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New Britain herald., 1929-05-17

tAssry.
 II caaast talk about that. Nh Hickey sajA. T will crcas \ that bridge when I come toit"
 He said he had also checked up on an automobile reported in the .yi- clnity of the shooting end found 1t had no connection with the caso. This car whoss registration number was given to the detective was traced to Watertown. Masa
 The county detective indicated there was nothing left for him to do now. but to wait for dsveiopments. He said he did not intend to 70 to Windsor today unless something turned up there.
 'I hope to spend a quiet day he said.
 High Powered Auto Seen
 In the early morning hours of the day on which Walter T. Huntington, Fl year old Harvard student was found dead with . bullet wound through his head, . heavy automo- bile passed down Capen street. Windsor in the direction of Sage park, it was learned today.
 The car correspondsd with the de- scription of the high powered auto- mobile heard roaring over the Tar iffville road toward Windsor about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning by Mrs. Howard R. Pratt and her by0ther.in Jaw. James pratt
 Capen street, Windsor, has been suggested as the possible route which would be taken by driver who wished to reach the swamp lot where young Huntington's body WAS found without passing through tho more populated section of the town. Mir. Pratt established the time at about o'clock"
 Although first reports placed the time of the Huntington youth at about midnight, the time was later advanced to between and { o'clock when 1t was learned that the body was warm when taken from the lot after 2 o'clock Wednesday morning.
 The late Attorney Henry A. Huntington, father of the slain stu dent. left no will on his death In 1912. Judge of Probate George II. Maude stated. The judge .denie l the rumor that Walter was to in- herit a considerable portion of the Huntington estate on reaching the age of 21.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
FLAG POLE KILLS BOY

Townshend, Vt, May 17 N1 Scott Sayre. 1<-year-old schoelbey, was instantly killed b. nag pole which was blown down by yester- days windstorm, it was learn to- day when telephone communication was restored. The flag pole was erected a few years ago by the graduating class of Leland and Gray seminary. Ii was about fifty feet high and snapped of at the base. The boy was r' .'>-' of the | H club and the Boy ocouta q
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17

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New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
Falls to Land
STRIKERS DESTROY
 FURTHER PROPERTY
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 suardsmen wore on duty today. Expected trouble" brought about Adjutant General Boyd's request last night for four additional com panies after yesterdays outbreak be- tween union and non-union work CTS, the dynamiting of the city wa ter main and the wholesale arrests of rioters.
 Tear bombs and hxed bayonets were used to queil clash in which five picketers attempting to block highway were injured as taxi car rying workers to the plants dashed through their lines: several others were cut and bruised by stones and clubs.
 Elizabethton was served with it's normal water supply today. The water main dynamited about three miles from tho town had been re- paired. Operations at the Ameri- can Bemberg and Glanzstoff rayon com panies which were resumed last
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
ESTATE OF L. A. MILLS

Stock In 2i corporations and con. siderable realty is listed for inven- tory in the estate of Lyman A. Mills. former lieutenant governor and father of Herbert l.. Mills of this city. who died . few months ago in the south.
 E. c. Strickland of Middlefieli and William E.. Stroud of Portland, have been appointed to appraise the estate.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17

east Of hsrs.
 Her mstors appeared for . no- mont to have stopped entirely. Then she got under way again and seemed to be heading for the iowa of sail- ians in ths valley of the River Drsns, . ltttle farther seuthsast of the village sf Crest
 Her situation. after heading to- ward the valisy of the Dreme. sp- peared ts be very grave indeed. There are no airasids in tho .direc- tien in which, she was moving and the cauntry is savags and mountain ous.
 6aillans is . town of 1.S0o inhabi- tants affording no facilities for land ing other than opaa ASids. There ts no military held anywhere near about. and further east are only the rising peaks of the Alps and their foothills.
 While still struggling to reach Valence, Dr. Eckener cast overheard . message in German reading. "Please have garrison at valence desisnate best situated terrain for landing our dirigibls." The messiEe was picked up in the suburbs of the town.
 The dirisible at that time was at an altitude of about $500 feet fight- ing against high wind. The radio station here tried in vain to ret Into communication with Dr. Eckener.
 Over the Plain of ,Chabeuil, the airship seemed stationary for nearly halt an hour, then. like . hunted animal, she tried vainly to hing off the savage sweep of the wind by heading hrft east and then vast. The motors seemed unable to give her any headway.
 At s p. m.. (l1 |. m. F. s. TD no messages had been received here from the Zeppelin for an hour. the Havas Agency reported. .-.
 Battles Head Wind Le Bourgct, France, May l7 N- Battling strong northwest winds and with three of its five motors dead, the transatlantic dirisible Graf Zep- pelin slowly struggled up the Rhine valley today in an effort to reach her home port, Friedrichshaf- en. Germany. .. ;.s
 The huge ship. which had set out on her second voyage to the United States and had covered approxi- mately 1000 miles had been in tho air more than 33 hours at eight o'clock this morning. eastern stand. ard time.
 Az she slowly fought her way through head winds, sometimes a!- most standing still and at bes. ma!.- ing no more than :s miles an 'our, French aviation authorities here made no attempt to hide anxiety over the situation, one French dirigible expert saying that with the headwlnd and her loss of power. the airship might easily become unman- ageable.
 The Graf Zeppelin. which had turned back yesterday when near the Balearic Islands in the Mediter. ranean because of trouble with two engines, fought its way across the mouth of the Rhine at eight o'clock this morning (2:00 .. m., F.. S. T.) and then headed in a northerly ii- rection.
 Merely Crawling
 She was merely crawling as she
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
DWIGHT F. DAVIS
 ACCEPTS POSITION
Former Secretary of Vu to
 Govern Philippines

Washington. May IT (uP) - Dwight F. Davis, former secretary of war. has accepted the governor gen. eralship of the Philippine Islands, it was learned here today.
 He was offered the post several days ago by President Hoover and had been considering the matter,
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
DENIED. DIVORCE


 Judge E. M. Yeomans in suDsriov court yesterday dismissed the di. vorce action of Steve Bokan against his wife. Mrs. Thsrese Bokan. and today, Mrs Bokan brought an ac- ton against her husband on the grounds of intolerabls cruelty. The action is returnable In superior court the first Tuesday in June.
 Judge Yeomans yesterday found that the only evidence Bokan had to prove his allegation of improper conduct was heaFsay. Attorney Thomas F. McDoneugh represents { Mrs. Bokan and Attorney David. L. Nair represents hor husband. The Bokans were married September II. 1920 and have three children.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
ZEPPELIN MANLY
 SEEKING ID LAND
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power for hours and 1t was feared tAat all Ave Of her motors were dead. Dr. Hugo Eckener. her commander. fought desperately to Inaneuver the ship. her steering gear and hns still unimpaired. but the wind made it dimcult.
 I.e Bourget. France. May IT N- Crippled and in the grip of violent winds, the transatlantic airliner Graf Zeppelin was in serious danger late today n she struggled futilely to reach some safe haven in south- eastern France.
 The huge ship. which carried . crew of 70 and 1s passengers. in- cludinx Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York, was being swept eastward from the Rhone valley toward tho barren foothills of tho French Alps.
 Dr. Huge Eckener. commander of the ship, wirelessed numerous ap- peals for permission to land at Va lence. The permission was imimedi- ately wirelessed back, but the diri- sible did not answer and was last reported over Saillans, 1s miles southeast of Valence. still being driven further eastward toward the .Alps.
 Dr. Eckener himself reported tha: the ship had suffered grave damage and was in serious danger.
 The French aviation authorities, greatly concerned for the safety of the Graf Zeppelin, advised him to head for the town of Cuers near Toulon on the Mediterranean coast where special landing mast was available. The mast had served for the French dirigible Dixmude. later lost in . storm.
 Fights for life h Dark
 A twilight began to fall it was just 3s hours after the departure of the huge airliner on It's second voy- age to the United States. In the midst of the sathering dusk the ship was fighting for its life with three of its engines crippled and its two remaining motors apparently unable even to direct 1t against the ele- ments.
 Az the day wore on and the dif- faculties of the Graf Zeppelin in- creased, the prefect of the depart. ment of Drome over which the diri- gible was flying, ordered all high tension electric cables cut 70 that there would be no danger of the ship striking them in the dark with possibly disastrous results.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, MAY II, 1923.

mar. ever which the Zeppelin Aas already paaseA.
 The Brsn aviation Asld near Lyons is one Of the most impsrtant in France. with civil and military hangars and complete workshopA.
 'tGivs Every Aid Hoasihls."
 Paris, May IT W-As soon n the French air ministry learned of the intention of Dr. Eckener to try n emergency landing at Valsncs or its vicinity, Air Minister Laurent Eynao and Minister of tho Interior Andre Tardieu gave instructions that every aid possible be extended to the German commander.
 Uasble to Top Mountain
 Saillans. France. May IT N-At 4:45 p. m. (10:4S |. m.. E. 8. T.) the Graf Zeppelin was over this town navigating with the utmost dif- culty. It was being carried still further southeastward by the wind at . rate of about 20 miles an hour. This town ii about 2s miles south- east of valence.
 The Graf Zeppelin tried to pass over tho Trois Bee mountains near here. but was unable to make it. She was slanting 1t an angle of 45 de- srees. She then swung towards Mon- telimer and again entered the val lAv nf thA RhonA :
 Troops were headed from Valence and other nearby garrisons to Mon- telimar in trucks to meet her.
 It seemed inevitable that the great craft must land shortly n she swung over the Rhone valley southwest of saillans. Only two of her motors were working.
 Falls to Land
 yalence, France, May IT NCThe Graf Zeppelin made | vain attempt to land at the airheld of Portes-Les- Valence before she was swept on southeast toward Saillans this after noon.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
Brought to StaAdstill

Valence, France. May IT N- After flying to the outskirts of the city the Zeppelin was brought to . standstill by tho violence of the wind. which was sweeping it east ward.
 At 4:16 p. m. f10:1E |. m. D. .. ID she was over the little commun- ity of Crest, about IS miles south-
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17

vas sighted at Ntmea The ship appeared abovs tho city 1t s:3o |. m.. struggling hard and twenty minutes later was almost immovable over Bellegarde.
 At S:5o. she appeared again to be progressing on tack to the north- east. dying at . height of about $500 feet. Unable to breast the full force of the wind. she continued to tack and began to make | speed of about twenty miles m hour. She was visibls in the district for nearly an hour and . half before she dis appeared in the direction of Mon. tslimar, midway to Lyons.
 News from Marseilles indicated that Dr. Eckensr counted on keep ing to the Rhone valley on his re- turn to Friedrichshafen. Conditions in the valley, however. were strong ly unfavorable, according te the French meteorological service, which rsperted that lt-mile head. wind was sweeping almost the en- tirs length of the valley.
 Although Dr. Eckener apparently was determined to wing through to Friedrichshafen, French experts here said that in view of the had weather eo01oeens and crippled mo- tors, it weulA be tempting Provi- dence to keep on. through the Voae4a mountains.
 It was expected the Zeppelin would reach Lyons shortly after nightfall.
 Mrs. Pierce Brave
 New York. lday17 (UP) - Tho Columbia Broadcasting company re. ceived . radiogram from its core. spondent aboard the Graf Zeppelin, Frank E. Nicholson. novelist, pay inE tribute to the pluck of Mrs. Mary Pieree, New York brokers wife and ealy woman passenger aboard the 4lIlgible.
 We are GAove the Mediterranean battling our way back to Friedrich shafen," Nieholson wirelessed. Two of our motors are dead be- cause of | beeken crankshaft.
 There aFe varied emotions among the passenssrs. Some are anxious to ret back. UDen landing it is very likely they will cancel their pas- sage. Others, including Dr. Eckener and the ofncers. realize that this ac. cldent at last proves that lighter than air craft is practical. Even with our wrecked mechanism, we are making progress and can remain supported indefinitely. ..-.
 The woman passenger is display ing rare pluck. The gorilla is i'll and the pianist is temperamental.
 ''New motors are waiting at Triedrichshaf fen and the trip will be resumed as soon as repairs are made"
 valence is city on the Rhons river about thirty miles north of Montelimar. where the Graf Zep- pelin was reported at 12:05 p. n. It is about 66 miles south of Lyons.
 There is no civil or military air. drome listed at valence, according to the latest tabulation of French air fields.
 4 landing ground and military airdrome are located at Ancone. about two miles north of Monteli-
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-14
MIXED CHORUS GIVES
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Affair At Community Building Was
Well Received By Audience

The Mixed Chorus, sponsored by
the local Y. w. c. A. gave musical
treat to very appreciative audience
on Wednesday of last week. After
one rehearsal a week for ten weeks
it did not seem possible to give such
a well roundabout program. The
mems chorus, the women's chorus
and the ones for mixed voices blend
ed so well, that the director, Mrs.
Anabel Grove Howell, of Whining
ton, commented very favorably on
the work done by each individual.
The chorus was assisted in the eve
ning's entertainment by Miss Flea
nor R. Dingee, who was generous
with her numbers that she played on
the violin. This added greatly to the
program and was greatly enjoyed.
Varney Auditorium never looked as
well as it did, decorated with grace
full rambler roses. A stage had been
built at one end of the room for the
chorus and large baskets OF the
roses made it look very festive. 1t
is the desire of the members of the
chorus to continue with the work in
the fall. It is much regretted by all
that Miss Josephine Dingee, who
has so willingly given her time to
accompany the chorus during all the
rehearsals, will not be here to go
on with able assistance when they
resume their work.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-14
DELAWARE Wins In
FLAG CONTROVERSY
COOch's Bridge Recognized Off
cially As Spot Where Flag Was
First Used In Battle.

Flay Day today will find Cooch's
Bridge, Delaware, in the limelight
as the place where the Stars and
Stripes first were unfurled in battle.
The war department at Washing
ton has stepped officially into the
controversy which was waged be-
tween New York and Delaware. 1t
finds after investigation that there
is nothing to substantiate the claims
that a flag flown at Fort Schuyler,
N. Y, August 8, 1777, was the Stars
and Stripes. This flag is said to have
been made of an officers blue cape
and woman's red petticoat.
So Cooch's Bridge, where the first
skirmish preceding the battle of the
Brandywine took place, again will be
the mecca for hundreds of tourists
today. They will view the monument
honoring the first unfurling of the
flag. They will see the historic old
brick house where Lord Howe stop
ped. He is said to have kept his
horse in the room now used as a
parlor.
Mrs. Edward Cooch, whose hus-
band is a direct descendant of the
family living in the house at the
time of the battle of Brandywine,
now occupies the place. She is
state regent of the Delaware D. A.
R. It was largely due to her, assisted
by Senator John G. Townsend of
Delaware, that the war department
investigated the rival claims of Fort
Schuyler - or Fort Stanwix, as it
once was known.
Historians who have investigated
the claim of Cooch's Bridge feel sure
that Maxwell's corps carried the flag
which was the first real Stars and
Stripes unfurled in battle. This corps
was formed by Washington to re-
place Morgan's regiment of 500 rifle
men. They went into battle Septem-
ber 3, 1777.
It was on June IA, 1777, that Con-
gress resolved that "The flag of the
13 United States shall be 13 stripes,
alternate red and white. That the
union be 13 stars, white in a blue
field representing a new constella-
tion."
January 1S, 1894, Congress author
lied the design changed to Is stars
and Is stripes and April 4, 1918, it
took its present form with 13 stripes
and 20 stars.
When new state is admitted to
the union star is added to the flag
the fourth of July following the
states admission.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-14
DELAWARE COLLEGE
GETS R. O. T. C. HONORS
Rating Gives Instructor Authority
To Select Two Honor Graduates

Major Robert P. Glasburn, U. S.
A., commander of the R. o. T. c.,
and instructor in military tactics at
the University of Delaware, was no
titled by the War Department that
the University of Delaware has been
designated a distinguished college in
military. This rating is the result of
the fine showing made by the R. O.
T. c., of the university when inspect
ed by army officers designated by
the War Department several weeks
ago. This is the first time since 1926
that the university has received this
high rating.
The rating gives Major Glassburn
the authority to select two honor
graduates in the r. o. T. G. and for
this honor he has named Richard W.
French, of Richardson Park who is
cadet major of the R. o. 7. c., and
Robert Burton of 1910 Ruscomb
street, Philadelphia, who is captain
and Adjutant in the battalion.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-14
LIST STATE ENTRY TO
CITIZENS CAMPS
Delaware Represented AT Plattsburg
And Niagara This Summer

Army orders naming 1000 sue
cessful candidates for entrance to
the Citizens Military Training
Camps, which open July l, have
been made public, at the headquar-
ters of Major General Hanson E..
Ely, commanding the Second Corps
Area at Governors Island, New
York. More than twice the number
accepted had filed applications.
Those who will attend the camps
from Delaware are: Plattsburg,
Clifford Bauer, James E. Beeson,
William F. Bowen, Leslie Charmella,
Richard D. Chichester, Clifford Coo
per, Francis DuRoss, Harold T.
Edgecomb, Harold w. Farwell, Ber-
nard Frankfurt, George e. Grotz,
Jr., Charles J. Higgins, Furhman G..
Kane, Joseph P. Kenney, James p.
Kerrigan, Orlando Lloyd, James A.
McGuinness, John L. Mcmahon,
Theodore Petromes, Perfecto Por-
LCeRfiHmed on page II
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-14
DEATHS ON HIGHWAYS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Three, Hundred Per Cent Gain
during First Five Months OF
This Year.

An increase of between 260 and
300 per cent in the number of lives
lost by accidents on State highways
is contained in the report of the
State Highway Police for the month
of May. In the first five months of
last year there were nine deaths.
The total for the corresponding per-
iod this year is %.
But according to Superintendent
of State Police C. C. Reynolds, the
fatal accidents have not been due so
much to collisions between motor
lists as from the abuse of the high
way through the jay walkers seeking
rides from trucks and pleasure cars.
This, he points out, through COM
pairing the figures from last year
and the present year. During the
first five months last year four pc
destrians were killed, whereas this
year the total is IL or an increase of
400 per cent.
That normal increase in acci-
dents and fatalities might be reason
ably expected, he cites is due to the
ever increasing number of motor
cars and trucks using the highway.
In his opinion the highways of Del
aware are an ivitation to speed up,
so that when there is an accident, it
is usually a serious one.
That the main arteries of travel
do not always show the heaviest
travel is indicated by the tri-state
survey taken last Thursday, when
all motorists travelling over a GER
tain period, were given cards and
asked to fill them out. On the Ken
nett pike entering Wilmington dur
ing that period, 2,S00 motorists were
given cards. On the DUPONT high
way the number was but 2,300. In
the localities where the pedestrians
have been killed, the major number
of fatalities have been on lateral
roads and not on main highways.
The damage to property destroyed
has been stupendous as compared
with other years. For the first five
months this year the property de-
stroyed totals $5S,279 as compared
with but $3,423 for the correspond
ing period last year, an increase of
more than 1000 per cent.
The number of persons injured in
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Milford chronicle., 1929-06-14
WILMINGTON PAPER
DISCUSSES POLITICS
Every Evening Says That Candi-
dates For 1880 Campaign Are
Being Discussed.

The Wilmington Every Evening
carried an article dealing with the
Delaware political situation in its
issue of Monday evening. The article
follows:
with the city and board of edu-
cation elections out of the way,
whispers are now being heard of
probable candidates for the various
offices to be filed at the general
election in November, 1880.
"In Republican circles it seems to
be the general impression that Uni
ted States Senator Daniel o. Hast
ings will be candidate to succeed
himself. Thus far no open opposition
to him in the Republican camp is
known.
Senator Hastings was named to
the Washington post by former Gov
ernor Robert P. Robinson, early in
January, to fill vacancy caused by
the resignation of former United
States Senator Coleman du Pont.
Prior to that Senator Hastings had
been judge of the Municipal CoLI
here and had held other important
offices.
1.-TWO names are being mentioned
among Democrats as possible can
didates for the United States sena-
torship. They are former United
States Senator Thomas F. Bayard
and Josiah Marvel, we'll known To-
cal attorney.
Senator Bayard was elected to
the United States Senate six years
ago, having defeated Coleman du
Pont. He had splendid record in
the Senate and gained wide circle
of friends. United States Senator
John G. Townsend, Jr., of Selbyville,
defeated him for reelection last No
vember.
'Mr. Marvel also has a large ac-
quaintanceship throughout the State
and has been active in the affairs of
the Democratic party for many
years.
Reports current in political cir
cles, as far as the Republican Con-
gressional nomination is concerned,
were that it would go to Robert X.
Jones, of Harrington, chairman of
the Republican Kent County Com
mittee. With Senator Townsend from
Sussex County and Senator Hastings
as a candidate from New Castle
County, it is understood that Repub
lican Organization leaders of Kent
feel they are deserving of having the
Representative in Congress.
"No names are yet being heard of
in Democratic circles for this office,
although the nominee, undoubtedly,
will be from down State, if the Sen
atorial candidate is from this coun-
ty.
"The name of William Swain,
chairman of the Sussex County Re-
publican Committee, is being men
toned as possible candidate for the
Office of State Treasurer, which is
now held by Howard Ward"