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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
PARK BOARD TO ACT
ON NORTH end POOL
Chairman Bartlett Calls
Special Session for
This Evening

Chairman Conald L. Bartlett has
convened the park board in special
session tonight to consider for the
second time the bids received for
construction Of vading pool on
The Washington school grounds. the
boards recommendation that a
contract he entered into with 10
eeph Battaglia having been returned
by the council Wednesday night.
Batt2gha was the lowest of sev-
eral bidders. his proposal being less
than half the amount of the high
est bid. Members of the council
criticized other municipal Jobs
executed by Battaglia and qucs-
toned the likelihood Of a satisfac-
tory job by him at a low price.
Alderman J. Gustave Johnson voted
alone against referring back the
bids for further study.
If the board reaches decision
tonight 4 special meeting of The
common council will be called for
Wednesday night,
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
Woman browns Trying
To Save Her Sons Life

Mobile, Ala, June > LP)-Mrs.
Avonia Leighton. so. wife of Phillip
H. Leighton. formerly of Bridgeport
Conn, drowned in Rog river yester-
day attempting to rescue her four
year old son when he fell from a
ing. The child was rescued by Ray
Cominsky. who occupied a, nearby
skff. but efforts to save Mrs.
Leighton were futile.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
.GANGSTERS SHOT
IN BOSTON TODAY
Machine Gun MOWS Down Two
Men in Early Morning
ASSAILANTS MAKE ESCAPE
Only Three Shots of 20 Or More
Fired Find Nark-Both Victims,
Dangerously Wounded, Refuse to
Tell Police Names OF Men.

Boston. June = CUP) - Machine
gun bullets fired in Chicago style
from a curtained automobile per
haps fatally wounded two Boston
gangsters IN RoXbury as they
emerged from a building doorway
carly today
The victims. Guy Parclli So, and
Joseph 'Uvhick' Bruno, Al, were
taken TO City hospital where both
underwent hasty operations for the
removal OF bullets. The gunner es-
capped
ParelH and Bruno had walked
scarcely a dozen PAGES after leav-
ing the small south end hosiery
when % or more shots ratified in
rapid succession from the barrel Of
A machine gun which protruded
from a window Of slow moving
coach.
Only Three Hit Men
Tho craftsmanship OF the gun
men apparently was poor, for al
though more than A score of shots
were fired, only three took effect.
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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
RUN TRACTOR SEIZED

New York, June > P,-Balked by
the yielding sand from using sand
bar in Great South Bay, l.. l., as a
place to land liquor, rum runners
bought tractor.
1t made so much noise that resi-
dents OF Blue Point, a summer resort
on the bay, protested. Coast guards
men seized the tractor last night and
$3.50 cases Of choice liquor. A
schooner, anchored in deep water
off the end of the bar, left hur-
Fiedly.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
53 Watch White lnhale Deadly
Gas From Window Victim
Dies in Three Minutes
HELPED BUILD CHAMBER
IN WHICH LIFE IS TAKEN
Elko Gambler, Convicted On Circum-
stantial Evidence, Calmly Mods
and Smiles to Watchers-Potassi-
UNI Cyanide Jumps, Dropped Into
SuIphuric Acid to Generate Fumes
That Killed Prisoner.

Carson City, New, June > tPl-R.
II. Bob" White. Elko gambler, was
put to death today in the lethal gas
chamber at the Nevada state prison
here. He had been convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence of the murder
of Louis Lavcll, another alleged
gambler.
White was taken at 4:4o a. m.
into the stone chamber he helped
build-an air tight room nine feet
long by eight wide and seven high
and strapped into chair.
Smiles Through Window
He smiled and nodded to persons
peering through a window. There
were SO witnesses. including two
women
Before Whites chair stood two
gallon crockcry jar containing a
quart of sulphuric acid and half d
gallon of water.
A string extending into the next
room was pulled, opening d con-
tainer dropping nearly dozen one
ounce eggs" of cyanide Of potas-
stun into the acid solution. The
deadly gas was generated almost
instantly.
White nodded again as the gas
started TO come from the generator.
Then he took a. deep breath and
leaned hack easily. At the third
breath his head fell back. His arms
and body tvitched as in convul-
sion, then we're still.
Dies in Three Minutes
Three minutes after he entered
the death chamber he apparently
was dead.
White did not appear nervous.
He shook hands with the warden
and the other two men who helped
strap him in the chair. He was
| dressed in blue shirt and pair
! OF overalis
Miss MargaI S.,eeter, Reno, and
Miss May E. kenney, Carson City.
were the women witnesses. They
were admitted at their own request.
White had declined breakfast. He
went to sleep about II p. nj. and
when the night guard went off was
still asleep, He was awakened
about half an hour before the
execution.
There was no minister present.
White wanted none. His last act
was the writing Of a letter to his
wife. last night
His body will be taken to Oakland
for cremation.
White, after his conviction, asked
that he be executed in the gas
chamber rather than to serve life
term in the prison.
The gas does not frightcn me-
he said. Let me take it and get il
over with. Il will be better for my
wife. for if | went 10 prison she
would want to remain here and her
life would be wasted, This way she
can return 10 Ireland and in few
years forget me and perhaps be
happy"
The condemned mans wife, how
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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

fow minutes the waiting room was
crowded with job seekers. others
who came 10 intercede for prospec-
tive appointoes, city hall employees
and cWspapcrmen.
Compensation Board Changes
His first announcements at city
hall had to do with the board of
compensation and assessment. The
mayor disclosed that William J.
Farley who has been a member of
the board for Is years, and Arthur
G. Crusberg. a former councilman,
have been dropped. Farley had been
acting chairman. since Attorney 2.
f. McDonough resigned following
his defeat at the polls by the new
MAYOR. Stanley Arzylowicz resigned
several days ago at the mayors re-
quest, New appointees are Henry S.
Tallard who Will be chairman; At
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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

motorcyclists were speeding TO a hill
climb scheduled for yesterday. AS
they neared an intersecting high
way. George "A Stevens. IS. of IS
North Main street, Wallingford,
started TO make left turn. The
motorcycles were about to overtake
his car and the riders were unable
to avoid the crash. All seven piled
up on the automobile and riders
and cycles were thrown in every IL
reCtion.
k,is;rom Dies Instantly
kVistrom was killed outright. He
vas tossed beneath the automobile
and was pushed across the road ie-
meath the car. His companions who
were not so seriously injured hur-
liod to his aid but he was dead
when he was taken from under the
car
The six who were taken TO the
hospital We're found not 10 be seti-
ouslN injured. Miss Edith Hall of
Walingford. a passenger in the au-
tCmobile. suffered fractured rios
and cuts. John kavalauski and
Kenneth Rund of New Britain suf-
fcrcd fractured left legs and cuts.
Joseph Normant and William Wind
ich OF New Britain and ElWoo
Smith and his brother, Thomas
smith. OF North Attleboro, Mass,
were treated for cuts and contu-
sions
Auto Driver Arrested
Stevens was arrested by orders OF
Coroner LoWndes A. Smith of Mid
nletoVn and held under bonds of
ST. 900 on technical charge of
manslaughter. while Frank Magu-
Ga, ~. of kenslngton, one of the
motorCyclists and a witness, was
held under the~same bonds as a m1-
terial witness.
stevens and Maguda made state
ments giving their version of the
accident. Maguda said that nile
/ .,
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
Cannon TO- FACE
VIGOROUS QUIZ
Senate Lobby Committee to
Ignore Defy on Anti-Smith Probe
BISHOP OUTLINES STAND
Methodist Churchman Claims Law
Did Not Require Him to Report
5000 Spent in Virginia During
1928 Fight.

Washington. June UP) -
Members of the senate lobby COM
1nittee indicated today they would
ignore the protest of Bishop James
Cannon, Jr, that they are not en-
powered to inquire into campaign
funds he collected in 1928.
We have not hesitated TO inquire
into the political activities of other
Witnesses" Senator Walsh, demo-
crat, Montana, acting chairman of
the committee. said when question:
ed about Cannon's statement.
Much UnaCcounted For
Walsh said the committee would
call Cannon tomorrow as previously
planned. The Methodist bishop has
been summoned to explain why he
accounted to the house for only
$1,000 OF the $4,000 he received
from +. {. jameson during the 1928
campaign for the anti-Smith COM
mittee of Virginia. Jameson is a
New York insurance executive and
an ardent dry.
Cannon's statement defended his
failure 10 report the entire fund and
questioned the right of the lobby
committee TO inquire into matter.
Cannon, in public statement is
sued last night. declared the COM
mittee was not authorized TO invest
igate political expenditures Its
prerogatives, he said, extend only to
those expenditures and activities
that have TO do with the influencing
of legislation or executive action
The committees purpose in call
ing Cannon vas two-fold It pro-
posed, first, to inquire into the dis
position of $4S,3oo, part Of the $65,-
500 contributed by Jameson.
Stock Quiz Possible
( Second, the committee may do
/ eide to ask the bishop about his
stock transaction with a New York
/ brokerage house. although this will
not be done unless the transactions
are shown TO be connected with lob
bying.
Cannon did not mention the sec
ond phase OF the inquiry in his
statement.
The Methodist bishop explained
that of the S63,3oo Jameson con-
trjbuted $4,000 was allocated 10
the general southern campaign
against Smith. This, he said, was
duly reported 10 the clerk OF the
house.
The remainder. he declared, Vas
aIlocatcd to Virginia. He said he
did not report it because the cor
rupt practices act does not require
reports on money spent exclusively
within one state.
Il cannot understand" Cannon
said, ION what basis any inquiry
could be made by the lobbying COM
mittee into the political activities OF
the anti-Smith democrats OF tn
south and furthermore why political
activities in Virginia alone should be
investigated"
Mcbride Case Uncertain
It was not known whether any in
ycstigation would be made on the
basis of charges by Emmett Mcbride,
q brother Of Superintendent +. Scot,
Mcbride Of the Anti-Saloon league
and Of D, L. Mcbride OF tho Mime
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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
MOTORCYCLER RIDER
INSTANTLY KILLED
Hilmer Kyistrom Of This City in
Fatal Durham Crash
CYCLE FLEET HITS AUTO
Seven Machines, Reported Travelling
at so Miles an Hour, Pile Up
Against Motor Car-Six Injured
Taken to Hospital.

Durham, June I'm a crash in
VolYing seven motorcycles and an
automobile on the Middlefield roa d
at Durham yesterday afternoon,
Hilmer Kvistrom, 80, of 81 Henry
street, New Britain, was instantly
killed and six others including a
woman, were taken to the Middlescx
hospital with injuries.
According TO the police who in
vestigated the accident, the seven
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
BY GEORGE H. MANNING

Nv asTIIHsI0H BuTtau, y. Il. HtTdTuI
Washington. June - That the
gay young blades of New Haven
county showed little or no timidity
about popping the fatal question
during the year 1929 is revealed by
department of commerce statistics
made public today which show that
marriages in that county during 1929
increased by 1879 over 1928.
In fact. the figures show that
love-makint throughout the Nutmeg
state-except in New London coun-
ty-boomed during 1929, as there
was a 5.6 per cent increase in we'd
dings in that year over 1928. New
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02
Weddings In State Gain In 1929;
New Haven County SWANS Boldest

london was the only county in the
state having less weddings in 1929
than in 1925.
New Haven Leads In Divorce
In the matter of divorces New Ha-
ven county likewise kept step with
tho trend in the balance of the state,
341 legal knots having been united
in 1929 as against $50 in 1928. Di-
Vorces in the state as whole de-
creased from 1875 in 1928 to 1,221
in 1929. There were five annulments
in New Haven county in 1929 and
four in 1928.
Litchfield county had $50 we'd
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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

The cabinet, headed by Admiral
Arvid LIndman, was appointed Octo-
Der ., 1925. The cabinet has been
of conservative complexion although
the moderates had not had a MAORI
~ in either chamber.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

It was not known whether any in
ycstigation would be made on the
basis of charges by Emmett Mcbride,
q brother OF superintendent +. Scot
Mcbride OF the Anti-Saloon league
and of D, l.. Mcbride of tho Mime
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

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New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

Average Daily Circulation For
M Msst s1 Ending ling 1868
New Britain herald., 1930-06-02

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03
V. T. CONKLIN, Secretary
TIT Q1L g0Tf1E OUTDOORS

age, forest and game preserves, ref
uges and game law legislation will
be discussed. Each day of the con-
vention will find many things of
keen interest for all who attend.
In connection with the conven-
ton program, a mammoth Sports
mems Show will be sponsored by
Outdoor America, official publica-
ton of the Walton League. Hun
dreds of beautiful and interesting
displays of outdoor merchandise
will be seen in the exhibit chamber
each individual display possessing
the atmosphere of the outdoors.
Many special attractions will be
staged during the affair. Fancy
bait and fly casting, pistol shooting,
bow and arrow exhibitions, Indian
dances, band and orchestra music
and many other attractions will
help to make the Sportsmen's Show
the outstanding affair of it's kind
held in America.
The convention banquet will be
held the evening of April - Ma
tionally known speakers have been
secured for this event.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03
The Walton National Convention

The Walton National Convention
Americas best known and most
respected authorities on conserva-
ton subjects will gather at Chica-
go, April %, "a, rs and 26 to attend
the Eighth Annual National Con-
vention of the Izaak Walton League
of America. Each year delegates
from every nook and corner of the
country gather at this important
conclave of conservationists with
but one purpose-that of further
ing the work of the League in it's
extensive program of preserving
for all time the natural resources
and wild life of the United States.
Federal representatives will be
present to present their findings
and views, national conservation or
CARNATIONS will be there to offer
their suggestions and hundreds of
individuals versed in conservation
in it's various phases will be on
hand to offer new ways and means
of making America better place
in which to live.
Subjects on forestry, pollution,
fish and game propagation, drain
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03

Mrs. Harriet Underwood, rs, of
Terre Haute, Ind, has served as
janitress of school in that city for
40 years.
Coded messages may now be sent
over transatlantic cables at a
speed of $500 letters a minute.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03

2. Are you looking for job?
s. For how many weeks have
you been without a job?
4. Reason for being out of a
job, or for losing your last job.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03

1880 SUPPL EMENTAd REPORT o,,,,,c c.o,,r, OH -,
YEAR PERIOD 192o1esO
Increas
Numb of
ncomeelectrc .$249554
difference between
Cost of o switchboard
PAST MUNICIPAL PLANT
$4,000 bond
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of more than lis o
a
Purchas edandm a
Purchased Office on $4,000:
$S97 $36S726 which
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failure high line
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Diyision:, , !.
divided White posts g. and
incandescents
CONDENSED WATERWORKs INFORMATION
Growth
Of
gasoline which started emergency
vor3 $4,000; tank 10000;
T C0NKT In Secretary
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03

Salaries and Labor
Fuel
Wholesale current
Operation of truck
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-06

Let not the Europeans repine. Our tourists will spend with them more than our tariff takes from them-(D Dallas News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-06
The Worlds Longest Highway.
Washington Post

|
 | trip by automobile from South America to the United States today is such an adventurous accom- plishment that it commands general attention. Long stretches of undeveloped country must be negotiated on such a journey. An with which to a pathway through the jungle is indispensable ladjunct of the adventurer's equipment But the day is coming when the nations of this hem- sphere will be linked with broad smooth highways. The United States is now setting in motion force that will speed the dawn of that day.
 Seven years ago, at the fifth international con- ference of American States at Santiago, Chile, a resolution was adopted suggesting the desrability iof a Pan-American highway conference ito study measures best adapted to developing an efficient program for construction of automobile highways within the different countries of America and be- ing government engineers, economists and other of fcals representing 20 Latin American countries vis tied the United States, made inspection tour of American highways and subsequently,, organized the Pan American conference for highway education. They also resolved themselves into committee on program for the first Pan-American highway con- greSs, which met at Buenos Aires in 1925
 From these beginnings there developed in Latin America a strong sentiment for road improvement and for the construction of international high way linking the capitals of the nations of the Americas. Finally, in 1929 the Pan-American High way Congress adopted program calling on all the South American countries to prepare complete studies ,of their highway system plans in order to meet
 
 subdivisions and to provide convenient connections with the highway systems of neighboring countries. The program suggested given impetus by a resolution adopted by the United States Congress la few months prior to the 1929 meeting, authoriz- ing appropriation of $50,000 to enable the Sec- retary of State to cooperate with the several gov ernments, upon their requests in the reconnais- sance surveys to develop the facts to the feas- bity of possible routes the probable cost the omic service, and such other information would permit visualizaton of the whole undertaking of financing and building ter-American highway. In accordance with the resolution, engineers of the Bureau of Public Roads are now enroute to Panama, where they will open field office to operate with South American governments in the work preliminary to construction of highway link between the capitals of the American nations Guate mala, Costa Rica and Panama have bespoken their assistance, and South American nations expected Ito follow suit The projected highway, when com pleted will be the longest most picturesque, and potentially the most important thoroughfare in the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-06
LODGING THE QUESTION.

Former Federal Prohibition Administrator Major Maurice Campbell for New York City, who resigned last summer because, he said the enforcement unit was honeycombed with hypocrisy and worse, has been naming names and places and dates in the exposure of Prohibition enforcement he is writing for the New York World. Those whom he accuses of lack of good faith in support of Prohibition enforce ment include e-President Curtis. Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury bowman and others Low man. head of Prohibition enforcement, Major Camp bell said, had directed that he be more liberal with the breweries the anti-Smith voters might have "beer with which to soothe their parched threats"
 In answering Major Campbell, MT. bowman, in- stead of meeting the charges made counter charges He said the former Prohibition Administrator had been a veterinary surgeon during the and had killed the army mules Later, he said, Campbell was a motion picture magnate and went broke. Then he was appointed Prohibition Administrator and after three years service failed to dry up New York
 It MT. Lowman who appointed Major Camp bell Prohibition Administrator and he made the appointment after Major Campbell had been in the Prohibition enforcement service long enough for him to know what he doing.
 MT. Lowmans connects up about like the song, "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-06
THE SLEEP OF THE TOADS.

If those toads that were buried in Oklahoma four centuries ago and just woke up when liberated the other day had understood conditions when they went to sleep and again when awakening, they would have been astonished animals. Four centuries ago Columbus, Cabot, Vespusius and the others that followed were still discovering America While de Pneda may have touched the waters of the Mis- sissippi eleven years before it was another eleven years before de Soto made the voyage that gave him credit for discovering the Father of Waters and almost another third of a century before Joliet and Marquette journeyed from the mouth of the Wisconsin to the mouth of the Arkansas and gave the world real glimpse of the great river that drains most of the United States While a few Spanish and French explorers had attempted to make settlements in the South, it nearly a century later that the English settlers in Virginia began to spread out and set in motion the west ward that finally swept Oklahoma where the toads fast asleep. Charles I, son of Mad Joan and grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella, was King of Spain and Francis ruled gaiy in France and both of them through intrigue, diplomacy and other countries of the Continent Henry VIII had failed in his efforts to be the dominating monarch of Europe and set in motion the policy that soon made England great by attending to her busi- ness-a policy that fructified in Elizabeths time and enabled that great Queen to humble Spain be- fore the beginning of another century.
 During the long sleep of the toads there were almost constantly wars and rumors of wars among the peoples of the world, but such progress ir industry commerce and society as to enable the world to go further in four centuries than in all the ages before but the turmoil that vexed crowns
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-06
THE PRESIDENTS ADVICE.

President Hoover declared in his speech to the bankers at Cleveland that if we were to lower our standards of living account Of the depres- sion we would prolong the depression and help to bring about pool of poverty He insists that we ought to increase the standards rather than de- them.
 Perhaps he is right He is at least an optimst and has the daring and courage of his optimism It is true that curtaiment of living standards re- suits in curtailment of employment and that ac- centuates depressions and delays recovery. More buying always makes more employment and more business.
 The President has determined to act on the old rule Let the tail go with the hide Gamblers had a similar system, let it ride" He wants the people to risk what they have left in gamble that things will improve. Well, the precedents are on his side. Depressions have usually not continued for long in the United States. The present one Is not likely to do so, particularly if we proceed as if it not depression.
 However different the Presidents advice might seem from the doctrine of thrift that so earn estly preached by President Coolidge, it must be admitted that the times different Those who followed President Coolidges advice to save are they who could best afford to follow that given by President Hoover now.