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New Britain herald., 1929-04-05

and bound her over. Bonds were furnished by her father who holds real estate in Newington. This case was continued from last Wednesday when Miss Blazaus was not repre- scented by counsel.
 Speeder Fined S10
 Frank Taber of 1141 New Britain avenue. West Hartford. was charged with reckless driving. Taber figured in collision on Saturday March 30. He was following a car going to Hartford and as the car slowed up Taber applied his brakes and skid ded into car owned by Hyman MChlin of 2S2 LinNood street, New Britain.
 Michlin's car was damaged and passenger. received d severe bump on his head and injuries to a hand. From the testimony given. Judge Welles could not find that the man was reckless in his driving and he was therefore charged with speed ing.
 Taber was arrested hy State Of ficcr Landon,
 This was Taber's first appearance in any court and he was given q minimum penalty of s10 with costs Of sl2.31.
 Runaway Girls Arrested
 Two girls age l I and 13 years were taken into custody by Con- stable Halleran Thursday morning. They were found walking along the road in the quarry district in the company of two young men. Upon being questioned by Halleran. they said they had run away from home. They live in Ware. Mass. Their parents were notified and they were turned over to Miss Bristoll at the New Britain police station to take charge of them until their parents arrive today
 The regular Friday night dance will be held in the Grange hall to- night.
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the treatment of her daughter In the
InId huiIdinR. now discarded, but con-
GUIDED her testimony with q vollin-
;ary tribute to the superintendent whom,
she said she had found courteous and
ohiiRirr. She expressed regret that she
haci not carried her complaint to him
in the first instance and her belief
that he would promptly remedy such
conditions as she complained OF II tney
meas saw the psychopathic ward once
for A few moments and refused 10 put
her husband there because she did
not think it O At place and because
she objected to having him put on
g uniform--the hospital clothes.
New Building Adequate.
1.-THE new medical and surgical build
ing, with O capacity of 304 beds, with
new and modern equipment and appa-
rattis in every detail, is believed to be
the equal of any hospital In the
country.
"The psychopathic buildings, though
only years old, are not all that might
be desired, so rapid is the advance OF
Improvement in hospital construction,
but the board finds no ground for any
general complaint as to the way IN
which these buildings are being USED
and maintained or the manner in
which the patients therein are treated:
| This department compares favorably
with others of the same character.
1.-THE more vital question Is the treat
ment accorded to patients. The board
finds no substantial ground for COM
plaint in this connection. 1t is i'm
possible for the board to sand at
| the elbow of every official Or Ter the
superintendent to stand at the elbow
of every employe, but we believe tHat
his first care Is the welfare Ut pa
tients and that this is the spirit of
| the hospital staff generally, including
the efficient superintendent OF nurses
| We believe that he Is constantly ON
| the alert to strengthen his personnel
and will be quick to recommend the
removal of the careless or the in
effcient IL any such should be found
A staff Of 1853 of the pick Of the
medical and surgical professions m the
city, giving free service for operations
and treatments at the rate Of about 20
visits per day, and visiting for monthly
conferences and inspections in groups
of more than 100, should DC an added
assurance that there Is nothing serious
| ly wrong with Gallinger.
| "The investigating committee las
| addressed letters to the surgeon general
of the Army. the surgeon general of
| the Navy, the surgeon general oI the
Public Health Service and the super
intendent OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
requesting each of these officials to
designate an officer Of high rank to
| form a committee for the purpose of
making an examination and inspection
of the equipment and conduct of the
hospital with a view to having a re-
port from competent experts not in
any way connected with the admins
tration Of. the hospital or with the
District government. (Signed)
JOHN JOY EDISON.
Chairman
Attest:
GEORGE B. WILSON,
Director of Public Welfare"
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height could not exceed 1900 feet under
the requirements Of officials
The record which stainforth and Or
lebar were out to break was set by Fly-
ing Oficer r. L. r. Atcherley. with a
mark Of 332.49 miles per hour in two
laps Of Saturdays Schneider Cup races.
Atcherley was disqualified from the
Schneider Cup race, but his individual
officials.
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streaked along the course after fiatten-
ing out from a swift dive
First Lieut. G. II. Stainforth had pre-
viously completed five flights over the
course in an almost INFESTED Gloster
Napierl6 seaplane.
Orlebar few the supermarine Rolls
Royce So with which Flying Officer
H. r. D. Waghorn won the Schneider
Cup race on Saturday for England.
The official figure for the record was
the average of the times for four flights
over the three-kilometer course, two in
each direction.
The pilot had to pass the starting and
finishing lines in a horizontal flight.
For 900 yards before crossing the start
ing line and during his passage over
the course his altitude could not exceed
height of 500 feet. Elsewhere his
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In winning the Schneider Cup for
England Waghorn broke the Schneider
Cup record with speed of 328.68 miles
an hour.
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Wife Seeks Divorce.

William B. Sayre. 103 r street north
east, said to be an engineer at The
United States Capitol, was named de-
PENDANT in a suit for a limited divorce
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filed by Mrs. Annie Laura Sayre, .627
Otis place. The wife charges Cruelty
and humiliation at the hands Of her
ago and have two children.
Attorney Timothy J. Hart appears
for the wife.
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In the fourteenth century it was the
fashion to carry toothpicks OF silver
suspended around the neck by chain.
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BRITISH ACE SETS
368-MILE SPEED
RECORD AT CAL SHOT

Continued From First Page.)
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Complainants Small.

I'm spite of the great publicity that
has been given to this investigation
and the occurrences leading up to It.,
the number of persons who have re-
sponded to the open invitation to ap--
near and make complaints was most
astonishingly small. outside OF the
Thompson case, there were really only
two. one of these, a lady of intelli-
Cence and refinement, gave an exceed
ingly detailed and convincing story OF
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Razor Blade Incident.


IAN incident which has been given
great publicity was brought out in the
testimony of this witness. It is said
that an insane patient though this wit
ness does not say that he was insane
or a patient, was about to be fed razor
blades and glass. There is disagree
ment between this witness and the pres
ent X-ray specialist as to what did &C.
cur. The present X-ray man denies
that ne ever had any intention of allow
ing the witness to swallow glass or
razor blades. The most important fact
in this connection Is that the man was
not insane and never has been patient
and still is, prisoner at the jail and
apears to be a man who makes it q
practice to swallow, or pretend to
swallow, articles of the character men,
toned for exhibition purposes. He was
brought over from the jail to demon
strate his ability and was allowed to
swallow two paper clips He seems to
have boosted Of his fondness for glass
and razor blades, but was not supplied
with either The demonstration with
paper clips was stopped by the superin-
tendent as soon as 1t was brought u. his
attention.
"Oral testimony developed the fact
that Mrs. Thompson, the patient who
died as above stated, got out of bed,
went down on the elevator from the
fourth to the first floor and was stopped
there. while endeavoring to escape from
the hospital, and brought back to her
room on stretcher The escape oc-
cured while the nurse in attendance
was absent FROM the room for brief
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Questions Misleading.


While the Judge of the Juvenile
Court indicated that there was no ne
cessity for accepting the boards invita-
ton to testify, for, the yery sound legal
reason that any further statement from
her would be hearsay. the communica-
ton acknowledging the committees in
Vltatlon to appear, contained numerous
questions, all of which were propounded
to witnesses in position to know. but
which did not elicit anything to cause
change Of the foregoing conclusions.
Two OF the questions contained in this
communication, as It was given to the
press, were so framed, inadvertently Of
course, as to create In the minds of
persons reading them in the news
papers an erroneous and very damag-
Ing impression. These questions seek
information as to how operations upon
poor persons are decided upon and per-
formed, leaving the uniformed very
likely to infer that there is one treat
ment for rich and another for Door.
The questions are mentioned not for
criticism, but because the board feels
1t duty to inform the public that
there is no ground for such inference.
This seems to be the proper place in
this report to record the fact that the
general hospital ss .t q which Vt a, Mrs
Was a dL N1dlllIlBeT,
opened on June %, 1929, and con-
structed and equipped at cost Of a
million dollars, is exclusively for poor
persons. No rich man can buy his
way into 1t as a patient The same
was true of the general hospital when
in the old buildings.
I'm its inspection of the new general
hospital, the psychopathic buildings and
an old building used as detention
ward. where patients sent from the va
rious penal institutions are treated,
and all other buildings, the committee
made three lengthy visits. Their frst
inspection was begun within two hours
after it was decided upon and with no
longer notice than that period to any
one connected with the hospital. In
every place most marked cleanliness
and tidiness was found. All beds.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
THREE INJURED IN
 TRIO OF CRASHES
Boston Post Road Accidents
 Happen Near NorWalk

Norwalk, Aug. 1 R-A broken windshield, wild motorcycle ride and a quadruple automobile col lision today resulted in putting three persons in the Norwalk hospital within an hour in three separate mishaps on the Boston Post road. All were Norwalk residents
 Mrs. Annie Ogrady, 61, is in a critical condition as the result Of a collision with machine operated by Fred Stam of, Stamford. Mrs Ogrady was struck by one driven by tSan. which careened off. striking three others before 1t was brought to a stop. He was arrested on a charge of reckless driving. No other par- son was hurt.
 Catherine HGybeck, 16. was s5ri- ously injured and probably has d fractured skull, when she WIS thrown from the rear seat Of a motorcycle. after tire burst.
 The cycle was operated by Law renee Cogswell, who was slightly cut about the head. The girl Was thown distance of 20 feet, when the motorcycle got out of control.
 Albert kocian, 21, was catapultod through the windshild of his truck and sustained severe decorations of the face and head. His truck was hit by another on the Post road, op- erated by Steve Bodie.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
Washington's Revolutionary Ledger Removed From Dusty Files to Aid
 Historians In Checking His Works
Account Book Carefully Kept - Shows Every Dollar Used In War-First President Spent Only
 S160O74 of Public Funds

Philadelphia 10 the army at Cam bridge (Mass)". A few days later he spent three pounds flor a gun and accoutrements" and on July A of that year he paid two pounds, five shillings ito French cook"
 Washington evidently did mot attempt to conceal from the new American government his reverses on the battlefield. In his 1777 accounts he recorded expenditures during the retreat through Jersey 10 Pennsylvania" and later in the same year a s1.O37 item for expenses on the march from Germantown, Pa. until we hutted at Valley Forge for the winter"
 Made Frequent Inspections Frequently entries were made for reconnaissance of the commander in-chief sometimes with and some times without the army but genera ly with only a party of horse The expeditions these records show, were to scout the British forces or to lay out the American army battle plan or defensive positions by personal observation. They con- stituted major item of his accounts ! "a total of s42.755.
 For household expenses during the eight years his accounts totaled s69,250. and in his daily accounts he itemized even such small eXpendi- lures as on June IS. 1777. "fo1 washing. 6 shillings, IS pence,'
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
MARY LEWIS FILES SEP PARAT|ON ACTION
Union of Opera Singers on Rocks
 After 15 Months

Los Angeles, Aug. 1.-tP-Mary Lewis. opera singer, has filed suit against her husband. Michael Franz Bohnen, asking separate mainte nance. Bohncn also is an opera sing CT.
 The singers, often termed the ideal theatrical couple,' were mar ried in New York in April 1927. Shortly afterward they took up resi- dence in Berlin. Three months ago they came to Los Angeles. Bohnen to fulfill a motion picture contract in Hollywood, and Miss Lewis to rest up for the opera season next winter. They had expressed their intention of making their permanent home here.
 In interviews shortly after their marriage Miss Lewis stated that she and Bohnen had agreed that their careers should come first, and that their marriage should not be allowed to interfere with their operatic work
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
Jail Breaker Caught;
 Made Unusual Escape

Boston, Aug. 1 LP,-George A. Silvia, of New Bedford, who escaped from the state prison at Charles town. October 4, 1926, is under ar rest in Mineola, N. Y, according to a message received today by Warden James l.. Hogsett from the Mineola police, The message said Silvia had been arrested for burglary.
 Silvia was serving a sentence of six to seven years for breaking and entering. His escape was consid- cred remarkable by prison officials. for it had been necessary for him to cut a hole in the top of his cell climb through a ventilator to the roof and then crawl over the tops of several buildings until he reached the prison wall near the Boston & Main railroad tracks, where he drop ped, out of sight of prison guards
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01

farmer policies.
 The members of the group. MT I.egge. s. s. Teague and Carl Wil- Hams, accompanied by Secretary oi Agriculture Hyde told the institute an expansion of cooperative market. ing.
 Today at the call of C. 0, Moser. of Dallas. Texas. president of the American Cotton Growers associa- ton. trustees of the orga ganization met to select d committee to visit Wash ington and lay before the entire board for solution the problems of over production.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01

Inc. H. F. Reddel, H. E. Schuey, Molly Farrell, Moylan Conlon, Joe Savonis, Anthony Petow, A. Levine, Donald F. Connolly, Mildred Brook man. Elaine Hart.
 Rosemary Hayes, J. Frank, Grace Hatton, Joseph A. McAvay. Warren Stack, c. 4. Bell, Louise w. Firn- haber, J. Harold Johnson, Dellie H. Young, T. D. Fay. s. J. Helweg, J. H. Milkey. s. H. Chidsey, G. E. Cur tis, E. Twigg, o. N. Judd, Floyd B. Mitchell, Louis E. Davis, Kern J. English, Edmund D. Hayes, N. A.. Pindar. Charles F. Robertson, Will liam Carlson, Stanley J. Janaitis, Joseph Neubauer, William Keller, Bertha G. Ramage, S. R. Thornton, Charles S. Gaffney, William J. Me Namara, Van Way Printing Co. Ed mund L. Doherty.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
Deadlock Reached in
 Relations With Soviet

Moscow. Aug. 1 R-Russia and Great Britain have reached a dead lock in thelr London conference for the resumption of trade and com mercial relations and diplomatic services. Great Britain refused to acccde to the Russian desire for i'm mediate appointment of ambassa dora before controverted questions were taken up.
 Russian Ambassador Valerian Dovgalevsky of Paris, who has con- ducted the negotiations for Russia with British Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson, today returned to his post in France. The negotiations began shortly after the Russian ar- baSsador arrived in London at the end of last week.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
CIVIC CLUBS LEAD
 IN GOLF CAMPAIGN
KiVanis, Father Of Drive" i, More Than 50 P. C. Subscribed

More than 50 per cent of the membership of the Kiwanis club has subscribed to the drive for S25,OO0 for a municipal golf course, with the drive less than two weeks old. ac- cording to Edwin P. Lanphier, Jr.. publicity director today, The kiwan- is club is slightly in the lead of the Rotary and Lions clubs which total almost 40 per cent. The Exchange club, according 10 Mr.. has not yet gotten into it's full swing although it's committee has made elaborate plans for a thorough solicitation of the members.
 The report shows that the kiwanis club, which endorsed the drive 100 per cent shortly before it's opening, boasts among it's membership be- sides MT. Lamphier. Judge Morris D. Sake, chairman of the general con- mittee. and Arthur E. Berg, clerk of the board of park commissioners cipal golf course more than a year ago is said to have been the real start of the project.
 The club, with many of it's mem- bers out of the city on vacation has made a record to date of 54.4 per cent; the Rotary club comes next with a total subscription among it's members of 393 per cent. while the Lions club has reached 37.5 per cent, The Exchange club has made a start with percentage of 20.6.
 MT. Lamphier states that the con- mittee in charge of the drive finds ing and he believes that the ultimate success the project will be due to a large extent to the foregoing re- cords He points out that this is an incomplete report from each club.
 No Reports From Captains
 With no reports coming in from team captains. because of the fact that no meetings have been held since, last Friday it is impossible, ac- cording 10 Ralph H. Benson secre- 7 who is handling the mechanical part of the drive to tell how much has been subscribed to date. The drive so far as produced at least four fairly large subscriptions. One check for s1000 and three for $500 each have been received, in each case donors who probably nev- CT vii play on a public course.
 Other contributions range all the way from s1 up, although the aver age individual contribution seems to be about SIC each The fact that four months are allowed for com plete payment has had a tendency to increase the average contribution. The total known contributions re- 1 ported by the Chamber of Commerce will exceed s1S.O0o, although no definite figures can be ascertained until the next luncheon of workers and captains, which probably will be held Friday noon, or at some more convenient time.
 New Contributors
 A new list Of contributors sub- mitted today includes the following names:
 J, c. Brennan, Rev. I. l.. Sullivan. Thomas w. Doyle. w. H. Eddy. James P. Baldwin, J. A. Hube, L.. w. Young, Annie L. Bancroft. Alfred w. Schleicher, G. R. Holcomb, S. T. Rothfeder, Marion s. Fink. Henry D. F. Bush, Abraham Fightlin, R. A. Fowler, C. J. Tomlin, w. C. Habber- sett, Clyde M. Ellingwood R. Isleib E. l. Bowling, Harold A. Knowles
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
Chicago Police Arrest F Men In
 Important Raid On Bomb Makers
Under Cover Agents Information Enables Officers to Capture Whole Crowd In Act of
 Delivering Pineapple"

Chicago, Aug. 1 Pl-A bombing iyndicate that had supplied and use pineapples'' in Chicago and other cities for years was believed crush ed today with ? of the alleged ring leaders in jail and the arrest of others expected soon,
 The arrests in a spectacular raid on the gangs headquarters iast night constituted the first major at tempt to stop one of the city's mosr notorious evidences of lawlessness. D long series of bombings which had increased until this year the average has been about three bombs week.
 Under Cover Agent Aided
 The raid was so unexpected and 30 carefully prepared that none of the men arrested had time 10 put up any resistance. It was executed through the efforts of an under cover agent who had worked his way into the gangs confidence.
 The agent, James Altmeier, had purchased one bomb from the syn dicate some time before and for three months he had been accepted as g. racklteer. Last night he ar ranged for the purpose of larger shipment.
 With one police squad hiding nearby and another surrounding 2 nearby house that served as the gangs headquarters, Altmeier com pleted his deal with the gangs emis sary. He recevied a package con iaining four bombs and paid over $500 in marked money and a cnecn for $40.
 The police signal was sounded and all of the men in the car that had delivered the bombs as well as those in the house nearby were arrested.
 Lieut. George Barker, head of the police bomb squad. said the most important men in the bombing in dustry were under arrest. They in cluded James Belcastro. believed to be the head of the gang, who was charged with a staying a year ago but never prosecuted. and Angelo Lucci, recently acquitted of mur- der.
 The others arrested were:
 Steve FriCke. said to be one of the eaders, and occupant of the head quarters.
 Veto Fricke, -year-old son of J a1i 10 Altmeier.
 Mike Casselli, said to be the head maker
 Tony Marchio, who has police record.
 Arthur Quesnell, John Barraco, Sam Rosso, Gus F'iocca, James An gelino and Claude Shell.
 Two Other Bombs Found
 Detectives found two other bombs in Fricke's rooms, shotgun, q 45 automatic puistol. detonating caps, more than a hundred bullets some of the dumdum variety and some smeared with garlic to cause blood poisoning if they didn't kill.
 The syndicate. Lieutenant Barker said. preferred only to supply explo- sives, but, for an extra payment would do the tossing or planting sas we'll.
 "Prices on the cash and carry basis have ranged from s10 to s15C for a single bomb,' he said, and the extra charges for tossing or laying have ranged from $50 to s100 and in Some cases higher.
 Lately the demand has beer more and more for the bigger bombs the kind that do real damage. In the first year of the last six the damage
New Britain herald., 1929-08-01

by bombs in Chicago was only about S100,00U. last year it was more than S1.0G0, 900. This year the number of bombings up 10 date has been 65. Last year at the same date it was only SC. That shows how the indus try has been growing"
 Gang Branching Out
 Lieut. Barker said there was evil dence that the gang had been branching out and supplying both bombs and layers" to clients in other large cities.
 After the P men had been Erllled, raiding squads were sent 10 some Of their homes and were sent after oth- CT men who had been implicated,