taken place in the last
three years. was overspread by fed
eral. state and Chicago police Off
GERS just before dawn yesterday.
Raiding on such a wholesale scale,
and with the federal government di-
recting. has not taken place In Illi-
nois within the memory OF present
officials. A4s.
rs Arrested
Twenty-Five men were arrested;
liquor was seized: slot machines
smashed by the hundreds; and even
the municipal government itself was
superseded az the government men.
aided by Chicago detectives took
possession of the city hall and police
station.
Records Of liquor and slot ma
chine profits were taken, showing
what police called giant ring that
made money by the hundreds of
thousands OF dollars. The names of
at leak three members OF the Cook
county government were said to
have been excluded in the records
showing, according to police, a liai-
son between crime and politics.
sawed-off shotguns. revolvers and
other weapons we're found. In gar
age the officers discovered what
they believed to be the headquar-
ters for the alcohol ring. regarded as
a prime source OF supply for Chi
cago's liquor trade.
Solve Killings
Assistant United States district at
torneys. as well as county and city
officers, said the arrests yesterday
and the evidence obtained meant
virtual solution of three OF the most
recent killings in the suburban area,
fCoot{oua5 m '-npa a.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
'DURANT COMMENDS
kENSRyGT0N PASTOR
Rev. Vernon L. Phillips
Submits Prohibition
Enforcement Plan

Rev. Vernon L. Phillips of Ken
the Durant committee. which re-
Gently awarded $4,000 to Major
Chester p. Mills for his plan for the
most effective way to enforce prohi-
bition. asking permission to publish
a plan submitted by the minister.
Rev. Mr.. Phillips was among the
many who submitted plans in the
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
A|RMAN SECRETLY
We'd MISS GORMAN.
Aviator Killed IN Union, Hwr
band Of Former Local Gh
RELATIVES ARE SURPRISED
Deeeaved Bside Native Of New bsst-
ain, sieuallod Nightly TO His AIR
! AlaH Plane A. Il Sped Over Their

Lieut.. Edward c. Darlington. air
mail pilot who was killed while
making . forced landing in Union
Saturday night, was secretly mar
ried some time ago to Miss Alice C.
German. . native Of this city. &C.
cording to the Boston Post.
About 10 years ago the German
family removed to Hartford where
Alice completed her education. Che
was graduated from Hartford Public
high school and worked In Hartford
until = few months ago when she
followed her husband to Allston
Mass. where they made theil
home.
EXCHANGED Greetings Nightly
IT was the custom OF Mrs. Car
rington to wave to her husband
every night from the roof Of the
house while he blinked hts lights II
her from tho plane. Saturday night
she went to the apartment roof n
usual and waved her flaahlight Al
her husband as he passed over on
his last trip and he flashed back hin
signal. 1t was his custom to call
her from Hartford and tell her OF
his safe arrival. Instead Of the
telephone call which she awaited
the news came over the radio that
he had been killed.
Mrs. Darlington attended 0t
Mary's school In this city. The fam.
lily home was near Brainard heid
Hartford. and it was while Pilo,
Darlington was stationed there that
she met him and the romance
followed.
Mrs. Darlington is the daughter oi
Mrs. Jennie H. German and hai
three sisters. Mrs. william Ryan
Mrs. William Delaney. and Mrs. Roy
Coles. all Of Hartford. New Britain
relatives are her aunts. Mrs Michael
Meehan and Mrs. Joseph Sweeney
and their families.
The New Britain relatives wer>
still unaware of the marriage today
and her other relatives expressed
surprise when they learned Of 1t.
Lieut.. Carrington was the son b,
Campbell Carrtngton OF stamford.
l)Ody Taken 10 Stamford
Stamford. Jan. Z N-Burned and
charred beyond recognition the body
Of Ned Darlington. 1S.year-old
pilot Of a United states mail plane
which crashed in an attempted
forced landing In Union Saturday
night. was brought back here yes.
terday. The young pilot was hurled
from the wreckage Of the plane
which burst into flames and burned
his body.
Darlington was born in Baltimore
Md. but lived most Of his life In
Stamford. He has been an aviator
five years. having trained at Kelly
Field, San Antonio, Texas, and re-
ceived his lieutenant's commission
In the army before taking UP com.
mercial flying. Only four months ags
he entered the employ OF the
Colonial Air Transport Company
Inc. plotting mail planes between
New York city and Boston.
He was the son of Campbell and
Lucy Hewes Darlington. Mira Car
rington lives In the fashionable Am.
bassador Arms Apartment House
on South street. Stamford. and Mf
Darlington 10 understood to reside ir
another city. Mr.. Carrington was a1
the home of his son-in-laW, Johr
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New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
To Go Over Books at
New Haven's Jail

New Haven. Jan. N-Prepara-
tory to inquiring into factory con-
ditions at the New Haven county
jail. at the request Of the county
meeting. an accounting firm has
been engaged to 90 over the books
of the chair making arm whirh has
the TAIL contract. The report will 70
- the county meeting.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
QUESTION MARK IS
Still IN The AIR
Monoplane Scars Onward With
No End in Sight
COMPLETES t4TH HOUR
Plane to All Appearances Is In Per-
feet Condition with Crew the
Same Except for Deafness from
Motors Drone.

Same Except for Deafness from
Motors Drone.
Metropolitan Airport, Los
Angeles. Jan. Z Pl-Through a
blue sky f'anked with clouds,
the Question Mark sped at
s:26:46 o'clock this morning,
passing its 146th hour aloft.
The three motors propelling the
huge army endurance craft to
new records hummed an even
song as the seventh day Of the
fight was two hours old.
Metropolitan Airport. Los An
geles. Jan. Z ReMan and machine
still were pitted against time and
gravity today as the army mono
plane Question Mark continued on
its seventh day Of flight. There were
no more records left to break and
it flew to the watchword. sail on
and on"
l44th Hour
Apparently in perfect condition,
the plane ended its Hath hour in
the air at 1925 a. m. Observers re-
ported It had consumed a minimum
OF gasoline during the night, indi-
eating that the motors we're per-
forming at their best. This was said
to mean that the time when the
great mechanical bird gives way un-
der the strain 10 remote"
Condition Good
Reports on the condition Of the
five men were that they were as fl,
as the plane. except that they had
been deafened by the constant roar
Of the motors. They previously had
declared that the longer they re-
mained up. the better they liked It,
All memories OF the trying week
end. during which they had to con-
tend against missing spark plugs
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
SEARS, ROEBUCK
STORE OPENED
1000 Crowd Through
Doors; Mayor PreSideS.

The new Sears, Roebuck g. Co.,
retail store at Massachusetts, avenue
and Alabama street. was formally
opened at this morning by Mayor
L. Ert Slack.
At $40, more than 1000 persons
had crowded through the doors into
the new store where $50 clerks wait
ed. A police escort of eight patrol
men and four detectives handled
the crowd.
Edward w Hunter. executive sec
rotary of the Chamber of Commerce
introduced Mayor Slack. who of
f1cially welcomed the new store.
Speeches by L. G. Harrod, general
manager of the Chamber of Com
merce, G. M. Penticoff. retail man
ager of Sears Roebuck. and John
Burke, manager of the indianapolis
store, followed.
The free parking place in the rear
held 200 automobiles by a. m. and
cars were lined for several blocks in
each direction The new store
operates a service station in con-
nection with the parking area.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
TALK IS NOT CHEAP
Ernest Grimes Discovers
It's Dear: 500 and Costs.

Ernest Grimes, 316 East South
street, was fined 500 and costs end
sentenced to thirty days on the state
penal farm today on q blind tiger
charge when Municipal Judge Pro
Tenn. Thomas Whalen held that his
invitation to police to visit his home
at any time in search of liquor
made it unnecessary for the raiding
officers to obtain a search warrant.
On July a squad entered the
home and found fifty quarts of beer,
testimony in court showed. Grimes
was released on his promise that he
would stop further manufacture. AS
they left he said:
Come back any time, boys. You'll
never find any more.
They took him at his word and
returned a week later They said
they found eighty quarts of beer and
several gallons brewing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
Il NOW is WORTH So
Al Smith, S Life Story Pays Well

disappearance of its "neighborli-
ness"
Smith describes clam chowder
parties given by assembly district
leaders until comparatively recent
years. Six thousand men used to
ferry to Donnelly's pavilion on
College Point, L. l.. for parties
given by Big Tim Sullivan, he
says.
Strange to say. in those days,
out of a gathering of 5000 men,
there would not be a dozen who
drank anything stronger than
beer" the author says.
Smith describes his boyish love
of animals. At one time he had
four dogs, a monkey. goat and
a parrot in the attic of his moth
er's home under the towers Of
Brooklyn bridge. he says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
RADIO DEALERS
IN STATE MEET
AtWater Kent Representa-
tives Discuss Problems.

The Capitol Paper Company's
second annual AtWater Kent state
convention opened this morning at
10 at the Offices, 221-227 West South
street.
Approximately $50 Atwater Kent
dealers attended the luncheon at
the Indianapolis Athletic Club at
noon. From 2 to 6 local representa-
tives displayed the new AtWater
Kent screen grid radio in club par
lors. Dinner will be served at $50
"One of the problems to be dis
Guessed Is the fear Of dealers that
within few years the saturation
point in radio consumption will be
reached" c. f. Kahn. vice-president
of the Capitol Paper Company
stated.
George Gawd, central sales man
ager from Chicago. said tax laws in
Europe, especially England, prohibit
radios.
Gawd said he did not favor the
granting of stronger wave lengths
to small stations.
Desire for publicity drives many
small stations into competition with
worthwhile stations" he said.
The Capitol Paper Company, deal
ers in Indianapolis for forty eight
years, is represented by I. F. Kahn,
president; c. F, Kahn, vice-presi-
dent; S. G. Kahn, secretary, and
Paul Nugent, Paul D. Wave, John
Cain and Kenneth M. Hall of the
Indianapolis sales force. John Nc
Coy, national sales promotion man
ager, will speak at the banquet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
CRACK TRAIN HALTED
DURING HEAVY STORM
Signals Reversed in Path of Twen-
tieth Century Limited in Indiana.

Signals Reversed in Path of Twen-
tieth Century Limited in Indiana.
BIZ Times Special
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. July 25.-
Hail and rain which fell on Ken
dallville and vicinity Wednesday
accompanied by a electrical storm,
caused several thousand dollars
damage, a checkup today reveals.
The Twentieth Century Limited,
crack New York to Chicago train,
was delayed when lightning struck
rails and reversed light signals.
Traction service was suspended
temporarily. Several barns and small
structures we're fired by lightning.
Kendallville was without electric
light and telephone service for a
time after two lines we're burned by
lightning.
A telephone operator was the
heroine of the storm. She ran sew
eral blocks to inform the fire de-
partment of blaze after connec-
tons to the engine house were
severed.
The rain and hail damaged wheat
and corn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
Stone Model of Franklin Is
Believed to Be italian
Marble.
By WALLACE BIGGS

Unfeeling wielders of the brush
have slapped at least a dozen coats
OF paint on a statue which now
turns out to be one of Indianapolis
art treasures, valued at least at
$780, it was discovered today.
The treasure is the life size statue
of Benjamin Franklin, taken down
without either reverence or particu-
lar care from the front of the cid
Franklin building, Monument circle
and East Market street, when the
structure was torn down several
weeks ago to make way for the new
Circle Tower building.
In the belief that the statue was
just a. what not" whacked out of
Indiana limestone or some kindred
plebian material, the building
owners presented it to Indianapolis
Typographical Union No. /, in the
absence of something better to do
with it. It might have been worth
as much as $50. laymen who watched
the Wrecking estimated.
Weighs Too Much
First inkling that the statue was
really worth something came when
o. J. Carter Of the Carter Stone
Company, 1899 Winthrop avenue,
discovered it weighed 5000 pounds.
That was too much for limestone.
Carter had received the statue
from the local printers union to
clean it, preparatory to cere-
mony in which the local will pre-
sent it to the International Typo
graphical Union for mounting at
headquarters. Typographical Ter
race, North Meridian street,
Hiram Chase, stone cutter for
forty-f1ye years. employed by Car
ter, had not Clipped of more than
the first half dozen or 50 coats Of
paint when he decided that This
was no Job for a, mason. Chipping
away a small portion of the whole
paint coating disclosed that tho ma
terial is italian marble, Scotch
granite or French cainShone. The
rough block of stone alone in these
materials would cost more than
$1,000.
Sculptor Called In
Carter called in Josef Graft,
Bloomington. Ind, sculptor, who
took the commission to do the final
fine work in restoring the statue
After Chase gets most of the paint
off. it will take Graft five days to
do his work.
While the experts believe that
excavation" through the paint will
disclose the statue to be either
italian marble or French cainstone,
the memory of City Councilman
John F. White affords different tes-
timony.
White, active in civic affairs for
half a century, recalled that the
statue was made by John H. Ma
honey, a prominent pioneer sculp-
tor in the '70s. The Carpenter
Monument company of Cambridge
City. Ind. at that time imported
several blocks of Scotch granite
and White believes Mahoney used
one Of them on the Franklin work,
which he completed in 1875.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
LITTLE TOWNS
MISSING FUND
UNDER PROBE
Lynnhurst Treasurer Says
$500 Gone After He
Issued $50 Check.
STATE BOARD WILL ACT
President of Town Board
Claims Money Can All
Be Accounted For.

Lynnhrst, incorporated last fail
as indianapolis smallest suburban
town and one of the smallest in
the state. already is in the tolls of
the state board of accounts with
charges of fund juggling by town
officials.
Upon complaint of G. G. Smith,
306 Gerard drive, LynnhurSt. Law
renee F. Orr, chief examiner OF the
state board OF accounts, today as
signed Thadd Major. field examiner,
to check the towns accounts and
discover what became Of the $500 in
funds.
Smith complained to Orr and
Greensberry Lowe, deputy examiner,
that he as town treasurer, cashed
not more than one $50 check-if
any-and that the funds are CONT
and he has been Informed he is not
nor never really was treasurer.
He attributes his difficulties to Err
nest Kellogg, president Of the Lynn
hurst town board.
Says Finances 0. X.
Kellogg today asserted the towns
finances are all present or accounted
for and that Smith never qualified
as treasurer because he never posted
bond. Floyd Newton is treasurer,
the board president contends.
And the state board of accounts Is
determined to find out who's who
in little Lynnhurst. according to
Orr.
The whole town covers 14.4 acres
and contains but thirty-tWo homes.
According to the story brought to
the state board of accounts by
Smith, the town board borrowed the
$500 from the Washington Bank and
Trust Company and deposited 5000
as an emergency fund in the Fetch
er Savings and Trust Company
bank.
Got One $50 Check
He received a Cancelled check for
$50 paid the Lynnhurt company
for set Of law books and was then
informed the fund was exhausted,
he said. He went to the town board
meeting to get more details and was
told he was not treasurer.
The $50 check, he says. is doubt
full, declaring he signed but one
check in the middle of May, and
this was dated June 20. He adj
mitted the law books we're on hand
at. the board meeting in Kellogg's
house, and he was told the balance
of the funds had been shifted to an
other bank. He wanted to know
why he was not consulted regarding
the shift, and was told it was be-
cause he was not qualified as treas
uref.
Kellogg, who works for the Ad-
vance Paint Company is also law
yer, Smith told Love, and he
thought that when Kellogg said he
was treasurer all qualifications had
been met.
The board president, however, as
serted today Smith had refused to
provide bond and this disqualified
him.
Kellogg went to the accounts
board Office for q conference this
morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
DIES IN MOCK ESCAPE
Shot Demonstrating How to
Foil Bandits.
BIZ United PYess

WIIbU Tb6g
ALLENTOWN. Pa, July 25.-
Captain William Kieb Of Audubon,
N. j.. field representative of the
Red Cross, was accidentally shot to
death today while demonstrating
how to escape bandits.
Kieb was showing Policeman War
rem Sander at the station here how
easily he could maheuver away from
a person prodding him in the back
with a gun. Sander acted as the
bandit and Kieb the victim. Just
as Kieb started a movement, San
der's gun accidentally discharged.
Both men thought the revolver I'M
loaded
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
TAX INCREASE FACED

MUNCIE, Ind. July 25.-Muncle
faces a, tax rate of 81 ,225 on the 500
valuation unless the 1880 budget is
greatly reduced.
Requests totaling 1862, 804 are on
file with the city council and to
raise this amount a tax increase Of
At cents would be necessary.
City officials, however, believe
that the budget will be reduced con-
siderably and that only a slight in
crease will be necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
KILLS SELF, 3 TOTS
Mother. Children Die in Gas
Filled Room.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW BRITAIN, Conn, July 25.-
Mrs. Esther Hallin. 31-year-old
housewife, took her three children
into a bedroom today and turned on
the gas. Several hours later all we're
found dead. Henry Hallim said his
wife had appeared in her customary
good spirits when he kissed her
goodby and left for work at s a. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
LIONS ENTERTAIN SONS

The Lions Club held its annual
Sons and Fathers day program
Wednesday noon at the Lincoln.
About 125 fathers and sons were
present.
Entertainment was provided by
the Chase Boy Singers, appearing
at the Lyric, and George NearpaSs,
the whistling brakeman.
Since August has been designated
by the club as vacation month, next
Wednesday Moons session will be
the last meeting until September
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25

nor OF New York state approx
mately $4,000.
Smith has submitted and re-
ceived cash for manuscripts Suffl-
cient to make five to seven more
articles. If the magazine runs
eight altogether. and if they are
all as long as the first. Smiths
income from them must be about
s148.8OO. or within $1,000 of the
total salary President Hoover will
receive for The first half of his
four-vear presidential term.
Smith is believed likely to eX-
coed the primary literary earnings
of Calvin Coolidge. who contract
ed TO write for three magazines
when he left the presidency.
How his widowed mother made
umbrellas for a living while he
sold newspapers after school is
told by the former Governor. AS
he grew older. he left school and
took various jobs. including truck
chaser" or the waterfront and
assistant bookkeeper' at Fulton
street fish market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
FIND AGED MAN DEAD
Neighbors Open Apartment, Dis
cover Body of Charles Clemens.

Neighbors concerned about the
welfare Of Charles Clemens, 81.
looked into his apartment at 726
North East street early today and
found him dead.
They had not seen him since
Tuesday. they told Coroner c. H.
Keever. The coroner said death was
due to heart disease. A sister, Mrs.
NJ. z. Shreeves, 3409 Brentwood ave-
nue., survives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
10000 EXPECTED TO
ATTEND PLANT PICNIC
DeIco-Remy Outing at Broad Ripple
Saturday.

Final preparations were being
made at Broad Ripple amusement
park today for entertaining the
crowd OF 10000 expected at the an
nual outing Saturday of the Delco-
Remy Corporation OF Anderson.
Plant championships will be at
stake in games and contests, includ-
ing boxing wrestling. swimming,
diving. races and beauty contests.
Thirty couples have entered the
marks second annual roller skating
endurance contest which will start
Friday night at 10. Last year the
skaters went 634 hours. Herman
Marsh. 1928 winner. was among the
first TO enter the 1929 competition.
Entrants will undergo rigid physical
examination before being permitted
10 take the floor. Physicians and
nurses will be on hand constantly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
Congressman Leslie Steele Dies

. I WAsHINGToN, July 25.-The
body of Representative Leslie J.
Steele of Georgia, who died here
Wednesday following an operation,
will be taken to Atlanta today. He
will be buried in Decatur, Ga, Sun
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25

Having filled the ships casks with
fresh water. the small boats moved
slowly over the water to the ship. AS
the Fuwalda passed out Of sight be-
hind a projecting point, Lord Grey
stoke and MS wife-in the breasts OF
both. a feeling of impending disaster
and utter ENTHUSIASTICALLY staaA
silently Eatchi2&