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New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
Assessments On Front
 Foot Basis Readjusted By Special Committee Announced Today Property Owners AL ready Notified By Mail
Report Made to Board of Assessors and New Fig ures Will Be Inc0rpor- ated in Next Years List of Taxable Real Estate Under Present Plan.

Increases and reductions in the valuation of land in various sections of the city, which were recommend ed to the board Of assessors by the land valuation committee appoint ed by Mayor Quigley several months ago, were made public today. Last week the assessors sent notice by mail to property owners of the in- creases, which will be effective on next years grand list. Inasmuch as the reductions practically balance the increase, the grand list total will not be affected by the changes, the assessors believe.
 Appraising undeveloped property, the revaluation committee, it is said, took into consideration the condi- tion of the lots, placing lower fig ures on those which the members thought were greatly above or be- low the grade of the street than on others which were capable of being built upon with little or no pre- liminary work. The depth of the lots was also taken into consideration.
 Improvements in streets were also considered in making the new yalu- ations. the committee. of which Will liam G. Dunn is chairman. having made numerous inspection trips be- fore coming TO their decisions. The changes in front foot valuation are as follows:
 Adams street, west of Lincoln, from S30 to $5S per front foot.
 Allen street, reduced 10 per cent between Stewart and Wilcox street.
 Beach street, from s4 to s3
 Beaver street, north of Broad, from $30 to S2Q,
 Belmont street, from $3:50 10 S5
 Brady avenue 10 Monroe street, from g. to $15 and below Monroe, from s to $1O.5O.
 Brooklawn, from $7 to Is.
 Brookside. from S20 to $40.
 Coolidge street, from SIP to s20.
 Corbin avenue, from $20 to s3O between Steele street and Dover road, and from SIP to S25 between
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
NOBEL WINNERS
 GIVE ADDRESSES
Indian Scientist Describes Ex- periments in Physics Today
LEWIS JIBES DEFENDED
speaker Says American Author Tcmpcrs Criticism Wnth HumOr and Plainly Shows Bigness Of Heart-Others Outline Work.

Stockholm. Dec. II UP)-Curi- osity regarding "why the Mediter- ranean was so blue" led Sir Chan drasekhara Raman, Indian winner of the 1880 Nobel prize in physics, through years of research in the deepest problems of physics and chemistry, he said in a speech ac- cepting the Nobel prize here today.
 The Indian scientist discovered the color of light changes when light is scattered, and found that the diffu- sion of light enabled him to deter mine the constitution of matter. He held bottle of water from the blue Mediterranean, collected en route from Calcutta to Stockholm, as he explained his findings.
 Others Explain Work
 Two other distinguished scientists, pr. Karl Landsteiner of the Roeke- feller Foundation. New York. win ner of the Otin medicine, and Prof. Hans Fischer Of Munich. winner of the chemistry prize, made brief eX- plantations of their work in their ac- ceptance speeches.
 Sir Chandrasekhara Raman passed q beam of light through the bottle of water from the blue Mediterran- can, which his audience could see within the bottle as a blue cone. He concluded that the color Of the sea was due to the scattering of light, he said.
 He showed his audience another experiment. with a bottle of glycer- inc, into which he sent a violet light. A white and green light emerged from the bottle. Sir Chan drasekhara said that the new light rays thus obtained. which could be photographed spectroscopically, fur nished the practical method of de- termining the chemical constitution of substances.
 Experiments With Diamonds
 He stated as an example that the method enabled him to differentiate between genuine and false dla- monds. and also revealed why dia- monds are hard and why they pos sess a low capacity for heat.
 Dr. Landsteiner described the practical uses of his discovery of the
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
TWO RESCUED BY
 PILOTS IN YUKON
AViatOrS Too Late to Save
 Third Of Party
CRASH CAUSED BY STORM
Alaskan Prospcctor and Companion Found in Frozen Wilderness After Wandering Afoot for Two Months Burke Dead From Exposure.

White Horse, Y. T. Dec. II CP)- Two men who wandered afoot two months in the frozen Yukon will derness have been saved by an air plane.
 Bob Marten Of Wrangell, Alaska prospector, and Emil kading, air plane mechanic, yesterday were brought to White Horse from the Wilds where their pilot. F.. J. A. Burke, died of exposure after their plane became disa abled.
 Their rescue was effected by F,v- crett Wasson, pilot, and Joe Walsh, q prospector, who sighted their sig nal fire last Saturday. They were 40 miles from their plane. Burke and his companions left Iiard Post October II to fly back 10 Atlin. B. C, after delivering some sluicc boxes.
 Flew Into storm
 Marten and Kading said they flew into storm and turned back, hop ing 10 reach Wolfe Lake, but were forced 10 land on the Liard river. The pontoons Of the plane struck a rock and were damaged. They camp ed near the spot for six days then set out for Wolfe Lake on foot.
 Wasson and Walsh, who were seeking the missing party, sighted the plane late in November but could find no place to land nearby.
 Burke and his companions, in the meantime, struggled through the snow toward Wolfe Lake, hunting game for food on the way. Before leaving the plane they carved note on a tree. "Octoher IT. leaving for Wolfe Lake. Need food badly.'
 Pilot Dies
 The rigors of the march with scant food proved too much for Burke's S strength. On November he made the last entry in his log and wrote a message for his wife at Atlin. On November , kading shot a caribou,
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
GETS Sl5,000 SUM
 FOR BROKEN NECK
Henry Hoffman Wins Suit
 Against City Of Bristol
INJURED IN PARK LAGOON
Dived in Shallow Water-Claimed No Signs Warned Swimmers of Danger and Charges City With Maintaining Nuisance.
lsneclal to the HaraIdL

Hartford. Dec. Il - Henry Hoff- man of this city, whose neck was broken when he dived into shallow water in the Rockwell park lagoon in Bristol on July ', 1929, recovered $15,000 damages from the city of Bristol in verdict brought in to Judge Edward NJ. Yeomans by the superior court jury today. Hoffman had claimed s25.o00.
 The plaintiff, he stated in his com plaint. was swimming at the park Lagoon on the specified date and dived off springboard in the belief depth at that spot There was only about three feet of water he alleg- ed. and as a result Hoffman struck his head on the bottom. receiving a broken neck, while his leg was also injured. He still suffers severe pains in the head, his complaint stated, and his leg is partly paralyzed. He has been forced to wear a rigid col lar or neck brace, resembling a strait jacket, for more than a year,
 Nuisance" Alleged
 Hoffman's complaint asserted that the lagoon was dangerous because the depth of the water varied great ly and there were no signs warning pool users of this fact. No signs in dicated that the water beneath the springboard was shallow, he claimed, and he was therefore led to believe it 10 be of safe depth
 Because of these facts. Hoffman charged the city of Bristol with cre- ating and maintaining a nuisance. The city denied this charge. stating that it did not profit from the swim ming facilities of the lagoon but leased them annually for q small sum.
 Attorneys Jacob and George Schwolsky of Hartford represented Hoffman.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
World 100 Years Hence Will Give
 Children Advice On How to Live

Washington, Dec. Il (P-"How to live" rather than how to make a living" will be the goal of public school training a hundred years hence, in the opinion of Dr. William John Cooper, commissioner of edu- cation.
 Easing his predictions for the coming century on progress record ed in the one just ended, Dr. Coop CT today said that by the year 2O3O automatic machinery would have removed burdensome toll from the backs of men"
 Most youths would be in school until they became of age. he said, learning how to care for their health. how to spend their leisure time to advantage. how 10 dis charge their civic duties. how 10 make worthy homes and he capable parents"
 ] He added that the standard ol
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
B. w. filling at Meeting
 Of Attorneys General

Hartford, Dec. Ii LP-There were three attorney generals at today's meeting of the state board Of finance and control. Attorney General Ben jamin filling of New Britain attend ed his first meeting since his illness several weeks ago, and Judge War ren Burrows, attorney-general-elect. was also present as was also Deputy Attorney Ernest L. Averill, who has attended mr of the sessions of the board.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11

living will be higher than ever dreamed of by any philosopher, " and that intelligence will replace emotion in settling public issues, and affairs of the state will be in the hands of men and women trained especially to discharge public re- sponsibilities."
 Mechanization Of industry will go 10 greater degrees, and trades and merchandising jobs will be so sim plified as to be soon learned, he added.
 The poverty stricken school dis 1 trict of l930, with its underpaid an ] | poorly ly-educated teacher. will have disappeared said Cooper. Schools will be administered by the states Through such units as afford re- sronsibility, equality of educational opportunity will be guaranteed through state and federal equalza Ition funds-"
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
STEN0GRAPHER GIVES
 LOVE AFFAIR STORY
Miss Brandon Weeps as She Tells of Court
 ship

Kansas City, has., Dec, Il tPj - Miss Grace Brandon, young stenog- raphcr of San Antonio, Tex. who ugured as the "othcr woman" in the murder trial Of Major Charles A. Shepard, charged with the poison murder of his second wife, took the stand today for the government and wept as she related what Shepard had told her regarding his relations with Mrs. Shepard.
 He said he and his wife had not been getting along well the last five years" the girl testified. and that they had kept up congenial appear ances at social functions because Of his rank in the army"
 Miss Brandon recovered her com posture as government counsel drew from her the story Of the lov- af fair with her which the prosecution contends provided the motive for the alleged fatal poisoning of Mrs. Shepard at Fort Riley, kas., in June. 1929.
 She related that she had met Shepard about November 1, 1928. At that time she said he was taking flight surgeons course at Brooks field, San Antonio. She said she knew Major Shepard was married
 He asked me, if he got a di- vorce. whether l would marry him." she said.
 Was there any understanding that you were engaged when he lef; San Antonio?" (this was m Deccm bcr, 1928, approximately nine lContinupd on papr 1'uu1
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
LAND VALUATION oUTSAND INCREASES NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE GRAND LIST:
 REDUCTIONS SAID TO BALANCE BOOSTS
Frying Investigators In State Under Fire of Senator Lavery;
 Connecticut Overrun, He Says
Trustee of Merden School for Boys Regrets Presence of Publicity Seekers" Getting Public Salaries Defends Associates On Board of Institution
 for Firing Juveniles.

The state Of Connecticut was dis graced and the trustees of the Con- necticut School for Boys at Mer- den were humiliated unjustly by af- fdavits released for publication by paid agents of the state before off, cials had an opportunity to ascertain the facts, according 10 Senator AL bert E. Lavery. one of the trustees Of the school, in an address to the Rotary club at the Burritt hotel to- day.
 Stating that had the state board Of finance granted the request made by the trustees of the school at Meriden at the time when Judge Morris D. Saxe Of this city was a member, the subsequent investiga- tion never would have been held and all minor complaints would have been eliminated. he declared.
 Senator Lavery spoke as follows:
 T have been asked to talk 10 you on the Connecticut School for Boys at Merlden. l presume your invitation is the result of more or less publicity which has been given to that institution of late based on
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Famous Scientist Talks Against MilitariSm-FaCeS Barrage
 From Reporters Present
WIFE TRANSLATES TALK,
 ENJOYS SHARP REPARTEE
Says He Feels Like Punch and Judy Show With Crowd Around Him. Tells Scribes It Would Take Three Days to Explain Relatiyity Theory So He Must Refuse-Hitler Will Fail in Wcll-Fed Nation.

New York, Dec Il [P) - pr. AL bert Einstein, father of a scientific theory so complex that few human beings can understand it, landed to- day in the United States and gave to the American people by radio a sim pie forceful message pleading for an end to militarism.
 From the drawing room of the liner Belgenland he spoke in Ger man:
 Kill the monster of militarsm. Your political and economic position today is such that you can entirely destroy militarsm whenever you set your hand 10 it"
 The physicists wife translated his address.
 Einstein, his gray hair standing on end in all directions, smiled only when he spoke. The rest of the time his big brown eyes seemed to be searching for place where they could rest without looking at strangers.
 Looks At Ceiling
 There vas only the ceiling and thither his eyes strayed often. Frau Einstein. sitting beside him. laughed time and again during the interview, her keen eyes twinkling all the time at the repartee.
 The interview began with a pre- pared statement in which Einsteln said:
 T am going straightway to Pasa- dena at the request of the University the California Institute of Technol- ogy) there. The main purpose of my voyage is 10 allow me to take d. rect part in the scientific life of an American university and to be able to discuss matters pertaining to my own branch of science with my col 1 leagues in more immediate person al way than would be possible by correspondence. Perhaps l will also give a few lectures. Americans Helping "Tbe Americans of the present time have not only contributed vast ly to every form of scientific investi- gation all over the world but they are also giving their most serious attention to cooperation, in peace ful and a friendly way, between all those who in every part of our globe are devoting themselves 10 scientific pursuits Of form and variety, and l. for one, shall be very happy to set foot once more on the shores Of the great republic which in the days since the end of the unfortunate
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Lawyer Elects to Be Tried By Court and Next Wednesday is Set for Time of Hearing By Judge Allyn L. Brown.
Client Who Brought the Charge Will Get His Money Regardless of Outcome of Case, Prom ise Made-Brief Trial Anticipated.

After pleading not guilty to the charge of embezzlement of s3.000. Attorney S. Gerard Casalc of this city elected trial by the court, be- fore Judge Allyn l.. Brown in super for court at Hartford today and the case was set down for next Wednes- day. Attorney Josiah II. Peck of Hartford represented him.
 Money Will Be Returned
 Attorney CaSale made brief statement, informing Judge Brown that it had come 10 his attention that Salvatore Biaforte of New Brit ain, on whose complaint the case was brought by States Attorney Hugh NJ. Alcorn, has been suffering from severe headache and mental straip of late. T want him to know, Your Honor, that regardless of the outcome of this case, his money will be returned to him." he continued "I could not stand it myself, to have him lose his mind on my account, and l am making this statement to Your Honor so that he may know there is no cause for worry over his money" Judge Brown accepted the statement.
 Valves Reading of Complaint
 The Casale case was the first bus iness before the court and reading of the complaint was waived, Attor- ney Peck reading it quietly. Not guilty, trial by the court" Attorney Casale answered when the clerk asked him for his plea. AS 10 the trial date States Attorney Alcorn said he perferred Tuesday but At torney Peck preferred Wednesday, 10 which the state had no objection Judge Brown inquired as to the length of time the trial might re- uuire and the states attorney replied that it would probably be concluded in one day.
 Arrest Surprises Lawyer
 While waiting for court to opeh' Attorney CaSale Chatted with friends and told them of the great surprise he experienced upon learning that Biatorte had complained to the states attorney. The money was drawn from the bank last February and given over to Attorney Casale's keeping, after Biaforte had been ln- yolved in an automobile case Tn which Attorney Casale represented him. In a statement to the court rTupsday when he was arrested on q bench warrant, Attorney Casale said he considered the transaction as a loan. Today, he did not wish to dis Cuss the case for publication, re- marking that every detail would be brought out at the trial.
 Biaforte is a bod carrier, living on South High street, and was wounded while serving with the ltal- ian army. He is 32 years of age.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11

Niagara Falls, N. Y. Dec. II P- Police scented a mystery in the finding here of a large cardboard box containing clothing and private papers of John c. Calabro, Brooklyn. Among the papers was a telegram to Calabro, signed Al Capone."
 The message read: Received your telegram that you are in some trouble. Kindly call to see us at the end of the week. At once. Al Ca porc."
 The message was on a regular telegram form. dated November 20. l930. and had been rec -ived at a telegraph office in Brooklyn. The name Of the city whence the message had been dispatched was torn off. Among the papers were contracts
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
FRAU E!NSTEIN HAS
 RE|NS OF FAMILY
Scientists Wife Has to Keep Accounts Straight,
 She Says

New York. Dec. II lPl-Professor Albert Einstein may be the worlds foremost mathematician, but Frau Einstein keeps the bank books bal anced.
 If he tried to do them himself, she said today, he would get them all mixed up.
 The professor himself already had admitted this fact to Hendrix Will lem Van Loon, Dutch historian, who was a fellow passenger on the Bel genland which brought the Einsteins 10 New York today on their way to California Professor Einsteln thought it was a good joke.
 "Bankbooks? Ach' He knows nothing of bank books" said Frau Einstein with an expression half amused and half dismayed. TO b" sure. l must handle the bank books"
 To strangers Frau Einstein always refers to her distinguished husband as the professor" but when she speaks to him directly or discusses him with her friends, he is papa. V
 The thing her fellow passengers and those who met the Belgenland today noticed most about Frau Fin stein was her protective attitude to- ward her husband There is some thing maternal in it. and also some thing humorous. And a very suave and capable protector is Frau Fin stein.
 "The professor is afraid Of so many people" she chuckled indul- gently. He doesn't want to come out"
 A few minutes later she went back and got him, stayed with him through the interview, photographs and broadcasting.
 The professor is tired now" she
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
Police Scent Mystery In Discovery
 Of Papers and Clothing In Box

with prize fighters entered into by Calabro and attested before Joseph C. Ryan. notary public in Brook lyn The prize fighters named in the contracts were Billy Thomas. Joseph Sharino, Jess La Tiger and George Marcorella.
 Local police planned to communi- cate with Brooklyn police regarding Calabro to determine if he is miss or if his present whereabout are known.
 The package was found by Joseph Duce, of this city, in his automo- bile which had been left parked near the brink of the American Falls Tuesday night. He said some one probably had thrown it into the rear of his car.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
JURY INDICTS BOMMARIT0
 AS KILLER OF BUCKLEY
Wayne County Panel Returns Bill Against Man Identified as One
 Of Group Entering Hotel.

Detroit, Dec. II P-The Wayne county grand jury today indicted Joe Bommarito, reputed member of the Licavoli rum running gang. for the staying of Radio Announcer ter ry Buckley, July 2@.
 Bommaritos indictment followed his identification as one of the gun men who entered the La Sale hotel and killed the radio announced.
 The indictment charges that Bom- marito ''feloniously, wilfully and with malice aforethough did kill and murder one. Gerald E. Buckley"
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
JURY DISAGREEs ON DAVIS

Boston, Dec. Il tE - 4 jury to- day reported disagreement in the case Of William G. Davis, 27, Negro, of Stamford. Conn, and Newark, N, J., charged with second degree mur- der The jury had deliberated for l ? hours.
 Davis was accused of shooting Mrs. Bessie Anderson, 40. of Boston, as she sat in taXcab. His defense was that she had stolen money from him hv pointing a revolver at him.
 During the scuffle the gun was discharged. he said.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
NEW YORK BANK CLOSED BY STATE Furry Of Withdrawals Causes
 Action by Official Today MERGER EFFORTS FAIL
Bank of United States, With 59 Branches, Had Total Resources of $254, ,O43,942 and Deposits of $2O2,872, ,468 On Sept. 24.

New York, Dec. II [P-Notices stating that the institution was in the hands of the state banking de- partment were posted a the main office and several of the branches ot the Bank of United States - one Of the city's smaller and newer banking organizations - before the regular opening time this morning.
 This action was taken after a furry of withdrawals late yesterday, and series Of conferences of lead . ing bankers lasting well into the morning at the New York Federal Reserve bank. The bank has no connection with the government, de spite it's name, but because of it's name, bankers were anxious 10 talk" constructive action to prevent lil- advised nervousness
 Began Business In 1913
 The bank obtained it's state char ter, giving it the title of Bank of United States when it started with a single branch on the lower east
 
 prevent the giving Of such a title to any new bank.
 The bank, while special lizing in small deposits, and serving primar- fly the garment manufacturing trade had expanded rapidly, opening a total of 59 branches in various sec tions Of the city. It is not identi- fled with Wall street, maintaining only a branch in the financial dis triCt.
 The notice pasted on the door Of the main office in the midtown area said:
 "Pursllant to section 57 of the banking laws of the state of New York. l have taken possession of the Banf of United States. 535 Fifth avenue. Signed,
 JOSEPH. A. BRODERICk,
 Superintendent of Banks.
 Merger Efforts Fail
 A formal announcement of the taking over of the institution by the banking department said that negotiations with the city's leading financial interests for the purpose of merger or reorganization ended without result this morning. and that the banks directors had passed a resolution requesting the depart ment 10 take charge.
 The resolution stated the depart ment had been called upon because 1t was felt that further withdrawals might result in disorders, and 1t was desired that all depositors be treated equally and the assets pre- served for their benefit. It concluded that the action had been taken with the hope that a speedy and satisfactory reorganization can be effected, the bank reopened, and the moneys due to- depositors paid at the earliest possible date"
 Mir. Frederick announced that al , though the bank was not a member of the New York clearing house,
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