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New Britain herald., 1930-03-01

made colonial style. She wore lace mitts and carried a colonial bouquet of pastel shade flowers.
 A reception was held for the guests who numbered about 250 in the vestry rooms of the chapel. The rooms were prettily decorated with greens and flowers. Mir. and Mrs. Raschkow who are on a motor trip throughout the south will reside at A Camp street upon their return to this city.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edwin $. Banta of 70 Monroe street observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage last Saturday. They were married in 1905 at Westford. N. J.
 Mir. Banta is member of Anthon lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Brooklyn, N. Y. and the Junior o. |. A. M. of New Jersey. Mrs. Banta is a past matron of Laurel court, Order of Amaranth. and is affiliated with Martha chapter, Order of the East ern Star and the Daughters of Lib erty. She is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. s. r. Seaman of Monroe street.
 Mr. and Mrs. Simon Moston of l.Chestnut street announced the be- trothal of their daughter, Miss May to John Dolan, son of John J. Do- Ian of Arch street this week. Mir. and Mrs. Ernest C. Nichols of Steele street observed their gold cn wedding anniversary at theil home yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
EOIR-MAI SHARPNESS

Four outstanding style features Q
 the Paris shows are fiared hip pep lums, skirts with low flares, low ca decolletcs, bertha-likc boleros.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
LONG GLOVES

For spring evenings. one should wear at least 12 button length gloves to formal parties. With suits the pull-on of shorter length Is good,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01

Miss Kathryn r. McAloon, daugh-
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01

The Stanley Rule and Level mems bowling club held a banquet on Monday evening at Robbins, Inc. in Hartford. The guests later attend ed the theater.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
THREE DIE AS
ACTORS PLANE
FALLS ON COAST

ALEXANDRIA, Calf, Mar. 25.U.R)
Deputy sheriffs and air officials to-
day were examining the charred
wreckage of Wallace Beery's mono
plane for an explanation of the
crash in which a woman and two
men met death.
The film stars plane went into a
nose dive at an altitude of 500 feet
and crashed near here yesterday.
Beery was not aboard.
Those killed were George Maves,
the film actors personal pilot; Mrs.
Cynthia Maves, the pilots wife, and
Lynn Hayes. Identification was
difficult because the bodies were
badly burned.
Witnesses said the plane, flying
at low altitude, appeared to be
about to make a forced landing on
a boulevard. Instead. it started in.
to left turn and dived suddenly
toward the earth.
The flight was said to have been
the last planned by Maves until
Bcery finished his current picture
after which the actor expected to
fly to Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Pasadena Man
Admits Taking
Paving Bribe

LOS ANGELES, Mar. %. U.P)-
Turning states evidence after d.
missal of charges against him, Cletus
NJ. Ward testified in superior court
today that he had received $4,000
from Warren c. Earle, former Pas
adena city engineer, as his part in
overcharging the city $42, 1000 on two
paving projects.
Earle and Thomas +. Brieten-
stein, contractor, are charged with
conspiracy to defraud the city OF
Pasadena in connection with the
paving projects carried out under
Earlc's tenure of office.
Charges against Ward, who form
erly was city inspector, were dis
missed upon motion of the district
attorneys office late yesterday.
"The money was paid me in five
$1,000 bills" Ward testified. 81
did not question what amount it was
or how much was in the envelope
Earle gave me until I got home. My
wife and | counted it over and put
it in cedar chest after got home"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Citizens To Vote
On Auditorium

Citizens of Ell Centre will now
have the opportunity of expressing
their will in the matter of a civic
auditorium as the result of the ac-
tion taken by the city council at a
special meeting held in the city hall
last night. The resolution author
izing the placing of this measure on
the coming city ballot, passed its
second reading at last nights meet
ing by the same vote which carried
the first reading, to l. All mem
bers of the board except A. n
Bucklin voted to place it on the
ballot.
The question of caring for stray
dogs within the city limits WAS
again considered by the board and
on the recommendation of DR.. Max
well, who was present at the meet.
ing, it was decided to take some def
mite action in this matter. The
matter was turned over to the po-
lice commissioner with instructions
to work out some plan by which an
amendment might be made to the
existing city ordinance to bring it
into line with similar regulations
now in force in other cities of the
valley. This proposed ordnance and
its amendments will be considered
at the next regular meeting of the
council.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Plan Commission
Meets Wednesday

On Wednesday night there will be
a public meeting of the city plan
ming and zoning commission and pro.
tests will be heard at that time, ac.
eordnig to M. NJ. Munson, chairman
If the commission. The meeting will
be held at 1880 at the court house
and the commission urges that the
public bring up any protests in or
der that they can be considered by
the commission before the ordinance
is passed.
Dr. Carol Aronovici, city planning
and coming advisor will be present
at the Wednesday meeting to ans
wer any questions and make sugges-
lions for the furtheranee of the i'm
provement of the city. All protests
will be considered at the next meet
ing of the commission, following the
public meeting, and will be taken
before the city council for correc-
lion before the planning and zoning
ordinance is finally passed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
big BUSINESS
TO AID OCEAN
AIR TRAVELLING

NEW YORK, Mar. 25. U.H-
Trans oceanic air commerce has
joined the era of big business.
DIR. Hugo Eckener, commander of
the Graf Zeppelin said last n i G h
that huge corporation which joins
the Zeppelin Company of Germany
with several large American COM
panies had been formed for the pur-
pose of furthering trans oceanic air
travel.
DR.. Eckener, who arrived in this
country recently as a representative
of the German company said the
United Aircraft Corporation, the
Goodyear Company, the Aluminium
Corporation and the Carbide and
Carbon Company, were the Ameri-
can members of the huge enterprise.
Inclusion of the United Aircraft
Corporation is considered as signif.
icant since it is the first time in
this country that a heavier air craft
has become affiliated with a dirigi-
bic company.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Power Discussion
Deferred Week

Los ANGELES, Mar. 25. U.H-
ALLEGATION of six per cent of BOul
der dam power designated foI
Southern California cities outside
Los Angeles, will be discussed again
by representatives of the municipal.
tiles at meeting here next Mon
day.
Northcutt Ely, representative of
the department of interior, announc.
ed today that the session had been
called to start negotiations for di.
vision of the power among interest
ed communities.
The cities will have year in
which to reach some agreement
among themselves, however, he said
Some idea of the manner in which
Mondays meeting will be directed
was given representative of Ana
helm, Burbank, Beverly Hills, Col
ton, Fullerton, Pasadena, San Ber
nardino, Riverside and Santa Ana
at preliminary session mere yester.
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
WINTER AGAIN
TAKES HOLD OF
MIDWEST AREA

CHICAGO, Mar. 25. U.D-snow
and sleet, driven by a northeast
gale, lashed the area from Pennsyl-
vania to Nebraska today.
A heavy snow blanket covered
Chicago hampering traffic and caus-
ing numerous accidents. The snow
followed rain last night that be-
came sleet at intervals.
Street and home lights in the
North Shore suburbs flickered
throughout the night as result Of
sleet forming on power line insula'
tors and the same trouble was not,
ed in parts of Chicago.
Warmer weather before the day
is over was predicted by the wealth
er bureau.
One death attributed to the
storms, was reported today.
Edgar Tompkins, 40, was found
on the sidewalk near his home, his
hands in his pockets, and his neck
broken. He apparently had slipped
while battling against the high
wind. ,
The weather bureau here said the
storm between Omaha and the Mis-
missippi river will continue unabat
ed until tonight. Then it will
move eastward, striking the eastern
seaboard tonight or tomorrow, the
weather bureau reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
FAMILY FIGHT
GETS COUPLES
BEFORE COURT

T. Rivera, 80, and P. Garcia, 80,
were before Judge Perkins this morn
ing on charges of disturbing the
peace. Questioning brought out the
tact that an argument was started
by the two wives of the accused men
who were having setto all their
own when the husbands interfered
and shifted the responsibility of
battle from one side of the house to
the other The cou/t showed little
sympathy for the cOmbatants and
fined them $40 each or five days in
Jail.
c. l.. Mccoy, %, and M. Moore,
%, were turned over to the district
attorneys office for investigation
regarding alleged bad checks attrib-
uted to them. Complaints were made
by W. j. Clements and the V. Il ID.
Service station.
The marathon dance, now being
staged at CaleXico was responsible
for the arrest of G. Kissee, II, and
Otis Watts, Is, w.lo were picked up
near packing shed last night ana
lodged in Jail. Their story was to
| the effect that they were on their
way to their home near Holtville and
found the hour too late to continue
their journey and so stopped for a
while on the way. Charges of va.
grancy against them we're dismissed
by the court.
f. Emerson, 90, and Il. DcBell, "A,
arrested night before last, are stlll
being held for the district attorney 3
office for further investigation into
he possession of pistol, brass
knuckles, a large number of pennies
and other articles whose presence IN
their ear .hcy could not SATISFACTORY
ly explain at the time of Their ar
rest.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Canada Liquor
Treaty Like ely

OTTAWA, Ont, Mar. 25. W.H-
Actual negotiations between the
United States and Canada for a
reciprocal "liquor treaty, have
been opened, Prime minister Mac.
Kenzie King told the house of COM
mons.
The statement came last night
during a warm debate on the pend
ing King liquor bill during which
the prime minister had been vigor-
ously attacked by members who ac-
cuscd him of succumbing to "Amer-
lean pressure"
Replying to the charges that he
had been coerced into sponsoring
the bill by the United States. King
declared that a treaty was not an
impossibility and would prevent
smuggling both from the American
and Canadian borders.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
JUDGE IS
OPPOSED
BY Fits
District Attorney Refuses
To Try Julian Cases Be-
fore McCOmb
co RT INSISTENT
Special Prosecutor To Be
Appointed Declares
Judge Wood

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 25.-U.H-
A matter of mere routine the set
ting of trial dates-threw the vari-
Gus involved Julian Petroleum cor
poration cases into new and great
er confusion today.
The trial dates were set but the
actions temporarily halted all OF
the half dozen Julian Investigations
while the district attorneys office,
the grand jury and the bench took
up a free-for-all argument over Su-
perior Judge Marshall McComb.
The round-robin debate started
after six persons accused of having
taken part in jury bribing in the
1923 Julian conspiracy trial case
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Judge Walton Wood, who heard
the pleas, Immediately ordered five
of the defendants to trial before
Judge MqComb ON April 81. Set
ting Of the trial of the sixth was
temporarily postponed to permit the
defendant to employ counsel.
District Attorney Buron Fits en-
tered vehement objection to try
ing the cases before Judge McComb,
with whom he recently had trouble,
and half an hour later the entire
Julian fiasco was tied into another
knot. ..........
Fits major contribution to the
debate was the statement:
~ will not prosecute the Julian
fixing cases before Judge Me-
Comb
To which Judge Wood answered:
"1hen 1 will appoint special
prosecutor to handle them. Judge
McComb will try the cases."
Fits then went before the grand
jury, presumably to present further
evidence in the Julian cases now
being considered by tina. body. He
emerged with two ru;e confusing
issues.
"Jacob Berman, the man on
whom we based our entire hope to
clean up this Julian mess, refuses
to testify before the grand jury
since Judge McComb is to hear the
Julian fixing cases. Fits said.
1.-The jury now is taking up the
matter of the argument over where
the cases will be tried.'
A few minutes later Judge Wood
was called before the jury. He was
in the chambers only few minutes
when the jury adjourned until late
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Girls Screams
Spoil Holp-up

LOS NIETOS, Calf, Mar. %. (U.P)
When two roughly dressed men
tried to brush by Dorinne Langley,
clerk, as she opened the Bank of
Santa Fe Springs here today, Miss
Langley screamed with such vigor
that she frustrated a possible hold
up.
The two men took to their heels
w hen Miss Langley's screams
brought every storekeeper within a
wide radium running out into the
streets to investigate.
The suspeced bandits jumped into
an automobile bearing an Oklahoma
license and drove away. A posse of
men in other cars pursued them but
lost the trail at Santa Fe Springs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
EUROPA SETS
FAST Time in
OCEAN CROSSING

NEW YORK, Mar. 25. W.H-The
new north German Lloyd liner Eur
opa, driving her $1,000 ton bulk
against headwinds, raced past the
Ambrose Channel lightship at 5:54
a. m. today, to smash the worlds
record for westward crossing of the
Atlantic.
Beating of the record of her Sis
ter ship, the Bremen, by 1S minutes,
the Europa came into port here four
days, II hours and six minutes after
leaving Cherbourg breakwater.
The crossing not only knocked
down the Bremen's October worlds
record of four days, II hours and
"a minutes, but bettered the Bre-
mems maiden westward trip last
July, by SO minutes.
The figures unofficially comput-
ed, are subject to correction when
the ships chronometers are checked
and verified.
The Europa passed Sandy Hook
at $3.50 a. m, after one of the most
tHi iiiillR udN IuHS III tHc hlStol y
of ocean greyhounds, in which she
not only bucked adverse winds, but,
early in the morning, a discourag.
inc haze and fog.
The Europa was in quarantine at
7:O5 a. m, when customs officers,
public health officials and immigra-
ton officers went on board.
After series of mishaps had
trailed the Europa almost from the
time its keel was laid, the vessel
finally pulled away from Cherbourg
breakwater on it's maiden voyage,
at 1880 u. m, Thursday. In April,
1929, as it was nearing completion
in the Hamburg shipyards, fire
broke out and burned it to the wat
er's edge. Later it was rebuilt and
in February, when starting on its
trial trip. the Europa became stuck
in the mud and was released with
difficulty.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Four Injured In
Traffic Crashes

A ear driven by Pedro Rodriguez
Of Brawley, and another driven by
Walter Davis of Oakland, cbllided
on the Calexico highlay mile and
a half north of that city at G
Q clock yesterday evening. Accord
ing to the report, Rodriguez had
pulled his car out to the left when
a truck in front of him slowed down
and he could not get back into place
again in time to avoid hitting Davis
car. There were no personal injuries
and but slight damage was caused to
the two ears.
The wife and two daughters OF
iaii Kida of Brawley, were pain
FULLY injured when their car met in
ahead-on collision with another car
driven by Tony Hernandez of Cali.
Eatria, six miles north of Brawley
ut $50 O'Clock, Sunday night. The
Two ears We're travelling in opposite
directions at the time of the crash
and according to the statement of
hernandez, the Kida ear had nc
lights burning at the time. c. kida
was injured by cuts on the face, s.
Xida, 10, had her right arm and
shoulder blade broken, while n
nida, 8, suffered from cuts on the
face and neck from broken class.
Harry Fink, 16, suffered severe
bruises and shock when the car in
which he was riding with his father
George Fink, of San Diego, was
knocked into the ditch when forced
off the road by car driven by Fred
Otocar, of Calexico, half mile west
of Meloland at 7:45 p. m., Sunday
According to the report given of this
accident, Otocar was driving along
the road ut high speed and zigzagged
from side to side. He forced another
ear off the road, and then cut across
the highway and ran head-on into
Fink's car knocking him into the
ditch,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Adjournment For Period
Of Six Months Urged
To Avoid Collapse
TO BE CONSIDERED
Franco Italian Impasse
Believed Res pom sible
For Suggestion
BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Mar. %. W.D-Chief
delegates of the five-power naval
conference which convened on
Jan. 81 to limit the worlds war
ships--considered today a proposal
to adjourn for six months to pre-
vent collapse of their negotiations,
Prime Minister j. Ramsay Mae
Donald summoned the American,
French, Italian and japanese chief
delegates to discuss the next step.
A conference crisis has been Great
ed by failure of France and Italy
to agree and the adjournment was
urged to enable them to come to
terms.
The British spokesman said the
adjournment suggestion was viewed
as "worthy of consideration" under
certain contingencies which have
not yet arisen. He reiterated the
conference was making last effort
to reach a five-power agreement.
Decision on adjournment might
be delayed because the French for.
eign minister, Aristide BRAND, was
not scheduled to return until tomor
row, when he may offer some way
out Of the deadlock.
The adjournment proposal appar
emily arose in discussions between
Dino Grandi, Italian foreign min
lister, and Macdonald. Grandi was
understood to have made the sug
nnot;nn L,t 20 o,,i a
Macdonald first asked the fascis;
minister's opinion of such a plan
permitting the British, Americans
and japanese, if they desired, t.
reach three.power agreement
which might be joined by Franc,
and Italy when their difference
were settled
1t was stressed that the propose
was "not formal" and merely among
other suggestions advanced. Gran
di had limited he would like to re
turn to Rome to attend ministerial
duties. 1t was noteworthy that tn,
British last night attributed tn,
postponement suggestion to Italian
sources.
Secretary Henry l.. Stimson to
day conferred with Macdonald anC
Arthur Henderson, the foreign sec
retary, for 90 minutes and Ambas
sador Dwight Morrow met Jacques
Louis Dumesnil, French minister o
marine. Dumesnil later conferred
with Secretary of the Navy Charlie
+. Adams.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Communists Held
In San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. %. U.P,
-Four communists faced charges OF
vagrancy and disturbing the peace
here today following their attempt
to "out shout" the city supervisors
at the city hall council chambers
yesterday.
The communists under arrest lead
a party of % unemployed to the
city hall and despite Mayor James
Rolph's declaration that Mike Dan
iels, communist leader, must abide
by the rules to obtain the floor,
Daniels and some of his followers
raised such a din that detectives re-
moved them.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Daughter OF
Duce To Wed

ROME, Mar. 25. (U.H - In the
presence of Premier Benito Musso,
limo and Governor Boncompagni
Ludovisi, the betrothal bonds of
Edda Mussolini and Count Ciano
were signed Yesterday in the Villa
Torlonia, IL Duce's town house.
The first banns will be pronounc
cd Sunday, and thereafter for two
consecutive Sundays the wedding
occurring after Easter.
The actual marriage rites will be
in simple form. Mussolini has ord
cred that no public subscriptions be
opened, and that there shall be no
public wedding gifts.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Report Another
Flyer Missing

SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. %. U.H
-Airmail pilots flying over all
routes radiating from here were on
the lookout today for some trace of
Winfield Hale, of Pittsburgh, Calf,
reported to have disappeared after
he left the Cheyenne Airport last
Friday morning for a hop to his
home. Hale was said to be pilot
ing his own plane, a small Mono
coupe.
Airport officials said they re.
ceived the report that Hale left
CHEYENNE Friday, planning to stop
at Rock Springs, Wyo., and Salt
Lake enroute to Pittsburgh. He
was not seen at Rock Springs, or at
any other reporting point along the
route.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Mystery Wells
Sailors Death

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Mar. 25. W.p)
The body of Oran b. Pallard, %,
a seaman, was removed from be
meath municipal wharf here today.
The man had suffered deep
wound on top of the head but auth
critics were of the opinion it was
insufficient to cause death.
Pallard, whose address was not
revealed in papers on his person, ap-
parently had lain in the water 10
days or more.
Authorities were investigating to
determine whether or not Pallard
had been thrown into the ocean fol.
lowing fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Bandits Kidnap
Flagstaff Man

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Mar. 25. U.R)
A trio of armed bandits early to-
day held up service station here,
kidnapped an attendant and escaped
IN a stolen car.
One of the trio was captured five
miles east of here shortly after
Officers took up the bandits trail.
The other two eluded a trap set for
them by the Coconino county sher-
iff's office and at noon were report
ed still at large.
The captured bandit was found
with the abandoned ear, which had
been stolen from the service station.
He was guarding the kidnapped at
tendant, who was bound and lying
on the rear seat.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Labor Opposed
To Judge Parker

WASHINGTON, Mar. %. U.P)--
Chairman Norris of the senate judi
ciary committee was advised today
by officials Of the American Fed
Grafton of labor that they wished
to appear in opposition to confirm.
alton of John j. Parker, North Car
olina, to be justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
Although no formal complaint was
made the United Press was reliably
informed the opposition was based
upon a decision written by Judge
Parker in 1927 on the circuit court
of appeals upholding the West Vir-
ginia injunction restraining striking
miners from conversing with non
union employees of coal companies.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
Price OF Gas
Still Sliding

Los ANGELES, Mar. 25. U.P)-
Further price reductions in the gas
oline war which has been waged by
independent operators here the past
week, appeared imminent today as
reports indicated that few isolat-
ed stations had cut to 10 cents a
gallon.
Major oil companies however,
continued to maintain wholesale
tank prices at l512 cents per gallon.
Retail prices generally ranged
from Is cents to 161a cents and
three large onerators of chain serv-
ice stations had dropped from 10
cents to the latter figure.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-25
MORE PLANETS
DISCOVERED BY
ROME SCIENTIST

ROME, Mar. 25. UR)-The dis
covery of four new planets-one of
them 500 times the volume of the
earth-was claimed today by Pro-
fessor Rafael Bendani, the widely
known Italian seismologist and as
IrOnomer.
The vast astral bodies, lying hun
dreds of millions of miles beyond
distant Neptune, were described by
Bendani as far beyond the range Of
past astronomical discoveries ex-
cept the recently found planet re-
ported from Flagstaff, Ariz. Ben
dani said he believed the second of
the planets he had discovered was
the one found by Professor Percival
Lowell.
Bandandi said he was ready to
submit his data to any body Of as
tronomers or scientists.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Mar. 25.U.R
Scientists at Lowell observatory
today were too busy studying their
own discovery, the famous X, ninth
planet of the solar system, to dis
cuss the reported achievement of
Rafael Bendai, Italian astronomer.
DR.. V. M. Slipher, head of the OBJ
servatory, refused to comment on
the report that Bendani, at Rome,
had discovered three other planets.
"We are busy making measure
ments of planet x" he said, "and
we do not wish to discuss the Ben
dani discovery"