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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-22
Skeet Club Seconds
Complete Coup and
Defeat First Team,

Bearing out their contention tnet
they were not the second team, the
second team Of the Skeet club re-
soundly trounced the first team"
in a shoot Sunday afternoon. They
broke 116 birds to the first teams
6. The secret of the startling up
set. however, lies in the fact that
they had a strong handicap over
the first team.
Lineups:
First. Second.
Markussen ..........F. Armstrong
Wade PucketC
OeaSO WellS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-22

THE

TEXAS LEAGUE
Sundays Results
Fort Worth 6, Wichita Falls 2.
San Antonio 3. Beaumont 2.
Waco 3, Houston 2.
Dallas 7, Shreveport S.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-22
WESTERN LEAGUE

WESTERN LEAGUE
Denver 3, at Oklahoma City 5.
Omaha o. at Wichita /.
Des Moines 4, at Tulsa 5.
Pueblo Topeka, postponed, we
grounds.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
TONIORROk-A Man to Wh om 100000 Women Proposed

trouble and restore peace, I guess l will be there for some time. l can't come home for it's d hurry call
 We were issued more clothes, cap and a forty-tivc revolver with q holster for protection 10 ourselves and others. We had to pack our sea bags and roll up our packs in 70 minutes.
 'Thcrc are three captains and two licutouants going down with us There are 145 men going. We are going as far as Norfolk Na., to the Navy Yard there to hoard ship. Don't worry for I won't get hurt, II probably will be all over by tho time that we g"t there.
 'Don't write to mo again until you hear from me. l will write to you as soon as arrive and tell you my address and where 10 write to mo. I am writing this in pencil for my fountain pen is packed in my sea bag. It will take about week to get there and l will write as soon as get there.
 "ren everybody 10 write to fc as soon as you hear from me.
 "Don't worry now.
 50 long till you hear from me.
 TED"
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
GIRL FINDS FATHER
 DEAD IN HIS STORE
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went 10 the kitchen where he made breakfast for himself and read his paper. At o'clock according to schedule he entered the store. plan ming 10 open for business. At S:$0 o'clock a daughter. Frances, who worked for her father in the store. attempted to enter. She became alarmed when she found the front door had not been unlocked. Enter ing a rear door she found her fath- CTS body seated in a chair. Life was extinct.
 Mr. Avery is survived hy his wife. two sons. Edward and William, both at homo; four daughters Mrs, Alfred lycrson of Brooklyn, x. Y, Mrs. Thomas C. Dolan. New Britain, Mrs. Marie Pync and Miss Frances at home, and four grandchildren. Will lard and Virginia Dolan. Jane Tycr- son and Robbert Bobby" rync.
 Two brothers, Fred Avery Of Skowhcgan, Me, and Edward Avery or Aver Mass. and three sisters. Yrs. Eliza Morris, Of Torringtou; Mrs. Emma Hickey oG California and Mrs. .tlvcur Svcry Of Maiden. Mass. also survive,
 Funeral services have not been completed. Burial will ho Thursday afternoon from the uudcrtahin@ par lors Of the M. J. kenucN co.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
KEOUGH GOES ON TRIAL
 FOR TAXI CAB ROBBERY
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cprrs"nt"d him again today

represented him again today.
 With Koough was Walter GKcy- stonc) WisIi, 2U, of Go McCHntocl< street, who. it i.' said. "squc&lcd' to
 Inc police and signed statement
 duplicating "Dulkir." He was ar- rested in New Britain at tho store
 of his brother. "Whjtcy" Wish, Ill Beaver street. shortly after he re- turned from Boston. Mass. W here he went the day following Works com plaint of the alleged robbery The New Britain police knew Kcough had been in the taxicab but they hcsitatcd to arrest him because Of his well deserved reputation for keeping quiet when to talk would
 implicate himself, so they worked
 on Wsk firat and then brought in keOuGh.
 Keough and Wisk came 10 supcri- or court on the charge of robbery hut the states attorneys office add cd the charge of theft from person last week when the pair was put to plea. keough pleaded not guilty to both charges, but Wick pleaded guilty to robbery and not guilty to theft from person. Judge W. F. Man gan represents Wisk
 Attorney McDonough made a mo- ton that the state elect which of the two counts on which it would prose cute Keough. Judge Brown took the motion under advisemcnt. Wisk, who last week pleaded guilty 10 tho charge of robbery and not guilty 10 the charge of theft from person, re- vcrscd his plea when arraigncd to- day. Among the jurors sitting on thc cases arc Emil (. lIicrpe O. New Britain. and Royal II. Moraa and Edwin C. Lois"llc Of Berlin.
 The first witness was SergcaDt Patrick A. McAv1y. He testified to inc investigation into Works con- plaint and tho subs"QUont arrest of Wisk and Kcough. Indications were that the caso would not go to the
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
,5 Marines Present
TraMlcy Goes to Caribbean

Among the detachment of 1t5 mun and five officers Of the United States Marin" Corps which was or dcrcd to active duty in Haiti by President Herbert Hoover last Satur- day hcCaUs" Of the riOting and gen rral dierHrb&nc" in the island re public. is Edward J. Frawlcy. son of Mir. and Mrs. John A. I'rawlcy of 60 Highland Terrace, this city,
 Private Frawloy isa member Of the t22n1 company of Marines and he enlisted in service on September IS of this year. He was first sent to Paris Island for q training cours" and only week or so ago he quail fed aa a sharpshooter and was awarded medal. Selection Of sharpshOot"rs was made 10 make up tho detachment of men ordered south and nine men. including Fraw- ley, were chosen from his company. IT." WAS 10 have reported at th" Marin" station at Quantico, Va, last Saturday.
 In a letter received by his parents rom hill lOuitN, pONtNarked FIOr- "nc", <. C. and marked "cn route to Haiti" young TrawIcy states that the orders came so suddenly that h@ was forced 10 pack his sea bag i'm 2o minutes and leave for tho navy yard at Norfolk Va, 10 en- bark for Haiti.
 He explains that he could not come home bccaUsc tthc call was d hurried one and no 5imc could be lost in makine thc trip Of a week or morr 10 tnn soubcrn island. Through inc kindness So' his falFnr @ motormm on thc rdtncctimlt co. lines in tis city. tho ltttrr IS pub lish"d in rh. Herald. \ II is as follows.
 "D"ar Dad:
 "WcII, I'm 4on2 avaA now to bo posted in ilai'L You pIhdps have read in the paper 'hafS there is trouble aud rlotjng dovn2 2thcro We arc going down there b stop tho
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

| to try 0 silence it. WieCzorek had
 crept up in the dark to within q
 short distance of the German posi-
 ton. AS he was in the act of climb l ing from shell hole to hurl a
 grenade, the gun opened fire on him
 and he went down, hit in the body and in the right arm. The body
 wound was superficial but he near ly lost his right arm.
 The bullet entered above the el- Low and ploughed it's way along the bone ripping out through the back or his shoulder. After he spent several hours in his tortured cond.- ton, stretchcr bearers found him and he was given first aid and ev. c''- ated to a hospital. For time 1t
 was thought that he would lose his
 arm but after months Of treatment,
 the wound was healed. He was in q hospital when the armistico WIS
 signed and he was returned 10 th,s
 country as a casual. being discharged from a hospital in March, 1919.
 Three men were taken to the New
 Britain General hospital late last
 night suffering from lacerat;ous oi the face, body bruises and possible, fractures as a result Of the crash =
 ing of an automobile into a telc-
 graph pole on Beech Swamp road. John Midgeon of Pleasant street, , New Britain. driver of the car. was arrested by Constable Frank Brown and charged with reckless driving.
 He will appear in the Berlin town court this evening. William Sikors Of
 90 Broad street and John Ziegler Of J2 Elm street, beth of New Britain, accompanying Midgeon last night, were also treated at the hospital. Sikora remaining overnight and suf- fering from a fractured shoulder and several cuts about the face. Zegler
 sustained a slight cut on the head. Zicgler and Midgeon were released from the hospital almost at once. According to the story advanced 10 Officer Brown, the car driven by Midgeon attempted to pass two cars | near Peter Rosso's garage on Beach Swamp road. The driver of one of the cars turned out, causing Midgeon
 10 swing to the left. Midgeon, who estimated that he was driving be- tween 50 and 35 miles an hour at tho time. claimed that he struck a fence with an impact sufficient to turn his car and strike q telegraph pole. The telegraph pole was snap ped in two about three feet from its l base. The car was Crumplcd up both front wheels snapped off. the | radiator pushed back and the lcf; side completely wrecked. Charles
 Giana of Berlin. passing by at the l time, took two of the ell to thG ! hospital, and another motorist pick i cd up the other.
 The car was still leaning against 1 the remains of the telegraph pole ar l hour later, with its engine runninl
 almost full speed. Attempts 10 shu, i the motor oft proved ulavailing un. l til a garage mechanic arrived on thu
 scene and shut off the gas.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
DRIVER LOSES ARM
 AS CAB OVERTURNS
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an investigation may follow. Accord ing to the story told by Wieczorek, he was driving toward New Britain from Meriden when the truck loom cd in front of him, forcing him off the road. His fender struck the trucks hub cap and caused it to turn over,
 Victim Seriously Wounded in War
 Wieczorel is d veteran of the World War, having served with Con- pany l, 102nd Inf. 26th Division, in this country and in France. He was severely wounded in the body and the right arm during the drive at Chateau Thicrry and was in govern mont hospitals in France and in this country before his discharge in the spring of 1919.
 In the advance Of the American troops at Chateau Thierry in which Company I was one of the front line units, WiCCzOrck was shot down. Whcr thc advance was stopped by a rraChinc gun nest, q party from the third platoon was sent out on d raid
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

completed. shortly after C o'clocK the last exhausted member Of the Gandcr Deals crew was hauled aboard the Republic and turned over 10 inc doctor. True 10 the trH- ditions of the scG. Captain Barbour was the last to jump from the roll ing wreck into the lifcboat.
 One member Of the schooncr's crew, 15 year old Herbert Berry. son of the mate, was so weak from cX- posture and exhaustion that he Wa5 kept H. the hospital until yesterday Lost SG,O0O Captain Barbour and two of his brothers, who remained in New Town, owned the Gandcr Deal which was built sis years ago and named after H forest reservation which had recently been opened up by the Canadian government and which was known as the Gandcr Deal" Her cargo on this trip. the captain said. was worth between %6.oo0 and $7,0oo.
 Six Of the mon a,e married. Cap lt.lll hdIbEuf nllllSPlI Has ii loil . year old son, named Ernest, and q baby girl, named Martha Ncrna.
 "t had some things for them" ne said. "A doll and some things
 One Ot the crew, Dan Norris, hal planned to be married on his return tu New Town.
 But l guess I won't now" he said with long face.
 On their arrival here, the men were turned over to the British con- 5ul, who will sec that they get back to their homes.
 If W" get q ship right away. ." said Captain Barbour. we might make ii before Christmas" Captain Barbour who has been going to sea in fishing schooners since he was l2 years old. had never been on a ship as big as the Re | public before.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

scheduled to be carried out at the state penitentiary December 20.
 The first of two defense motions seeks the right for q review before the state supreme court OH the 1I- legation that Dr. Shook did not have q fair trial and that the appellate court erred in not granting re- ycrSal.
 The second motion opens the way for an appeal to the supreme court of the United States in the event that all hope is lost in the state courts. This is for q petition in error, filed as of right, which says Dr. Shook was denied his constitutional rights by failure to grant him a fair trial,
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
FELTOVIC'S PAL
 GETS JAIL TERM
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face showed tho distress he suffer- Id. IL vas haggard and worn. He met death looking straight ahead. never uttering a whmper.
 Rev. Mir. Grady walked behind him as he stepped across the corri- dor leading from the roH or cells 10 the death chamber. AS the cap and moose wcr" set in placo, hc whispered -.ucoura cement into the youths ear,
 He was dressed in a dark blue s,rge suit. The collar Of his white shirt was open at the throat, On
 lis feet were prison slippers. His arms and hands were houud. The business of bucEliug d strap about his knees and placing the black shroud over his head was only the \ ork Of seconds. II" stood erect as inc moose was loopod around his neck
 . There Wa nod iron, tho assist ant warden. and the catch Of the . ncath machinery was released. I'clto,ic killed Jacobs last March g III his Bridgeport store, when tho manager spurncd the youths . demand that he hand over the s'ora's receipts for a busy Saturday, Instead Of complying, he advanced
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

of New Britain whom he married
 in Brewster, N. r.. in October Puh-
 lie Defender w. G. Lundborg, who
 appeared for Luff, told the court
 that the reason for Luff's pecula i tions was that he was in debt and used the money partly to pay hos | pital bills and partly to protect tf"
 endorsers on his notes. It was not a case of riotous living, Mr. LunI- borg said
 Judge Brown remarked that he was disposed to impose a sentence
 on only one charge. so he suspended i judgment on the cmbezzlement i count.
 DiehlS Go to Jail George w. Diehl and Peggy Dichl who were brought into court on q bench warrant pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pre- lenses and were sentenced to jail for so days each. They were bound
 over in the Bristol court and the
 charge included alleged fraudulent checks issued in New Britain as well as in Bristol.
 Jones Gets Suspended Sentence Russell Jones. g. Of Southingtol pleaded guilty to charges of cm- bczZlement, was given a suspended Jail sentence of not more than 10 months and was placed on probd- tion for one year in superior court, It was alleged that he took $S70.t0 from his employer while he was a collector for a wholesale grain and feed company in Bristol. He was represented by Judge s. Russell
 Mink of Bristol.
 Cleveland Fined and Jailed Leroy Cleveland. 22, of Bristol
 was fined S10O and costs and scn- tonccd 10 Jail fer 20 days on inc | charge Of abortion. E'c was repre- sented by Judge William J. Malone of Bristol. Cleveland was implcat- cd in the performing of an illegal i operation in Berlin which resulted in the death of d Bristol young : woman.
 Jn court last week Judge Brown | imposed a iinc of $1QO and jaii i sentence ot oV days in Cleveland s
 case but agreed to reopen the .udg- : mcnt on request of Judge Malone. ! Testimonials from Bristol and For. | cstvil:c school and factory officials l were presented in Clevcland's be | half. A statement was read from | ;hc mother of the young Womaa | who was the victim of the opera ! lion. She held no malice against | Cleveland and Judge Malone aske.I
 that the young man be placed on
 probation instead of going to jLii.
 Judge Brown remarked thai credit should be gwen to Clcvclanu for inc manly way in which he act 1 cd throughout the case but he could not see his way clear to allow him
 to escape the jail sentence.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
SHOOK APPEAL BEFORE
 STATES SUPREME COURT
Way I'aNcd For Legal Action in Two Directions to Save Former Pro-
 lessor From Death

Columbus. Ohio. Dec. 10 LPl-The appeal of Dr. James Howard Shook former Ohio State university vCtcr- mary pTofcSSC", 10 set aside his re- cent conviction of the murder Of Thcora K. HiX, his coed mistress was up before t.o state suprem ] court for argument today.
 The move involved q two- way ap- peal planned by Dr. Snook's attor- ncys to escape tho death sentence
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
RATIONAL GUARDS
 PROTECT MINERS
 IN STRIKE TROUBLE
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(Continucd From First P1Gc) numbcr T between rival union miners.
 Two score automobiles loaded with members of the National Miners union swept out Of town to- ward Eincaid two hours before the time set for the mine to open -7 q. m.
 Women and children of miners employed at No. were told to gather at mine No. 5S. which is in Taylorvillc. This was taken as a precautionary measure in case trou- hle should develop between the striking members of the M. NJ. U. and members of the United Mine Workers of America.
 An infantry company, a troop of cavalry. a headquarters unit and a service company arrived during the night in response to the request for help by county officers. Major o. J. McMacliin of Salem was in charge.
 llt NOul lllou0t SLdlluS III liit IC,i- ter of the public square. On one side the headquarters and service units had established themselves. Jt was chosen by the miner pickcts as their gathering place. There was no disorder in the before-dawn hour. the pickets driving away, four and five in a car, without molestation from the military.
 No official would discuss what ac- ton the national guard intended to take at No. : to preserve order. II vas indicated no attempt would b. made 10 interfere with pickcting so long as it was properly done. Hundreds Quit Work Approximately roo miners failcJ .'o appear for work yesterday, anl the general sentiment carly today vas that additional hundreds would refrain from work today.
 The national guard units here arc C Company, 130th Infantry, from Springfield. commanded by Captain Writ Butler; Troop F, l06th Cavalry from Springfield; Headquarters Con- pany from Decatur commanded nN { Captain C. J. Mcacham; and a sc,N ice unit from Decatur under Captain 1 umer Davenport.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

Bridgeport, Dee, h (Pl-"Aly mother never wanted FpltoNic executed. She always maintained that he should be punished for killing my brother hut did not cx- press the wish tl,at he be hanged" This vas the message given out by Mrs. Fannie Jacobs of &1$3 Main street, this city, through her daugh- ter, Mrs Agnes Sayin, a few hours before the slayer of Lester Jacobs was hanged in Welherstirld prison last midnight.
 Mrs. Jacobs. still showing "I"cts Of the shoc!, which inyalide1 her when she was told of her sons uur- der. expressed sympathy for Mrs. Mary l'eltoyic. the executed youth's mother. Mrs Jacobs retired carly "nd was sleeping when the eNecu- ton took place.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
DOYLE ESTATE SETTLED,

Through a settlement of the cS- tate of James l.. Doyle, his widow, Mrs Mary A. Doyle, has taken title to the property at 2g Washington street, with permission 10 sell, if she desires to do so, In the event that the realty is sold, Mrs. Doyle and her sons, Edmond J, and Walter ]. Doyle will receive equal shalcs; if she does not sell, the property goes to the two sons upon her death.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

on Fcltovic with a pair of store scales lifted high over his head. Spirits fired his revolver and Jacobs fell with Q bullet through his heart.
 He was capturned the next night. His pal PaNlik, also 19, turned states evidence at the trial.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
.LUFF IMPRISONED
 ON B|GAMY CHARGE
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had been a trusted cmploye of the Corbin Cabinet Lock Co. and had no previous criminal record. He had not been living with his wife for about | year and had become in fatuatcd with Miss Daga c. Carlson
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
Planes Reach Havana

Havana. Dec, 1o tP,-TWo United States marine corps amphibian rl.,nes landed at Columbia airfieid here at II o'clock this morning en route 10 Port Au Prince, Haiti.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
EEO\A\ SO;IETN ELECTS

The krouan Sick Benefit society of the First Lutheran church elect ed officers for the year of 19G0 a' follows: Chairman. John Nelson vice chairman, Arthur J. KalberG recording secretary, Louis kallbere financial secretary. John X. kall. berg; treasurer. Charles lIllquist auditors for year ending 1929. Loui' Kallbcrg. John Peterson and Ann Dloomquist.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
MARINES SHIP IS
 HALTED AT CUBA
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Cauldwoll went as far as the border and reported finding no present evi- dcnCc of unrest.
 Messages from Cape Haitien stat ed that four-irth of the students were back at school.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
COMMITTEE
 . SAYS GRUNDY HAD
 : INFLUENCE HOPES
turers interested in tariff rates. Felt Natural Obligation"
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Ilt -Nhthiii 'btisbtEoi'
 Having, as he claims. been in .slrumental in the adoption of the tariff plank in the Kansas City pla, form and having raised the huge sum mentioned 10 elect the republic can candidate for president and ro~ publican congressman" the report continued. "he felt an obligation 10 rome to Washington 10 see that it.. promises of the platform in respect to the tariff were kept. and that thr individuals who, through h'a solicitation contributed 10 the car.- paign fund. were made whole"
 The report said that GrUndy. while "scoffing at the idea tEat th" consumer pays an additional amount on account Of tho tariff, was Tot prepared to extend that view to include manganese.
 Nor did he offer any reason why, i, said, if the prices Of manganese would not be increased, the steel manufacturers of his state offered such stubborn resistance" to the imposition Of duty Neither could he fined this reasoning applicable 10 agricultural products the report further declared.
 The committee also reported that Grundy had failed 10 submit any evidence to it to subsfantiatc his charge that some southern and western states do not pay enough toward the upkeep of the govern .ment to cover the cost of collcc- uon."
 The report. the third made by the committee since it began its inves- Usation of lobbying activities in Washington, asserted that this state ment by Grundy was refuted hy figures from the treasury and was ."obvously absurd.'
 He was further obliged to ad- init" the report added. that there was no truth in the statement tha; states like Pennsylvania support what he denominated backward commonWcalths."
 Has Wheat "SoIutiOn''
 Grundy. however. had a "solu- ton for the troubles of the wheat 4 4IdFhieT, lldliciF that nc red uCc nlS production, the report continued.
 The consumer does not figure at all in Mr. Grundy's views in respect 10 tariff legislation" the report wen, on. "Thcy constitute. he says, q part Of the 23.0O0.00O who voted th republican ticket ill 1928, giving a mandate he Construcs tl signify such revision as the leaders of the party shall propose, 10 antagOnizc which is treason on the part of any other of it's members.
 In view of his complaint that the rates in the pending bill arc not high enough, one is prompted to speculate on whether his loyalty would withstand @ downward rcvis- lon should such u course be advo- catcd or pursued by those same party leaders"
 It was nowhere revealed in th" testimony Of Grundy. the rcpor5 said, that either he or any one else associated with him ''Was in a stua- alon to offer any enlightenment to -nembcrs of either house on any matters pertinent to the discussion of the tariff bill not available to them on application 10 the tariff commission and other branches Of the government
New Britain herald., 1929-12-10

The worlds first long tunnel W@s built by the Roman Emperor Clau- Gius nearly 2000 years ago and was about four miles long, It took 3o,- 0oO men II years 10 do it. Today foo mon with modern devices would be able to do it in six months.