New Britain herald., 1929-08-17

1 According to Bumps, who report | ed the matter to police headquar- ters, he was proceeding easterly along South street when he no. ticed the woman stop near the cen- ter of the road. He proceeded | slowly and when he was about to pass, Mrs. Eschoo, he told police, | started across. He swerved sharply to his left and struck the curbjrg on the left side of the street with such force that his windshield was shattered.
 Bumps appeared this morning b. fore Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Rich but was not held for court
 Boy Fractures Arm
 Roy Anderson, nine-year-o r-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Ander- son of POT Garden street. Forest- vile, suffered fracture of his left wrist at Rockwell park yesterday afternoon. The boy was playing on q bench and in jumping to the ground struck with considerable force on his hands The broken bone was set by Dr. Arthur s, ! Bracket. to whose office he was taken by Playground Supervisor | Ralph Waterhouse. An N-ray was later taken at the office Of Dr. W. l I. Woisard and the break wa, 1 found to be a clean one.
 Large Cranes tnloaded
 Two hve-ton cranes, which will he used at the force plant of the New i Departure Manufacturing company 1 on Terryviile avenue, were un- i loaded from freight cars in the pub lie delivery yard late yesterday aft | eruoon Because of the length Of ] the booms each Of which measured ! 100 feet, it was necessary to move i the cranes down North Main. Main, ] School, and West streets and Terry vile road. It was found impossible i to make the turn north onto North Main street from the freight yard ! driveway.
 WOlcOtt Farm Threatened 1 Prompt and efficient work on the part of the Bristol fire department saved a large barn and the farm house of Rufus Norton in the town of WolCOtt yesterday afternoon. Two sheds one containing shavings used for bedding animals and the other containing tools and farm imple- ments, were burned to the ground
 Two companies responded to the call for assistance. Squad \ and En- zine Company No, 1. Realizing that No. Is bumper would be useless due to the absence of water, Deputy l Chief Morgan G. Farrell instructed i that company to return to head quarters after it had proceeded but "a short distance. and Squad A, ] equipped with its booster pump, continued to the scene of the fire. One hundred and sixty gallons of chemical were used and milk cans and pliIs were utilized by a volun- teer bucket brigade. After a hard fight of two hours the blaze was eN- tinguiShed. Neither the barn. To- cated about Is feet from the burn 1 ing sheds, nor the house, a little 1 further away. were damaged
 Nitf iS tt- tbttF'' pSift
 The New Departure and West End baseball teams will play their final game of the season tomorrow after noon at Muzzy field. The result of the game will have no bearing on the league standing, as the Endecs have Clinched the pennant and the West Siders have undisputod posses sion of the cellar berth. Either Ar mand Brooks or Paul Tracy will hur for the West Ends, while Red" Nc, Carthy or Andy Comerford will re. Ceive the hurling assignment for the bearing makers.
 Second place in the league stand. ing will be definitely decided next Wednesday evening, when the For estville and Maple End teams meet at Muzzy field Each team has wor six and lost six and, because of the deadlock, a playoff was ordered by President Thomas Monahan. The team winning second place in the league standing will receive 30 per cent of the amount in the league treasury while the third place team will receive but 10 per cent.
 Testing Brakes
 An inspection of brakes on auto- mobiles passing over the state hign- way between this city and Plainville is being made today by the state po- lice department, who are being as sisted in the cheCk-up by the local police department. Policeman Fur rington has been assigned by Chief Ernest T, Belden to stop the pass ing autoists after which the inspec- tion will he made by state depari mont employees. Those found with defective brakes will be summoned to appear in court Monday morning. Rockwell Day Program
 One of the largest crowds of the season is expected tomorrow after noon at Rockwell park when the an- nual Rockwell Day observance will hc held. Special arrangements have been made by the police depart mont to handle the large satheriHs and direct traffic and parking both inside and outside the park.
 The program will have many novel features. Four large fish of brilliant colors have been prepared for the children's races and many youngsters have signiticd their inten- tion of riding them. Another fea ture will be q pillow fight on a large SrCased pole. There will also b, sack races, three legged races, and ether stunts for the younger chil- dren on the beach.
 A diving board has been installed on the lagoon bridge for the diving exhibitions The swimming races, iN which all of the popular strokes will be demonstrated and which will be open to all ages, will take place near the south shore of tho lagoon.