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Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-12
Wealthy Inventor
Commits Suicide

Los ANGELES, June 10. W,R)
j. I. Barley, so, said to be a
wealthy inventor of San Diego, com
mitted suicide in the Biltmore
hotel here today by shooting him
self through the head, police report
ed.
BARLEY left note directing
that his body be turned over to the
medical department of the Univer-
sity of California at Los Angeles
for dissecting purposes
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-12
CHICAGO POLICE
HALT BANDITRY
Gin TIMBUCT00)

CHICAGO, June 12-NU.H-Four
bandits hell Is guests captive III
Garfield Arms Hotel on the west
side early today for more than an
hour, robbed them leisurely and then
escaped with $1,000.
The guests, including one woman,
who collapsed, were forced at the
point of the bandits guns to remain
in the lobby. AS more guests came
in they were added to the crowd.
When the robbers deemed they had
sufficient captives, they robbed
them, looted the safe, locked them
in the office and departed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-12
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
R.P.O.E. No. 1926, 8, Elk's
hall.
RAM. No. 100, s, Masonic
Temple.
Pythian Sisters, 8, Davis
hall.
Fox Imperial Airdome, "Ari-
zona Kid.
Heald for district-attorney
club, 8, Barbara Worth.
TOMORROW
Nwanis club, Barbara Worth.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20

Writing Hines" as a punishment for school boys was in vogue nearly 2,400 years ago.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Chevrolet On
 "The Air" Tuesday

The grim side of the war rather than it's glory will be stressed in the third Of the Chevrolet Chronicles" to be heard locally this week, over Station WDRC, on Tuesday, October 2l. at 500 p. m.
 Captain H. H. Weimer, now na- tional commander of the Disabled Veterans of the World War, who re- turned from France wearing not only the Distinguished Service Cross and the CroiX de Guerre with palm, but a wound stripe on his sleeve. is scheduled to relate those experien- ces which brought him his dis tinguished honors as well as the ound stripe.
 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker will continue in his role as host during the chronicles" and musical ar" engagements under the direction of Frank Black and Gustave Haen- sChen featuring the "Chevrolet En- semble." the Chevrolet Saxophone Six" and the "Chevrolet Six Sing ing Violins' will make up the re- mainder of this interesting half-hour program, which is being broadcast nationally through 120 radio sta- tions.
 AS might be expected of Captain Weimer, his story leans rather to- ward the sacrifices of those soldiers best known to him, than to his own sensations when machine gun bull let tore through his helmet His regiment was a part of the 33rd di- vision, and was sent up with the
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
New Studebaker Six
 Given Severe Test

"Only Allah is perfect" says an old Mohammedan proverb. To man belongs the labor and thrill of the search for perfection, with its at tainment an elusive will O the wisp beckoning ever onward.
 That such is the ideal motivating Studebaker engineers in their con- stant search for improvement is demonstrated by recent test con- Gucted on the new Studebaker Six, according to E. J. Albro, Studebaker dealer here.
 Mounted on a dynamometer, the new S4udebaker Six was run wide open for 150 hours-equivalent to ordinary road operation of 15,000 miles at top speed. With the test completed, a minute examination of the engine revealed no mechanical failure anywhere.
 During the test, every sort of road and driving condition was simulated. For the first 50 hours, for example, a drag was applied to the dynamometer permitting tho motor to operate at 5000 r. p. m., equivalent to 55 miles per hour, un- der the same strains and stresses as would be encountered on 4 per cent grade. In other words, the car was made to climb per cent hill. 2,750 miles long with the throttle wide open"
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Fisher Body Craftsman's
 Guild Open to Bows

W. o. Wooley, of New Britain Buick Co.,, local Buick dealers, an- nounces intense interest among the boys of New Britain in the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild which was founded by the Fisher Body Cor poration to advance and honor the art of fine workmanship among boys of high school age.
 Four university scholarships and more than 800 other awards have been provided for the boys who build the best miniature model Napoleonic coaches - from which the Body by Fisher" emblem was derived. These awards total s50,00 and include, besides the scholar ships $16,000 in gold and 96 trips to Detroit as guests of the Fisher Body Craftsmans Guild.
 "All the boy has to do to enroll is to come in to our show room,' says Mir. Wooley, "and fill out the enrolment card and we will in- struct him as to the details of the Guild" All boys between the ages Of 12 and 19 are eligible to enroll ment. The Guild is endorsed by leading educators and it's prime pur- pose is to further the development of manuel skill among the boys of today.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20

Two English chemists have de- veloped a transparent material re- sembling plate glass that can be sawed or turned like wood.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
FIREARMS EXPERT
 STUDIES BULLETS.
Shots Taken From BurdiCk'S
 Body Will Be Studied

Westerly, R. l., Oct. 20 UP)- Three of four or five bullets fired in the murder of former State Senator Charles Burdick, wealthy Charles town farmer, were sent today to Captain Charles J. Van Amburgh, Massachusetts state firearms expert.
 Captain Van Amburg, nationally recognized ballistics authority, was asked to determine the calibre of the weapon employed and to photo graph markings on the bullets.
 Three men, two of them negroes. were released last night from the local jail where they had been held for questioning. Police said their release did not end their connection with the case. One of those re- leased had been held because his shoes fitted footprints found in the road near the Burdick farmhouse He offered an alibi, however.
 Police today resumed their search for a leather billfold believed to have been in Burdick's left trouser pocket when he was slain. The pocket was found turned inside out. It was thought the billfold would be found in dense underbrush.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
ESTATE PROBLEM
 IRKS TWO STATES
Connecticut WoInan's Property Distributed by New York Court

Albany, N. Y, Oct. 20 Pl-The question of whether this state should return the assets of an estate owned by a person who died in Connecti- .cut back to that state although dis tribution Is being made by a New York surrogate's court is before the court of appeals.
 The New York state tax commits sion announced Saturday it had filed brief in the case on behalf of itself. the Massachusetts commis- sioner of corporations and taxation, the attorney general and comptrol Ter of New Jersey and the attorney general of Maryland. The case in wolves the question of multiple death taxation by several estates and arose out of settlement of the estate of Mrs. Alice c. Martin of Ridgefield, Conn.
 The state of Connecticut imposed death tax on all intangible prop erty of her estate, amounting to about s3S,000. The United States supreme court ruled the intangibles were subject to taxation by Con- necticut, but the estate is about to be distributed by virtue of a decree of the surrogate's court of New York county in a manner which is generally believed to bar Connecti- cut from ever recovering taxes.
 The brief filed with the court of appeals, according to the tax com- mission, points out that the supreme court decision needs backing in the form of decision that the state of domicile has not only the power to impose a death tax on intangibles of it's residents, but that it has the power to collect. The brief de- clares that if New York recognizes the Connecticut law for purposes of distribution to beneficiaries, then it should recognize the law of that state by sending the assets back for administration.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Overloaded Ovens Held
 ResDOnsible for Fires

Hartford, Oct. 20 - Two fires, at tributed to overloaded ovens, caused damage in a Pennington avenue apartment and a Park street factory yesterday. It was shortly after o'clock in the afternoon when & stubborn blaze at the Wentworth Arms caused tenants in the north wing to leave the building. Damage was estimated at $1,000. The Center Fire department at West Hartford earlier in the afternoon had answer ed an alarm at the same apartment where firemen believed they pre- vented a fire from resulting from an overloaded gas oven by discon- meeting a flue pipe leading to the ceiling. They left after failing to find any indication of fire in the partitions where the blaze later broke out again.
 Fire from on over-heated oven al- so caused damage at the Wiremont Company factory on Park street, shortly after II o'clock last night. The sprinkler system was set off. Although the fire was quickly ex- tinguished there was considerable damage by water.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Developments m Automobile
 Field as Described by Agents

British to the Somme near Chippily Ridge.
 The official citation says that Captain Weimer near Bois-de. Chaume, France, on October 9, 1918. had been wounded in the shoulder and a machine gun bullet had pene- trated his helmet but he neverthe- less continued to lead his company creating confidence in his men at a critical moment"
 Similar acts of valor and beyond the call of duty mark every one of the Chronicles" which are being presented over this station every week at the same time by local Chevrolet dealers in the interest of a fuller national appreciation for patriotism, heroism and self-sac- rifice.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Prentice Gets Patent
 On Slider Invention
By GEORGE II. MANNING

Washington Bureau, N. E. Heraldl
 Washington, Oct. 20 - Three in ventors of Berlin, Bristol, and Plantsville have been awarded patents for the invention of various devices.
 George F. Prentice, Berlin, devol- oped a slider for fasteners. He as signed the patent to G. E. Prentice Manufacturing Co.,, New Britain. Ac- cording to the patent office the slider if for fasteners having string CTS carrying a series of interengag ing fastener elements.
 Leo r. Boucher, Bristol, invented a dial-test indicator. The patent of flee says it has an instrument base comprising a body having a recess opening through the flat underside, a magnetized block slidable within the recess and other features.
 The Plantsville inventor is Bough- ton T. Noble. He developed a meth cd of forming angular-headed fast ening devices from cold stock.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Four New Nash Series
 Now on the Market

Enthusiastic comments and con- gratulations concerning the four brilliant series of Nash cars, whose presentation October g brousns an entirely new conception Of motor car value at astonishingly low prices, poured into Nash Motors Company headquarters from all parts of the country this week.
 They augmented the insistent flood of orders taken by distributors and dealers during the formal an- nouncement rush and convinced fac tory officials that in the Twin-Ig milton Eight-90, Twin-Ignition Eight-SO, the Eight-70, the popular Six-6O, they have produced the "st successful motor groups ,n Nash history.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Rec Contributes
 To Silent Motoring

Reo's endeavor to bring something new to motoring for 1881, illustrated in the distinctively original body lines of it's new cars, extends to the conquest of noises big and small from motor and wind as we'll as the body itself.
 Many features of design and con- struction contribute to Reo's silent motoring. There is the aerodynamic design which thrusts the car like a knife-blade through the air. There is the extreme quiet of Reo's first eight-cylinder engine. an L-head straight eight There is the famous Rec transmission with silent second gear. But over and above all these. Rec has constructed a coach that in every fitting and part is built and heavily insulated to discourage and prevent noises.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Ford Salvages More
 Than 10000 Old Cars

More than 3O,000 old automobiles have been salvaged by the Ford Mo- tor Company since it began the sal- wage work as an experiment early this year. The salvage line is now averaging 600 cars and trucks a day from Detroit and vicinity.
 Old cars are purchased from deal CTS who take them as part payment on new Fords. On the salvage line everything in them is reclaimed to serve some useful purpose. Artifi- cial leather is made into aprons, up- holstery goes into hand pads, floor boards serve as crate tops. glass is used for window panes, and metal is utilized in the making of steel.
 Cars of all makes find their way to the salvage line-a moving con-
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
Moe Harwo0d to Coach
 FrOsh Rope Pull Team
Especial to the Herald)

ISpeCldI 10 tIIe IieIHIu7 Worcester, Mass, Oct. 20-Moe Harwood of New Britain, Ccnn., a student at Clark University. in this city, has been named by Albert c. Wright, president of Gryphon, as coach for the freshman rope pull team, which will meet the sopho- more team in the annual rope pull
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
ing contest on Tuesday,

ing contest on Tuesday.
 Harwood is member of the junior class at Clark Univeriity. Gryphon. the senior honorary SO ciety, had charge of staging the ope pulling event. Harwood is a mem- Der of the soccer team and is a vet eran of two years pulling. The coach for the sophomore team is Morris Y. Brown of Hartford, Conn.,, a member of the senior class, a let terman in basketball and soccer. and veteran of two years pulling
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20

veyor on which the cars ride slow ly along while workmen strip them ot their various materials. Some of them are Model T Fords, some are makes that have been out of pro- duction for years, and others are automobiles that in their day were driven by liveried chauffeurs.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
NOTED ACTRESS DIES

Paris. Oct 20.-lR-Louise sil- vain. one of Frances most noted actresses. died today at the age of 56. She had been a member of the cast of the Comedic Franchise since 1901. She was the widow of Eugene Silvain, dean of the Comedie Fran caise, who died August q.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
SPEAK ON CITN'S NEEDS

Civic affairs were discussed by two local officials at the meeting of the Lions club at the Burritt hotel today. Bernard G. Kranowitz, municipal recreation commissioner spoke on the need of an all-year- round program of -unicipal recre-
 ation. Dr. l.. J. Dumont, superin- tendent of the department of health, spoke of the coming cleanup week and asked how he could get the CO., operation of the churches as well
 as other civic bodies. Rev. R. N.
 Gilman, vice president of the club
 and pastor of Stanley Memorial
 church, was appointed committee
 of one to enlist the aid of the
 churches.
 Solos were sung by Francis Egan
 Joseph Haffey, Rudolph Lund and
 others. John J. Crean entertained d with piano solos.
 In the absence of President F. C. Teich and Vice President Gilman, M
 w. Bannan presided. l.. W. Nogal delivered a brief monologue entitled "Why Am l Herc?'
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
TABS FILE ANSWER
 IN MORTGAGE SUIT
Date for Hearing May Be Set Friday in Superior Court

The last step in the preliminary arrangements for the trial of the Commercial Trust Co. suit against the Y. M. T. A. & B. society and the five endorsers of its $60,000 second mortgage note was taken by the so- ciety today when the answer to the suit was filed withthe superior court clerk. The case can now be assigned for trial at the short calendar ses- sion of superior court next Friday morning.
 The society's representatives, Pres ident Thomas J. Smith and Treas urer Thomas W. Grove, engaged Judge William F. Mangan to draw up the answer. It is a brief reply and it admits that the society owes the mortgage debt.
 When the Tabs began the con struction of its large home on Main street several years ago the building committee gave two mortgages. The first was for s90,000 with the New Britain Savings bank. The second was for s6o,000 with the Conner cial Trust Co. The first mortgage had many endorsers but there were only five endorsers on the s60,000 mortgage. They were Fire Commits sioner Angelo Tomasso, John E. Curtin, Councilman Frank L. Con- lon. Patrick W. Smith and Dr. D. W. O'Connell.
 Dr. O'Connell transferred 10 pieces of property to his wife and a brother last summer and within q month the Commercial Trust Co brought suit agaonst him in which it alleged the transfer was made to avoid financial responsibility on the note. Dr. O'Connell denied the ale gation.
 Recently the other endorsers were cited into court on motion of pr O'Connell's attorneys, George w Brady of this city and John T. Rob- inson of Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
MINISTER ACCEPTS .GRANBY PASTORA7E
Rev. Charles ]. YahlShOm to
 Leave New Britain

The resignation of Rev. Charles J. Vahlstrom from the staff of the Eastern Publishing company has been submitted and MT. Vahlstrom will become pastor of the Swedish Congregational church at Granby Ill the near future.
 A reception to Rev. and Mrs. Vahlstrom will be held at the Swed = ish Bethany church tomorrow night by members and friends of that church.
 Rev. MT. Vahlstrom came here a number of years ago as assistant pastor of the Bethany church, which at that time was affiliated with the Congregational denominations. lte served as assistant pastor under Rev. s. G. Ohman.
 For a number of years he was editor of the Eastern Weekly, flp- lished by the above company, ana upon suspension of the newspaper ne remained with the company untll re- gently when he decided to return to | church work.
 The reception had been arranged l for Thursday night but has been changed to Wednesday.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
City Items

Lieutenant William P. McCue has resumed duty at police headquarters after a short illness.
 Delphiniums, canterbury bells foXgloves, pansies. Moderately priced at Hansen's Perennial Garden, Elm Hill. Tel. 1791 R.-advt. Franklin Square Filling Station of the Rackliffe Oil Company open all night. t.-advt
 The first degree will be worked in full form at the regular weekly meet ing of Lexington lodge in Odd Eel lows hall Thursday evening.
 Applications for marriage licenses have been filed by the following: Stanley F. Kowalewski, 74 Clinton street and Pauline kaczynski PAP Flight street; Joseph J. Kuklinski of Hartford, and Bertha V. Surowiecki, 64 Booth street.
 Officer Maurice Flynn received a complaint yesterday from Meyer Zin- man that he was almost struck by an automobile which pulled away from the curb on South High street
 Ira Orr of 25 George street, West Haven, complained to Captain Kelly this forenoon that he was bitten or the leg by q dog at S1S Lincoln street. The complaint was referred to Dog Warden Rouskie.
 The executive committee of thc Polish American Republican clut will hold q meeting tomorrow Gight at s o'clock at the club rooms, 94 Broad street.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
IS BUSINESS MEN NAMED AT SESSION
U. s. Chamber of Commerce
 N0IninateS Directors

Washington, April 29 LP) - The new directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States was announced today by the chamber.
 Selection of the men was not fin ally decided until late last might, after an all day session of the na- tional council of the chamber, gath cred as part of the eighteenth an- nual meeting.
 Since only IS vacancies exist, nom ination was considered virtually the same as an election
 Ten men were chosen as repre- sentatives of business by geographi- cal division.
 They were:
 Henry I. Hartman, Boston; Ches- ter I. Barnard, Newark, N. J.; Will liam NJ. Wiley, Snarples, w.. Va, Oscar Wells, Birmingham, Ala. Frederick J. Haynes, Detroit; w. R, Dawes, Chicago; William G. Skelly Tulsa, Okla; William V. Hodges, Denver; Asa G. Briggs, St. Paul; l Philip J. Fay, San Francisco. Seven were selected as represent atives from definite groups. They were:
 Fred Lazarus, Jr., Columbus, Ohio; Felix M. Mowhirter, Indianapolis; Henry D. Sharpe, Providence, R. l.; Charles W. Gold, Greensboro, N. C.; | Carl A. Johnson, Madison, Wis Harry c. Abell, New Orleans, La; and Fred w. Sargent, Chicago. Homer Gard, of Hamilton, Ohio was selected as representative on the board of the civic department of the chamber.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
Right to Picket Shows
 Upheld by Court Today

New Haven, April 29 UP)-Ine right of striking motion picture op- orators to picket non-union theaters without liability for damages was upheld in a memorandum of deci- sion filed by Superior Court Judge Carl Foster here today.
 The decision denies the plea ot the owner of the Strand theater in Hamden for an injunction to re- strain members of the Operators Union from picketing the theater and 5000 damages for loss of patronage,
 The action was directed against Motion Picture Operators Union No. o73.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
200 DROWNED IN
 INDIAN TORNADO
Steamer Condor Blown Over in Padma River

Calcutta, India, April % (UP)- Two hundred persons were drowned when the steamer Condor was blown over by tornado in the Padma River yesterday
 Only IS of, those aboard were saved.
 The Condor, a flat-bottomed ves- sel, was steaming up the Padma, a tributary of the Ganges, 1 1-2 miles off Nagabari, when it met the tor nado. One gust blew the ship com- pletely over, pouring it's passengers and crew into the swirling waters.
 Survivors told a graphic story of how the wind caught the Condor suddenly broadside and slowed her around. Four anchor chains were dropped to hold her in place. The wind, scorching hot. lashed the river until it churned like the open sea under Q storm.
 T never remember having seen such a strong wind" one survivor, q sailor said. Tt made a hideous howl ing, and terrified the passengers. Huge waves swept the decks and water rushed through the cabins"
 I've started to turn the steamer into the wind, but a titanic gust struck her and overturned her to the starboard. When l came to the surface, l could see neither the ves- sel nor the passengers"
 The sailor managed to reach the shore by swimming and wading after much effort.
 All the mails and the cargo were lost.
 The Condor was owned by the Riv- CTS Steam Navigation company of Calcutta.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-29
POLISH PATRIOTS
 WILL BE .HON0RED
Independence Celebration Is
 Planned for May 10

The annual observance of the will be celebrated Sunday evening, May Il, at the Sacred Heart school hall on Gold street with varied program of speakers and singing of patriotic songs by children of the parochial school.
 The program, which will com mence at 1880 o'clock, will be fea- tured by an address by Dr. B. S. Smykowski of Bridgeport, who has the reputation of being one of the most eloquent Polish speakers in the country and who spoke at the Pulaski park dedication in this city last October.
 Rev. Dr. Rzasa of Stamford has also been secured to speak and he will be followed by several local speakers. The remaining part of the evening will be devoted to the sing ing of patriotic songs by children of the school and the audience.
 The celebration of the anniver- sary, which comes on May but will not be observed until a week later, is in charge of the Citizens committee and the officers of the or ganization have been authorized to make final arrangements for the event.
 The adoption of the constitution occurred on May 3, 1791, in a last effort to prevent the surrounding powers from partitioning the coun- try. This was the first constitution of independence adopted by any European country.