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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Coolest of Winter

Kew York, Feb. l7 P)-~1'hc cold. est weather of tn" winter which Came in thc wake of $ snow storm brought death and suffering over 'ho wcek-ond to the North Atlantic states,
 In New England the storm. WlH accompanied by q northcrly gale, Three deaths in Boston and one each ia I'aIl River and Revere, Mass. were attributed to the storm and the cold. Shipping in Boston harbof VaS haEp"rcd. On Cape Cod snow drifts stalled automobiles and even ouOW pIoWs Springfield. Mass. had the lowest temperature recorded in New England onc degree below zero. lu New York City the temper arurc reached minimum of abpEc gro. The city had q fall of ; : inches O. snow. the heaviest fall of the winter.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

fcred with true partisan political in nuencc in the selection of unquali- fled or dishonest enforcement offi- calS.
 "What extent, if any. the real in tent of the law has been perverted or nulIified by the incompetency or inc prejudice of any of the executive Of ficlals of the government having 10 do with the enforcement of the pro
 hibition law or the appointment Of subordinate officials While the resolution proposed by Senator Wheeler. democrat, Mon tana, calls only for $ general sort Of 1 inquiry, Norris laid down six points 1 for specific investigation. Aside from 1 the three clauses devoted to inofi1-
 ciency of officials, partisan politics
 in appointments and nullificatlon by 1 officials, there is q clause to invesI- l gate specifically, the activities Of 1 the prohibition bureau in the treas ury and all matters in any wise per
 tainine t9 the enforcement of the
 prohibition laws"
 Faithful Enforcement Probe
 X fifth case would authorize th~ 1 committee to ascertain if the laNS i "havc been faithfully fairly and i honestly enforced" Tho sixth pro yides "any further investigation tha) ] in the judgment of the committee Is l considered necessary"
 An appropriation of S25.000 10 the
 start of the inquiry is provided and , likewise. full authorization 10 sub
 poena witnesses and require produc' l ton of any books documents or pa l pers.
 Those fayoring the inquiry contend | that such resolution is necessary,
 since President Hoovcr's law on ! forccmcnt commission has not gon"
 into this phase Of the subject which they consider more vital than the lf- | gal corrective measures recommend .
 cd by the commission and no" pend ing in congress,
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

at Ecy,ro and John Nee, @5, was fatally burned in railroad yards here by a hydro-carbon burner while thaNins and cleaning frozen switches.
 X Yale sophomore. Ransom s. Hooker. Jr,, of New York City, was fatally injured when an automobile eliddcd into a tree at SimsburE. Conn, and three companions WCle seriously injured,
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
DOUBLE CROSSING CHARGE BY RICKEY
(Continued From First pago)

change. Then, the Chamber of Con- mcrce president declares, Mr. Mer ian went to the highway commis- aoner, insisting upon the route as originally suggested and informed lhe state official that the park de partment had eight acres Of ground tarther west which could be used tor golf purposes.
 MT Merian doubled crossed Us and mised the commissioner ac- cordng 0 Mr. Eickcy by ;ailing 70 inform him that the eight acres to he west is swamp land. und .r atcr most oI tho time. and would r,ouirc so much filling and draining that the cost would bo prohjbitiyn, m fact that inc usc O. this section or golf purposes Is almos, possible.
 Hip Boots Necessary
 Park Commissioner \. r.. 3tr5 stated that during the summer when inc ground is not frozen it is noc- esary 10 wear hip boots 10 wade through this section. Superintendent Ellingwood said t would require more than 1oo,Go0 cubic wards o( uirt to GDl and would cost aboIt on00Q just for three holes
 The visitors walked across tho swamp. sliding over small pools Of ice. occasionally breaking through F. thin crust. ,t1 other places jump- bc from hammock 10 proj@ctin- roots or large trees and from there 10 moss covered rocks.
 It was decided that Mr. Mariau'9 proposition yGs SO impractical that Inc highway commissioner need only see it himself to bc convinced, It was decided 10 hold anotacr meeting on the grounds and 10 lr- Njtc Mir Macdonald, Mir, Mcran and Mayor Paoncsaa to be present,
 (. of (. to support Hickey
 Directors of the Chamber of Com merce today voted to support Prcsi- dent Rickcy in his efforts to have tho proposed new highway between lIilj- crest avenuc and the Hartford road relocated in accordance with the original agreement with State il1Gh- way Commissioner John X. Macdcn- aid
 The committee on T.. <. rcfrrcn- dunn relative 10 the federal reserve voted approval of Is out Of l9 questions, disappearing of the suG- ccston that the federal reserve b." housed in q building ot its own. The committee consisted Of F. $. Cham berlain, W. E. Atwood. L. \. Stan ley. Paul K. Rogers and Pardon C.. Hickey.
 Mir. Hickey was authorized to ap- point three delegates and three alter mates to the national chamber con- rcntion at Washington, April -2, $g and May l.
 The applications Of Edmund J. Doyle, ". T. Grant Co. and line Der In construction company were ac- Ccptcl.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
MERCHANTS DISSATISFIED

That lisaa tisiaction with the ac- ton of the group ol merchants who voted 10 keep the stores open ali cay. Saturday, February -. has not uicd out. vas indicated today when several local merchants called thc Chamber Of Commerce 10 ask if there was any possibility Of the de- cisiOu being reversed. The subject has been revived fol lowing publication Of )h" fact that all Hartford stcr"s will ne closed that G@y.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
CASSlLE FINED S11O
New Britain Man Found puilty oi Transporting Liquor and speeding in SouthingtOn.
Especial to the Herald

Southington, Feb. 17--SalNa' or> Cassle of Beaver street. New Erltan'. was fined $2t0 and costs on charge of transporting liquor and f10 and costs cn charge Of speeding in tn" Southington police court this morn irc. The ease against Sebastian b. Pictro of Queen street, was noll"d. Both men were arrested last "cFN by two state policemen after an au- tomobilc chase down the Watcrbur\ Mountain into Milldalc. AcCOrG1n@ to the police, large quantity of 2 l. legged hquor WAS found in the auto mobile or the arrested men. They were represented by Attorney A Gerard Casalc of New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Roads Are Blocked

Roads in outlying sections were blocked by drifts while in the city G,GG3 unemployed men found tcmpor- @ry Worl; with tho snow removal gangs, augmrnliHg the force to 1862. \ fleet Of trucks and blows numbering .%4i pieces was used 10 clear tNoroughtarcs.
 The cold was general over Central Sew Jersey, q minimum Of four de- gluca being recorded "t Newark.
 Temperatures of l , degrees below 2.ru were registered in Bradford ar ] Hampton station. pa. while oth,r sections had radings ranging from l@ 10 five below. Th" Sno" storm visited virtually tho entire state, Al Harrisburg the temperature went rn five above. while 1t Pittsburgh it Wa1 four above.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
WOMAN T9 BE HEARD
 FOR DEATH OF BABY
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 II-i br.rrc Murder.

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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
LILLIAN tDlI.NNN MIL.

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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
SENATE JUDICIARY
 COMMITTEE HOLDS
 HOT BOOZE DEBATE
Continued From First pagc)

before any action can be expected The committee sat nearly an hour after the senate met, and the de hate in which one member indicat- ed everyone tried 10 talk at once, vas ended only when the commit tee members were forced to leave for q vote on the steel schedule on the senate floor.
 No Date Set to Resume
 No date was get for further con- sideration of the resolutions and it is expected the executive debate will be resumed Monday.
 Among the things Norris set down to be investigated in his inquiry were:
 "Whethcr proper enforcement has been in any way retarded or inter-
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
SEARCH FOR BODY
 OF BOY ABANDONED
tCoutInued From First paGc)

tCoutInued From First paGc) order to nrosccU'c him for bootIc,. gjng. IIalhu said.
 Melvin. known throughout Ohio Hs "Orrvillc's Little Boy Blue,"' disap- learcd December -, 1928.
 Two men, "Nela' Arnold and his son Arthur, of Orryllc, rcputed boot loggers and enemies of the then town marshal. were sent 10 the penitca- given by Junior Hanna, 9, Charles Eanna's son ard playmate of Melvin. Tho ArnoIds later were granted q rcIrial and acquitted.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
WINTER HTS CITY,
 MERCURY F BELOW
(cou;juuoo From First Poso)

(CouJuuoc From First Tu@) L'baoon ,nd IL boiow at stonjos- ton.
 only New Haven seemed 10 have escaped line minus rcadjug on tn" fhrrmomctrr In that city il was above.
 Other cities suffering from below l"ro weather were NorWalk. 1o; Bridgeport. '; D4nIIry $; Watyr- bury, i; Bristol 4 Stanford. 7; New london, 1. apd Hartford, 1.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

uoon,iuaod rron, l'j.~t raeo) Il political office in Massachusetts aud if he is successful, he will not return to this city.
 Officer David Doty investigated q report tbat Charles ,'iyrlski Of AT E.llis street was robbed yesterday, and learned that 4 wallet containing ST Wus missing. CoyrlsEi said he put the wallet under his pillow when h. went 10 sleep Saturday, and when na awokc Inc missed it. His atcpmothrr. who looks after the room. denied that she knew any thing Of the wallet or the money.
 Alarn, at'JoncS Home
 Louie <. Jones Of - Ten Acre Road thought he heard footsteps on the second floor of his home about l1:15 o'clock Saturday night and he notified the police, but Officers Sanders and UDoy. who Wruj through every room, found nobody, and came to in" conclusion that th" wind vas blowing doors shut. Mr, Jones having left the window open to air out the hons" after the fir" fu the cellar last WreE. He and his tamily are not living in the housa for lhe imo being
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
I.NG.tt.I.1Il\T ANNDt NtI.D

Tho engagement Of >ijz Anua Drstcll or = Star street tc Hrur, C;rffln Of C. H@ju slr"t "as an.
 ouncpd at party hcid in Njddi'- loan Saturday evening Many frlrud- oo lha couple .,arn present and 'lus " ere presented 'ith l I0n.r'r" d." 4rr e1t Tp e'HdIHs "iII taa" rI"" -gon aitcl l.a.t0r.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Day Criticized

"In our opinion. the attitude of Mr. Day with respect 10 the entire matter IS regrctta blc and particular ly mfounded inasmuch as he aI- Vised our repre- sentative that he had Lot checked the files and vas not familiar with the condition as of the date of our inspection in October. 1923. In any event. the purpose Of our reference 10 the matter was 10 correct the general condition ard slnco many of the invoices are still missing, 1t appears that our refer encc was justified and from the pub licity given to the matter, very likely ,4 correction of the condition will result.
 "A copy of this letter is being for WHrdcd 10 the mayor. which is tu reply to Il request from him for a list of the invoices. When the r". maininG invoices have been received ol located and arc ready for filing write you accordingly. which. ot course. will be without a1dltiona ! charge of the City of New Eritain.' Invoices Now Filed
 Invoices which the auditors clail- were not m the files at the time O. : thC check, but which, they found arc now on file, arc:--
 A. Aiudi. $500; Ed. Woods, sdG.75 C l. Larson, $46.1o; Peter An1e1. son, s4G.75; Peter Kelly, $46.1o Cornelius ScanIon. s4G.75; OttaVi' 1 Erigo, S4G.75; William Morchcad 1 S1G.75; Peter Canova, s46.15; Joh! l r. DoWncs, S192,30; John Ralph $lJ; T. J. Quinlivan. Sl17.G3; Al i hins Printing Co.,. SS.75; John C Winston Co.,, s4,51: Felix DiDonno 1 s3G; Frank Mcclure, SC; Felix h. ! Donno, $40; Camille Marzi, sl7.50 ] Camille Marzi. s2l; Standard E'cc
 tric Time, S2.17: Camille Marzl. $26 .relix DiDonno, s24: $. l.. HinchIi1te
 s10G; Camille. SIEGE: Felix Dl | Donno s27; Paul kocther. SC; Free Senf, s6; Camille Marzi, s35; FelE i DiDonno, $40; Henry J. ZieS'et
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Zero Grips New In9lanI

Boston, Feb. I7 H) -- Z,ro bIa @ripprd New England today with the toll Of tho @in'or's lirrcest s,0rm set at ten lives.
 On the trail of bitter gales and a heavy snowfall which swept the eoa&tliuo aud th" intorior eapiy yes rrd"r.. liDr, tIermOlneter dropped laWdlv turing in" day, Cold and 'N- resur. and accidents during the storm caused thr Fatalities.
 IGarjiou and exposure in t1" -,trr" Hr"thcr tcok three ljNrs in tt,a ci,, and q railway 'mpioyc "Ha lataly burned while th1wng trozr9 .Nttrh,s Dcatha were attributed 70 the cold in Lun,I. Fall River. W'rh- o,rr a1d rIovid"ncr, it: |. X Revere rrau ~us hil"d by a train m tbr hIalIu~ snow nHd lai" studc1t a.,d u' >m~bury. conn, in a tu0I aIloaolih. #rcjdrut caused by lcy pav>4nrut5
 t*r. roI Wan Ia-utd @,|'rIy by ru, s'orm. "irh drjttrG roads holding uHolUuplt.a and SHOW pIoNs laet and j.aVy e, 1- pounding %1' shore. H - toa . r, weather and # u'aFY GaI, vIl uv> ~aa reported at NoUIprli'r, }'., aud six foot snow drifts piled up "l rurlsmourr x, Y, brtor" lhl ~iud u lln ln 'hrmom,t'r only got .. '.ss a,.r,rs above zero before mI"UrIrll
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
win I;u~n Cuu~tturtjort

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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
ID BREAK GROUND
 FOR NEW HOSPITAL
- (Conti1l.ed l'rof6 First Pag&)
:, Gilbert, first sclectman of New
Bannigan to Break Ground


 Ground will then he broken by Major Bannisan, with five others lakinc their. turns at th" spad" after him. These will bo Major An- son T. McCook ot Hartford, chair- man Of the American Legion hos pltal committee; Captain Kenneth r. Cramer of WcthcrsGcld, past state commander of the Amerlcah Legion: Captain ". $. Alexander, state commandcr of the American Legion; John r. O'kecf". state com- mandcr Of tn" Veterans of Foreign Wars; and Thomas $. McI"Gan, state commander of thc Draol"I American Veterans Of the World War. Each member Of thjs group will make a few remarks.
 William Hughes cpnslruc')on agent for thc Mureh Eros Con slruction Co. Of St. Louis, 'hn firm which win erect tho hospital will speak briefly. Abraham Mlshkfm state chaplain of t." Disabled American Veterans, vjH had 'n prayer, and. after aaiHte f" ~" rolors. I.., Gr%lue x. Ima"t state chaptaa of tlw Veterans c. Foreign War. ~jIl pronounce th bcuedicuoo, Prominent members of }ctnran organizations from n"rH' cities and 'ovn- ~j1l a'-taI Amon1 iaoso expected a~. l"te' -rtt" Cou- rnandrr Harry f. Jar&7o- Itart C;Jushur9. Capt. ". ". " SaWn ar4 Eoo.m r }auor o %." I"h
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Parsons I.>pcrt- nrlaN

tthog@b HnfMr0 torl."o0'+'. scrce1rv ror NHr.a H~"H.r H.I NrlHaw 1Iu>',e von -tr"'to~ suH. ". ntcndcn'. arr.>,l u 'na oN+ o..~ tftr weekend to n'p 'aan #n'5.. large or op,ra.5ona. ng waI wr" Hy t@ e.arord hrGor }Hr' o'.r part of thr ~,,# or po.luOt #lt. next week. according 10 .dRarl P1rsons. chief on=sn~sr. vHo H. Doen in charge o' )o"d>Hamor- Arrn-
 3rr, HUgHns t- nueE 'oJs} -.,'m' engineers ready to -'art la}m" oW levels and building lines prapara'ors 0 starting the huillW2 AHhou4r }he crreI onY tomorEO~ @jN mark inc actual brlahHa of ground Nr Parsons said today he dI not <- pcct to do any actuu digging for another week.
 No sub-contrac.- have Dr,u .Rardrd y., and Ii VAS stated to- ,t1v that none would b. anHoUHr-! tolorc tomorro~.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
AUDITORS REPORT
 NO PUBLICATIONS
(Contlnucd From First raGc)

have our own mayor. IL is cruel blow after being born in New Britain and living here all ones life, to have such H threat Is this hurled at you all the way from East Hampton However. such is life.
 "But to get back to business; gain call attention to the fact that the responsible head of our city, or at least the author of his letters, was at great pains to construct state mcnt which would insinuatc that the members of the school committee had made use of Sl2.00o which could not be accounted for. Since, when given an opportunity, he did not choose to confirm or withdraw the insinuation. and since he did not even have the courtesy to submit the audit or any part of it to us for cX animation, l wrote to Messrs. Had field RothWell. Soule X Coates ask ing for q list of the invoices making up the sl2. .0oo and submit here with their reply dated February l 18th.
 Tt will be noted that they quote from their report pointing out that the practice Of sending out invoices is lu accordance with the city ordi- nance. They say in their letter, We did not feel as d result of our audit | of the school departncntS records that there was any loss of money to the city because of dcfalcation or other rcaAons.'
 "Thc burden Of this report is q criticism Of routine and whenever : the school department i9 favored with ;l copy of the audit, proper con- 3idcration will be given to it's rec { communications, the most important of which had been adopted without any reference to the audit. : "r. |. KING
 "prcSdcnt of School
 "Conmittcc. l The lettrr to Mr. King follows; Dear Mr. kiug:-
 "Vc have for ackno"lcdgmon, receipt of your letter of February i% requesting that we furnish you Witl a list of invoices missing at the tiu!, Of our audit of the books and ac- counts of the City Of New Britain tor the fiscal year ended March 5i 1899. We were cnGa ged for thls audit by tho mayor. acting undc' authority from the board of finance and taxation, and in accordance witt instructions from Chairman Hall oi the above c-mentioncd board. anl established custom. our report 1T four copies vas delivered to the off. cial engaging us.
 We quote from a portion of out report, dated February 10. 1850, oi this audit, in connection With Whicf you make your request: Tn ac- cordancc with @ city ordinance, Il has been the practice in most de- partmcnts to mail out invoices, to acthcr with orders m paymcn thereof, 10 be roceiptcd and T." turned In a few departments. re cciptS arc sent out to be signed an, attached " hen returned with the in voices. Due care has not been given however. to the return Of invoice: and us a result invoices In he schoO department aggrcgatinS sl2 .V6l.2o t' support expenditures Of that amour werr not available for our napcG lIon,'
 we th-n followed in our ropor
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

cold SO that his voice was in condl tion to so ahead with the picture.
 In New Britain homes. as in H"h ""oh. Ayers Chrrry Pcc;oral is the h thought for colds. Prescribed by doci and h;l, been uscd more tlr"uc hout l. world than my similar proGIct sold h drug stores.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

tuu request cent With stamped, a dressed envelope. Nil. Ripley will fulul Uroof Of anything depicted by him).
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
List Uf Dead

Those H hu a,,u u dnu 10 'N'rIil1 aHd ,.>poanrr iu the cold were: Ho-- r"D John Hrodrur. %s: JrIGr'y hra' .u~. GG. utd Harry (. Grain, >, Los rll. I.yuun L. I;rookins, 7&. lHI .ivrl. ThoIua@ Martin, 4: Webster E-.j#s Eolauerr. "G, and rroTidcncc. 5o'u r.. Ard"our. 3o..
 \ tuu ltlIsd Patrick NIIon'. ,g. l enoW NQrA,r, Gut4n, 'h atoHn'
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
lICalN ~uUN i 1il~

.srA urho- or snow f'U in F"lI E...r noa four inches iu tht@ ciiy southern Rhode Island roads NDr- r.dly nlork~d by the drifting sno" and different sections of Muiur wcr ~uyraI with from thro" to 'I2h1 ugo,s ot snowfall which drIftcd tuuly,
 Ta- wiory gal" delayed ,raus"i- .Jtlc md cua4tlinr shipping many lour-. E&tra tugs aided the C"dr'r, unbound from titnrpool to her berth -m-r arrival io tine outer harbp p' turrr aonrs lat, and the tIeyrIanJ from Nr,mon. due yesterday, report ,G by wireless that heavy weather .oaII delay I"r arrival until late today Th" city of Montgomery. tou Sa(annah, was reported an- ,.ng.d on Gay Head.
 NurfhHeld. Nt. had temperature e. -i% below zero last night. TT" Dmp ratur at Newport. K. |, 5,ururd zero for the first tim" m .,rU }rurs. Sprm@Ijeld reported ! 2. TO weather .ud tn" reading "a5 frt. ,Ntoyt. ;f midui"ht i'm fms city.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Claim Invoices Not in File

Claim Invoices Not in File
 Tn audit reports, it has been the policy Of this firm to mako construc- tive recommendations and criticisms and we are very careful to report only the facts as we find them, i There is attached hereto a list of in oiccs aggreg gating s12.0G1.29, which were not on file at the time of our ] tXaminatlon. nor were they pro i duced for our inspection upon re- ] ferrins the matter to Miss Kane. Since the rendition Of our rcpo"t, we have again checked the files for the purpose of locating these invoices and find that approximately oEc- ] half tho invoices Gin anounD have been filed since our inspection in october. 1929 Our representative las gone over the situation with Mr. W. II. Day. q member of the school board. and he has admitted that the remaining invoices have not beer located and arc not on file. He v2s unah}C to advise Us when the in voices that have been located wcr, filed. IL is fact, however. thai they were not on file when our rep. rcscntAtivc made the inspection ar!C they were not produced upon his r"- quest, If due care had been useC in checking invoices to make surt that they were returned rcceip'cd this condition would not have exist, cd. Our purpose in referring to thf matter was to bring about remedy
 ing of the condition.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
WIRES CUT,
 HOUSE RANSACKED

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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

with recommendations to correct this situation, which we found not onl2 10 be a condition in the school de- partlncnt, but also in other dapart- ments, We mentioned the school department specifically because uf the tact that the school dcpAt,Ilc1t expenditures were naturally very largo in proportion to tot1l cHpvI"ii- lures and Nu believed that reference would be irGICNivc of tEr Gcucrul condition found in several depart mcnts.
 No Loss of Money to City
 "Wc did not feel as q result of our audit or the school departments records that there was any loss oi money 10 the city because Of dcfal- cation or other reasons. We do be- lieve, however, that improvements may be made in the routine il 1 vogue during the period Of oul audit, with respect to passing in. voices to he approved for paymcn and drawing of orders therefor, 5, that the possibility Of drawing ar order for an invoice not proper tC pay would be eliminated.
 1 "In connection with the period 0 our audit, it should be rcmcmbcro- that we covered the fiscal year end
 ed March 3l, 1929. and our audit T 1 the transactions for that fiscal ycI were nlaIo in the school departme1 about October. 1929, seven month after the close of tho fiscal year. w. have been informed since the issu ancc Of our report that the practice Of sending out invoices to be TO, ceipted has been discontinued by til' school dcpa rtment.