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New Britain herald., 1930-03-11
NOTICE, OF SPECIAL. TOWN MEETING

| The legal voters of the Town of Plain | Vile are hereby warned and notified that
 there will be a-special town mcettn. held
 on the l1th day of March. 4. D. l9Sp,
 at c'sht o'clock, P. NJ, at the High , school building cn East Street in ,I,
 Town Of Painvillc to consider the fol- fol- ! lowing matters:
 l. To hear communication from the
 State Water Commission requesting the ] attention Of the people of the town of ! FI2ln'tlle to the pollution of streams | passing through Planyillc, and rcuues; | t"s the appointment Of a committee to 1 investigate regarding the disposal of
 sewage of the Town of PIainyi,Ie and to | make a report ot their investigation with 1 uehn'te recommendations of sewage dis po5aI to town meeting to be spepisiIy
 'ahed to consider such report and recom- i mtndatjons.
 said committee is to be authorized to
 confer "ih the ,it> of Bristol regarding sewage disposal that may be q problem
 in common with the Town of rlainvlle and City cf Bristol.
 ' To consider the adoption Of b,- i Ia"S for the heensms of poddiers and solicitors oi sales of articles of merchant uis2 In the ToNA of FIlnviuc
 d. To consider the adoption of B Town AonlrS Plan in the Town of pl&iaviIle and the appointment of committee to investigate the adrisabity of d zonir- plah, sad committee to make a full and compete report With tentative rlan to l q town meeting 10 be called heres fter to consider the recommendation of such a committee.
 f. To consider the acceptance of an
 offer of the Playground Committee to donate to the Town of Plaiuville. slides swnss sand boxes and other instrument tatties or amusement heretofore in | stalled and maintained by the Playground Committee.
 ,. To consider any other matters proper and pertinent in the premises Dated at PIanville, Conn.,. this 10th day of March. l93U
 JAMES SIMPSON WILLIAM nOWNHAAI EDWARD r. PRIOR Selectmen of the Town Of Piauyille.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11

water commission will be read tt 1 the voters directing the attention oi i the people of the town to the polu. ton of streams passing through | Plainville and requesting the ap pointment of committee to inves. tigate regarding the disposal o1 sewage here. The committee is tc make a report of it's investigation with definite recommendation oi sewage disposal at later towI meeting. The committee is also tc l be authorized to confer with Bris. | tol regarding sewage disposal prob. lens that may be common to both places.
 | The voters will also be asked tc consider the adoption of bylaws for the licensing of peddlers and solici. tors for the sale of articles of mer. chandlse in Plainville and to consid- CT the adoption Of town zonins plan and the appointment of a con- mlttee to investigate it's advisa bility.
 The voters will also be asked to consider the acceptance of an offer ! Of the playground committee 10 do nate to the town the slides. swings. sand boxes, and other instrument tallties of amusement installed and maintained by the playground com- mittee
 All of the above matters are Of extreme Importance to the town. es- pecially the sewage problem, and 1t IS expected that the high school will be crowded at the special town meeting.
 Legion Auxiliary Meeting
 The American Legion Ladies' auxiliary will hold it's regular meet lns this evening at 3 o'clock in I.t,- zion hall On Whiting street. The auxiliary will have as it's guest the state president Mrs. Clemencv Schall who will give an address on National Defense"
 All members are requested to be present to give the state president .l real welcome. Lunch will be served
 Library Meeting Tomorrow
 Great enthusiasm and interest arc being shown by the people of the town in the proposed new library on the Masttn property on West Main street. The project has been the sub jcct of discussion among the resi- dents since the announcement made last week by the chamber Of com mcrcc committee that work had been started towards the organizing of permanent public library build ing committee.
 Tomorrow evening at S o'clock the first step towards the organizing of a permanent committee will take place ct the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Pierce street. where F groups, representing the various churches, the town officials. and sev- eral societies, etc, will gather and discuss the subject on hand.
 The Chamber of Commerce com- mittee in charge of the library pro- ject hopes that all the people who have received invitations to help in
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New Britain herald., 1930-03-11
PhinuiUe News
SACRIFICES BLOOD
 BUT WOMAN DIES Mrs. Virginia Yiano Victim of
 Septic Poisoning SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

Pierce Street Building Lines Ac-
 cepted - Large Docket in Town i Court - Teachers Club to Hold
 Dance-PlainvilIe "Y'' Victorious. 1 Despite the courageous sacrifice of ] Ricco Torrcro, who underwent 1 blood transfusion in a desperate last
 minute attempt to save her life,
 Mrs. Virginia Eiano, 34, of Pearl street, passed away last evening at the Bristol hospital from the effects of septic poisoning.
 | Yesterday afternoon Mrs Niano | began to decline rapidly, and MT Torrero, her brother-in- law. offered to undergo a blood transfusion in order to save her life. His blood
 was tested by the hospital doctors and accepted. Thirty-two ounces of the precious fluid were taken from Torrero and injected into the dying Woman's body, but she continued to fail and the end came last evening.
 Mrs Niano had been ill but & short time. She was we'll known among the Italian residents of the town. She is survived by her husband, John; a small son, Joseph: and her mother in Italy.
 Funeral services will be held on
 Thursday morning at S:3o o'clock from her late home and at o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. A requiem high mass will be cele-
 brated. Burial will be in St. Jo- scph's cemetery.
 i Accept Building Lines
 At public rehearins .hcld at the
 town hall last evening by the town plar commission, the recommended ! building and veranda lines on Pierce street were accepted. At the prcvi-
 ous meeting on the street lines. the property owners failed to approve the | commlsslon's recommendations Only small number of people attended
 the r2hearing last night.
 1 The newly recommended building and Neranda lines which Ns,p ar ! cepted last evening include d three i foot line on the east side of Pierc, street from West Main street south | efly to the end of the Plainyille Lumber < Coal Co. property and 1 three-foot building line on the west
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11
GIRL, 5, IS DEAD
 AFTER OPERATION Appendicitis Fatal to Pauline
 Tomasi Of Kensington AGED WOMAN PASSES AWAY Many Social Events Planned for
Many Social Events Planned for Week-Biblc Class Card Party is SucCessful-Local Athletes to At tend Banquet-Lcntcn Services.

Pauline Tomasi year old, the only daughter of MT. and Mrs Ra. phaal Tomasi of New Britain road kensington, died this morning at o'clock following an operation foi appendicitis at the New Britain General hospital yesterday. She was taken to the hospital several days ago but an emergency operation performed yesterday failed to save ncr life.
 Funeral services will he held or Thursday morning at o'clock al St Pauls church in kensington Rev. John (. Brennan will officiatc Burial wilt be made in St. Johns cemetery in Middletown.
 Doings of the Week
 Tomorrow afternoon the Women's Aid society of the Berlin Congrega. tional church will meet at the home of Mrs. Stanley L. Galpin on Worth ington ridge for it's weekly meeting Mrs. Galpin will discuss The Oddi- ties of France in an informal talk All women of the town are invited to attend.
 Friday evening at o'clock a box social. sponsored by the Women Aid society of the Berlin church. will be held in the church rooms Each woman attending is asked tc bring a box lunch for two. this to be sold later to the men attending Some of the women plan to attend in the costumes of The Gay Nine ties but this part of the evening s program is not required.
 The regular meeting of the Sun day school teachers will be held on Wednesday evening at 7:S0 o'clock in the patronage instead of on Thurs day evening as originally planned.
 The first lenten meeting for Wom- en will be held on Thursday atter- noon at o'clock with Mrs. Russell Gold of Worthington ridge acting as hostess. The women will work on surgical dressings and will listen to the reading of the book. Blind Spots"
 The Womcns Home Missionary society of the Kcnsington Methodist church will meet at he home Of Mrs. George Tryon tomorrow after noon at 2;S0 o'clock.
 A cottage prayer meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Williams of kensington. on Thursday evening at 7:S0 o'clock.
 Mrs. Emaline O. Collins, 90. wid- ow of Julius Collins, and lifelong resident of Berlin died this morn- ing in Middletown following a short illness. Mrs. Collins for many years was well known in Berlin. She was born in kensington in 1S40 when the town was still in it's infancy and before New Britain split from Ser lin and organized as a separate bor- ough.
 Mrs, Collins leaves one daughter, Mrs Mary Collins Graham of Hud- son street, Berlin: and one son, George Collins of New Britain Flu neral services will be held from the B. C.. Porter Sons undertaking par lors in New Britain on Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock Rev s. A. t'iske of the Berlin Congregational church will officiate. Burial will be in Maple cemetery. Berlin.
 Social Club to Meet
 The kensington Social club will meet this evening in Tabs hall,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11
Court Session Tonight

X large docket will be handled at the regular session of the Berlin town court this evening" There are several cases that have been con- tinued from previous sessions and these will be taken care of. The state police have been unusually ac- tive this week, checking up on motorists who have not had their licenses renewed. and have made almost 50 arrests.
 East Berlin Items
 The Knights of Pythias will hold their annual banquet and entertain ment this evening at Community hall. The banquet will start at 6:3O o'clock. Dancing will follow the banquet. Harold Gates, prompter at the old fashioned dances and radio artist will prompt. About 75 mill at tend. The Community orchestra will play.
 Miss Marion Potts has returned from Bristol where she has been visiting relatives for the past week.
 Report cards were given out at the Hubbard school yesterday.
 Miss Beatrice Trevcthan has re- turned from a visit with relatives in Mcridcn.
 Mrs. Charles Pratt was a Hartford visitor today.
 The regular weekly meeting of the Community club will be held We'd ncsday evening at s o'clock. The committee in charge have arranged an entertainment program of several numbers. Charles Farmer of New Britain, clog dancer Of note will take part in the progam. A good time is assured all.
 The Boy Scouts will meet Wednes- day evening at o'clock in the base ment of the Methodist church. Any boy wishing to join may attend. The parents of any scout may visit the meeting and see the progress being made.
 Church night will be observed at Inc Methodist church Tuesday night. the program to commence at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting last week was attended by 27 people.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church are making ar engagements for another supper to be gwen at the Community banquet hall on the evening of March a6.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11

side from West Main street south erly to the Annie Glynn property The lines on balance on the east and west sides of the street will be ten feet to Broad street, and the street will remain the same 41.25 feet wide as previously adopted by the town.
 Alter the hearing the commission voted to approve and adopt the pro- posed building lines A petition was received from the property owners on the Usher street tract requesting 8 the acceptance of Robert and Cleve- land streets and Usher avenue, The commission will draw up maps and hold a hearing later.
 A petition was also received from the property owners on Tomlinson avenue asking that the street be ac- cepted. The commission will make a preliminary survey of the avenue be- fore going ahead and preparing maps.
 Teachers Club Dance
 One of the events ill which Plain- vile people are taking much inter est at the present time is the Plain vile eachers' club dance to be held in the high school gymnasium on Friday, March 21. Unlike the dances given by the club in former years. the affair next week Sill be formal with many interesting and well conducted novelty dances. Miss Lucy NJ. Sullivan, F. N, is chairman of the dance committee and is assisted by Miss Hilda Metzger of the high school and Miss Margaret O'Neil of the Linden street school
 The Colonial Club orchestra Of Hartford. which has gained much popularity through it's radio pro- grams, will furnish the music.
 As in former years. the dance will be open to the public. and all arc invited to attend. Tickets may be secured from the members of the dance committee.
 Funeral of Mir. McNally
 Funeral services for James T. Me Nally. 68, of 9l Whiting street who died Saturday evening after a long illness, were held this morning at $50 o'clock at her late home and at o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Rev. Augustine Herncssey celebrated a requiem high mass.
 At the offcrtory, Mrs. A. T. Pader- cws3;i of Bristol sang Bailcy's Ave Maria At tho conclusion of the mass James J. Graham sang Vale. and as the body was being born2 out of the church Mrs. padcrewslli sang Jesus Keep Me Close to Thcc.'
 The pail bearers were William McGce, James Paul. Eugene Park inson, James Flynn, John Connors and John Skinner. Burial vas in St. Joscph's cemetery, Bristol.
 Special Town Meeting
 The board of selectmen gave mo- tco today of a special town meet ing which is to be held OH Monday March r, at s D. m. at the Plain ville high school.
 A communication from the state
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Mayor to Sneak

It IS expected that Mayor W. Ray mond Crumb will be the principal speaker at a banquet to be given by the Older Members association of the Bristol Boys club on Thursday evening, March 20. The banquet, an elaborate one, will be rendered in honor of Bristol High schools crack basketball squad.
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kensington, to discuss plans for the activities of the organization. All members and those who would like to join are asked to be present at the meetipe
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11
Hit-aad-Run Victim

Miss AnGeline Marc of 26 Park street received treatment for cuts and bruises at the office of Dr. Raoul Siliciano last night after she had been struck by d hit-and-run driver at West and Chestnut streets.
 Miss Marc was unable to obtain the registration numbers on the markers of the car which struck her. as the driver sped away The po- lice arc conducting an investigation.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11
Nearing fini sh

Inc funeral Of Mrs. Mary Hann, ot l89 Prospect street was held from the late home at o'clock this aft ernoon. Services were conducted hv Rev. Francis T. Cooke, pastor of the 'rSl Congregational church, and purial was in Hillside cemetery, Ter ryylle.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-11

The kensington Social club will meet this evening in Tabs hall,
Seward daily gateway., 1930-09-15
BOOzE QUESTION
 WILL BE ISSUE FALL ELECTIONS
WARNING FOR REPUBLICANS TO WAKE UP, GET REAL
 OPENING FOLLOWERS

WASHINGTON, Sept. ,15, (Pl-- The Wet and Dry question is an IS sue of moment in the autumn Congressional elections and possl- bly as outstanding issue in the Presidential campaign of 1882 is getting a widespread discussion In Washington.
 Standing setback for the Drys of Michigan in the Republican prl- maries brought home to prohibi- tionists the fact that opposition IS strong. President Hoover has Ter lmained silent however.
 M Governor Franklin Roosevelt's s plain statement advocating the repeal Of the 18th amendment elicited comment from Henry
 Curran, president of the assocla- tion against prohibition: MT. Cur
 Tan said the events of the last 24
 hours are direct warning to the F Republican party to wake up anc
 get a real opening of the Repuon-
 can followers or The Democrat
 will do it for them election day
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THIRD SKULL THOT OVERLOOKED. OES0[A1E
 ARCTIC TERRA|NE

NEW YORK. Sept. 15, (P- The possibility that third skull may have been photographed and left behind unknowingly oy the Norwegian expedition of Pr Gunnar Horn which solved the B year-old mystery of the as appearance of the Swedish pal loonist Dr. Andree, was maoe known kare today
 When photograph o1 the ,..aiao ,,,ace of the expedition l-'l4 as,,oroad bv the Associated Press a well preserved skull Wa' found resting among the iooA' of the desolate terralne o1 M island.
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WILL LIFT THE LID
 AND EXPOSE GRAFT

SACRAMENTO, Sept, 15, (P- Governor O. o. Young indicated he would lift the lid completely off the fight racket in Call fornia to expose it's crookedness to the public's gaze.
 1t is full of many attempted ofixings" and "frameups' in the boxing business, according to Commissioner Charles Traung and others in San Francisco.
 The chief executive seemed oe- termined to clean up the so- called sport
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.lv|ATORS FLYING - FAST AND LOW
 SAYS LAST REPORT

TOKYO, Sept, IS, (Py-sun- dav,s radio indicated that Brom- lev and Gatty had passed sea ,,,ord off Etorofu Island in the Kuriles Chain of Islands, nortnrn Japan, at four in the afternoon afternoon and had passed oyer Nemuro l,I Strait near Cape siretoko, tne eastermost point on HoKKoloo Island pa cific coast standard time he Was 1,s flving fast and low oVer 1i1e water f,u- ing speed averaged aooaa s bz 11 miles an hour being asslsteo pS \ strong tail-wind.
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GOOD PRESS AGENT
 YARN. IN ANY CASE

sTEEPER PETUE, zuigia, Sept. l5, R)-There have been no in- dications as yet of an infulx of fight managers looking for a good opponent for Camera, but Gerard Fournier was hunting deer when bear rushed him and knocked his rifle from his hands
 Gerard waIloped Mr. Bear with terrific left and follow Ied 1t with a right that sent MT. Bruin reeling Then Gerard got his rifle and the bear was kayoed for keeps
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SEIZED AND HIDDEN

NEW YORK, Sept, I5, IH7l-GoV. Huey P. Long of Louisiana, candl- date for Democratic Senatorial nomination, was brought into Fed- erad court and questioned concern ing the whereabouts of Samuel Irbv and James Terrell. who were seized and hidden before they could file slander suit against the
 Governor. The Governor said he
 did not know where either were
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BASEE: BALL
LEAGUE

NATIONAL M IEAGCE---
 pittsburg 8, VI; New York s, 3
 st, Louis g, 4; Boston 2, N
 Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati B The Wln for Brooklyn was it's tenth stralgnV. 1t was also the Reds 1Oth Straisn. defeat. Elliot relived Thurston o1 the Reds in the last of the eighth-
 No other games.
 AMERICAN LEAGUE
 Chicago .2, Washington l- Gaine r,ant for 10 innings. Jim Moore a rookie twirler, beat crowedr ln a pitchers battle.
 philadelphia ', Cleveland |. New york 10, Detroit 2. nul1nl5 nald Detroit to seven hits while ne drove in four runs with tfipA' and two doubles
 Boston at st. Louis, ram. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE f Sacramento 3, '; Seattle O. 4
 portland 9, O; Oakland r, \
 TAI Angeles 8, 5; Hollywood 4, \. . V eaa E,rancisco 11, 6, Missions $,
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TACOMA FL|ERs WERE: IN THE AIR FQR MORE
 THAN A AOORS

CORRECTION, Sept. 15, (R,- Bromley is at the village of shitsukari The fliers had been in the air for A hours and 52 minutes.
 They left the beach at sam bongi at sos a. m. Sunday. This ended the fourth attempt ot Bromley to span the Pacific
 Adverse weather conditions and fog forced the fliers back- Liners received messages from the fliers who went 3Oo miles off Cape Lopatka, the southef- most end of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Indications aEe tha' they had flown about 2,4oo mlles
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Er1GHT TO PARIS

poosEVELT FIELD, N. Y.' 5epv7 o7lor ' Rooo-F "Hoplng to better coI chas. ,a i'' \ '4 1indoergh's time for a solo o7 f1iaht Ai to Paris. capt. Roy Wammst 1 m st nf 1llsGss Chicago ca was preparing his taSa 5 o1 ,,1 1ononlane o1al for trans Atlantic 5lc flight' He said he planned N \. saas < nqf l4iS within the next few days Fl as e eaon as his motor and instruments can be checked, provided weather conditions were favorable.
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BROMLEY MAY
 MAKE STOP AT
 NOME FUR FUEL
P0TH PLIERS FAMILY MEN ]; BROMLEY. CANADIAN;
 GATTY. AUSTRIA

soMBoNG1, Japan, Sept, 15, 1r- Starting a flight of 4,532 niles Bromley and Gatty took 5f at sos Sunday morning for Taeoma Wash. The time here Was 12.o8 p. m. when the mon aalane lifted off the beach at samishiro and started from Ja- Sans main island on one of the most hazardous flights ever un- dertaken.
 1T was planned to make the ar flight a nonstop but suo- den heavy storms and typnoohS n,ay interrupt such a plan
 s stop may be made at Nome or at some other part in Alaska -ar fuel. The course lays aions -.e Kurlles, northern Japan VI q-eat circle across the Pacllie And the Aleutian chain.
 The plane carries radio se e caDable of communicating A'oo niles. ,;fa
 Tbev also have a rubber ne n,af on board. Bromley IS -5aars old Canadian, ana ha wife and six-year old soi He has flown 5000 hours
 Gatty is graduate of II Poval Naval Academy of Au' -ralia. He has wife and thf' 4nildren in Los Angeles.
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ATTACK U. s. SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Sept, l5, (H1- Repeated attacks accompanied by heavy firing from trench mortars- machine guns and rifles against the American Naval and Merchant vessels passing up the Yangtse River, were reported to the State D Department. Frank Lockhart, American Consul-General at Han kow cabled no casualties had been reported and that foreign gunboats have repeatedly returned the fire
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AMERICAN YACHT
 TAXES FIRST RACE

NEWPORT, R. l., Sept, l5, (P' The Enterprise won the first race for Americas Cup from Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock ".
 The Enterprise crossed the line four hours, two minutes ana 50 seconds after the start ana was d thousand yards in the
 The Enterprise is sailed py Harold s. Vanderbilt. The U. ? vessel led all the 30 miles
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CITIZENS SHOT DOWN

BOMBAY, Sept, IS, F1-A re- nort just issued by the Peshawar inquiry committee, charges that firing by the military forces at Peshawar last April, in which the government announced that 23 per- .sons had been killed, was in reality a massacre with at least l25 un- armed citizens being shot down ir cold blood.
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ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY

WASHINGTON, sept, I5' VH7- rre United States has forwarded a r1re to the Conservative govern +aant. of Canada urging that it co- ,narate with Americans in develop r4ent of the St. Lawrence water
 The development would be a advantage to both countries.
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PRODUCERS, REFINERS

SAN FRANCISCO, bePV. T0' TVF The price of gasoline IS going up in California. This is the inter pretation placed upon a letter sent to Raw Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, by H. R. McMillan of Los Angeles, president of the cali- fornia Oil 8 Gas Association This organization embraces practically all producers and refiners i'm the state, both independent and malor
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HrINrER KAYOED BEAR

STE. PERPETUE, Quebec eepo-' 15. lP,-There have been no indl- cations as yet of an influx nj flghF managers looking for good op- ponent for Camera, but Gefaro Fo,,rnier. was hunting deer when 2 hear rushed him and knocked ms fife from his hands. Gerard war Y loned Mr. Bear with terrific left and followed 1t with right that sent bruin reeling Then Geraro oot his rifle and bruin was kayoed \ for keeps.
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STAGING OBSCENE PLAY

NEW YORK, Sept, 15, tHl-A squad of plain clothes detectives raided the play Frankie ano Johnnie, and arrested John Klfk- land. author, 10 members of the cast and four others connected with the show They were charged with staging an obscene play.