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New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
AzARO CANDIDATE FOR PRLX DE ROME
New Britain Student al Yale Second in Class
 of 200

Sons of old Eli met at the Shut tie Meadow club last evening and conducted the annual meeting of the New Britain Yale club. After the banquet, the members elected Herbert H. Pease. president: ?. F. McDonough, vice president: Maurice Stanley, vice president, and Harold w. Hatch, secretary and treasurer.
 After the business meeting Mir. Pease took charge of the speaking and called on Valentine Hart who spoke at length about Joseph s. Azaro, who is in his third year at Yale as the recipient of the New Britain Yale clubs scholarship to the New Haven university. When it was announced that Azaro stood second in 8 class of 200, it brought e hearty round of applause. Azaro is trying for the "Prix de Rome" which carries q scholarship to Rome and from latest reports he stands good chance of securing it.
 Other remarks were made by MT McDonough, Judge J. H. Kirkham Charles H. Mitchell, James 8. North Maurice Stanley, William Coholau Clifford Merwin and Harold w Hatch, all of whom distinguished themselves at Yale in athletics oI enthusiastically. The topics selected by the impromptu speakers were about Yale of their day and proved interesting.
 The golf match in the afternoon looked more like a father and sou meeting than a gathering of the Yale club for Max Hart won the low net and Ted Hart, his son, won the low gross.
 Valentine Hart again heads the scholarship committee for the New Britain Yale club and. as yet, has not announced his co-workers for the coming year.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
Ship Is Safely Meersd In Southern. France Under Guard of Ma- nnes -hves6ga6oa Into Cause of Break. down Will Be Made.
Mrs. Pierce Emerges Ap- plying Lipstick to Smik ing Lips-Dirigible Must Remain at Cuers for Week and Then Return Home.

Friedrichshafen, Germany, May IS Marlborough tests and examina- tions of the motors of the Graf Zeppelin which failed 50 soon after her departure for the United States on her second transatlantic voyage, will be made by German motor ex- perts 10 determine just what went wrong.
 The suspicion openly voiced in many quarters that sabotage was re- sponsible. was strongly doubted to- day by engineers and other high officials.
 While the man in the street still could not conceive of any other theory for the failure of the May bach motors to function, inquiry among engineers of the company in- dicated they staunchly held to the belief that sabotage was out of the question.
 Sabotage "Impossible"
 'The idea of sabotage cannot h. entertained" said First Engineer Hans Stiefel of the Maybach works. For the present. he said. nothing could be said about the failure of the motors. First the motors must be examined and thoroughly tested out. A fast express is taking
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
Stern Mother Tells Court Judge Her Son Is No Good W'en Youth
 Is Tried for s' :. Gasoline
q Don't Want Him in ttssS$S Mrs Annie Villa Says, Instead of M' '>es Ss al Plea for Leniency Boy Sent ~SssAtory - Gas Meter
 Robbers Rec Suspended Sentences

Sake and other court officials, who had prepared themselves for some- thing entirely different.
 The son had nothing to say and Judge Sake committed him to the reformatory. His companion. Gustave Johnson, 20, of IA Pleasant street was represented by Attorney David l.. Nair and was fined $15 and costs He had not been arrested before and his attorney said he was convinced that the theft of the gasoline was more of prank than a viciously in- tended offense. although under the law it was serious.
 Villa and Johnson were arrested by Sergeants P. A. McAvay and P. J. O'Mara Thursday and admitted that they took the drum of gasoline from Lyle road and rolled it down the embankment, where 1t was load ed into an automobile and taken to Johnson's yard, where the gasoline
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
BUILDING BEING RAZED
 ON RUTHERFORD'S ORDER
Carpenters Making PrOsress iu Demolisling Clinton Street Struc-
 ture Affected By Gale.

After a full days work, a force of 12 carpenters last night had razed the condemned building at 321 Clin- ton street, to the first fioor. and to- day resumed operations to clear to the foundation. The building, a three tenement frame structure erected by Nicholas Scappelatti, was tilted by the strong winds of Thurs day night, and was immediately con- denfned by Inspector Arthur \. Rutherford.
 Removal of braces placed at the east wall on order of the building department is believed to have weakened the building to . point where resistance to the gale was impossible. Three orders were given to strengthen the house an.l the supports had been removed without the knowledge of the city department.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
LINDY WILL BLAZE
 TRAIL TO ARGENTINE
Plans to Open New Air Mail Route, Bridging
 6,300 Miles

New York, May IS R-Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, air trail blazer, is contemplating a survey ot an sO-hour mail and passenger route from Miami. Fla. 10 Buenos Aires
 Plans for the proposed service were announced yesterday by Col onel Lindberg and J. T. Trippe, president and general manager of the Pan-American Airways, Inc. Col onel Lindbergh is technical adviser for the company.
 The route proposed is down the west coast of South America to Val paraiso. Chile. thence across the An des to Bueos Aires. The distance il $500 miles.
 The service will be begun with mail only about November 1. but later will be made to include pass enxer service, with muilt-motored planes. Colonel Lindbergh said he wasunable to set a definite date for his proposed survey of the route, His wedding to Miss Anne Morrow. daughter of Ambassador Dwight w Morrow is expected to take place nearthe middle of June.
 Four Miles High
 In the jump across the Andes, planes will be obliged to fly at 2O,. coo feet where it will be necessary tc use motors equipped with super chargers and to supply oxygen fol pilots and passengers in the rarified atmosphere.
 Eighty hours to Buenos Aires Colonel Lindbergh said, ''is figuring conservatively. with planes flying al less than 100 miles an hour. l be- lieve that eventually our transports will cruise at 15o miles an hour.
 Orders for 53 multimotored trans port planes including sikorsky am phibeans for water jumps and Ford and Fokker planes for land hops have been placed for tho proposed route.
 Night flying with the air of radio beacons was included in the propos. ed schedules, Colonel Lindbersh said
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18

Contrary to the customary demon- stration of motherly love and affec- tion. pictured in motion picture scenes of court trials and very often witnessed in actuality. was the &C., ton in police court today of Mrs. Annie Villa of 77 Fairview street. Her 19 year old son. Fred. who had pleaded guilty to the charge of theft of 50 gallon drum of gaso- line owned by the city. last Novem. Der, stood in the shadow of the state reformatory at Cheshire on ac- count of his bad record. but she might have saved him. temporarily at least, had she made the plea that was expected when she took the witness stand.
 Hes no good. l don't want him in the house. He never works. He brings bad men to the house, al- ways plays cards and make the house dirty. don't want him any more." she declared in broken Eng fish, to the amazement of Judge
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
FINAL PREPARATIONS
 ACTION ON TUESDAY
Success or Failure of Long Deliberations Will Be
 Known /

Paris, May IS LP - Tuesday of next week has been designated as the time when the experts on repar- ations will reach the crisis in their deliberations-when they will find agreement on the one hand and definite failure in their task on the other.
 One of the experts. who preferred to remain anonymous, said today:
 We shall know about Tuesday evening if there is to be rupture or an agreement. If an agreement is possible our work will continue another ten days"
 Meanwhile the German reserva- tions to acceptance of annuity fig- ures proposed by Owen D. Young, American president of the repara- ton conference. loomed as increas- ingly likely to prove the rock upon which the conference may break up
 The situation represented a dis tinct change from that of two days ago, when it was not believed Dr. Schacht's stipulations to acceptance would prove overly difficult of hand. ling. Today. however. as the experti delved deeper into them, they were seen to involve all manner of com. plications. unforeseen consequence. and implications which had to bt followed up and studied in detail.
 In the background there stil iurked the problem of, repartitjon o the repafations payment and setting aside of the allotment percentage, for each nation agreed upon at Spa Belgium. after the war. This sub ject, despite the possibility it may b. left for subsequent diplomatic nego tiations between the creditor nations has continued with the experts ant has been the subject of frequen private and confidential deliberation. between them.
 Few Are Optimistic
 There still remained some few to day who professed belief that tn, delegates in the end would reach al agreement, but their number wa, diminishing. The general impression was that the experts had done al much as reasonably could be expect ed of them.
 That being the case unless som, way leading to a rapid agreemen should be found in the first days O. next week. the expectation was tha the wisest course would be found tt be to wind up their report. leaving
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
CHEAPER LUNCH CART
 FR FRANKLIN sQUME
Building Permit Sought for Structure to
 Cost 5000

Contrary to beliefs expressed by members of the common council. . lunch-cart Is to bs installed on the Standard Oil company'i plot at Franklin square and Pearl strest. but the structure now contemplated will cost less than half tho amount which was to be expended for the dining car originally planned.
 The oil company made several un. successful attempts to obtain per- mission to conduct | gasoline filling station, but was held up by common council objection, based on the pro. test of church members and prop. erty owners. A few months ago, John J. Dillon of Waterbury made application for . permit to conduct a dining car. the cost of which vas placed at $1,o00. This type of busi- ness being permitted in the sone. the permit was issued. Dillon a6an. doned his plans and has asked for rebatement of the 3.s fee paid by him.
 At Wednesday nights meeting ot the common council vigorous protest was made against . change in the zoning act which would permit con. struction of gasoline filling station. Today, Anthony Zaxxero of 1eS Washington street, Hartford, applied for permit to conduct . lunch-caft business, intending to install . steel structure as . cost of $s,0oO. The building will be 10 feet long and 12 feet deep. Inspector A. N. Ruth. erford finds no legal objection te the plan.
 Plans are also being made for an- other building to bs used for an automobile service and acceooory business. If this plan is carsieA through. all the functions of . eaS- oline filling station, excepting the actual sale of gasoline. will bs car. ried on.
 At Wednesday nights meeting, Councilman Walter J. Nelson of the fourth ward. one of the leaders in the drive against the gasoline move. ment, expressed belief that the talk of lunch cart was camou1ags to encourage favorable action on the oil company's application. Other members concurred in the belief.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
TWO ARMY PLANES
 CRASH IN MID.AIR
Army ManeuVers at Columbus,
 Ohio, Have First Accident
ONE PILOT LANDS ALIVE
Other Perished in Flaming Craft Both Planes Land in Sparsely Settled Section Of City.

Columbus. O., May IS R - One man was killed and another slightly injured today when two planes they were piloting in the national army air maneuvers crashed over a north side residential district and fell in flames.
 The dead man was Lieut.. E. L. Meadows of the 95th Pursuit Squad ron. from San Diego. Cal. He died when his blazing ship crashed in the back yard of a residence. The second man is Lieut.. Fred salter. San Diego, Cal, attached to the S5th Pursuit Squadron. He jumped with a parachute and landed in a ravine, suffering only burns about the face. He was taken to a doctors office where his injuries were pronounced minor.
 The crash occurred during the biggest single sham battle staged thus far in mimic warfare between the Red and Blue armies.
 There were 104 airplanes partici- pating in the maneuvers. 42 pur- suit planes from the Red air head quarters at Norton field here. went out to engage in mock combat with
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
Reject 25 P. C. Offer
 Of Bankrupt Jeweler

In the matter of B. Georges, bankrupt. an offer of c5 per cent has been rejected by the creditors and the trustee has made a motion to sell his real estate free and clear of liens subject to a first mortsaC=. A hearing will be held on the mo. tion on June , at IF o'clock noon.
 All persons holding mortgages, at- tachments or liens on the property of 6ebastiano Goxzo of this city. bankrupt, have received notices that the trustee has made . motion tn sell free and clear. the property of the bankrupt. A hearing will be held on the motion on May 22. There are five attachments, nine mechanics liens. one mortgage and one judgment lien on the property at the present time.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
Arrest Blind Man
 For Sellinr | 3nuor

Westport. May 1S 0@John Migliarez, 50. of Franklin street. Saugatuck. . blind man, was ar- rested for the third time oa . charge of keeping liquor with intent to sell when . party of state police from the local bar- racks under Lieutenant Henry J. Albright raided his heme h Saugatuck.
 Police confiscated . auantify, of alleged wine and whiskey aAl also arrested Mrs. Flofonoe Migliarez, z5. his 1sngAtee-ia. law, on . charos o1 1oe1luG liquor. Both pesepas Npeo o.11e leased in bonle c q, ~ a will be arraiGue4 aa Weufo61k town court be1seD JoAGs toon' F. 0edillst sa 01ooa0s N
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
NO ATTENTION IS PAID.
 LETTER SENT TO HICKEY
Unsigned Message Said, "Tllis ls Going to Re Perfect Crime
 and That's That.'

Hartford. May IS UP) - The death of Walter Treadway Hunting ton. Harvard student, was as deep . mystery today as it was when his body was found in a Windsor swamp II days ago.
 County Detective Edward J. Hickey was satisfied today that Huntington shot himself. He has tracked down every shred of clue that has come to him, the detective said. and found nothing to indicate murder, no motive for murder and no woman in the case" Opposed to the county detectiye's g belief is the wealthy students death certificate on file in Windsor. stat ing he was victim of homicide and signed by two medical examiners. Little importance was attached today to . letter sent to Hickey through . Hartford newspaper. The letter, unsigned. said. This is go- ing to be . perfect crime and that's that" It warned the detective not to waste his valuable time" trying to discover ''the one who killed him."
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
INQUEST REVEALS ALLEGED LAXITY
Cigarettes Smoked Near Film
 Storage in Cleveland Clinic
FIRE DOOR ALWAYS OPEN
Testimony Of Chairwoman Reveals Alleged Dangerous Practice-In- spectiOA Bureau Had Warned Clinic Coroner is Told.

NO1ObCT N
 Cleveland, May IS R1Investisa- ton into the Cleveland Clinic fire which caused the deaths of 122 per- sons from gas generated by blazing N-ray films went forward today with information that cigarettes were smoked near the film storage room and that the Clinic had been warned of the danger.
 These facts had been uncovered in testimony before an inquest con- ducted by Coroner A. J. Pearse, and County Prosecu Ray T. Miller. newspapermen were told. The in- quiry was held behind closed doors.
 Mrs. Rose Reber. chairwoman at the Clinic. testified that men fre- quently smoked cigarettes in the basement near the room where the film was stored. and that she never had seen the steel fire door closed.
 A report of the Ohio inspection bureau warning the Clinic to safe- guard the building by removing the film was read into the record, Pearse admitted after the hearing was closed.
 Pearse, with Miller. declared their inquiry was mot a blame fixing af- fair" but an attempt to determine exactly what happened"
 The inspection report was filed with clinic officials some time ago, Pearse said, together with recom- mendations that the film be stored in separate building. Pearse said he "believed' the report mentioned the desirabiIity of sprinklers and
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
Truant Officer Saves
 Boys Playing Hockey

Madison. Conn.,, May IS (UP) The last person in the world three eighth grade truants wish ed to see was a "cop" when they started out on a fishing trip. They became stranded on an island, however. and Police Chief Burton Page came to their rescue,
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
CLOSEST ID DEATH SAYS US. OBSERVER
It. Comdr. Clark Tells Vivid
 Story of Zep's Flight
HIGH PRAISE FOR CREW
Sir Hubert Wilkins Also Says Exper- fence Was Worst ln His Varied Career-Prefers Airplane Trip to Pole.

Career-Prefers Airplane Trip to
 Pole.
 Toulon. France, May IS (UP)- Most Of the passengers of the luck less Graf Zeppelin described their ride through yesterdays storm as the most narrowing experience they had ever had. For the most part. all of them admitted that when the storm was at it's height and when the ship was wobbling they didn't expect ever to be able to tell the tale.
 Sir Hubert Wilkins. Arctic explorer man who has travelled under all sorts of conditions, said it was the worst experience of his career. He said:
 Sir Hubert's Story
 "I would rather fly to the north pole than start such flight again. There are things you can do with airplanes that you cannot do with dirigibles.
 "I would have given anything to have been able to bring the ship down when we passed near Mar seilles the first time. 1T have ridden many a storm in airplanes in my life, but l never have seen anything comparable with yes lerday's storm. We swung, twisted spun, rocked and bucked like g bronco. It was quite the best test of a mans stomach and nerves" Closest to Death Lieutenant Commander Vincent Clark, United States navy. who travelled on the Graf Zeppelin a, Dr. Eckener's guest and as an un. official American observer, described the experience as the closest any of us ever have been to death." Hs said:
 | But in spite of everything, mucf has been proved by the Graf Zeppe lin's ability to ride out the storm.
 Clark said the flight was . sue cession of dramatic episodes. nor thrilling than any novel. Things be gan going badly from the start, h. explained, when the ship was helt up for . few minutes at its hanga while police hunted for a stowaway After that everything went vel until one of the motors developed trouble. That became noticeable ii the steering difficulties. When th' motors grew more troublesome al the ship entered the storm zone Eckener tackled the dirigible like ; sailboat, making it use the wind fo all it was worth in order to mak' it overcome the power shortage. Like Melodrama
 'It was like the pages of good old fashioned melodrama," Clarl said. "The passengers were obliged to sit or lie down to avoid falling ol being thrown against the walls witt every violent lurch of the ship. Oft en movement was impossible for tn, passengers and difficult for tn, crew."
 l Clark said there was no danger Of food shortage. with 5000 poundi of it aboard, but it was impossibl, to cook it. And most of the passen. gers were too sick even to think O. eating.
 l Praises Crew He praised the crews handling O the ship. especially in preventing de struction when the Zeppelin started to nose dive over Valence. All Erev more hopeful when Dr. Eckene wirelessed the French government for assistance.
 The most dramatic moment of tn, trip. Clark said, was when the shil listed 45 degrees over Montelimar with the wind blowing at an almos cyclonic velocity.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
IRVING BERLIN SAILS

New York. May IS N-Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin sailed on tho Olympic today for three months vacation in Europe. They said they would visit London and Paris and motor across France and Italy. Their young daughter was left behind in care of . nurse,
New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
STRIKERS TRIAL NEARLY DEVELOPS
 ACTUAL RlOTlNG
Crowd in Niskthton Court Room HooE it 0mCer'S De
 mind for Silence
TROOPS USE BAYONETS
 10 OPEN PASSAGEWAY

ON&s~SAt W~~ >>~F~e0
 -Dynan,iting Continues and l. Ac-
 uompanied By GunAre-Six Car
 loads of Guards Pour Into Town
 of Carter.
 Elizabethton, Tenn. May IS N-A disturbance that for . few minutes threatened to convert itself into riot marked the trial of SS striking union textile workers on charges of "conspiracy to commit murder" shortly before the state completed its rebuttal testimony. preparatory to argument.
 The crowd that jammed the little court room had become increasingly noisy and on being ordered to qulet down and move back from National 3uardsmen stationed about the room became more noisy. Scores moved toward the exits, causing jam.
 Hoots and cat-calls greeted the plea of Lieutenant H. M. Farris. m charge of the courthouse detail. for quiet and order. As the noise in- creased Willism F. Kelly. vice presi- dent of the United Textile Workers of America, vaulted the rail to the space in front of the judges ana made a short impassioned talk urs- ing the union members to be quiet and observe court regulations.
 The disturbance subsided and the trial was resumed.
 While the trial progressed yester. day. a warrant charging AdJutant General w. c. Boyd with "aadilig and abetting an attempt to commit murder" was sworn out by Evelyn Heaton. strike picket who was ln- iured seriously when hit by . bus that charged a group Of strikers blocking the highway. The ad)u- etant general was released on . $l,- 900 bond.
 The pickets had held up the bus loaded with workers returning 10 the American Glanzstorn and Ameri- csR Bemberg textile plantA
 Chargcs Attempted Murder
 The girl also sw0rc out . warrant arainst Joe Calhoun. driver of the machine charging him with an "at- tempt to commit murder" Calhoun was taken in custody after the girl and three other strikers, less seri- ously hurt, had been run down. He was removed to Jonesboro for safe