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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26

It is alleged that after the auto mobile turned over Timko ran away and the task Of taking the umcon- scious man to the hospital was left to others. An A-ray revealed a fracture Of a rib and the need for an operation upon fractured vertebra, and an eNtention 10 the neck to hold the spine in place. Prediction is made by medical authorities that he will never have free and com plete motion of the back and neck, according 10 the plaintiffs com plaint.
 Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz served the papers.
 Charles G. and Charles A. Bow en are defendants in a $25,Ou0 suit brought by Arthur Bushnell Of Bcr- lin for injuries he received when he was struck while crossing Farming
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
CONNECTICUT WILL NEED S83,2l4,26l
 IN2 YEAR BUDGET
Increase Of S7,974,664 Over Last BienniuIn Period Asked in
 Board Of Finance Requests
193l-32 EXPENSES RAISED,
 19S2-SS COSTS DECREASED

Submission to Incoming General
 Assembly-HighWays, State Insti-
 tutions, Etc, Conservation of
 Health Increase-Net Capital Out
 lay Boosted $2,5S9,S52.
 Hartford, Dec. 26 (Pl-Connectcut will require $S3.214,261 with which to carry on it's business for the next bi6nnium, according to the budget prepared by the state board of finance and control for submission to the incoming general assembly. The budget represents an increase of $7,974,664 over the actual eXpen- diturcs Of 1929-30 and the estimated expenditures for 193U-31.
 Comparisons Issued
 The budget includes an estimated expenditure of s44,356,651 for 1931-32 and $3S,S5761o for 1932-$3, as compared with actual expendi- lures of s35,090,736 in 1929-1930 and estimated expenditures of $40,- l48.SGl for 1930-1931. The ordinary recurring expenses and fixed charges for 1931-32 are s24,565,SO9 while for 1932-33 they are estimated at $25,263,706. d total of s49,627,- 515, an increase of Sj,3S4,Sl1 over the 1929-31 biennium. So. too, the estimated capital outlays is increas- ed over the two years ending next June, the total being s33,S86,746. which is an increase of s2,5S9,S S53 over the s30,796,893 total for the current biennium.
 A comparison of recommendations for capital expenditures in 193l-33 with the budget for 1929-31 is made with the following results:
 General government, which in Cludes financial administration, Ju- dicial, legal and general govern ment buildings. net decrease of s. J73,416.30; protection to person and property. which includes police, reg ulative, militia and armorics and fire protection, net decrease $172,- 55S.51; development and conserva- ion of natural resources including agriculture, forestry, water supply and fish and game, net decrease s15. 5.S2S.06; conservation Of health md sanitation, net increase ST. 514.S6; this including state depart nent of health and food regulation md inspection; construction and let increase of $1,75S,O03. char ties, hospitals and correction de- Dartment of state agencies and in- titutions. net increase $2.927.512.- '0; education, net increase $337,- 37.oQ; public service enterprises, decrease $t9,023.35; maintenance of public parks, historical sites and monuments, net decrease $169,SS1.- '. The total increase in capital out avs is thus shown as S2,5S9,S52.
 New Armory Included
 The new state armory at West Haven is included in the proposed budget for which $l50,000 is rec 
 For the Mystic oral school the oard recommended $275,0OO for ew building and s46,754 for new
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
"Shh" Cops Whisper as
 They Creep Up on Thief"

Montclair, \. J., Dee. 26 LP)- When she arrived home last night Mrs. Benjamin A. Christian heard a noise in an upstairs room, She tip toed to the telephone and whispered for the police.
 Two husky officers hurried to the house. They tiptoed up stairs, drew their guns and burst into a bed room. The prisoner surrcndercd- not without resistance. It was a mouse trying to free it's tail from a trap.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
Second Youth Badly h. jured = Heroic Neigh bors Try Repeatedly to Enter Roaring House and Rescue Three Year Old Child.
Fireman Badly Hurt as He Falls Against Red Hot Bedstead-Bursts of Fire Drive Would-Be Rescu- CTS Back Time After Time.

Norwalk Dec, 26 GP}-John Bar. mum. three year old son of Mir. and Mrs. Percy r. Barnum, perished in flames which destroyed his parents home i'll West Cedar street at 10 o'clock today,
 The body or the boy was found Tn the ruins Of the building this afternoon by searchcrs. The charred remains were burned beyond recoe- milton.
 Nine Others Escape
 In the same fire, Donald, a1s year old son, was painfully burned and is in the Norwalk hospital. Six other children, as we'll as the par- cnts, had narrow escapes from be- ing trapped in the fire and only saved themselves by smashing through q front window.
 Harold Werner fireman, attached 10 central fire headquarters, was burned about the hands while searching the ruins for the body of the missing baby when he lost his balance and fell against 8 red hot bedstead.
 Outstanding efforts during the blaze was the heroic attempt oe William Brown an cx-New York fireman, and Charles Davidson, both nearby neighbors Of the Barnuu1 family, to enter the house in which the fire was raging like a furnace in an effort to rescue John. Taking their lives in their hands, they tried to crawl through the house, but were driven back time and time again by the flames.
 Eight of the 1 children were asleep i'll the house with their par. ents when the fire broke out, ap- parently from an overloaded fur- mace.
 Arouses Family Members
 Percy, r. discovered the fire and aroused the other members of ths household. Flames were then sweep ing through the frame house. In the excitement Of fleeing in their night clothes, the other members of the family were unaware that John was missing. It was several min- utes after the family gathered. on the lawn that they discovered the absence Of John. Efforts by neigh bors to enter the blazing building failed
 Other Members of Family
 Besides the parents, John, Donald and Percy, there were Nonabelle, ] 2; Kenneth, Il; Dorothy, g; Helen, iQ and Martha, 6, asleep in the house at the time of the fire. Henry, 22: Norman, ,, and Clifford T. were at work.
 The father has been unemployed for some time, but five other mem- hers of the family have been york; ing. After big Christmas celebra- ion the family slept late today and his fact found them all in bed when the fire broke out.
 Handicapped by the lack of water and the fact that the house was a mass Of flames when they arrived he firemen were unable to save anything.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-26

In a handwriting test, they said, the youth misspelled street" and "curbng," peculiarities of the mes sage to Long directing disposition of the $25,000.
 They quoted his sentence: q saw a drunken man lying in the streat by the curbon." Duncan confessed, they said, when confronted by the identical spelling.
 Long gave the letters. postmarkcd December IT and December 22, 10
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
GIRL, 17, KIDNAPED AS
 SHE IS ENTERING HOME
City and County Police Join In Search For Alice Ccranck-Scrcams Attract Brother Who Faces Gun

Chicago. Dec. 2G UP)-City and county police joined today in the search for a kidnaper who abducted 11-year-old Alice Ceranck as she was about to enter her home where q Christmas party was in progress.
 T went to the door to greet Alice" said her mother Mrs. Michael Ger anek. She had almost reached the house when d man jumped from m automobile at the curb, ran up the sidewalk and seized her.
 Alarmed by Alicc's screams, her brother, John, ran to her aid The kidnaper threatened him with a pi5- tol and showed the girl into his au- tomobile.
 Members of the Ceranek family said the abduCtor resembled d man with whom Alice had broken off q friendship because she suspected him of being a gangster.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
L|NDbERGH VIEWS
 AVIATION PROGRESS
Sees More Speed for Planes in
 His Summary
CITES FIVE YEAR PROGRESS
Worlds Best Known Aviator Says Craft Nowadays More Stable and Eficient-Cost of Operation Also Dropping.

New York, Dec. 26 LP-Aviation has come long way since q young fellow from Missouri took off from Roosevelt field four years ago next May and flew to Paris, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh believes.
 The worlds best known flier talk ed today of aviation as it was five years ago and as it is now; Of low wings and high wings; of engines and speed and radio-topics that are the very breath of life to him.
 He said this:
 We have had more progress in the development Of aircraft in the last five years than could have been foreseon at that time.
 Tn 1925 a good cruising speed was 90 miles an hour. Today we have planes Of the same class with cruising speeds as high aS l40 miles an hour. The air mail De Havilands We used i'll 1925 had carrying ca- pacity Of about 40O pounds Planes today of the same Horsepower cruise at least 2O miles an hour faster and carry from three to four times that load.
 Operation Costs Less
 'The same with the business or sport plane flown by the non-profes- sional pilot. It Is more stable; it is easier to operate, and 1t is much 10 learn how to fly. The cost of operation Of privately owned plane today is only a fraction Of the cost of few years back.
 The small, private plane of S5 10 100 miles an hour cruising speed can be operated today at practically
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
Harmony May Prevail or Bitter Clashes Result From Peculiar
 Political Lineup
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TO
 HAVE COP. LEGISLATURE
Vets Expected to Press For Repeal Of State Enforcement Acts-Status of Old Age Pensions, New Bridge and Boulevard and Other Ques- lions Raised Movie Tax and Lubricating Oil Bill Talk.

Hartford, Dec. 26 P)-After the holiday season comes d new general assembly and a new governor of the state. A week after New Years day, on January ', Dcan- Emeritus Will hur L. Cross Of Yale university, stu dent. editor, professor and demo- cratic leader. will be inauguratcd.
 When Mr. Cross takes his oath Of office from Chief Justice William M. Aiaitbic on the rostrum of the hall Of the house Of representatives, he Y i'll look into the faces of members Of {. legislature which is predomi- nently republican in both branches, 6 body which potentially may have the power to Dc at odds with hlm many times.
 Harmony May Prevail
 Yet it may be d session in which Lke making and signing of laws will proceed with greatest harmony.
 MT. Cross will stand on that day in the same relative position as did | predecessor in the office, who like himself was democrat in politics simeon E. Baldwin, who had be- | come an emeritus justice of the su- preme court of errors, became gov l ernor for his first term 20 years ago.
 The legislators, most of them | facing new duties, will be filled with | enthusiasm for the work ahead, | keen to do the states business and ! to provide ways and means by which | the machinery of a state may be run.
 The decision of the supreme court . oi errors last year in the MCCook l Case precludes any likelihood of the incoming session reaching a quick Windup of it's business and an early adlournament. Ii may be expected to run until it's constitutional limita- ton the Wednesday after the first MonQay in June.
 It may be that the spectre of the McCook decision will hover over the session and this spectre may only be laid at some future time by adop- ton of a constitutional amendment which will give q governor more than three days after final adiourn- ucnt in which to sign bills to make them laws. It is expected the Sos- sion will see a resolution for q con- stilutional amendment proposed.
 Usual Flood of Bills
 The usual flood Of bills, running from 1,500 to 2,0o0 is expected to get in on this legislature with a forecast that by reason of the Me Cook decision, the number will be gl cater than in many sessions. It VII only be through self restraint oI members that the writing of bills Will be held in check.
 How many bills will arise out of the McCook decision in 1929 will not be determined until the closure for rew business is put on about Janu- lry %. A special session last year validated some 1900 laws which might have been declared invalid in court under the NcCool decision had their legality been tested The point in each case was that the law Was signed after the time limit, al
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
STRANGE DEATH IN
 POTSDAM PROBED
Woman, S2, Found Slain-
 Crippled Sister, 80, DaZed
INC0HEREN1 STORY TOLD
Partially Paralyzed Survivor Says She AWokc to Find Body Across Hers-Nephcw Finds Corpse When He Pays Holiday Call.
Associated Press Phote

Potsdam, N. Y, Dec. 2G P-Thc death of Mrs. Margaret Reynolds, S2, widow. whose body was found cut and bruised in her home at North Lawrence, where she lived with a partly crippled sister, Miss Rose Ann O'Donncll, so. was being investigated today.
 Body Found by Nephew
 The body was found by q nephew, Anthony O'DonncI, Of Lawrence. yesterday when he went to the house to extend Christmas greetings He said hc found Miss O'Donnell in q dazc in the kitchen of the home.
 The aged woman, he said, told him she believed Maggie was dead. Her body was found on q bed with the arms folded over the face in what might have been a defensive attitude.
 Coroner s. H. Brown said the woman had been dead 4 hours and possibly for two days. A bruisc eX- tended the length of her face, one there were many bruises on the chest and abdomen.
 Miss O'Donnell said she was awakened during the nght-she was uncertain whether it was Tuesday or Wednesday night-by the pres sure of something lying across her
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-26
BUSINESS DECLINE
 SLIGHT IN STORES
Merchants Report Volume Better
 Than Was Anticipated
LAST MINUTE RUSH AIDS
Predictions of Heavy Reversal From 1929 Not Justified, Dealers Say Nearly 5000 Parcels Delivered To- day by Postal Force.

Merchants today expressed tine opinion that Christmas business in New Britain exceeded the hopes Of pessimists even though it did no- equal the trade record Of 1929.
 Shopping ended with a spurt We'd sesday evening, when the stores of New Britain closed their doors at ' o'clock after the heaviest shopping cay of the season.
 The volume Of business developed during the last few days before Christmas. Beginning Friday trade momentum gained until by Saturday afternoon the big rush Was on. Sat urday developed into the biggest business day for the season until that time.
 Monday was q good day and then came the snow storm. Tuesday s business because of the storm, fell eff rapidly, but came back Wednes- day with an avalanche Of buying which taxed the ability Of the sales people.
 Post Office Cleaning Up
 The same situation was noticed at the post office. superintendent of Mails James B. Grace, who has charge of the parcel post station, said there was moro last minute mailing than at any time within the past three years.
 The Christmas rush did not be- gin at the local post office to any noticeable extent until Monday when packages piled up to the root. Tues days snow storm added to the con- gestion. Wednesday brought an- other whirlwind of packages. Every thing at the post office until the time the last mail truck went out Wednesday afternoon was delivered Wednesday
 Although large numbers Of pack ages arrived yesterday and last night until there were between 1000 and 5000 at the parcel post station this morning. it was announced to- day that complete cleanup would be effected before the close Of the day.
 A drop Of about five per cent i'll incoming and outgoing first class
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Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11
MORE DEATHS
 FROM SUICIDE
Homieides Claim Fewer Victims in
 Connecticut

Deaths from suicide increased last year but homicide claimed few CT victims in Connecticut. Suicide deaths in the state numbered only 236 in 1928 increasing to 246 in 1929, whereas homicide mortalities decreased from 43 in 1928 to 41 last year.
 Of the accidental death causes. burns. accidental falls, and automo- bile mishaps, excluding collision with street cars. caused greater mortality last year than in 1928. Ac- cidental falls resulted in 247 deaths in the state last year as against 223 in 1928. Burns~-confiagratio ex- cepted- brought 80 deaths fast year and only GA in 1928. and automobile accidents. excluding collision with trains and street cars, claimed 433 victims in 1929 as against only 407 in the prior year.
 On the other hand. the following decreases were noted in other acci- dental mortalities: accidental drown. ing. from i32 in 1928 to l2g in 1929; accidental shooting. IS to five railroad accidents, 59 to ST; street car accidents. 25 to 20. and injuries by vehicles other than railroad trains. street cars and automobiles. B to 21.
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11
Box on Running Board
 Is a Bad Practice
Might Lead to Damage Suit if Pedes- trian Was His.--Where Should
 Pedestrians Wsik7

Two questions frequently asked at the office Of the State Department Of Motor Vehicles were answered by Commissioner Robbins B. Stocckel in a bulletin prepared for and read from WTIC. the Travellers Station, Thurs day afternoon. The questions were whether a box may be carried on the de of an automobile if it projects beyond the width of the vehicle, and whether the law requires that pe- destrian walk with or against traffic on the open highway.
 In regard to the first question. Commiss oner Stoeckel stated that the law prohibits the carrying of a load on the left side which projects beyond the running board of an automobile. 1t does not specifically prohibit the carrying of packages on the right side of automobiles but the act k bad practice. l. often provides a hazard.
 There might be legal question in case ef an accident he added. If pedestrian was hit by box which projected from the right side ef a vehicle, there might be iamage gu against the owner or operator for creating an unexpected hazard.
 Where to Walk
 In discussing the procedure of pe- destrians on the highways Commis- sioner Stoeckel said: Tt is not to be expected that there ever will be anything except the most general laws governing walking on the highway. The highway belongs to all of it's users alike. That is q principle in Law well grounded on fact and deci- sious. but of course the duty which each user of the highway owes to ail the other users Is intensified by the method of use. The duty owed by the eedestriaas is to take care.
 The practice of walking against traffic has been advocated for years as a safety measure. Statistics of Connect cut seem to show that it is safer to do so. In three months of 1928 only three persons were injured walking against traffic. while twenty four were injured walking with is. In 1929 the respective figures are seventeen as against twents-six While it appears that 1t is safer to walk against traffic than with it. there would be danger in making such rule into law. There are many p'aces on every road where to direct man 10 walk on 1t according to any one plan would mean sending him in to danger. In other words there arc as many bad places on one side of the road as the other The situation is a matter for education and not control by law. Any person on the highway needs to use his common sense"
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11
 NEW ENGLAND'S NET GAIN IN FOUR YEARS

The following figures are proof that New England has not been go- ing backward. They include the years 1926 to 1929 inclusive: Mum Der of new industries organized, l546; number of employees. 53,S00. Branch plants established, 1s7: num- Der of employees. 15,s6S. Industries moving to New England from out s de. 79; employees, 6.6S6. Total gain in industries. l.772; employees. 76.- 354.
 In the loss column appears: In- dnstries failed S43; employees 49, 5S2. Industries moved away, 27; 3.l53. Total loss in indus tries. S70; employees. 52.735.
 New England's net gain: 902
 laats; 23.6i9 employees.
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11
Where Santa Claus
 Is But Little Known
Chinese Children Do Not Know the Thrills and Joys of Christmas.-- American Missionaries Only Kris Kringles
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
 wonder if you have any boys and girls among your readers. II SO can they imagine place in all the world without Christmas and it's joys? One such place is down here on the "bottem-side of the world The slanteyel "yaller" kiddies here do not have Christmas trees. They do not "hang up baby's stockings the biggest you can get" Santa Claus with his sleigh and reindeer and bags of toys seldom finds his way to China. It may be because the roads are too narrow and the rein deer fear getting their feet wet in the rice-felds. or because there is so little snow and ice, or it may be because Chinese houses have so few chimneys. or perhaps Santa Claus IS afraid of falling off the bottom side" of the earth, or may be even because nobody has shown him the way there
 Chinese children do not wait up at night to get sly peep at him. Nor do they run down stairs very early on Christmas morning to see what Santa has put on the Christ mas tree or with what wonderful things he has filled their stockings. Just think of it. 4 land with no Christmasl l say No Christmas :" but it is not quite 'No.v for once in while some English or American store will have a Santa Claus or the sake of English boys and girls. l..sa terestedly press against the window glass.
 To Be Santa Claus
 Then, too. and my American friends. friends of little children. are trying to be Santa Claus to at least nine hundred little kiddies in my ragged Sunday Schools in Shan ghai. The happiest little Brownies you ever saw are my little "Chinks" as on Christmas day l and my help CTS tell them the glad Christmas Story and distribute among them ap- ples. oranges, and peanuts; dolls and balls; toys and candy. How the eyes of my little people sparkle. How happily they smile and how grate- fully they say, ''Zia-zia, ,noong" hohhf tiduh lou.i aS they fGCgfNG the gifts ef American friends. Il wish all your boy and girl readers could be with us and see how happy my boys and girls are with the simp- lest gifts. They would be glad not only for the delight of my little ones; but they would better appre- ciate their own Christmas gifts They would also realize how much boys and girls in China are like American boys and girls with their likes and dislikes. their joys and sor- rows, their tears and smiles and would feel that they are indeed their own brothers and sisters.
 Some say there is no Santa Claus. think of him as that great big heart of love that tries to make other people happy. Don't you think that true. Mir. Editorg
 Now may [ ask you to carry to all your good readerA hildren and grown-ups, my best dt for a mer- <-%-t
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11

Mother-How did you hurt your hand? Been fighting?
 Bobbie-Yep. Those were awful sharp teeth Johnny Smith used to have.-The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11

Badlybent-Why don't you make practice of saving s5 weeky
 Deadbroke--I tried it once but the installment collectors wouldn't let me.--The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-11

It was right after the Wall Street crash. Broker Beeswax was walked in the middle of the night by a burg. far. What are you doing in my room2" inquired Beeswax