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New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
First of Flight Worst

New York, Oct. 23 LP)-- The first five hundred miles were the worst for Urban F. Diteman, Jr., in his solo flight from Newfoundland to England, weather reports indicated today.
 Dr. James H. Kimball of the New York weather bureau, the unofficial starter for transatlantic flights, who was not consulted before Diteman took off yesterday, said if the flier got through the cold, foggy and cloudy weather and by northerly winds which prevailed for 500 miles off Newfoundland his chances for success should have improved with each mile.
 No reports were received from Diteman's mid-ocean path, but Dr. Kimball estimated that there, Dite- man would begin to get following winds and fairer weather. Over the British Isles conditions today were clearing and winds were southeast. On the tail of Diteman's monoplane Golden Hind"
 Temperatures Low But before he left the western half Of his course, Dr. Kimball said, Diteman faced a temperature of less than 40 near the surface of the sea and considerable lower temperature in higher attitudes, making strong the chances for ice forming on the
 wings of his fragile and heavily | laden craft.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23

Company of New York city, ,estified that the organization had sn eXten- sive propaganda organization and that Cuban sugar producers had agreed to meet expenses up to $95,- 900 for activities in Washingt on.
 Wanted Low Sugar Rates
 Asked if he wanted the tariff on sugar "as low as you can get it." the witness replied:
 Naturally, yes"
 You have an extensive oropagan- da, organization haven't you?' in quircd Chairman Caraway.
 "Yes, sir"
 I,akin then said that s75,o0o had been spent so far this year and trat S24,000 of this had been used in publicity work at bureau in Wash ington, in charge of Mrs Gladys M. Jones.
 What are you trying to accom- plish?' pursued the chairman
 T hardly know how to ell you. In the last analysis I didn't w. mt the sugar duty to be increased.'
 You didn't want the preferential treaty with Cuba to be abrogated ?"
 Yes"
 How did you make your appeal 2"
 "Directly to congressman"
 Lakin added the Cuba sugar pro- cucers had induced him to ake up their campaign in Washington and had agreed to meet expenses lp to s95,00O.
 Gr,lndy to Be Quizzed Tomorrow
 Joseph R. Grundy, Washington representative of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and of the American tariff league. was call ed today by the senate lobby com- mittee to appear tomorrow or Ques- tioning in connection with it's in quiry into efforts by various organ cations to influence tariff rates,
 Lakin testified that 10 months eX- perience had convinced him that a Washington lobbyist was d necessity to the busness world. Says Lobbyists Are Essential Expenditures of S75, 1000 SO far this year were detailed by the witness in , telling of campaign of the Cuba sugar producing interests against an increase in tariff rates.
 Has the business world come 10 l the conclusion that it must hire lob 1 byists down here?" asked Chairman Caraway.
 T am sorry to say it but 10 months experience down here has convinced me it must" Lakin an- swered.
 DO you think your business would have been unprotected if you hadn't been here?" continued Cara way.
 T am afraid so," he said.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23

America, the president encountered no less than three storms. The first and most serious was that in cross ing Tehuantapec bay off the coast of Mexico on the battleship Mary land.
 Visiting his second port of call on that tour-Launion, San Salvador, the gig in which he crossed the bay ran into rough weather and he was able to get on the dock in the high running seas only at the risk of limb, if not life.
 Then, as his homeward voyage on the Utah was almost at an end, sea and wind gave him a shake-up off Cape Hatteras on the North Carolina coast
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Jewels Returned to
 Victim at Hospital

Chicago, Oct, 23 (UP)--The s5o,- GOO worth of jewels taken away from Mrs. Helen Perky, wife of a millionaire Florida real estate man in a holdup recently were returned to her today in her hospital room.
 An unidentified man delivered the package of jewels to Mrs Perky and asked that she refrain from opening it until he had left.
 Mrs. Perky was shot through the jaw by the men who held her up Oct. 10 as she was returning from the Hawthorne race track.
 The states attorneys office an- nounce6 it's operatives were on the brink of making an Important ar rest in the case and that this ap- parently frightened the robbers into returning the jewels.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
SEVEN HEARSES BEAR
 FAMILY TO GRAVES
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little tads when their mother pass ed away.
 The years flew by. Mary, the little housekeeper, grew up. Ethel reached 16 years and finished grammar school She became the housekeep CT now, and Mary went to work for the telephone company, to help buy more shoes-and perhaps some base ball mitts and roller skates, too-for Tom and Walter and Georgie. They were getting on very nicely.
 Prayer Books Ready
 Before going to bed Saturday night Ethel laid out six prayer books and six crucifixes in a row un- der their mothers picture. All the little Cavanaghs were going to church Sunday morning. They went to sleep before their father came in. He had to work late.
 While they were still asleep, some time in the early morning, he came home. Wearily he placed a pan of water to heat on the gas stove and lay down to take little nap. The water boiled over and put out the flame.
 Ethel was still alive when the neighbor broke down the door. She had evidently wakened and tried to get to a window. But she died with out ever regaining consciousness.
 Some of the policemen at a nearby station started to make up a fund to help Mary defray the funeral ex- penses today.
 But Mary's cousins said it wouldn't be needed. They'd manage.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
DEFENSE RESTS IN
 MORTGAGE HEARING
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The defense from the time it opened it's side this morning was in conflict with States Attorney Hoyt, whose contentious were upheld by the court and the latter time and again exchanged words with defense counsel.
 The defendants are John F. Park CT, president; Clarence V. Smith, secretary and Paul M. Smith, treas urer.
 Judge Makes Statement
 Benjamin Slade, of their counsel, in questioning of John H. Wilson, office employe of the company, got into an argument and Judge Wolfe said "Once money was paid to the company by mortgagers it was the company's duty to pay the persons who held notes on these mortgages, and any other use Of the money was misappropriation and conversion. "They drew money from segregat- ed mortgage trust accounts and put this money into their own accounts IVY CiLS' oI oN VI VI cil tN' That was conversion. The jury will be so charged at the proper time.
 T cannot understand why the National Tradesmen's Bank & Trust Co. was so lenient with the company in allowing it's officers to draw checks against accounts which did not exist. but this is not before the court at the present time, except as 1 it may be considered by the jury in it's deliberations on the question be- fore them"
 Judge Rules Against Slade ! Slade, in questioning Wilson, tried 10 show that in many instances note | holders were paid their money. but Judge Wolfe ruled that the fact that not prove that the noteholders mentioned in the 31 embezzlement counts" were paid
 Judge Wolfe went on: "The ques. tion before the court is what the men did with the money which they received and which they are charg. ed with embedding"
 When Slade tried to find out who drew checks" against segregated accounts, meaning who wrote then out. Judge Wolfe said that the proper question would be: Why were the checks drawn, at whose direction and under what circum- stances"
 Sado wanted to know if the court were giving orders to de. fense counsel" and Judge Wolfe. reply was "No-merely a suggestion ! Mir Slade."
 Slade refused to question the wit ness on this point. Wilson hat been properly qualified as a com. petent witness on the methods enl. ployed by the company in it's busi ness transactions
 Slade's examination Of him pre-
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
SHOWER FOR MRS. OLSON

A miscellaneous shower was ten dered Mrs. Carl Olson, formerly Miss Anna Anderson of 563 Stanley street, at the home of Miss Hulda Sand berg of 563 Stanley street, last eve. ming. About 45 guests were pres ent from New Britain, Hartford, and Terryville. The home was prettily decorated in black and orange. Mrs. Olson received many gifts.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Fireman and Chauffeur
 Swim Out" of Flames

Cambridge, Mass, Oct 23 (UP) Plunged into the water-filled cellar of fire-swept building here last night, Bremen George Ryan and Frank Curry were forced to swim beneath beams and boards 10 rear exit.
 The fire, for which four alarms were sounded, caused damage es- timated at 5000 to a 21a story wooden structure occupied by 8 laundry and an iron foundry.
 About 20 families in neighbor- ing tenement houses were forced to fee.
 Ryan, a chauffeur, and Curry, were walking through the build ing to ascertain the seat of the blaze when weakened timbers collapsed, dropping them into the cellar.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Suspicious Over Phone
Far Out Over Atlantic

Harbor Grace, N. F., Oct. 23 P- Urban F. Diteman, Jr., 32 years old. a Montana cattle man who traces his ancestry to Sir Francis Drake, English sea adventurer, was pre- stunned to be far out over the Allan tic today on a solo flight from here to London.
 He took off at 12;45 p. m. (east- ern standard time) yesterday in &
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
No News In Ireland

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct 23 CHp-Tp to 5 p. m. today. (noon, E. S. T.) Urban F. Diteman, Jr., soli- tary transatlantic fier had not been sighted by any Irish station. He was due at London by this hour after leaving Newfoundland yesterday.
 The civil guards at Tralee, Gal way. telephoned Belfast at 3:3o o'clock this afternoon that they still were without news, but that they were keeping a keen watch.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
No Radio Reports

New York, Oct 23 LP)--At 7 a. m. New York time, there had been no news of the transatlantic plane Golden Hind since she headed out to sea off the Newfoundland coast for London at 12:55 p. m. yester- day.
 The Radio Marine corporation said no ships had reported sighting the plane during the night.
 No indications developed that the plane was approaching the coast of Ireland, which should be reached about 9 a. m.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
SO5. 900 for Sugar PrOpagandn

Washington, Oct. 23 Pl-The sen- ate lobby committee today turned to reported efforts to influence congress in deciding upon sugar tariff rates after it had obtained more details of the employment by Senator Bing- ham, republican, Connecticut, of a representative of the Connecticut Manufacturers Association, at the time the tariff measure was being written in committee.
 H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Wife Awaits News

Billings. Mont, Oct. 23 Ft-After a sleepless night, Mrs. U. F.. Dite- man, whose husband yesterday roar ed away from Newfoundland on an ocean-spanning attempt, waited eag- erly today for news of the little plane
 and again expressed confidence in her husbands ability to "make it."
 Throughout the night she stood steadfastly confident, reiterating the lone aviator was no novice at flying and already had come through su- preme tests in the air.
 Mrs. Diteman was hoarse from an all night vigil at the telephone. Everybody, it seemed, telephoned a word of good cheer. Messenger boys necessarily brought her te]egrams. AS all this was going on her two sons, Jack, 7, and Eddie, 1, slept the deep sleep of untroubled youth. A neighbor woman came early in the evening and remained all night to help Mrs. Diteman answer the many phone calls.
 Faced Bad Storm
 { More information regarding Dlte- mans ability as f1ier became ! known today. On September 16 he 1 flew to Billings from Dearborn, Mich, in the face of most adverse 1 weather and warnings not to attempt the trip. He showed off over Lake Michigan when that great body of water was enshrouded by an impen- etrable fog. Over South Dakota he encountered a blinding rain storm, but pushed on and fought his way through unfalteringly to Billings.
 On a recent flight between Mis- soula and Billings a Montana gale whipped his ship mercilessly and 1 Diteman wah forced to land in the shelter Of a high mountain. He ne- gotiated this hazardous descent with out damage to his plane.
 Diteman had been preparing for the Atlantic hop since last summer Mrs. Diteman said. He would not have attempted it, she declared, had he not been positive Of accomplish ment.
 He has never undertaken any thing without succeeding" his wife said simply. ! expect to have worc
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
storms Pursue Hoover

With President Hoover's FlotiIla - on the Ohio, Oct g (P}-Storms by ~ water seem to pursue President Hoover.
 On this voyage 10 commemorate the opening of the lock system on the Ohio he encountered last night one of the worst october storms ex- u perienced in this section in many years.
 |" Equipped with a patent bow, which easily split the waves, his steamer. the Greenbriar bucked head waves with ease compared to the snubnosed craft that came be- hind and it rode the bow well while anchored for the night, as did the other craft.
 During his good will tour of Latin
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
FRENCH PRESIDENT
 SEEKING CABINET
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toned as the possible successor of
 M. Briand. Foremost among them
 were Andre Tardieu. minister of
 interior in the defunct government;
 Joseph Paul Boncour, prominent : deputy. and Jules Steig, former
 resident general of Morocco.
 Briand May Resume
 While the suggestion was made by
 some persons that NJ. Briand be
 asked to form new coalition gov
 ernment there was opositiopn to this
 in certain important quarters. M.
 Briand himself was understood to be
 averse to such procedure. although
 willing to accept the foreign minis
 try in a new cabinet.
 President Doumergue had little to
 guide him in the selection of new , premier. There was not even the
 germ of d possible coalition in yes :. terday's vote of non-conftdence, which combined both right and left extremists. united in their opposition to NJ. Briand but opposing him for
 different reasons.
 Briands difficulties were increased . with departure today for Rheims ot the radical leaders, who are to hold a party convention there and who
 had wished to forestall the inevitable . government crisis until they had . their own private house party out or
 the way. Radical cooperation will be i necessary to almost any solution ot the crisis.
 ! Dissatisfaction with Premier Bri-
 ands government, which he had . never expected to last long, arose 7 principally, it was felt from the con- viction he had let France come off second best in it's dealings with 5 Great Britain at the Hague repara- - ton conference, and because of dis . satisfaction with his agreement to take French troops out Of the Rhine D land.
 - Submarines Also Involved Widespread insistenCe of non-in7 ! clusion of submarines in the pro- - ieeted London naval agreement s doomed. too as, as probable cause of embarrassment. There was a ]. feeling in some quarters that s Frances note of acceptance of the % London barley invitation should have
 stated clearly Frances submarine :. position. Ii was felt however .. Frances naval limitation policy was 'e less at stake in the formation Of a z new government than the Young :. plan and continuation of Rhineland ~ evacuation.
 DO The vote of non- confidence last
 night came with startling sudden .~ ness on the first day of the reas- N sembling of parliament. Premier . Briand asked for discussion of the Q. budget and postponement of inter- ga pellation on the governments for ' eign policy. Members of the right ]. and left joined in insisting on the in- - terpellation of the Hague settlement ~ and the Rhineland evacuation, and N when it was made a matter of con- \. fldence, defeating the premier. -v The unstable condition of which p yesterdays vote was the fruit arose
 In May, 1928, when the elections .- provided no clear majority for either % right or left, or center. As long as ~ M. Poincare was at the helm hls :. dominant personality smoothed the s governments way, but with his re % tirement recently because of Il health trouble began.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Parents Refuse to Sleen

Portland, Ore, Oct. 23 LP)-While brother-in-law maintained a. vigil in a newspaper office here today, the sister and aged parents of Ur- ban F. Diteman Jr., Billings Mont, cattleman and aviator who is at- tempting a solo flight across the At- lantic, refused to sleep and await ed reports of the progress of the adventure. Warren A. Erwin, the brother-in-law, maintained an at titude of confidence.
 When we hear that Urban has succeeded-and I'm sure that will be the news-then we'll sleep" de- clared Urban r. Diteman, Sr., the fiier's father. Mir. and Mrs. Dite- man, Sr., were not advised of their sons flight until last night, Erwin having planned to keep the news from them until today, when the best-or the worst-news was ex- pected.
 Suspicious Over Phone
 The parents became suspicious, however, when they discovered that Erwin had had his residence tele- phone disconnected and the news was finally given them. Informed of her sons adventure, | Mrs. Diteman said: T have all the | confidence in the world in my boy. God controls the heavens as surely as he does the land and Urban is going to win. Of that I feel cer- l tain"
 The father declared somewhat
 gruffly that it was foolish thing to | do, but now that Urban has started l l know he'll finish.'
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23


 Golden Hind" after one of the ships commanded by Sir Francis Drake. The plane carried 165 gal Ions of fuel. which Diteman estimat- ed was sufficient for 25 hours.
 The Golden Hind was last seen 10 minutes after the take off. when it was sighted heading out to sea over Cape St. Francis, N. r.
 Airmen estimated between 25 and 80 hours would be required for the flight to London, which is approxi- mately 2,550 miles. That would make Diteman due in London. if he succeeds. late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. London time. The water jump from Harbor Grace to Ireland is 1,S00 miles.
 It was not known that Diteman planned to fly the Atlantic until after he was on his way. His destination was announced in letter he left with the managers of the airport, marked "Open after departure" It read:
 Text of Letter
 Am bound for London.
 T have 165 U. S. standard gallons gasoline aboard, conservative esti- mate 25 hours.
 Many thanks, ye New Found- landers, and I apologize for so many impromptu lies. Drake did not bring me here nor to London, albeit l am a descendant. Sorry if I hurt any, ones feelings. I meant no harm. P. s. Many thanks. You will hear from me. DITE."
 During the three weeks Diteman was here since his flight from Frederickton, N. B.. he told residents he was tracing other descendants from Sir Francis Drake, who he claimed was his ancestor.
 Fairly favorable weather was forecast on both sides of the Allan tic for the period of the flight. The weather at the take-o was fine. but a fog settled down on the New foundland coast by mid afternoon and by night the sky was overcast. A northeast wind was blowing.
 Good Weather Reported
 Dr. James H. kimball, trans atlantic flying weather expert of the New York weather bureau, said that Diteman would encounter little danger If he flew at low altitude, but that in high altitude there was danger of ice forming on the wings. Cabled dispatches from Belfast, northern Ireland, described weather conditions along the Irish coast as l moderately good.
 The plane Diteman is flying is a two-seat open cockpit type which he purchased in Kansas City some months ago while there selling a shipment of cattle. He had 1t al- tered for the ocean flight, so he could install a 165-gallon fuel tank in place of the 25 gallon tank with which it was fitted. It has a wing spread of 323 feet, six inches. The cruising speed is 95 miles an hour Diteman's wife apparently was the only other person who knew of his plans to attempt the ocean flight. Al her home in Billings, Mont, she said:
 "The ship was bought and altered with the crossing in view" adding that her husband had been flyins about two and one-half years since becoming interested in aviation 1T Portland, Ore, where his parent' now live.
 Third Solo Flier
 He is the third flier to attempt : solo flight eastward across the At lantic. Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh made the only successful crossing. H. C. Macdonald, a Cana dian, was lost a year ago in an at tempt to fly from Harbor Grace t London.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Weather In Ireland Good

from him that he has arrived in London"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
HOPE WAVES FOR
 LONE AVIATOR AS HOURS DRAG ALONG
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London Watching

English coasts, but had no word c him.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
HOOVER ID SPEAK
 FROM AUDITORIUM
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| route from Cincinnati to Louisville @ but the steamers passed through -' only one, No. 37, as the prosaic army !" engineers have recorded it, but l, known to the folks hereabouts as D Fernbank Local, after the Ono
 town of the name which pours over Y the bluffside down to the edge of the ~s levee.
 .s The high turbulent waters had s filled the other two, at Neville, Ky, = and Markland, Ind, so that the pa a geant was able to pass througl l a without so much as hesitating. But v the first was a pattern Of the others ., and MT. Hoover gave it close eX- <. animation from the deck of his f steamer. the army engineer boat % "Greenbriar," on which Mrs. Hoov- 2, CT, Secretary Good, his secretary ~ George Akerson, Brigadier General Deakyne, assistant chief of army
 engineers. and other members of % the presidents personal party also .s rode.
 Kentucky Follows
 Behind the Greenbriar steamed -. the Kentucky, also bearing members
 of MT. Hoover's personal party; the
 Ottawa and Cayuga, pushing quar- .. terboats 1S8 and 196, carrying ~ newspapermen and photographers; 20 the Scioto, pilot boat; the Cincin-
 natl, the Pittsburgh, the Queen City .. and the kankakee, bearing mem bers of the Ohio Valley Improve ment association and prominent
 people from Pittsburgh, West Vir- - ginia towns. Cincinnati and Ken lucky,
 Among the six private yachts ac- O companyiuE the flotilla was that of Governor Sampson of Kentucky who was to welcome Mr. Hoover tc Louisville, where tonight the presi-
 dent is to deliver his chief addres from the deck of the Greenbriar and over nation wide radio hook up.
 - Two governors welcomed him
 yesterday al Cincinnati, Cooper ol
 Ohio and Conloy of West Virginia
 and Governor Leslie of Indiana - iourneyed from Indianapolis tC
 Madison to extend his greetings l'
 a brief stop today at that little river Q. town.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
The ColOrs:

Ma.rron Glace Sunburnt Beige Crystal Beige Sun bronze Suntan
 Almora
 Light Gun Metal
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-19
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRICT AT
 ANCHORAGE. ALASKA.
 In the Matter of the Application of the Alaska Packers Association, a corporation, for Patent under Sections 2306 and 2307 Revised Statutes, to tract of land a soldiers additional homestead embraced in U. s. Official Survey No 1881.
 Serial No. 064O9 Notice of Application for Patent.
 NOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN That the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION, a corporation organized under the laws of California, whose principal office is at III California Street. San Francisco, Califor- mia, has filed application Serial No. O6409 for a patent under and by virtue of Sec tions 2306 and 2307 Revised Statutes of the United States, assignee of John Suter. for tract of land embraced ;G '. :. G. ficia Survey No. 1881, situate the south shore of Naknek River, Territory of Alaska, west of and adjoining U. S. Amended Sur vey No 69, latitude 58 deg 43 min. % sec. N., and longitude 157 deg 02 min. O5