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Milford chronicle., 1930-05-09
Sussex County Tax Rate Set
1T 80 Gents By Levy Court

1896; Third, $1,149,3S2; capitatiOn,
$86l; totals, $2,9O6,6OO; capitation,
$2,35O.
Third Representative District =
First. $674,2O8 capitation, $456;
Second, $1,266,S35; capitation, ST.
OO8; Third, $2,154,209; capltatlon'
$1,351; totals, $4,O95,252; capitatioh'
$2,815.
Fourth Representative District --
S1,92O,768; capitatiOn, $1,666.
Fifth Representative District -
First, $1,4O2 1886; capitatiOn, $977;
Second, $1,967,747; capitatiOn, ST.
POP; Third, $1.344,995; capitation'
$1,1S1; totals, $4,715,799; capitation'
$9,36O.
Sixth Representative District -
First, $1,3S1,772; capitatiOn, $1,O2S;
Second, $1,3O1,S94; capitation, ST.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-05-09
Delaware Joins Maryland
In Protecting Water Supplies

works and sekage treatment plants
adjacent to Hagerstown, Maryland.
In many towns in Maryland, the city
officials and employees concerned
have been sent by their respective
towns to attend these meetings, as
they feel the time spent there is
worthwhile and in many cases had
dollars and cents returned to the
city from new ideas picked up at
such meetings. The municipalities
of Delaware would not go tar
wrong in sending their waterworks
superintendents or other officials 10
such a meeting to learn and eX-
change information about those
things they are keenly interested IN
Milford chronicle., 1930-05-09

For the first year Delaware be-
comes a member of the Maryland
Water and Sewerage Association.
This is a 4-year-old infant and was
started in Maryland to foster inter
est in the waterworks and sewage
profession on the part of city Off
cials, superintendents of water com
panies and sewage treatment plants,
and others interested in this type OF
work. The previous meeting was
held in Salisbury last spring with an
attendance of around 200.
The meeting this year will IN
clude papers by men prominent in
the waterwOrks and sewage fields,
as we'll as inspection trips to water
Milford chronicle., 1930-05-09

What this country needs,
most of all is more
Amoses and fewer Andys
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
POSSE 0F 400 MEN ON KILLERS TRAIL
Seek Second Of Men Who Shot
 Canadian Constable

Toronto, Dec. 12 LPl - A man. hunt was in progress northwest of Toronto today as 400 constabes sought the second of two alleged motor thieves who shot and killed Constable Roy A. McQuillln last night.
 Henry Clarkson of Windsor. caught in cemetery at Humber Heights, was said by police to have admitted he was in the car from which the bullets came, but to have insisted Jack Brackenshire of Wind sor was the man who fired
 Constable McQuillin and a com- panion, on the watch for a car stolen in London, Ont, stopped an automo- bile to question its two occupants. One of them killed McQuillin with six bullets. The men then leaped from the car and fled. while the other constable emptied his pistol at them. Brackenshire was believed to have been wounded.
 When authorities went to break the news of her husbands death to Mrs. McQuillin, they found her pre- pairing a birthday party for the con- stable. who would have been SS to- day. She collapsed.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
REPORT SOV|ETS
 ATTACKING CITY
LichoW BSieSed by Communists
 in Human Province

Hankow, China, Dec. 12 P- Communist forces today were re- ported besieging Lichow, City Of Human province, after capturing Tsingshith,, another important center in Human. The bandits were reported to be killing and burning recklessly in the latter city.
 Townsmen of Lichow, it was said, were manning the walls and offering strong opposition to the reds, who. reports indicated, were incensed at their inability to enter the city. They have sworn, it was said, to execute every man, woman and child in Lichow when they take that city.
 A Finnish mission at Tsingshih was reported footed, but not burned.
 Chinese authorities here claimed Human provincial forces had recap tured Tsingshih, but these claims could not be confirmed. Tsingshih is located 125 miles north of Changsha, Tunan province capital, and Lichow is few miles southwest of Tsing- shin.
 Headquarters of q Spanish Catho- lie mission operating in southeast ern Hupeh province were informed today that reds captured and strang- led to death Chinese priest near Puchi, 50 miles south of this city.
 The bandits were said to have lost 800 in the fighting at Tsingshih.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
"Dollar Day" Project
 Considered by Mayor

Mayor Quigley today was consid- ering a new plan to raise money for the relief of the needy who are to be taken care Of through the emergency relief fund. but had not definitely decided to launch it, He believes, he said, that d dollar day. on which every employed per son would be appealed to for a con- tribution of a single dollar, would help materially, and it may be pos sible to raise considerable money with little effort.
 If the plan IS put into operation. the mayor will speak at the theaters and otherwise appeal to everyone who can spare a dollar to send it in to designated place in the city building. It would be possible to distribute envelopes about the fac- tories and business places 10 facli- tate the sending of the money and if several hundred dollars were talk en in, the relief committee would be enabled to enlarge it's scope by that amount.
 Today. the mayor received s1O from Alice M. Judd and s1 frorm a bridge party. sent by an anony- nous donor. Tonight, the Democra- tic Women's club will hold a card party at democratic headquarters and the profits will be turned over to the relief fund. The dough raiser" can which was in the EIks' club was opened today and found .o contain S1O.6O.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
'NT'S' APARTMENT
 RA|DED BY GUNMAN
Theatrical Weekly Publisher
 Loses S100,OOO in Jewels

New York, Dec. F UP)-Dia- monds, gold and other jewelry valued at s100,00O were stolen from the apartment Of C. r. Ztte1 pub fisher of "Zits Weekly" a theatri- cal paper. by two gunmen who gained admittance under the prete1t of delivering furniture today.
 The bandits went to the servants entrance of the building at l10 Riverside Drive told the elevator operator their pretended mission and were taken to the apartment on the ninth floor. When maid an swered the bell one Of the robbers produced a gun and his companion two guns and brushed their way into the foyer.
 They found Mrs. Zittel in the liv- ing room.
 "Where's the safcc" the leader asked.
 T don't know" she said.
 The holdup men scanned the apartment and found the safe with the door unlocked and open. While one cleaned out the vault the other went to a small repository and snatched anything of value in its various draws. Then he helped tie Mrs. Zittel to chair
 They escaped by means of the main entrance.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
CLAIMANT HALTS ENGLISH AUCTION Protests Selling of EgIn0nt
 Family Portraits

London. Dec. 12 P-Startling a sedate crowd in Christies auction rooms, 8 hitherto unknown claimant to the title and estate of the Earl Of Egmont dramatically interrupted the proceedings just as the sale of the Egmont family portraits was about to begin this afternoon.
 T protest against this sale" cried the stranger. who was understood to say there had been legal proceed ings against 1t.
 The interrupter finally subsided after the auctioneer had refused to proceed until quiet was restored. Then he walked out of the auction room, but before going handed out a card printed as follows:
 MT. R. Pownall, Haydock. Lan- cashire. claimant of title and es- tates of the Earl of Egmont."
 One claimant to the title and es- tates already has figured in the newspapers. He is James William Perceval, an Australian, who has been disputing the right of Fred erick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval, a rancher, to the title.
 The latter came to England from his farm in Canada last year as heir to the 600000 pound estate and title of the ninth Earl of Egmont, who had died q. short time before.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
CURB SENTIMENT
 MORE CHEERFUL
Small Advances We'll Distributed
 Throughout List

New York. Dec 1o Gpl-Sentiment assumed more cheerful aspect on the curb today and prices respond ed cautiously. Small advances were we'll distributed throughout the list after a steady opening, but shorts declined to be drawn into general covering movement and the market had to get along with little support from this source.
 An interesting event of the day was the increase in the call money rate shortly after noon to per cent from the renewal rate of 2 1-2. The latter had held for about two months was attributed to the appearance of seasonable demands for funds, which are large at Christmas time, and also to withdrawals by banks seek ing to strengthen their cash posi- tions
 Electric Bond &o Share led the utilities out of their recent slump, rallylng more than a point in an &C., tive turn over. Most of the others f1rmed fractionally, Steadiness of the oils was momentarily broken by Standard of 1ndiana's dip below 35, but it recovered its fractional loss. Vacuum gained a point and the others moved narrowly.
 Industrials were mainly firm. al- though Glen Alden Coal lost cou- pie Of points. Deere. Aluminium of America, Ford Limited, Ford of Canada A. Anglo Chilean Nitrate, American Cyanamid "B" and Techni- color ruled unchanged to slightly higher.
 The decline in most of the in vestment company shares was halted and several. including United Found CTS and Electric Power Associates. profted by covering.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
CREW |NLIFEb0AT
 PICKED UP AT SEA
Amy McKean, Flooded, Set
 AblaZe and Abandoned

New York, Dec. 12 (UP)-Seven members of the crew of the schooner Amy G. McKean were picked up at sea in a lifeboat during the night by the Swedish steamer Strassa, the lat ter informed the Chatham, Mass, station of the Radiomarine Corpora tion today.
 The schooner was bound from Queenstown. Ireland, for Halifax, N. $. The Strassa's messag ge said the Mckean's crew abandoned the ves- sel, which had become flooded, after setting fire to it.
 While the message did not state the season for setting the schooner ablaze, it was believed the crew had taken the measure so the hulk would not become a hazard to navigation.
 The Strassa said the Mckenan's s crew was picked up at latitude 50,2S north. longitude, 20.o8 vest a posi- ton roughly 450 miles southeast of Ireland, close to the North Atlantic steamer lane.
 The Strassa is bound for Boston.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
BOND LIQUIDATION
 BURDEN SMALLER
Prices Narrow and Slight Gains
 Are Noted in Issues

New York, Dec 12 LP-The bur den of liquidation thrust upon the bond market this week vas consid- erably lighter today. Price move ment narrowed and some sales were recorded at small fractions above the previous close. AS some of the pressure was lifted from the mar ket. the volume Of trading fell off.
 There was a disposition in some circles to look for gradual improve ment following the heavy flow of selling from institutions and invest ors that has unduly depressed bond prices this week. The average losses yesterday were smaller than on the previous session.
 It vas pointed out that the bond market suffered of late from the ab- sence of buying by both banks and insurance com panies. Among insti- tutional investors, insurance com paes are second only to conner cial and savings banks in purchases of bonds.
 While there has been a large in- crease in their premium income, several insurance companies say that commitments to purchase mort gages and the loans to policy hold CTS have absorbed a large portion of their surplus funds. AS a result their purchase of bonds has been small.
 The unsettled condition of the bond market caused a sharp drop in new financing this week, The weeks total of s12,9o0,000 was one Of the smallest of the year and com pared with sSO,440,0OO in the pre- vious week and s99,74l,161 in a similar period q year ago.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Deaths
W. Nicholas Lind

N Nicholas Lind, for many years affiliated with q number of societies in this city, died yesterday at his home. 94 Marion street, Hartford, after a long illness.
 He was member of Phoenix lodge, I. o. o. F.. Vega society, leg ner society and Comstock Enca mp ment, I. o. o. F., all of this city. He vas also a member of the Iron Mouders' union and Hartford lodge, R. and $. NJ.
 Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Julia Collins Lind and a brother, Jesse II. Lind of Newington.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 1:30 at the funeral home of Taylor & Modeen at 233 Washington street, Hartford. Burial will be in Zion Hill cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Donations Checked Up
 From "DOugh Raisers'

Donations received yesterday at the mayors office for the emergency relief fund sWelled the total by $2l2 Only half of the dough-raisers in the city were opened Wednesday and these yielded $246. The mayor es- inmates that at the rate of s10 per week to each of the estimated 100 families needing the attention of the disbursers of the relief aid the fund with a regular income comp parable 10 that which has been manifest lately the work can be carried on amply for the next three months.
 The s14,000 already gathered by the emergency relief committee will last for three months, it is estimated. Mrs. James H. Robinson. a mem- Der of the relief committee, will be in charge Of purchases made in the work of disbursement which has come into the fore within the past week.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Mrs, Hattie Koch

Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Koch, aged 62, who died Tuesday, were held yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Frank McHale of 709 East street. Rev. Martin W. Gaudian, pastor of St. Johns German Luth- eran church, officiated and conduct ed the committal services at the grave in FairyieW cemetery. The funeral was largely attended by rcla- tives and friends from Bridgeport, Ansonia, Bristol and Springfield
 The pail bearers were William O'Neil of Bristol, William McHale of Derby, and John Mandell, Charles Wood, Lewis D. Aranzo and Ralph LaBranche of this city.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
NINE WOUNDED IN CLASH

Chemnitz, Germany, Dec. 2 t4l- Six policemen and three fascists were seriously injured today in q four -cornered clash at Mittweida communists. fascists and the police. X score of the combattants suffered minor hurts.
 Bearing stretchers and first aid kits in the anticipation Of trouble, no social democrats and com munists entered fascist meeting hall and a fight resulted. The police lntervened. Before peace was re stored the interior Of the hall had been wrecked.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
MOTHER HIKES ID EASTERN HOME
Reaches Syracuse With Children
 From South Dakota

Syracuse, N. Y, Dec 1o LP - Those songs, Home, Sweet Home, ' and There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding," today have new meaning for Mrs. Lucille Dyer, 26, a widow, who, with her two sons, Edward, 8, and Theodore, 5, hitch hiked here from Lennon, SD, pen niless and tired, more than 1000 miles to this city.
 Today the young woman with her two husky, blue-eyed children, were speeding eastward by rail. sh , dreaming of the lights of home in Springfield, Mass. she has not seen in years-the home of her mother, Mrs. Ray Sherwood, at IT Bay street.
 At first she obstinately refused to accept the railroad ticket money of fered by a charity organization here and only took it on condition she be allowed to repay it after reach : ing her destination.
 AS for the youngsters, they were glad enough 10 rest on nlce, plush cushions, and munch the candy and nuts that the police poured into their pockets.
 Mrs. Dyer, who applied last night for lodging for the three at police headquarters, said she had been on the road from Lennon nearly two weeks.
 Her husband, trainer of wild horses there, was killed five years ago in fall she said. Out of en- ployment, penniless and with the children to support, she started on the long, long trail, hoping for lifts. She got them frequently.
 Once, after trudging over snow drifted roads for two days without ride, they were routed from a barn in which they had sought shell ter by an angered farmer armed with a pitch fork. Finally, they reached Buffalo Wednesday night and obtained shelter at mission. They were given three rides and walked only a few miles, she relat- ed, to reach this city last night.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
JOKE HOLDUP IS
 REAL, TRIO FIND Refuse to Believe Robbery Sin-
 cere, Shot for Pains

Russell Ky, Dec. 12 P-One man is dead here today. another is be- lieyed dying and a third is nursing bullet wounds, all because they re- fused to believe holdup man was not a practical joker
 About midnight last night an arm- ed man entered d restaurant and commanded Amos Johnson, 45, and Thurman Blake, 25, owners of the place, to stick 'em up"
 Thinking the man was joking, Johnson and Blake laughed and at- tempted to wrestle with him. Free ing himself, the intruder shot his way out of the restaurant. killing Johnson and wounding Blake and George Meadows, 42. restaurant cus- toner. Physicians say Blake will dle.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
CROSS TOO BUSY
 ID TAKE A BATH
Says His Health WithSto0d Cam
 pai6n for That Reason

Hartford, Dec. F UP)-Gover- nor-Elect Wilbur L. Cross attributes his good health during the ordeal of the campaign for office to the fact he was too busy to take bath.
 The former dean of Yale Graduate school, noted for his research in lit erature, regaled 500 persons at a democratic victory dinner" here last night with dissertation on the historical aspects of bathing as con- nected with politics.
 While associates who feared he might suffer a breakdown suffered minor ills during the strenuous campaign, Cross said, he enjoyed perfect health.
 Looking back I can see it was because l failed to take a bath" he added. When he returned home after rally, it would be too late, he said, and when he arose next morning it would be too late again.
 T looked up the subject his torically," the governor-ele con- tinued, "and found there never was q bath tub in the White House until under the administration of Fill more, who was first a whig or know nothing and later deteriorated into . republican. Fillmore asked the senate for a special appropriation for a bath tub and specialists told him 1t would be dangerous to bathe between Oct. l and June 1. But he finally got the appropriation.
 But what about the presid dents of pre-bathing days?"' he demanded. Was Fillmore greater than Thomas Jefferson?"
 Governor Elect Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, another speaker, at tributed the democratic victory in his state to the women's vote.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12

Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn Thomas

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza beth Dunn Thomas, formerly of this city. who died Wednesday at he- home in Wethersfield. were held this morning at the home of her daugh- ter. Mrs. Louis J. Sullivan of 33 Woodland street, Wetherstield. and at Sacred Heart church, Wethers field, at 9 o'clock. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery this city.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
WIFE HELD FOR TRIAL

Caldwell, O., Dec. 2 LP}-Mrs. Iva Wickham. 35, SummervilIe, charged with the first degree murder of her husband. Clarence, 35, was held without bond today when ar raigned.
 Prosecutor Earl McGinnis an nounced that Mrs. Wickham had confessed the staying
 Wickham, retired school teach CT, was shot to death in their home yesterday while sitting before a fireplace. McGinnis said the shoot ing was caused by a domestic quarrel.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
ASKS TO GO TO ASYLI M

New Haven, Dec. 12 (UP)--Tired of always getting pinched,' Clar- ence Niver, 54, who has a record of scores of arrests on minor charges, asked Judge Charles Clark in city court today 10 commit him to a state hospital for the insane.
 Send me to Norwich,' plea ded Clarence. q want to go somewhere where I won't always be getting pinched."
 The judge obliged.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all our rela- es, friends and neighbors for the sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent bereavement in the death of our beloved mother. We especially wish to thank the en- ployes of the Toaster and Cord Di- vision of Landers, Frary & Clark; the Deaf and Mute Benevolent so- ciety of Hartford, also for the beau tiful floral offering
 Signed, Miss Bertha Koch, Mrs. Frank McHale. John Koch.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
RANK RORBED BY EOIE

Girardyille. Pa, Dec. 1@ tUP)- Four masked men. armed, held up the Girardville State bank here this morning, escaping with a large amount of currency.
 The amount stolen was not avail able, as bank attaches checked the bandits entered.
 The bandits escaped in an auto mobile, proceeding over the noun tain road toward Ringtown, State and local police were in pursuit.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
1oa AT CARD PARTY

More than 125 persons participat- ed in the card party given by the Children of Mary sodality of the Holy Cross church last night. The party took place in the basement of the church and was featured by an entertainment, including a speciality dance by Helen Vendrowsiki, with Robert Pagan at the piano.
 It was announced that a card par " for the benefit of the unemploy- ed will be held by the Dramatic circle Monday evening in the church basement.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Arkansas Town Will
 Make Jail Life Hard

Harrison, Ark, Dec. 12 P,-
 It's going to be hard winter on
 Harrison's public enemies" Reused by increasing crime, the
 Harrison city council has endors-
 ed the action taken by Chicago
 and named 20 local characters as its public enemies" Among measures decided on to make things uncomfortable for the score are: 1-Removing Sweets" from the jail menu. 2--Reviving the use of the "ball and chain" 3-Raising of a fund among business men to fight appeals of vagrancy convictions.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12

Resembling huge metal sun flower. an airplane finder is being employed by French aerial forces It locates planes in flight, and auto natically registers their flying speed altitude and distance from the finder.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Real Estate News

Walenty Gwaszda has transferred 10 Franciszka C GHiazda.
 Julia L. Naples has transferred to Dominick Naples an undivided one-half interest in property on Hart street.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12

Miss Emma Dawson, teacher of English at the Senior High school. has resigned her position here, the resignation to take effect during the Christmas holidays. She joined the local staff in September, 1919, and was serving her 11th year here. It is understood that she will go to Boston to teach in the schools of that city.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Public Utilities Stocks
WaU Street Briefs

New York, Dec. 12 LP, - Total stocks of refined and blister copper i'll North and South America de- Clined 10,712 tons in November to a total of 594,36S short tons as of December 1, the American Bureau of Metal Statistics reports. Mine production of copper in the United States declined slightly last month to 53,14l short tons, against 55.954 in October and 56.5S4 in September Refined copper stocks in North and South America, however, increased to 369,S32 short tons November 3U. against 364.930 at the end of Oc- toher and 126.919 November so, last year.
 Shipments of pneumatic casin-s showed decline in October amounting to 3,4993oO, compared with 4405,176 in September and 4649.696 in October last year, the Rubber Manufacturers association reports. Shipments for the first 10 months this year, however. exceeded production by 4.3 per cent, whereas during the same period last year there was no excess Inventories of castings on hand October 31 were 9.S0o.6ST. against 9,St1,764 castings or hand September 50.
 November sales of Dominion Stores, Ltd. totaled s2.343.97S. a decrease of 2.77 per cent from s@. 410,s64 last year. Sales for the first
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
Michael Duffy
Michael

Funeral services for Michael Duffy. aged 49, who died yesterday, will probably be held Monday morn ing The remains will lie in state at the funeral parlors of John J. Tar rant.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-12
City Items

The Citizens Industrial corpora ton has filed a certificate of in. crease in capital stock from s110,. 900 to s160.000. with the secretary of state and city clerk.