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Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21
East Thompson

The Brandy Hill Sunday School held their annual picnic at Beacon Park on Wednesday,
 Mir. and Mrs Robert Johnson are entertaining Mir. Johnson's sister and family of Springfield this week.
 Dr. Charles l.. Peekham of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, spent one day last week with his aunt. Mrs. Peckham and cousin, Mrs. George Bixby.
 William Mayhew, Russell and Ev- erett Mayhew, and Allen and Jim mic Slye motored to Roger Williams Park on Saturday and spent the day there.
 There will be no preaching service at the Baptist church on August 24, but Sunday School will be held at the usual time and the Christian En- deavor meeting will follow it.
 Mir. and Mrs. Albert Kingsbury and relatives and friends had a fam fly reunion at their camp on Sunday. Mrs. kingsbury's son. MT. Gordon and family, of Sutton. Sir. and 5irS, Ingraham of Worcester and few friends from Thompson were there. Mir. and Mrs. Leno and family of Sturbridge were also present. A basket lunch was served at noon and the young people went bathing and boating afterwards while the older ones enjoyed the day, looking on.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21

Mir. Poorshot went hunting. After banging away for two hours, without success. three country boys who had been following him approached and the spokesman said:
 Say. mister, if you're just out for sport and are willing to pay for it, we boys will only charge you a quar- ter an hour to let you shoot at us.-- The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21
Patronize Patriot Want Ads

Miss Beatrice White and James Smith returned from q motor trip to Maine last Saturday.
 Visitors at the home of D. W. Brayton the past week were Alex ander Bebeau. Mir. and Mrs. Alfred St. Marie and daughter Evelyn, of Putnam. Miss Gertrude Bebeau, of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs John Brayton and Cecil Brayton of Putnam, Mrs Frank Chandler and Nm Leolyn Mosher of North Grosvenordale.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21

Shaw-0ur new company IS capi- talized at S50.000,000.
 Pshaw-Greatl Let me see your prospectus.
 Shaw-0h. we haven't got ous prospectus yet. The confoundeo printer wants his pay in advance The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21

Acidophalus What were all de mattah wid yu yisteddy?
 Lallapoosa--Ah had cute attack ub alfafitis.
 Acidophalus-Wh Whads dat?
 Lallapoosa-Wa dat am jist highbrow fer hay fevah.-The Path finder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21

Author-Can I get a s2 advance on story I'm writingf
 Editor-That's very unusual re- quest.
 Authorizes, I know, but I've got to the point in the story where the hero sits down to a square meal and I want to get the right atmospheric The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21

Visitor from Mars( A. D. 3930)- What is this place?
 Cuide-They cali it Chicago.
 Visitor-But why is such a large citv practically deserted?
 Guida-The police finally chased all the gangsters out of town.-The Pathfinder
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
EXPLOSION VICTIM DIES IN HOSPITAL.
Joseph PaVano's Injuries Prove
 Fatal l-0therS to Recover
Special to the Herald(

Plainville, Sept. 4.-Injuries suf- fered yesterday morning when two sticks of dynamite exploded while being tested preparatory to blast ing stumps resulted in the death of Joseph Pavano, Jr., IS. of l s Shuttle Meadow road at the Bristol hospital yesterday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock His two companions, Roland Lob- dell 9. and Alexander Gudat, 21, of River street, Southington, who wtre badly maimed in the explosion, were reported as still being in a cri- tical condition today by the hospital authorities.
 The accident took place with a short fuse on the sticks of dynamite sputtered and apparently went out. The boys blew on the fuse to start it going and it suddenly exploded hurlng them for many feet and in flctins serious injuries. Pavano lost both arms midway between the wrist and elbow, his left eye, the tip Of his nose and part of his right ear besides having deep lacerations about the face and body. The other two boys were also badly injured
 Joseph Pavano was born in New Britain and attended St. Mary's school. Yesterday was the first day of his new job of aiding in the blasting of tree stumps on a farm.
 He is survived by his parents. Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Pavano; three brothers, Frank. Thomas and John; and five sisters, Mrs Mary Pascuzza and Mrs. Anna Pavano, both of New Britain, and Misses Nellie, Josephine and Rose Pavano of Plainville
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at S:30 o'clock at the home and at o'clock at the Church of Our Lady Of Mercy. Burial will be in St. Marys ceme- tcry, New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

of 20. It is expected that these will be back at their desks in the near future.
 Mrs. ToffoIon Still Critical
 The condition of Mrs. Robert Tof- folon, who has been placed on the critical list of patients at the New Britain General hospital since her entry there August 20, is reported as being slightly improved.
 Young Ladies to Meet
 All young lady members of the Fraternal society are urged to at tend a special meeting which is scheduled to be held tonight at ' o'clock at Fratcrnal hall on Farm ington avenue in Berlin.
 Plans will be made at this time for the society,,s participation in the field day events which will be held in Hartford, September '.
 Hunting Club Seeking Land
 The Nimrods of America, a na- tional fraternity of sportsmen whose purpose is to regulate wild life through the establishment of pri- vately owned and operated game preserves under regulations laid down by the bylaws of the organ ization, are interested in acquiring, thousand or more acres in the vici- nity of Berlin. according to a letter received by Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruff this week
 Funeral of MT. Rakowski
 Funeral services for Ferdinand Bakowski who died Tuesday at his home in kensington, were held at o'clock this morning at St. Pauls church. Rev. John C. Brennan was the celebrant of solemn mass of requiem and was assisted by Rev. Walter A. McCrann of South Meri- den as deacon and Rev. John Dono- hue of St. Joseph's parish. New Britain, as sub deacon. Father Bren- nan also conducted the committal services at the grave in St, Stania- laus's cemetery in Meriden.
 The following acted as pail bear CTS: Anthony kasprezyk" Stanley Witkowsli, Stanley Wroblewski, Anthony Masselli, Leon Jackson, and John Gryga. Benjamin Glow acki, Edward Pogrosill. and Julius Glowacki were the flower bearers.
 Meet With Finance Board
 Members of the board of select men met last evening with members of the town finance board to pre- pare figures that would be used in making up the town budget for the coming year. After lengthy meet ing the meeting was adjourned to be continued next week.
 MeiZe Returns to College
 Peter Meize. resident of Berlin and a former member of the Herald staff, has re-entered Antioch college in Yellowstone. Ohio. MT Meize at tended this institution some time ago.
 East Berlin Tax Lowered
 A rate of F mills was levied on the East Berlin fire district at a meeting of the organization held
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New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
Cow Does Road Work
 Behind Car; Man Held

tSpeolal to the Herald)
 Flalnvllle, Sept. - Deputy Sheriff E. W. Furrey was called upon yesterday to arrest Charles okullcz of 8 Warren street, New Britain, in a very unusual case of cruelty to animals. Following a complaint from a woman residing in Barnesdale, Sheriff Furrev went to New Britain road and found Okulicz driving a popular make of car with a COW tied be- hind the vehicle.
 The New Britain man was pro- ceedlng at a pace that forced the co" to run until it was tired out ana almost exhausted from the heat. He will be arraigned in the town court next Tuesday morn ing at 3 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
Legal Notice

The Registrars of Voters meet at the Town Hall next Tuesday from 9 q. m. to D. m. to take names of those Mfo wish to be made voters. Application blanks may be had from either of the registrars. or at the Town Clerks and Selectman's offices. name in if you want to vote at the next town election
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

their four-year course. They are well known among the younger set and have the best wishes of their friends for success in their new en- dcavors
 To Meet Champions
 Manager Jack Murphy of the AL Plainville baseball team is com- pleting plans for a game to be play ed Sunday at the local high school field against the Horton Mfg. Co. team of Bristol, champions of the Twilight league.
 The game should prove a real natural as the local team display ed plenty of good baseball in it's final game in the Bristol City League. The Horton team has one Of the famous Jablowoski brothers on the pitching staff and this alone should guarantee a fast game. Fur ther details will be announced later by Manager Murphy
 Miniature Golf Course
 A new miniature golf course is being erected on East street oppo- site the high school. This new fad has hit Planville as hard as the countless other places in the country.
 Meanwhile work is being complet- ed on the installmert of an indoor miniature golf course in the empty garage building on Whiting street opposite Rogers bakery. Plainville residents will have plenty of oppor- tunity to initiate, in small style, the great Bobby Jones.
 Grange Dance Tomorrow
 A dance will be held tomorrow evening at Grange hall on Pierce street under the auspices of Plain vile Grange. Music will be furnish ed by Skit Simpson and his Old Timers. There will be both round and square dances.
 This will be the first of a series of dances that will be conducted by the Grange during the winter months. They proved very success ful last season and the members feel that another winter of success is in lore for the society.
 Notice to Voters
 The registrars of voters announced today that they will meet in the town hall next Tuesday from a. m. to p. m. to take the names of those who wish to be made voters. Appli- cation blanks may be secured from either the registrars or at the offices of the town clerk and the board of selectmen.
 The registrars warn all that this will be the last chance to get in names if they wish to vote at the next town election.
 Advent Christian Church
 The regular mid-week prayer meeting of the Advent Christian church will be held this evening at T:45 o'clock. Harry Finder will be the leader
 Plainyille Briefs
 Troop l, Boy Scouts. will meet to- morrow evening in the Methodist church at 7:30 o'clock.
 The regular meeting of the Plain vile Chamber of Commerce will be held this evening at s o'clock in the chamber rooms on Pierce street.
 Mrs. Catherine Barnes, 70, of Springfield, Mass, passed away at the Plainville Private hospital last
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New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
CHANCE EFFECTED
 IN VOTING METHOD
Fractional Leaders in Probate Fight Agree to Paper Ballots
NURSING ASSN. REPORT
11O1 Visits Made During Near School Pupils at Work IIl.-t Re- turn to Classes-East Berlin Fire District Tax LoWe:ci-Briefs.

District Tax Lcwecci-Briefs.
 Leaders of the filling and Woods factions held an informal meeting last night and decided to adopt q change in the form of balloting ct the probate caucus which is oched- uled to be held tonight ct s o'clock in the town hall It was decided to furnish the voters with paper bal gates who are pledged to the sup port of either candidate. The>names will be grouped according to their preference and voters may vote for either group.
 This action was agreed to by both sides when it was pointed out that the viva voce method of election was liable to create considera ble confusion.
 The following delegates have been named in support of B. w. filings candidacy: Claude w. Stevens, Charles Piccini, Leon c. Hall and Ernest w. Mildrum. The following will seek election in the interest of Joseph G. Woods: Jason M. Taylor, John J. McCabe, Mrs. William Scott and George B. Carter.
 Visiting Nurse Assn Report
 A total of 1101 persons were ben ehted by the services of the local visiting nurse during the year from August Is, 1929, to August 1 of this to the town clerk today by Miss Viola Snyder, active representative of the organization in Berlin.
 The report also acknowledged q balance of S3o967 on hand as of August 1.
 The detailed report is as follows;
 'To the Visiting Nurse committee:
 Patients under care Aug. IS, 1929 -59; patients admitted during year. 130 patients readmitted during the year, 10; patients discharged inn proved, S9; to other care. 34; to hos pital. 10; died. 8.
 Number of ts:-Nursing. 7o1; advisory, 302; social service, 9S; de- liveries, 7. Total, 1,1o1.
 Fees of new cases:-Numher of patients paying full fee, 2G; number of patients paying part fee, 8; num- Der of patients paying no charge, 21; number of patients free, 15; rumber. of patients paid by insur- ance companies, so.
 Fees collected Cash, S245.S5; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,. S235.75; John Hancock Life Insur- ance Co.,, s62.0O. Total, s543.60.
 Classification of reinstatement al, so; prenatal and maternity, 24; new born babies, 12; child hygiene, 6; tuberculosis, 4; other communica- ble diseases, 1. Total, 1o7.
 Report of the Visiting Nurse fund:-On hand Aug. IS, 1929, S3O6.40; deposited Sept. Il, 1929, s2o.10; withdrawn, s35.00; returned on loans, S20.50; interest, S16.17; balance, Aug. 1, 1880. S30967.
 Glasses for three children, SIP; eye examinations for three children. Dr. Potts, SS: tcnsils, s7.50; admit tance, Hartford dispensary and med ication, s1.50: doctors fee, Special ist) S5; doctors fee. (removing for eign body from eye) s3; food and
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
Mrs. Toffolon Still Critical

of 20. It is expected that these will
 be back at their desks in the near
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

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New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
LARGE ENROLMENT
 IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
Between 1,400 and 1,500 Pupils
 Are Registered
MCCARTHY IS CANDIDATE
Two Men Given Jail Sentences of Six Months-Republican to Meet in Caucus This Evenins-LocaI Couple Sued for $400.

Couple Sued for S40O.
 Figures released today by the school department show that be- tween 14Oo and 15oo pupils were registered in the High. Linden Street and Broad Street schools yes terday, this being a slight increase over last year. At the High school 3S0 pupils have been entered, a gain of 22 over the school term of 1929-1930. These figures do not in clude the seventh grade. This class was formerly conducted at the high school but has been transferred to the Linden Street school building. AS yet there have been no signs of overcrowding in any of the grades in the various schools.
 J. Wendell Yeo is acting in his new position as vice principal of He succeeds Douglas Macdonald who resigned at the end of the last school year to accept a position at New York university. The new teachers on the local teaching staff who started their duties yesterday for the first time are Miss Marjorie Rutland, Miss Mabel A. Benedict Frank E. Strong, Miss Vera Schultz and Miss Margaret Riley. The teach ing staff at the present time has 53 members. including the superintcn- dent and principals.
 All preliminary work in organiz- ing the various grades will be com : pleted this week and serious work will be started in earnest by Mon- day. There are very few absent from school because of illness.
 Willing to Run Again
 Joseph T. Mccarthy of If Pearl street, whose term on the finance board expires this year, announced today that if the democrats nomin- ated him he would be very glad to accept and be a candidate on the party ticket in the coming fall cleo tion. He has served on the finance board for the past three years.
 MT. Mccarthy is well known in Plainville and is one of the leaders ! of the Jeffersonion party here. He is chairman of the town school com- , mittee. He takes an active part in town affairs and has served on num- 1 eroUs committee appointed by the board of selectmen to take charge | of the actual construction of the new library building. He is also a member of the public utilities com mittee of the Plainville Chamber oi Commerce.
 | He is one of the most active workers in the campaign to secure funds for library, taking part in ed that he will be the choice of his party for reelection at the primary.
 McNally Sent to Jail
 James McNally of Plainville fell into bad grace with the police again last evening and was arraigned in town court this morning on charges of drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without license. He has appeared before the Bristol and Plainville courts on other occasions this year. twice being charged with operating a car while his license was under suspension.
 Due to his previous record, he was shown little consideration by the court and was sentenced to six months in jail by Judge Merritt O. Ryder on the drunken driving charge and fined sl0 and costs for driving without license.
 Oscar Hulteneus of Hulteneus av
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

LCcal Girl to Marry
 Miss Ruth Alice Decker, q, for merly of Bristol and now of 17a0 Park avenue, New York city, will (Continued on Page Nine)
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

their four-year course. They are well known among the younger set and have the best wishes of their friends for success in their new en- dcaVors
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

gan and Thomas 4. Tracy Inter-
 ment was in St. Joseph's new cerne- l tfry.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

Misses Elvina Minella, Olga Neri, and Bernice Birnbaum Of this town have enrolled in the first year class of the New Britain State Normal school. All of the girls are gradu- ates of the 1880 class of the Plain vile high school, where they attain ed high scholastic marks during
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-12
Unity League Endorses
Communist Convention

can and democratic, are carrying
out the dictates of Wall Street in
their campaign of expressing the
workers (speed-up, no relief for the
unemployed, race discrimination,
etc.. They are also carrying out
reign of terror against the work.
ing class (police brutality, injunc-
tions, terrorizing the foreign born,
etc..
Socialists Appeal to Bosses.
The socialist party has stopped
even pretending to be a working
class party. 1t has become an open
third capitalist party. The best
symptom of this is the refusal of
the socialist party to center its APP
peal to the workers and instead is
attempting to get the support of
the petty-bourgeois and certain
capitalist interests.
The Trade Union Unity League
will carry on a struggle to defeat
all the enemies of the working
class and will rally the widest sec
ton of the workers to support the
program and candidates of the Com
munist Party-the only party of
class struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-12
B u R N ) BLOCKS
. OF NEGRO HOMES
Kept Away from Only
Point Where Useful
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dence and without trial, of assault
ing a white woman.
The gang of lynchers attacked the
court house, where the authorities
had sealed Hughes in a vault of
concrete and steel. Not being able
to open the vault, they burned down
The court house to kill him.
Troops Removed From Scene
They then dynamited the vault
open and took the body out for fur
Their indignities. A section of the
gang got the idea that he might
have been held in the jail. They
attacked the Jail, where troops were
stat Cd, having been removed from
the court house, evidently for the
convenience of the lynehers. At
tackled in the Jail, the militia fired
in the air, and officers assured the
lynchers the man they wanted was
at the court house.
A rumor that two lyIchers were
struck by soldiers bullets was not
confirmed.
Fifteen lynchers were arrested,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-12
SIKH DETECTION
shakes british
RULE IN india
Boss Press Lies; Truth
Only in Our 'Daily"
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treatment of the developing events,
They conceal the fact that the tex
tile city Of Sholapur is still in the
hands of the Indians, hiding this
fact behind a slight mention of
ShoIapur in an obscure paragraph,
saying that "it is reported" that the
situation is "weIl in hand". If it
were, there would be a victorious
scream in the first lines.
Also it is likewise incidental, -
admitted that not only were the last
Europeans evacuated from Shola-
pur Friday, but that still a second
city had been evacuated, TaIegaon
thirty miles from Poona, where
there are large glass works.
The capitalists correspondents
gloat over the supposed necessity"
OF firing on the masses at CaIcut-
ia, and Delhi on Friday. Volunteer
white guard troops have been recru-
tied en- bloc from the Americans in
Bombay, mostly bosses of the Gen
eral Motors assembly plant.
At Poona it is admitted that .
flood of leaflets had thrown the CITY
into an uproar, calling on the peo,
pie to seize arms and overthrow the
British. Likewise the threat of the
warlike northern border peoples to
center" Peshavar at the invitation
of the Peshavar Congress Commit
tee to raise a force for that object.
also shows the weakening of British
control. These tribesmen are hos
tile to the British and their chief
tain, the Rail of Turangzai does
not appear to have stopped his re.
cruiting as a result of the British
sending forty airplanes to demon
strate over the Mohmand country.
This, like the action of the Sikhs,
shows the failure of the British to
play one religion against the others
as in the past. The Moslem holiday
of Bakrid was hoped by the British
to provoke clashes between Moslems
and Hindus which the British could
use as an excuse to rebuild their
false claim that they are in Indian
merely to keep the peace between
contending groups"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-12
LABOR" GOVERNMENT
FORTUNES REBELLING
PALESTINE WORKERS
Many Arrested for Activity Against British
Imperialism
Young Woman Communist Dies in Prison as
a Result of Bad Treatment

for her release, as continued i'm
prisonment would mean acute dan
ger. The British authorities re-
fused to release the sick girl and
she died on April Is, aged IS years.
The British authorities were not
even prepared to let her be carried
in peace to the grave and COM
pany of police attacked the funeral
procession. Even the nearest rela-
tives were driven away from the
hearse with rifle butts. The sister
of the dead girl was seriously in
jured with blow on the skull AMI
had to be taken to hospital. An
other girl was also seriously injured
and was taken to hospital. Fifteen
arrests were made.
The Jewish worker, Miaskovitz,
was arrested for distributing Com
munist leaflets amongst the Ara
bian workers in GAIA. Whilst in
the hands of the police he was tor
tured and maltreated. The police
spy, Tannenbaum, who is also the
leader of the Zionist Defense
League" took a prominent part in
the maltreatment of Miaskovitz.
Three proletarian political pris-
oners are lying naked in their cells
in the prison Of Akko. The prison
authorities have deprived them OF
their clothing and these workers
refuse to wear prison clothes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-12
Jobless Leader Tells
Court He DisarmedCOp

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stand TO. an hour and made a sharp
indictment of the capitalist system,
pointing how they used the courts,
police and prosecutors to suppress
the workers and the unemployed.
He said, "The fact that 25 600 work
ers responded to the call of the Com
munist Party in Milwaukee is Twin.
testimony to the fact that there is
mass unemployment and a deep
growing crisis in capitalism, how
ever, much the official flulkey in
the White House trys to deny it."
Bassett showed himself to be
real symbol of a militant class
fighter. He admitted he took away
a policeman's club and told the
workers when we got out for work
Or wages, this is what we get"
(pointing to the club. He stated
he saw 1-year-old worked knocked
down by a policeman and hit the
policeman back, giving him some
of his own medicine"
The chief of police and his lieu
tenants to the number of rs, includ-
ing many stool pigeons, testified for
the state.