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New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
PEACOX DESCRIBES
CREMATlNG TESTS
Confessed Murderer Found Kero.
sene More Efficient
FIRST TRIED GASOLINE
Husband OF Former New Britain
Woman Taken Over Route He
Travelled with Body Of His Wife
Before Crenating II.
Asssctats1 Press Piets

White Plains, n. Y, May R -
Police today had the charred REM
nants Of a pony skin coat on which
Earl II. Peacox said he experiment.
ed before he decided to use kero-
sene to burn his wife's body.
The pieces of coat were recovered
near Yonkers, n. Y, when detec-
tives took the young radio repair
man to the spot where the partly
burned body of his wife was found
and other locations mentioned in
his confession.
PeacoX said he soaked the coat
in gasoline for a hour, then set
fire to 1t. The gasoline burned away
quickly. he said. without consuming
the coat, so he decided to use kero.
sene as a cremating agent.
At Bronxville, N. Y, garage
Peacox identified car as his and
as the one in which he transported
the body Of his wife from his apart
mcnt in Mount Vernon on the morn
ing of April 20 to the thicket near
Scarsdale. N. Y, where he set fire
Continued on Page 20DD
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
Sing British Anthem
For Mayor Thoansoaa

Chicago, May : (UP)-A
group Of Australian cadets ~
an assault Of the council cham.
ber stronghold Of Mayor VII.
liam Hale Thompson, arch en-
eMy of King George. and re-
turned without the leee q q
single man.
The British offensive centered
in 4 band rendition Of .40od
Save the King" The invaders
hoisted their British aae ever
the mayors fostrum.
Zig Bill" counterel With .
broad grin and heartily ap-
plauded the muaiclaAs Whoa
they played "AneftsA" ~ ~
the same tuae - tjse Dsoo1A
anthem. 81
The AugtEnl1ono v11> >nQpW
after praaeing ths nlaSee - -
EnGil1A oAabos N
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
REv.M. J. TRAYN0R
| ON PUBLIC BOARD
Pastor Of St. Mlry's Appointed
to Welfare Commission
FIRST pRIEST> IN OFFICE

ReappOintments- - Chairman Dob
son Returned to Board OF Public
Works for Three Year Term.
Rev. Matthew J. Traynor, pastor
OF st. Mary's church, was today ap-
pointed to the public welfare COM
mission. Father Traynor is the first
Roman Catholic priest to become .
commissioner.
The appointment of Father Tray
nor followed the resignation of Park
Commissioner Robert Andrews and
the transfer of Welfare Commission
er Samuel Greenberg to the park
board.
Father Trayncr came to this city
from Bridgeport. September IL, 1924
to take over the pastorate Of st.
Mary's church, left vacant by the
death OF Rev. John r. Winters. He
is in his seth year of priesthood.
.RAnk Commissioner Greenberg was
appointed to the welfare commission
by Mayor Paonessa in 1926 and serv-
cd during the second administration
Of the mayor. Following the elec-
ton Of Gardner c. Weld as mayor.
Mr.. Greenberg resigned at his re-
quest. only to be re-appointed to the
board several months later
Former Commissioner Andrews
served on the park board one year.
He had found it difficult to devote
time TO the comEissjonership and
asked to be released from further
service In that department.
Other appointments made today
by Mayor Paoncssa include: Chair
man George r. Dobson. board of
public works, three years; Cerle-
terry Commissioner Virgil NJ. Palmer.
three years: Public Works Commits
sioner Romaldi Szymanski, three
years; James T. O'Connor, board Of
compensation and assessment, three
years, and Samuel Menus TO the
same board for like term: Drs.
u. w. O'Connell. NJ. 8. Dunn and
William +. Flanagan. health board,
two years; f. r. Ringrose, Maurice
Stanley and s. NJ. McCutcheon. board
of adjustment, one year: Alexander
Brzozowy and William A. Forsyth.
public welfare commission, two
years.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
Transatlantic Dirigible Race
Late in June Appears Imminent

New York, May 6-A race
across the Atlantic by two huge air
liners, the new British R-100 and
the German Graf Zeppelin, doomed
as a possibility today.
Robert T. Pollock. American rep
resentative of the Airship Guarantee
company. owners of the R-100. said
the British ship would start for
New York the latter part Of June
and expressed some concern over
the possibility that the Graf Zeppe-
lin might be en- route to America
at the same, time.
The Graf Zeppelin plans TO take
of for America May Is with a Sec
ond trip . month later. 1t originally
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03

had been planned to start the first
night next week.
Arrival Of both ships in this coun-
try at the same time, said Mr.. Pol
lock. might result In an awkward
situation as the 5000 hydrogen
cylinders available to the naval air
station at Lakehurst. N. j., suffice
for one airship only. He said de-
parture Of the British ship would
be delayed for no reasons save those
occasioned by physical considera-
tions.
The British ship carries q crew
Of IS. the same number rs the Graf
Zeppelin. but has a passenger ca
pacity OF 100 as compared to the
Graf Zeppelin's Is.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
Plane PROPELLER
BREAKS MANS LEG
S. G. Codt, h, Of Berlin, In.
jQrM It Groton Airport
I'm new LONDON HOSPITAL
Publicity Agent for Flying Circus
Knocked Down By Wlirling Blade
Is He Tries to Start Engine f0r
Pilot.
Especial to the Herald)

Especial to the Herald}
New London, May 3-Seriously
injured when the propeller OF an
airplane which he was attempting
to crank struck him. Samuel Chase
Coale. Jr., Of Berlin is in the Law
renee Memorial hospital with conf
pound fracture of the right leg and
possible internal injuries.
Coale is connected with the Red
wing Flying Circus that was in Bris-
tol the past week. as advance man
and publicity man. He has been
with the company for a week. Prior
to that time he was connected with
the New Britain office of the Hart
ford Courant.
The accident happened about I
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
Groton airport. Lieut.. Roy Ahearn.
pilot of the airplane was at the con-
trolls and had signalled for Coale to
twist the propeller. At the first
twist Coale stepped back and the
contact was given by Ahearn but
failed to catch. AS Coale stepped
forward again, the spark fired and
the propeller caught him in the right
leg and hurled him some distance
across the field.
At the hospital it is reported that
Coale Is resting as comfortably as
can be expected. X-ray pictures
were taken this morning. The leg
cannot be set, pending the develop-
ment of the t-ray pictures.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
Boy Falls OFF ID Story Veranda,
Lands on Walk at Feet Of Father

Alphonse Roy was mounting the
rear stairs to his tenement on the
third floor Of the Paradise block at
1854 Elm street about o'clock last
night when human form. hardly
larger than fair sized bundle.
hurtled through the air from the
stairs above and struck the cement
sidewalk in the yard below with a
dull thud and lay motionless.
Terrified at the thought that It
might be his three year old son.
Freddy. he ran down the stairs two
or three at a time and clasped the
inert form to his breast. His fears
were justified. IT was his baby boy.
Supernumerary Officer John HUI
ten notified police headquarters and
the child was taken to New Britain
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
boulevard Street
!, Plan TO Be TRIED
Ordinance Committee Authorizes
Police Board to Experiment
FIRST ON WEST MAIN ST.
Other ThOrouyhfares to BE Included
in Six Months Test rs Commission
Decidcs-LOny Waits for Lights
Criticized.

Authorizing the police commission n
to install the boulevard traffic sys-
tenn on West Main and other streets
for six months, as an experiment,
the ordInace committee of the conf
mon council last night made possible
the opening of new era in traffic
regulation in this city. Under the
boulevard system. all traffic about to
enter streets selected by the COM
mission must first come to COM
plete stop.
Traffic Light Criticized
The city's traffic light system came
in for criticism at the meeting of
the ordinance committee, Council
man Joseph Landwehr of the fourth h
ward calling the attention of Chair
man NJ. w. Bannan of the board of
police commissioners to the delays
that are encountered at the corner
of Elm and East Main streets and
the corner Of Broad and Washington
streets at time when there is barely
any traffic.
Councilman Joseph Mlynarski OF
the fifth ward rose to the defense
Continued on Page 20O
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
Noah Flood Loses
Post at Reservoir

Boston. May ; 1@Although
his name IL Noah Flood and ne
resides on Spring street. he will
not guard the waters Of the New
Bedford reservoir. The civil
service department. disregard
ing the propriety Of Floods
name for such = post. today
notified him that he stood ninth
oAeng applicantA
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03

General hospital, where an exam
ination disclosed laceration of the
head and numerous bruises but no
serious injuries. The child's recov-
cry If anticipated, it was said at the
hospital. Officers l.. f. Harper and
Michael Brophy assisted in the in
vestigation. and DIR. r. W. Pullen
was also called.
The police learned from Walter
Sweakawalak. IL, of 2SS North street
that Freddy leaned against the BAN
lister and 1t gave way. Building In
spector A. N. Rutherford and Depu-
ty Building Inspector Thomas b.
Fay were ut a meeting Of the ordi-
nance committee in the common
(COutinueA en- Pare I'D
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
FATHER AWARDED $1,000
FOR DEATH OF DAUGHTER
Decision Reached in Suit Over kisl'
ing OF Child by Backing
Automobile

Judgment for $4,000 against JOS
eph Liss was rendered in favor Of
Rosario Adorno. administrator Of
the estate of Mary Adorno, by Judge
Edward NJ. Yeomans in superior
court this morning.
Mary, who was the three-year-old
daughter of Rosario was killed in
a driveway on Pennington avenue.
May IA, 1928, when he was struck
by Joseph Liss, who was backing a
touring car out of driveway. Ro-
sario was represented by Attorney
Thomas F. McDonough.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
RAIN RIDES IN ON GALE
Storm Throughout Night Emptics
Aerial Reservoirs but Causes
Practically Little Damage.

Heavy rain. driven by gales. fur
nished this city with a severe storm
through the evening hours and un-
til shortly after midnight. Excepting
for tree limbs blown down in sew
eral sections of the city. there was
no damage. The telephone equip
ment suffered no more than the
usual temporary interruptions. and
the electric light and power service
was not interfered with to a no.
ticeable degree.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
MOTION MADE TO ABS0LYE
new BRITAIN DIRECTOR
Ernest NJ. Harw0Od Pleads That He
Was Not Responsible For
n. A. /. Collapse

Hartford, May 5 R1Two mo-
tions designed TO absolve two for
mer directors o fthe National Asso-
ciation Investors, Inc. were before
Judge Judge Edward M. Yeomans in
superior court here today.
Ernest M. Harwood OF New Brit
ain and Herbert r. Mayors. of New
York. named defendants In the
100000 suit brought by the receiv-
ers Of the N. A. l., charging direc-
tors with negligence, contended in
the motions, that they were direc-
tors only during a brief period. and
could not be held responsible for
the collapse Of the Roger w. Wat
kihs scheme, some five months later.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
IDEATHS MOUNT IN WIDELY SPREAD
STORMS FROM NORTHERN VERMONT
TO MEXICAN GULF; TOTAL NOW 48
Virginia Suffer! Greatest Los. Of Lives By De-
structicn Of School, But Seven Southern States
All Have Heavy Property Losses New York
and New England Experience Destructive
Winds and Rain Storms Of Unusual Intensity.
(By the Associated Press)

Storms that have swept the eastern half of the United
States for three days moved into Mexico today threatened
to sweep the Middle Rocky Mountains leaving only the south
west and the north Pacific free of gales and rain and
The storms have taken 48 lives the last 48 hours
and caused heavy property damage.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03
Small Towns Fight for State Aid
Irrtvocahy Ended for
This Year
FALLS BETWEEN HOUSES
AFTER BITTER BATTLE
tcnator Durant, Education Chair.
man, Favored Bill But Voted With
Appropriation Committcc-Sena-
tors From Cities Opposed Having
Cities Pay Most Of Cost Of Trans
porting Town Children.

State Capitol. Hartford. May IN
Small town. seeking help from the
state in their problems of transport
ing elementary school children
failed today In their appeal to the
general assembly. for the appropria-
tions committee, defeated In the
house yesterday. turned that defeat
to victory in the senate today.
For the first time this session 4
bill was lost by falling between the
houSes."
The house. after violent battle.
adopted the bill, which originally
appropriated 100000 for trans-
portation. after amending it to ap-
propriate &270,0O0. The senate, re-
pudiating the education committee
and supporting the appropriations
committee, rejected the measure AZ
it was originally and as 1t was
amended. Only Senator Hackett Of
New Haven, second senate member
of education. was heard in q mo"
vote. though several others had
spoken against the appropriations
committee report.
Prevent Reconsideration
To prevent any attempt to have
the bill reconsidered, Senator Christ
pf New Britain. appropriations chair
man, moved, after the vote, that the
senate reconsider the bill 1t had just
rejected with the hope that the
motion will not prevail"
His motion was lost, as he wished.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-03

London, May 3 R}-An Exchange
Telegraph message from Berlin
states that three women and one
man were shot dead this afternoon
in the streets Of Berlin while they
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have made you chairman Of the supper
committee, Mrs. Page. We hope you win
help US out"
Mrs. Nancy Page, being an obliging
person, said she would.
She planned on oyster stew with
plenty Of oyster crackers for FIRST course.
Then she planned on steamed brown
bread with picalilli and thin slices OF
baked ham. This was to be followed
by apple pie with cheese and coffee.
For the oyster stew for 100 guests she
ordered the following:
4 gallons milk, 8 gallons stewing
oysters, 2 pounds butter, l large tin
of oyster crackers She bought these
with the proviso that she might return
the empty tin and receive credit for It
She had the women pick the oysters
over carefully. BY putting them IN q
colander and pouring IL cups OF water
in all over them she had a combination
oyster liquid and water which she
heated to boiling point and strained
The milk was heated to boiling, tht
oysters were put in and cooked Until
the edges clirled. Then she added
seven tablespoons salt. the butter and
| two teaspoons pepper. Just before serv.
| ing she added the hot strained oyster
liuuor. The stew was delicious.
write to Nancy Page, care Of this paper
| enclosing q stamped, sef-Addressed en-
veiope, and asking Tor her leafiet on Pastry
| (Copyright, 1921
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OUR CHILDREN
He Won't Eat.
BIZ ANGELO PArRl.

&4V w VA A4Ubs
Again and again the complaint comes
in: He won't eat for me. Well. why
should he? One ought to eat for his
own sake. Nobody else should take over
that duty and pleasure. The root OF
the matter lies just there in many In
stances. The child feels he Is eating
for somebody else and he gets no fun
out of the process. Once he gets the
idea that he eats for himself alone
that he goes hungry when he doesn't,
things viii change.
Eating Is habit. To be sure the
habit Is based upon the primary need
OF the body for nourishment, but that
makes the habit all the more secure,
A child must eat to live and the i'm
pulse, the instinct, to live is the strong
est one we possess. A child will eat
when he gets hungry. He will not
starve himself to death unless he is q
At subject for a hospital, and few of
the food users are that.
The child learned to eat in the wrong
way. His attitude was set wrong in the
beginning. Very likely his mother wor-
ried and fretted about every meal he
took. Some mothers hang over the
feeding infant a-tremble lest he leave a
drop In the bottle or the glass. That
anxiety communicates itself to the chill
and creates the wrong attitude in hinA
Sometimes the mothers anxiety Gre
ates fear in the child. Something is
wrong somewhere, he senses, and re-
fuses to eat. Fear kills appetite Some
times, indeed very often, the child dis
covers that this is the way to create
great interest in himself. His mother
viii stop the wheels of the household
Il order to watch him eat. That makes
HIN feel highly important, just the feel
ing he Graves.
other children use eating as a
weapon to force favors from reluctant
parents. 81 won't eat for you"
"Oh, see how good it is. Mother fixed
1t especially for you. Benny can't have
any Of this. 1t is all for you. Come
mo. I won't eat for you. You're
bad. You wouldn't give me lolly-pop. "
IAN right. Eat this for mother and
she'll give you one"
Once that relationship is established
eating becomes struggle between
mother and child. He keeps raising the
price and she keeps struggling to keep
1t down.
Nor is IL only young children who
make weapon Of their loss of appe-
title. Grown up young men and women,
older ones, too, take advantage of the
mothers fear for their well-being and
refuse to eat until they can have their
own way. Once that is assured they
beam kindly upon poor mother and let
her serve them good deal.
If poor mother would only under
stand and allow them all, young and
old, to eat or leave it, as they wished,
and go her way with evident noncha-
lance, the eating problem would soon
solve itself. Nobody, child or grown-up,
viii starye with food within reach. Let
them eat for themselves.
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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

This column celebrated its second
birthday during the past week. To
those who have Willingly or unwit-
tingly contributed to 1t the writer
extends his thanks.
M. G. writes: els there no happiness
left in the world? Apparently not,
when we read of the murder of young
women, assaults by criminals and
prison mutinies: Would 1t not be an
innovation to publish the cheerful
things for a changer"
Though police statistics and hospital
records may seem to indicate the con-
trary, there is still considerable hap
piness to be found. Crime Is unusual
and for that reason finds its way to the
columns of our publications. Pre-
meditated and accidental killings pos
sess news value because they are the
rare experiences Of human kind.
Most of us, consciously or uncon-
sciously, seek adventure. The most
pacific of men occasionally have yen
to poke somebody in the nose or talk
back to the boss. Risk has an eX-
hilarating compensation.
- y \ ~
Some years ago, an epedimic OF
stick-ups struck small community
Footpads stepped from the shadows
and held up law-abiding citizens at
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Everyday Psychology
Defense Mechanisms.
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. srRowLs.

The expression defense mechanism"
has gained In late years q prominent
place in everyday talk about human
behavior. It ranks in popularity with
the terms complex" repression" and
q score Of other words which came to US
via psychoanalysis. Nearly all Of these
additions to the lexicon Of popular
psychology are misunderstood out of all
proportion to their usage. It would
seem that loose usage of terms alone is
really the one thing wrong with psychol-
ogy. so far as its popularization is con-
cerned.
Defense mechanisms are by no means
Unborn mechanisr1S, as many popular
izers would have us believe. They are
habits, ways Of lodging responsibilities
There is no limit to the number of de-
Tense mechanisms one may acquire:
You begin to acquire your stock OF de-
Tense mechanisms early in Me-juSt as
soon as some one began to discipline
your behavior. Defense mechanisms are
constructed out of pain and fear. The
paddle and the ghost story were in all
probability your earliest foundation
materials.
Anything that creates a tension in
your nerves, anything that blocks your
personal ways Of conducting yourself
or the expression Of your ideas, calls fol-
iii cACuSc-h OCACloc hCOAlnaIolu'
The main point to be considered Is
the fact that you are always trying to
conserve your own estimation Of your
self. This means that you are contin-
ualiy building up q system OF ego
preservers. You try these various self
preservers out and settle down to using
the ones that give the best results. You
practice them. learn them. They become
personal habitS-your own peculiar de.
Tense mechanisnas.
= (Copyright, .1929)
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

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LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PArE.

Me and pop was taking Q wawk be-
fore suppir, and he looked down at the
payment, saying, All, pin, cleaning
pin. If was superstitious Id pick 1t
up for good luck, he sed.
Well @. pop, why don't you, maybe
1t will be, I sed, and he sed, Well II
you think so, you pick it up,
= No, it has to be you. pop, 1t has TO
be the one that found 1t. that's just the
part OF 1t, sed, and pop Sed, There's
nuthing superstitious about me, Id spilI
salt under ladder while was light
ing 3 cigarettes with one match on Fri
day the 18TH but Ill pick this pin up
anyway Just to show you that nuthing
will happen that wouldent Of happened
anyway.
And he picked it up and stuck it in
his coat saying, This Is a pin ana l
am Willyum p. Potts and we have
nuthing whatever to do with each other
and superstition is for savages.
WITCH Just then tripped on a stuk
up brick and came down on pops ankel
trying to keep my ballents, pop saying,
Owtch, If this is your ideer Of good luck,
kindly keep the change, zee gods my
ankel. -.
And he started to rub it, me saying,
Well @, pop, II you had tr1pped 1nsteo
of me over that brick you mite of broke
your ankel, maybe that's the lucky part.
And we crossed the street and just
when I was stepping up on the other
payment my foot slipped on the curb
and came down splash in the gutter
and there was lot of mud there and a
good eel of 1t splashed on pops pants,
him saying, Yee gods but your grace
full, you must of been bally dancer
In some former life, look at my pants
and tell me I'm lucky.
Sure you are pop, If I had been
automobeel Id of splashed it all over
you, its lucky thing I'm not, sed,
and pop sed, For Peet sake here comes
Sid Wawker, he'll tawk me def dunn
and blind trying to sell me insurants,
confound this pin anyways.
And he pulled it out Of his coat and
threw 1t away all his mite and just then
what did the man do but cross the
street without even seeing pop, me say
ing, There you are, pop, 1t was bad
luck pin insted of a good luck one,
that's all, but anyways it was some kind
of luck, now do you bleev in super
Stition
No, the very subjeck is unlucky, lets
drop it, pop sed.
WITCH we did.