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New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Torrington Castings Co.
 Fire Reported Suspicious

Torrington, Aug. 5 (P'-The plant of the Torrington Castings Company here was eutted by fire with loss estimated at s20.ooO early this morn ing. The origin of the fire is not known, but an officer of the com pany is of the opinion it was set afre. About four months ago there was another fire at the plant which was extinguished without much dam age and that fire was reported to the police as of incendiary origin.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
AMERICAN FREIGHTER
 HITS SWEDISH SHIP
Chickasaw Cuts Victim in Half-FOur Men Re-
 ported Missing

Stockholm, Aug. 5 LP-The Amer ican freighter Chickasaw. owned by the Moore & MacCormack company. collided early today with the Swe- dish freighter Femmern, cutting the Femmern in two. Four men were reported missing.
 The blow slashed the Swedish forepart going to the bottom.
 The Chickasaw, slightly damaged, was expected to arrive here this afternoon.
 The Chickasaw. of 3,023 tons, left New York July A for Copenhagen, Stockholm and Leningrad.
 The Chickasaw took the afterpart of the Femmern in tow and was making an effort to bring the dere- lict into port, according to a wireless message for the American ship.
 The Swedish steamship Femmern IS listed in the American shipping record as of 3S7 net tons, built in 1890 at Oslo, owned by Angbats. No Femmen is noted in any available shipping register.
 Philadelphia August 5 P'-The American mbination freighter and passenger steamer Chickasaw. in col lision near Stockholm, Sweden, to- day, left Philadelphia July IS and New York July 24 with a general cargo and some passengers, bound for Copenhagen and other SCandina- vian ports. The passengers were taken aboard at New York.
 The Chickasaw soperates on the American-S Scantic line and is owned by the Moore & MacCormick Co, in corporated. The vsssel is in com mand of Captain o, Nj, Manning, of New York city. She carries a crew of 4S.
 Her owners here had no word from the ship other than that con- tained in Associated Press des- patches.
 The Chickasaw was built in the wartime Hog Island shipyard here. She is 4O1 feet long and has gross tonnage of 5,697.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
STRAY SHOT KILLS WOMAN

Waterbury, Aug. 5.-UP)-Vic- tim of a stray shot fired in rifle practice, Mrs. Olga Shultz, Middle town, was dead at Waterbury hos pital today.
 Mrs. Shultz was shot through the lung by one of a group of boys in- dulging in rifle practice in wood ed section Sunday Police began a search for the boys, who were said to be known, today.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05

bridge has been torn up for several weeks and it is impossible for their customers to bring their automobiles into the mercantile district, confined almost wholly to the link between Liberty and Lincoln street, they complain.
 Sponsors of the move to speed up operations on the part of the street devoted to business say they have been informed it is the city's plan to rebuild the street in the locality of the bridge, in which event, they point out, the interference with their business will be greatly prolonged.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
West End Business Men Protest
 Against Destruction of Trade
 By Delay In Repairs to Street
Situation On West Main, Due to Reconstruction of Black Rock Bridge, to Be Brought to Attention of Common Council Tonight by Alderman
 Parker of Third Ward

Alderman Gleason W. Parker Of the third ward, acting for business men and residents of his district, will present a petition to the con- mon council tonight asking immedi- ate reconstruction of West Main street, between Liberty and Lincoln streets.
 The petition was circulated by store owners who complained that their business Is practically at a standstill and that their customers are being needlessly annoyed under present conditions. The highway be- tween Liberty street and Black Rock
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Hoover Plans Aid

Washington, Aug. 3 LP)-President Hoover today amounted no stone would be left unturned by the gov ernment in it's efforts to assist in re- lieving distress caused by the un- precedented drought.
 The seriousness of the situation in a wide area east of the Mississippi and in the Middle West has been the subject of conferences between MT. Hoover and Secretary Hyde.
 The result was to order a detailed survey made by the department of agriculture which will have a report next Monday.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Lundgren Leaves Texas
 For New York by Plane

Amarillo, Texas, Aug. lP-Ted Lundgren, Hollywood aviator who will attempt to complete the round the-world flight in 200 hours, took cSf here at a. m. today on non- stop flight to New York. Lundgren left Los Angeles yesterday,
 He said he expected to reach New York in Is hours. He landed in Amarillo at S:30 p. m. yesterday.
 Lundgren was accompanied by Charles Sellers as co-pilot. He said he expected to be joined in New York by Roger Q, Williams for the transatlantic flight.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Bridgeport Passes Law
 Banning All Fireworks

Bridgeport, Aug. Pl-With the last Fourth of July and it's scores of injured persons still fresh in iS mind, this city has decided 10 pro- hibit the sale or use of all fireworks and explosives in the future. An ordinance banning fireworks was passed last night by the common council.
 Bridgeport led the state in the last observance of Independent Day in the number of persons injured by fireworks.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Woman Attacked

Ranking, Aug. 5 P-Mrs A, R. J. Hearne, wife of a British official of the Tientsin- Pukow railway, was attacked and seriously wounded by a Chinese soldier while asleep in her home at Puchen, north of Pukow, early today.
 The soldier wielded a bayonet, in f1icting several wounds on Mrs. Hearne before her husband reached her bedside. The ettacker escaped Mrs Hearne was not expected to re- cover.
 British consular officials here wig orously protested to the national foreign office.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05

A few of the oddities in today's news are given in the United Press dispatches appearing below:
 St, Louis, August UP)-Swarms of bees in this section have returned to their hives and are eating their own honey, unable to find fresh flowers from which to obtain nour- ishment, Bee keepers have suffered substantial losses from the resultant decrease in their commodity.
 Viola, Kan, August 5 NUP)- Apples hanging on the trees in l.. L. Williams orchard have been so
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New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
NATIONALS RETURN
 ID BURNED TOWN
Troops Re-enter Changsha- : Stories Of Torture Heard
FINGERS CHOPPED OFF
Woman Missionary's Severed Nem- Der Sent With Demand for Ran som-Other Indignities Suffered by Captiyes in War Area.

Ranking China, Aug. 5 P,-1t is officially announced that national ist troops this morning reentered Changsha which recently was. cap tured by communists.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Worse Heat Predicted

New York, Aug. 5 P}-A bigger and better heat wave was in the for New York and the metropolitan area today.
 As if ashamed of yesterdays maximum of mere 90, ther- mometers set out today on their
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New Britain herald., 1930-08-05
Yale Building Safe

New Haven. Aug. 5 CP(-Reports that the Yale hospital and other buildings in the missionary college
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Liberty Theater Condemned

The famous Liberty theater of Camp Devens, noted during the World war period as the principal amusement of the soldiers in train ing here, has been condemned and
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New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Observations On He Weather

Washington, March 5.-Forecast for Southern New England: Rain tonight and Wednesday,; somewhat colder Wednesday,; increasing south- cast and south winds probably be- coming strong and shifting to westerly Wednesday.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Rain tonight and Wednesday, prob ably changing to snow in north and central portions Wednesday,; colder Wednesday and in southwest portion tonight: increasing southerly winds becoming strong and shifting to westerly
 Forecast for New Haven and vi cinity: Rain tonight; Wednesday 1ain followed by fair and colder.
 Conditions: A storm of marked intensity with rapidly falling pres sure is central near Indianapolis. High pressure covers the Canadian northwest. This pressure distribu- ton has been attended by rains in the Mississippi Valley, changing to snow in the north portion, rains in the Ohio valley, Pennsylvania and Southern New England, and snow in western New York.
 Temperatures are higher along the Atlantic coast but arc falling west of the Appalachian mountains
 Conditions favor for this vicinity rain with light fog followed by fair and somewhat colder.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

feet than MT. Quigley himself. The gentleman says he resents the abuse which opponents have heaped upon him.
 He is to be congratulated if he dis likes abuse. All candidates should dislike this method of making points, if it ever makes any.
 But common citizens, eager to note anything extraordinary in the city campaign, have failed to notice anything having the appearance or brick yard mud. It has really been quite a gentlemanly passage at arms, nothing bigger than pebbles having been hurled so far.
 If anything, MT. Bartlett has been the recipient of more abuse-and that merely for being in the employ of a factory-than any of the other candidates.
 Wbat these Republican candidates are doing is to mistake ordinary campaign criticism for abuse. Criticism at least can be constructive. while abuse is always boomerang.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
THE NEW SEA RECORD

Having the tang of the sea in our veins and knowing the difference between the bow and the bowsprit and such other technical details that are abstract problems to landlub- bers, we own to a professional in terest in the fast trip of the Europa, completed this morning.
 Here is a ship which, on it's maiden voyage, with its engines go- ing merely normal" traversing 70 miles further than the Brel-en did last summer and being bedeviled with high seas and strong headwinds all the way across the ocean, smash ed the record held by the Bremen by minutes.
 That is something for us old salts. Shiver the timbers, it is going some, as they might say in the fo'c'sle.
 This summer. when the seas are calm, the winds puff but slightly and conditions for speed are per- feet, this new ship no doubt will easily lower her own record.
 After that there will be a pretty scramble by rival shipbuilding con cerns to produce ships to lower the Europa record. The scramble will last for years, with the LloyC line also engaging in the blueprint business.
 It requires no vivid imagination to picture the time when four-day trips across the Atlantic will be fairly common, a delight to those who don't care to look at the ocean any more than is necessary.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
GUIDING THE YOUNG

Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen made good points in his ad dress before boys clubs in New York. It was pear the end, when he began lambasting the bolsr eviks tha, he got little mixed in his Nason- ing.
 Mr. Whalen emphasized the need for proper guidance Of the young, especially during their leisure hours, when they are not apt to be under anyone's surveillance.
 His illustration of the case of I Brooklyn high school graduate who. unable to obtain job, was ap- preached by a gangster who promis- ed him "easy money by staging holdup of a card game, was indeed iorceful
 It was found later, said the com missioner. that the high school grad had lived in uncongenial surround ings in a crowded tenement house district lacking every means for sane recreation. Thousands Of other youngsters are brought up in the same way.
 Then the commissioner got going against the nefarious doctrines of ! the bolsheviks, who he said fos- tered economic beliefs contrary to the generally accepted beliefs held in this country.
 Which may be true enough; but the police are not censors of beliefs. The fact is that these bolsheviks, or Communists, are products of the same social conditions that foster crime.
 The -"esta blished order" which one often hears mentioned. should bestir itself 10 combat bolshcvism and communism in the only effective manner-by eliminating the social conditions that foster it.
 We rather think that when more is understood about this method, or this necessity, more will be accom- plished,
 If Communist. or any other mal- content. mas a grievance against so- cety or against the established or der" how and why did he get it"
 Nine times out of ten it will be found that the same social condi- tions that breed criminals also breed bolsheNiks.
 The sum total of criminals and 1 bolsheviks compared to the total population must be quite au accurate | designation of the weaknesses in our system of distributing prosper itv, happiness and the good things of life,
 To giTe the bolsheviks and the 1 Communists the best kind of ! knock out is to improve the situa- ton from the bottom up.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
nobody seems to object.

Barnesdale residents, since pull ing together and having an associa- ton, can point to some accomplish ments, climaxed by the construction of the much debated sewer now un- der construction. They operate in united fashion, and in union there still remains strength. They get what they want at least part of the time. But this Steele street improvement is not necessarily a Barnesdale im- provement; the street only runs to Barnesdale, and most of it is not in that suburb. It merely is a street within the city that tries hard to prove it is an old fashioned dirt road full of holes and devoid of smooth spots. To make it into a real city street would merely be in con- formity with modern notions. Tha; it would quickly attract a measur. able amount Of traffic is beyond dispute. We trust the project will go through.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
CARS SCRAPE IN PASSING

C. l.. Russell of 514 Church street complained to Lieutenant Matthias Rival about 5:20 o'clock last cven-. ing that an automobile owned by Max Fucker passed his wife on the right as she was driving on West Main street, near Main street. and the driver failed to stop to ascertain the extent of the damage as the cars scraped.
 Sergeant NJ. !. Flynn Of the de- tcctire bureau investigated and re- ported that Fuckers daughter was driving and claimed to have stopped and talked with Mrs. Russell. as auminG blame for the slight collis- ion and agreeing to settle for the damage.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
THE VALUE OF WORDS

Mir. Coolidge, it was related re- gently. was to write history of the United States in 500 words. So much, so good. Only professor, hearing of the contemplated feat got in ahead of the eX-President and did the job in exactly 800 words. Now Mr. Coolidge. writing for a maga- zine at so much word is to con- tribute an article of 1000 words Nobody will blame Mr. Coolidge. The returns for 1000 words mani festy will be higher than if he had stopped at 500. Many a magazine writer has given us the impression he could have stopped after the first 800 words had the opportunity to earn more by writing more not been present.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
25 Fears Ago To-day

Deputy Judge Frederick B. Hun gerford was reappointed at the se;- sion of legislature held today.
 A bill requesting an appropriation Of S1S,000 for the purpose of build- ing an operation department at tEe New Britain General hospital will oe placed before the legislature to- morrow.
 The warm sunshine of the past few days has driven away a large portion of the heavy patches of SHOW. The past winter created q rcw record for snowstorms.
 From the appearance of Central park, it looks as though many peo- pie are using the memorial plot as a dumping ground. Many protests are being made against the insight ly conditions.
 James Flannery has been elected captain of the 1905ls06 high school basketball team. During the past season the receipts of the team were S111.15 which was the exact figure O- tue tApCuSeS.
 The committee on consolidation n met last evening and took up the matter of suggestions which were made by different persons during the public hearings on the new charter.
 The storage reservoir at Roaring brook is about half full, while the pipes running 10 Shuttle Meadow are carrying their full capacity of water.
 That children under 16 shall TO. be on the streats after D. m. from October to April or after D. m. or other months unless under guard lanship lSs the D. pose of the cur few law measure which will be heard Thursday afternoon by the committee on public health an SatetN
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Negro Sought by Police
 On Kidnapping Charge

Boston, March 25 (UP)-A negro was sought by police today as the kidnaper who chloroformed 10-ycar- old Mary Kennedy and drove her away in an automobile as she walk. cd home from school yesterday.
 For almost four hours the child was unconscious, according to the story she told police when foun1 wandering through the downtown district last night. At Peter Bent Brigham hospital her condition was described as not serious.
 Mary told her father and police that the negro had stepped out of a light, old-type Ford sedan drop ping dollar bill as he got out. When she stopped to pick it up for him ,a cloth was thrown over her head and she felt herself being lift ed into the car. Then she lost con- seriousness. When she came to she was sitting on a curbstone, she said.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
OPENING STEELE STREET

Although on the last legs of his last administration Mayor Paonessa shows an inclination 10 start at least one more improvement before he departs to tIre eIysian fields Of pri- vate existence,
 Steele street. leading mp the hlll past the Lincoln school and thence after dip and a curve ending by joining the upper end of Wooster street, Barnesdale. can be navigated by anyone having no regard for the tires springs and wear-and- tear on hls car. It can be navigated by hikers, also. as well as by horses But in general it is no fit street for traffic in a modern city.
 The AIa-or would have the city engineer inN ,Jtigate it and he also thinks there is sufficient money on udnu (o Day TUT 'H" utCeSS1l lhi- provements. That is well, and it iE good Barnesdale residents, tiring of traversng the circuitous and bottle neck route over West Main street, are in favor Of the shorter Steele street route; merchants whose whiz- , bang light trucks have occasion to visit Ba%nesdalc also prefer the shorter route; school children who attend the Lincoln hostclry of learning rom B&rncsdalr. also are better off taking the short cut, It's
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
GETTING THE LOW-DOWN

Mr. Quigley has stated that he found. when putting through a mod ern plumbing code, that unhealthy and unsanitary conditions of the homes were caused by poor plumb ing"
 Unhealthy and unsanitary condi- tions sometimes are also caused by poverty, and none of the candidates seem able to do anything about it.. nor make a valid promise good enough for common understand ing and belief.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Mrs. L0well's Funeral
 Held in Cambridge Today
Mass. March p3 f

Cambridge, Mass. March D (UP) Funeral services for Mrs Anna Parker Lowell. wife of President A, Lawrence Lowell of Harvard uni versity. were held at Appleton chapel here today. Mrs. Lowell died at her Quincy street home Sunday after a long illness.
 Rev James H. Ropes of Andover Theological seminary officiated tt the services. assisted by Rev. Will lard l.. Sperry of Harvard Theo- logical seminary. Burial was in Mt. Auburn cemetery, Watertown.
 Harvard classes and athletic prac- tlces were suspended for one hour as mark of respect.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
City Items

Co. No. of the fire department was called to grass fire on the Eastern Malleable Iron Works prop erty on Belden street at S:3S o'clock last night, and Co. No. ? went to an incinerator fire in the rear of the Horace Booth ,estate property on Church street at 10:S2 o'clock.
 Wiacenty Dobrowolski. president of the Citizens N Property Owners association, owns the house on Hayes street in which a cellar fire did damage estimated at $50 short- ly before o'clock yesterday after. noon.
 Property of Charles Bernstein at 112 Fairview street is involved in 2 foreclosure suit which Lomas & Nett tleton Co.,, trustee, has instituted.
 A meeting of the Senior Chapter of Hadassah will be held tonight at the Burritt hotel.
 The police were notified today of the return of the operators license of Adolph Mankus of 360 Burritt street, and suspension of the licenses
  street and Henry Kowalske of 3l Miller street.
 c. C. Goodwin of Vance street re- ported to Officer Thomas Lee last night that 3. notormeter was stolen, off his car while parked on West Main street.
 The regular meeting of Martha Chapter, o. F. S. will be held in Masonic Temple, Thursday evening at 7:S0 o'clock. There will be a so- cial in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 Members of Stella Rebekah Sew ing circle vii meet Friday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Arthur kaller- man, 93 Linwood street.
 A card party scheduled to be held under the auspices of the Daughters of St. George at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Parkin of 40 z Fairview street tomorrow afternoon, has been indefinitely postponed.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
HECkLiNG HAS ITS USES

Campaign speakers universally dislike heckling from persons in their audiences. The reason for this attitude apparently is that some heckler. have too good an argu- ment to answer on the spur of the moment.
 A candidate should be prepared 10 answer a hecller. He should not al low the impression to go forth that some nondoscript citizen in the audience was able to fire a ques- ton at him that could not be an- swered immediately and satisfac- torily.
 The candidates, when confronted by barrage of heckling should not grow peevish. They should remem- her that they invited everybody into the hall and that includes persons who are dnduy inquisitive as to the quality of stage. arguments banded forth.
 Besides, heclllins adds to the in- terest of 'sally." The politicians for years have been complaining that their rallies" are not being well attended. They should not at tempt to dodge something that un- questionably adds to the attendance.
 Some of the most famous politi- cal statements on record have been made in reply to hecklers: but in such eases it happened that the verbal gymnast occupying the eentet of the stage had a quick action mind
 Nothing shows ID the empty ponderositlcs Of speaker so quick ly as first class heckle from a keen -wtted heckler; and nothing it. illustrates the ability of politician so forcefully as first class reply from the stage to a hecker.
 The politicians insist on putting on their platform parties for the benefit Of the public. Hecklers are actuated by the same principle oi public service.
 If a hcchler is foiled by witty answer, or one pregnant with logic then the speaker wins the eXtem- poraneous verbal bout and ths candidate gains at least few votes. If the heckler propounds 2 question that cannot be answered satisfactorily then the speaker drops in public estimation and the candi. date loses some votes-as he wei deserves to do.
 There should be able hecllers al every public political rally. Nothing we can think of adds more Zest tC the proceedings and is more calcu. lated to scratch under the surface 0 the hard boiled platitudes enc ii likely to meet with at such places o public entertainment.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Los Angeles Banker Is
 Heart Disease Victim

Los Angeles. Calii.. March 20 RI Nathaniel B. Blackstone, g., mer. chant and banker. died Of heart disease while taking a nap here yesterday.
 Born on farm near Livermore. Maine. he worked in a dry goods store in Brocllton, Mass, later ac- quiring a partnership in a store in Boston, and came to Los Angeles in 1887. He retired from large dry good interests here in 19l7, but re- tained his banking connections ,,
 He was member of the Republi- can club in New York.