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The Washington times., 1930-05-31
To GREET
CAR TOURISTS

Visitors no longer need fear
the intricate traffic regulations
of the National Capital following
a ruling yesterday by Comn2ls-
sioner Herbert 3. Crosby and
Major Henry G. Pratt, superin-
tendent Of police, who authorized
the publication of 10000 cards
bearing District traffic codes,
which will be handed to err.rg
motorists instead of summons.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 visit
ing motorists were in the city yes
terday. police estimated, few if
any violations of a serious nature
we're recorded. The cards read:
THE Metropolitan Police de.
partment welcomes you to tn"
Nations Capital. License No..
For your information it is a
traffic violation to.
On the back of the card is a
digest of the more important
rules, while on the face is a
picture of the Capitol.
Policemen have been instructed
to cease arresting visitors from
others states, but to inquire
politely if they can be of any
help and explain the major
District regulations.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
WRECKS
BOAT IN SIGHT
Of SHORE
Survivors of Pacific Coast
Mishap Fight Each Other
In Struggle to Be Saved

SANTA MONICA, Calf, May
81 1NSD Three known dead
and seven missing and probably
drowned was the toll taken when
the fishing launch Ameco cap
sized a mile and a half off the
Santa Monica shore when it was
caught in a heavy Squall and a
cross sea, a check revealed today.
The known dead are Margaret
Keller, 20, and T. E. Barnett,
both of Los Angeles; John w.
Lockhard, Pasadena youth.
Fifty-tWo others were rescued
and today were recovering IN
hospitals from the effects OF
immersion.
Search Water for Bodies
Dozens of launches, speed boats
and two Coast Guard cutters con-
tinued to comb the waters in
the vicinity of the mishap in an
effort to pick up bodies of the
victims.
The Ameco, 40-foot craft, was
loaded with a holiday fishing
crowd when it was caught in the
squall Fifty-nine passengers were
aboard and a crew of three.
Survivors asserted the launch
turned over twice when buffeted
by the sea. throwing men, women
and children into the water. They
also reported that when the wind
sprung up that most of the pas
sengers ran to one side of the
launch, thereby exposing the hull
of the craft to the wind.
Cries Heard On Land
The cries of those struggling in
the water we're plainly heard by
the crowds on the beach. Some
of the victims clung to the sides
of the capsized boat, while Others
seized floating objects unit
picked up by the Freedom
another fishing boat.
Capt. Joe Fudge of the Free
dom reported that women anc
children were drowned as the
survivors fought desperately CC
be rescued.
With high seas running, sew
eral boats filled with survivors
all of whom were only Semi-COn
scious. had considerable difficulty
in making a landing.
When news of the tragedy was
broadcast, friends and relatives
of those on the Ameco rushed to
the beach and made frantic
efforts to locate the rescued or tC
get some news of the fate OF
the others. Police had great
difficulty in restraining the great
crowd which gathered near the
scene of the tragedy.
William Lightfoot was The
skipper of the Ameco.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
Vacancies Are Open
To Student Nurses
u ~
Times staff Photo

The Civil Service Commission
today announced a number OF
vacancies for student nurses az
St. EliZabeth's Hospital, and will
receive applications up to June 5.
The women must be between
18 and 30 and have high school
education. The three-year course
leads to a degree in nursing.
While in training the students
are paid $238 year with
quarters. subsistence. laundry and
medical attention.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
Hijdckers' Warfare
Blamed in 2 Deaths

RIDGEWOOD, N. j., May 81 q.
N.SD D.-Hijacker and beer run
ners' warfare was blamed today
by police for the murder of STAN
ley Wilda and William Schles-
singer. Their bodies were found
near here yesterday. They had
been shot to death, and there was
evidence both had been tortured
before they we're killed.
Retaliation for the killing of an
other gangster in Garfield, N. j.,
recently may have been the mo-
tive for the double killing, police
said.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
Dare DeUiP COnquers
NIAGARA in Barrel

NIAGARA FALLS. Ontario. May
81 1N.SD. William Hill today
added his name to the list of men
who have passed over Niagara
Falls and lived to tell about it.
Hill made the jaunt through the
whirlpool rapids in four hours and
so minutes. starting from the
American side in a steel barrel
weighing more than 600 pounds.
Once the barrel caught on a
rock in the rapids and was held
there for almost an hour. Mrs
Hill and her seven children
watched the daredevil conquer the
WhirlpoolS.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
Arlington College
Graduates 5 Girls

BALLSTON, Va. May 31.-The
graduating exercises of the high
sChol department of Arlington
Hall College for Girls were held
here at 1890 a. m. in the college
chapel. State Senator Frank l.,
Ball spoke and diplomas were
presented by DR.. William E. Mar
tin, president.
Those graduated are Helen
Bringley, Virginia; Lorraine Clark,
Illinois: Caroline Sheldon. Geor,
gia Elizabeth Wall, Virginia, and
Marian We'll, New jersey. The
college closes Monday.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
Church Federation
To Train Teachers

The washington Federation Of
Churches will open it's annual
training school for teachers and
principals of vacation church
schools on Wednesday.
Glasses will be held three
nights next week and three the
following, the sessions being held
in Calvary Baptist Church.
The Washington times., 1930-05-31
Plane Forced DOUH1,
Mdu Call Off Flight

NEW York. May 81 QN.SD =
A conference was to be held today
to determine If the plane, ( of
New Haven. wouldEontlnue on its
proposed flight from Hartford,
Conn, to Buenos Aires.
The plane was forced to earth
here yesterday by a faulty radio
and a fuel line break.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Award Contract For
 Carrying Children
School Pupils Will Be Transported by City Twenty Cent Taxi
 Lowest of Five Bidders

Bids for carrying children from the outlying sections to the several schools in the city were opened Sat ,irday night by a committee of the school board of which Edward w. Mullan is chairman. The contract was awarded to the City Twenty Cent Taxi, James B. Tatem propri- etor. This concern was the lowest bidder in a group of five individuals and concerns who submitted bids. The amounts of the bids have not been made public nor have they as yet been filed with the secretary of the school board.
 Parents whose children are trans ported to school submitted q petition a sking that the contractors who did the work Inst year be retained. While the petition was duly recognized the advertised for bids as be- ing the only fair way to determine who should have the contract and were therefore bound in fairness to the applicants and to the town to award the contract to the lowest res ponsible bidder.
 Saved Money
 The secretary of the school board. Mrs w R. Barber. said that for the past two or three years the contract for carrying children has been put up for bids and as a result of this competitive method the town has saved several hundred dollars.
 The City Twenty Cent Taxi runs a fleet of taxicabs. They are five passenger cars and a sufficient number will be used to adequately care for the number of children to be transported. It is understood that the company is soon to add a seven passenger taxi to it's present fleet.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Eastford

John w. Jones has returned from visit to his son in Groton.
 The tavern was crowded beyond it's capacity over the weekend.
 Miss Alice I. Rindge is among friends at North Windham and else where.
 The old Darling place in the vil- lage has been bought by Miss Marie Gurnee.
 Archa s. Walker is entertaining his aunt, Mrs. Eva Bugbee of Staf- ford Springs.
 Miss Ida Bartlett left Monday for Vermont where she will stay a num- Der of weeks.
 Miss Eunice Faulkner of New York was last week the guest of Miss Esther Harmon.
 Minstrel show by local talent in Town hall. for benefit of Nurses Home Thursday evening, September 25.
 Mir. and Mrs C. A. Jasperson of Hartford were guests the past week of their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Bun- nell.
 William Davis. wife and daughter f Railway, N. J.. were callers Thurs day of Mir. and Mrs. N. Waldo Ken nedy
 Labor Day, though rainy. was made pleasant by the largely ed dance at General Lyon hall in the evening.
 Hunting and fishing without a license caught two young men, one from South Woodstock and the other from Eastford.
 Rev. Henry Bassett and party of four from Providence motored to Eastford Monday. The late Hiram Burnham was cousin to Mir. Bassett.
 Actual measurements from Gener- al Lyon tavern to Putnam show the distance to be as follows: Via West Woodstock, 13.7 miles; via Abingdon and Pomfret l5.2.
 America at the Gross Roads" ghe theme of Gu stave Boehman, field secretary of the Connecticut Tem- perance Union. drew a large attend ance at the chapel Sunday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs Earl Young of Nor wich spent Sunday with Mrs. Noung's father. First Selectman El- lery Bartlett. They were accompan- jed home by Augustine Bartlett, who will visit several days
 The masquerade ball at General Lya hall Saturday night attracted an unprecedented throng from miles around. Six prizes were given, the one awarded to Charles W. Clark be- ing for the Most grotesque cos tune"
 H. w. Cardwell. Misses A. NJ. casaweli and Isabella Hill of Nor wich were Sunday dinner guests at General Lyon tavern. While in town they paid visit to Addie Bosworth, who is sufferig from a slight shock, sustained the last of the week.
 Township schools opened Tuesday with the following teachers: East ford Grammar, Eleanor K Lewis; i; Eastford Primary, Elsie A. Parks 1; Phoenixville, Dorothy K. Canavan 1; North Ashford. Ruth F. Marshall 1; Buell. district, Marjorie Brown.
 Master Daniel Brotherton return ed Friday to his home in Englewood, N. J. Together with his mother he will spend the fall and winter months in Jacksonville. Fla. Thursday af- ternoon Master Daniel and little friends held little farewell party.
 A large black snake, measuring more than six feet in length. precip- itated lively combat with Superin- tendant John Sherrn of the highway construction department one day the
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Trade School
 Opened Tuesday
Number of Pupils Will Exceed Previous Years-The Faculty

The fall term opened at the State Trade School, Tuesday. September 2, 1880 with good enrolment in all departments.
 Throughout the past summer months the faculty have been engaged in pre- pairing instruction materials, especial ly as related to the academic clements involved in the production work train ing program.
 The school enrolls students from fifteen or sixteen towns in this sec ton. with the larger portions from Putnam. Pomfret, killingly, and Thompson. The distribution through out the remainder of the towns varies from year to year.
 Carpentry Department, Mir. Ernest Stary, Mir. James M. Smith; Machine Department, Mir. II. E. Burgess, Mir. W. B. Jennings; Electrical Depart ment, Mir W. R. Dagnall, Mir. Lloyd Cutler: Masonry Department, Mir. Thomas Kelly; Drafting Department, Mir. Frederick A. Parker, MT. Els worth Rhodes; Home Economics De partment. Ml Hannah Pease. Mrs. Doris Nj. Champlain.
 Scme adjustment has been made in the high school Cooperative Course to admit for wider application of the plan. only two subjects being requir- cd in high school work.
 This course offers complete trade training together with preparation with suitable background subjects and is very excellent for boys who are anxious for a definite training.
 Present indications are that the enrolment will exceed that of pre- vions years as students continually keep enrolling throughout the autumn months
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
HOUSING OPENING AT
 GROVE STREET GREENS

That Putnam was in . receptive mood for miniature golf was evidenc ed when between two and three hum dred attended the opening of Grove Street Greens. Labor Day. Play was continued far into the night under the powerful lights. This is not a sTom Thumb" course. as stated last week, it Is a miniature golf course of the Iatest design and materials.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
COUNTY CONVENTION
 TO BE HELD HERE

John R. Stetson, Charles F.. Aver and F. Louis Hall. Windham county republican committee, has issued a call for a county convention for the purpose of nominating a candidate for sheriff. The convention will be held in superior court chambers in this city Tuesday morning, Septem- Der 9, at ll:45 o'clock. A commit tee to serve four years will also be chosen. Delegates to this conven- tion will be named in caueuses this evening.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
ATTENDS REUNION OF
 MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Harvey Grinsell, city tax collector, attended a reunion of his former outfit with which he served over seas. the l03 Machine Gun Battalion, He was member of Co. C. The re- union was held at Quonset Point on Narraganset Bay, Sunday 1t was there that in 1917 the outfit first as- sembled in camp. Among the guests was Governor Chase of Rhode b. land, who was the first captain of the company.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
POMFRET LANDING

Mir. and Mrs. Raymond Hollister and Miss Aline Baker and Frederick Noon spent Labor Day at Rocky Point.
 Mrs. Brooks and son Jack have re- turned to Mohawk. New Jersey, af- ter spending a month at her sister, Mrs. Grimes and family
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
woMAN's BOARD MEETING

The regular meeting of the Wo- mans Board of the Day kimball Hos pital will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Thursday afternoon, September ilth. at three o'clock.
 MARY WHEATON,.
 Corresponding Secretary.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Salvation Army Notes

Tuesday night TOO P. NJ Band of Love and Ladies Home League. Wednesday night 500 F. NJ. Open air and salvation meeting.
 Thursday night TOO P. Nj. Girl Guard meeting.
 Friday night 500 P. Nj. Holiness meeting.
 Sunday HOO A. Nj. Holiness meet ing.
 Sunday 12.00 A. NJ. Sunday School. Sunday 500 P. NJ. Open air and salvation meeting.
 f.30. Church School.
 7.30. Evening worship.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
St. mary's Church Notes

Rev. Ulderic o. Bellerose, pastor Rev. Ernest J. Boileau, Rev. Joseph Casey, curates.
 Masses are celebrated on Sundays the following hours: T o'clock. 8 o. clock, 9.15 o'clock and 10.30 o'clock.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Congregational Church Notes

10.45. Morning service. The pull pit will be supplied by Rev. Frank A. Fuller of this city.
 12.00. The Church School will be resumed.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04

past week. and not until workman came to the rescue with a flat piece of rock was the angered reptile dis patched.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Methodist Church Notes

... Rev John F. Duxbury, Pastor ..
 Services will be resumed Sunday at i0.45, Rev. John Pierce of Willi- mantle who preached SO acceptably during July. having charge until the return of Rev. John F.. Duxbury.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
In the Churches
St. Philip. Church Note. eEpi.eopaI)
Rev. E. P. Wright, Rector

Rev. E. P. Wright. Rector
 18th Sunday after Trinity.
 Services
 500 A. M. Holy communion.
 10.45 4. M. Holy communion and sermon. The rector will preach. A thought for the day-"He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear. and the dumb to speak"
 Meeting of the executive commit tee on Monday September Sth at 500 P. NJ. in the Guild Room.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Ranti,t Church Note.

Rev Henry E. Hodge. Pastor Thursday. 7.30, Prayer meeting. ''The Reality of Prayer"
 Sunday. 9.3o. Church School. 10.30- Worship. Jesus and Four Fishermen"
 1I.30. Communion service. 2. Worship. "The Satisfying Saw four"
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04

Entered as Second Glass Matter at the Postoffice at Putnam, Conn, ac- eording to the Act of Congress- Subscription Price S200 per Year
 Pyable in Advance Single Copies Five Gents
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
The Putnam Patriot Is On Sale Thursday Afterroons at the
 Following Places;

Putnam News Co, Union St. Donahue's Store, Main St. United Cigar Store, Front St. The Maheu Variety Store, Prov idenee Street. Thursday Evening it May Be
 Obtained At The Thompson Post Office. Arsene Frappier's Barber Shop, North Grosvenordale. Grosvenordale Post Office. DouviIle's Store, No. Grosvenor dale.
 Nj. J. Kenney, Meehanicsville. O'Neil's Drug Store, Dayville. Dowe's. Danielson. Pomfret Post Office.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-04
Bates of Interxale

street leaves the Iatter part of the week for Washington. D. C., to visit her nieces. Leonta and Thyle Carver, daughters of Milton Carver. who made their home with her in Put nam for several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-06
SHARP DROP NOTED
IN LAW VIOLATIONS
Arrests in April, Including
Traffic Cases, Much Be-
low March Record.

A sharp drop in arrests both for traf
fic and other offenses over the previous
month is shown in the statistics of
April published today at police head
quarters. During the month there were
4,458 traffic arrests, as against 4.998 in
March and $3.50 in April, 1929. For
other offenSes there were $50 arrests
in April, 6,781 in March, and SIT in
April, 1929. "
Compared with April, 1929, arrests for
felonies dropped from $50 to 301, for
misdemeanors from 1889 to 1,722, while
arrests for violations of the Volstead
law jumped from $40 to 582 and for
intoxication from lilo to 1858. Six
murders were reported, as against one
in April, 1929. There we're seven ar
rests for murder, as against none in
April, 1929. Arrests for HOUSEKEEPING
dropped from AZ to &c and for robbery
from 20 to IL.
OF the traffic arrests last month GIL
were for speeding, 134 for reckless driv-
ing, % for driving while drunk, 654 for
parking overtime, ITO for parking
abreast and 800 for violating other
parking regulations. There was one ar
rest for Overlooking an auto" and one
for "obtructing drinking fountain"
Three traffic deaths and 275 cases of
injuries were recorded during the month.
compared with eight deaths and $50
cases of injuries in April, 1929 There
were 808 accidents, as compared with
531 IN April. 1929.
The unluckiest days in the month
were Sunday, April 6. and Saturday,
April 26, with 43 accidents each. The
luckiest, all superstition to the contrary
Notwithstanding, was Sunday, April IS,
when only II accidents we're reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-06
1866 ARE RELEASED
FROM NAVY YARD
First Group of 400 Expected to Go
Under Economy Progran
Of Department.

The cut In the working force at the
Washington Gun Factory in the Wash
ing Navy Yard, announced a few days
ago, started yesterday, with the placing
on furlough of 1856 men. This u die
beginning of a program that Will re-
lease some 400 workers from the Wash
ing Navy Yard in the next 80 days, due
to the catching up of orders. The group
released yesterday includes Sc first class
moulders, with helpers and laborers
from the foundry.
About $50 men, 100 of them
machiniStS, will be placed on furlough
about May 18. In this group also, are
sheet metal workers, pattern makers and
laborers.
Odcials at the navy yard said TO-
day that it is expected that this slash
will take care of the reduction program
until the end of the present fiscal year,
which terminates on June 30. The au-
thoritieS are studying the whole pro-
gram to see what can be done to map
out a course of action during the next
year or so.
Capt. Percy w. Foote, assistant to
Rear Admiral A. L. Willard, comman-
dant of the Washington Navy Yard and
superintendent of the naval gun fac
tory, said that the officials are giving
the whole question close study, in CO.
operation with the Navy Department.
The cut in the local working force
is described by naval officials as part of
the countrywide economy program, due
to the falling off in orders, traceable to
the stoppage in work on the naval con-
Struction program, particularly in ref
erence to the new cruisers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-06
Miss Burr Leaves
S35, 900 to Be Used as
Memorial to Father
National Geographic So
ciety Gets Fund for
Prizes to Members.

The National Geographic Society is
left $35, 900 by the will of Miss Mary G..
Burr, who died May 2, as memorial to
her father, Franklin L. Burr. The So
ciety is to use the income in prizes TO
the member or members of the expedi-
ton sent out by the society, which is
held to have done the most meritorious
work.
Charles A. Fiske of Washington is
given $35, 900, and is to act as executor
Of the estate He is described as cousin
of the testatriX.
A bequest Of 1000 is made to Mrs.
Una F. Weatherly of East Hartford,
Conn, who also is given the household
effects of Miss Burr in that city. Edith
De Cairos, who resided with Miss Burr,
is left 5000 and the household effects
of Miss Burr's apartment in wash
ington.
The Hartford Public Library is to
have $4,000 and like amount is given
the Washington Home for Incurables. j.
Gilbert Calhoun of Hartford, Emily
Tucker and Annie Tucker of Boston
each is given $4,000, while Maria Mac
beth of New York gets $4,000 and DR..
Henry r. Elliott of Washington, 81 900.
A number of other relatives and friends
are remembered in the will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-06
CHOIR WILL ASSIST
"MUSIC WEEK" FETE
Washington Choral Festival Asso-
citation Outlines Program for
Event Scheduled May 10.

The Inner Choir Of the Washington
Choral Festival Association will assist
in the "a cappella" program to be given
at Church of the Epiphany Saturday
afternoon of this week, May 10, ar
ranged in honor of National Music
week and scheduled as AN Hour OF
Choral Music" A double octet OF
Washington's best known soloists are
included in this Inner Choir of madrigal
singers, among them being the presi-
dent of the Choral Festival Association
DR.. H. Barrett Learned, who is well
known in the Capital as one of its out
standing educators and writer's and a
patron of music.
DR.. Learned was for three years q
member of the famous Apollo Club In
Chicago in the bygone days of the
Thomas Orchestra and later a member
of the equally we'll known New Haven
Oratorio Society, at that time directed
by the late Horatio Parker OF "Hora
Novissima" fame.
With DR.. Frederick Alexander coming
on from Ypsilanti, Mich, to conduct
the hour of choral music here Satur-
day, as well as the Choral Festival As
sociation's movietone picture Sunday al
the Arlington Amphitheater and next
week on May Is the Inner Choir's pro-
gram of songs at the Library of Con-
gress, the comment Is that choral music
in Washington is really looking up
again in a definite way.
DR.. Alexander Is one of the guarantol
members of the local association, as well
as its conductor-indeed, he has almost
been a citizen of Washington this Win
ter, as he has spent so much time here
in rehearsal with the chorus. Mr.. Frank
]. Frost is among the recently an
nounced guarantor members also, as
well as Mrs. Gertrude Lyons of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of Music
Clubs. who is likewise the secretary OF
the organization.
Other Westinghouse who have been
aiding in the movement for better
choral music in the Capital City" are
members of the advisory committee OF
the association, including Mr.. Clarence
Aspinwall, Mr.. Percy Lee Anterior, Miss
Grace Durham Guest, Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. Adolph G. Miller
Mrs Edwin B. Parker and Mr.. Myron
W. Whitney,