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THE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ,17, 1932. IS Collapses in Store, Gets 5-Cent Shave As $1.50 Taxi Wraits Dr. Wilson Reverses Three Men Arrested In Speakeasy Raid Walter Slabinski of 13J Mapie Avenue and Angelo Abeliu of 48a Front Street were arrested by Fed miles of jravel road under construction but open to traffic. Brldgewater, crushed limestone surface about one mile in length on w.u11108? and one mile in length on the JCeeler road, rrading, grubbing and stalling culvert 150 Persons Disappointed At Hearing Two Members of Board of Appeals, Arriving Late, Cause Postponement to September 21 FineOf $25 Is Result Of Liquor Raid Second Case Dismissed Demand For Rents Reported to Chamber of Commerce traffic, Torrington, Highland Avenue, widening and draining, about one quarter mile in length, open to traffic. Trrsmaston, Jackson Road, Gravel surface one mile in length under construction, grading, grubbing and installing culverts, open to traffic.

Thompson Wilsonville-Porter Plains road is under construction, traffic can pass. Union, from route 15 at Paul Corner, one and three-quarter miles gravel road under construction but open to traffic. Washington, Wykeham Rise Road, gravel surface about one mile in length, oiling, open to traffic. Valley Road, gravel surface three-quarter mile in length, installing culverts and grading, no delays. Wetehrsf ield, Wells Road and Jordan Lane, one nnd one-quarter miles cf waterbound macadam road on Jordan Lane and one half mile of bituminous macadam road on Wells Road under construction.

Hammock Road, about one half mile gravel West Hartford -Oh Condition Is Serious Walter Shea, 30. of 23 Edgewood Street, was In a serious condition at St. Francis's Hospital late Friday nignt arter collapsing irom me -fects of what was believed to have been a heart attack. Shea walked into a drugstore at Main Street and Charter Avenue explained he was ill and asked for a medicine, The druggist at once notified foiics man John A. Hallissey.

who sum moned the police ambulance. Shea was taken to the hospital in the ambulance bv Policeman cnanes a Graf. Road Conditions In Connecticut Road conditions and detours in the State of Connecticut made nec essary by highway construction repairs and oiling announced by the Connecticut Highway Department as of September 14, 1932. Route 2 Glastonbury. New Lon don road, sheulders are being oiled for three miles; Lebanon, Norwich and Colchester road, shoulders are being oiled for two miles; Marlboro, New London road, shoulders are be ing oiled for three and a half miles.

Route U. S. 5A Hamden. fatate Street, shoulders are being oiled for about two miles; North Haven, State Street, shoulders are being oiled for about three miles. Route U.

S. 6 Brooklyn. Willi mantic-Hampton road is being oiled for two and half a miles; Hampton, Willimantic-Brooklyn road is being oiled for about three miles; Killing-ly. Providence road is being oiled for about two and a naif miles; Watertown, Thomaston road, shoulders are being, oiled for four miles. Route 8 Winchester.

Winsted- Torrington road is being oiled for one mile. Route 12 Killingly, Putnam road is being oiled for about two and a half miles; Killingly, worwicn roaa is being oiled for about one and a half miles. Route 14 Middlebury. Waterbury road, shoulders are being oilgd for one mile. Route 15 Vernon, Vernon Center road, shoulders are being oiled for one mile.

Route 15A Portland, Gospel Lane, a watvrbound macadam road about one three-quarters miles in length is under construction but open to traffic. Route 25 New Milford-Litchfleld road from Marbledale to New Preston, a section of gravel surface is under construction, grubbing, grad ing and installing culverts, open to traffic; New MUford-Litchneld road from New Preston to a section of gravel surface is under construction, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, several short sections of one-way traffic are neces sary. Route 34 Bethel, center street is being oiled for one mile. Route 37 Danbury. Penbrook road Is being oiled for one mile; New Fairfield, Penbrook Road is being oiled for one mile.

Route 47 Woodbury. Washington road, shoulders are being oiled for five miles. Route 57 Redding, Sanfordtown Hill is being oiled for two miles. Route 63 Bethany, New Haven road, shoulders are being oiled for two miles. Route 77 Guilford.

North Guil ford road Is being oiled for two miles. Route 82 East Haddam. East Haddam-Salem road, shoulders are being oiled for 12 miles. Route 85 Manchester. Highland Park road, shoulders are Deing oiled for one mile.

Route 89 Ashford, Warrenville- Westford extension, waterbound macadam, length about one-half mile is under construction, traffic can pass; Ashford, Westford-War-renville-Mansfield Center road. shoulders are being oiled for three miles. Route 91 Woodstock, west road is being oiled for four miles. Route 93 Woodstock. Pomfret road is being oiled for about one mile; Pomfret, Woodstock road is being oiled for about one mile.

Route 94 Glastonbury, Addison road, shoulders are being oiled for two and a half miles. Route 101 Barkhamsted-New Hartford road is being oiled for three miles; Norfolk, Winsted-Nor- folk road is being oiled for two and one-half miles. Route 109 Thomaston and Wa tertown, Howds Bridge, over a branch of the Naugatuck under construction, a short detour of one-way traiiic over temporary bridge is necessary. Route 137 Stamford, Long Ridge road, about three and one-half miles of concrete pavement under construction, open to traffic. Route 144 Essex, Bushy Hill read, a.

waterbound macadam road about one-half mile long is under construction but open to traffic. Rente 147 Middlefield-Durham road, shoulders are being oiled for three miles. Rdite 151 East Haddam, Lees- ville road, shoulders are being oiled for two miles. Town Street, shoul ders are being oiled for one mile. Route 157 Middietown, RocKian road, shoulders are bring oiled for two miles.

Route 171 Colchester and East Hampton, Comstock Bridge and approaches under construction, too span structural steel concrete encased bridge, macadam approaches, length about three-quarters of a mile, traffic can pass. Route 177 Farmington. Fiain- ville-Unionville road, about three miles of waterbound macadam road under construction but open to traffic. Route 183 Winchester, an 18-foot span bridge and approaches on the Colebrook road, traffic should go slow and exercise extreme care past the work. Route 185 Simsbury.

Hartford road, shoulders are being oiled for two miles. Route 196 East Hampton, sum mit Street, shoulders are telng oiled for three-quarters of a mile. Route 213 New London, Jener- son Avenue is being oiled for one- half mi Ocean Avenue is Deing oiled for one-half mile. r.oute 341 Kent-Waren road, wa terbound macadam two and one-half miles in length, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, a detour of 22 miles in length has been arranged end posted. Route 87 Lebanon.

Jonathan- Trumbull road, shoulders are being oiled for two miles. No Route Numbers. Bethel. Codfish Hill, about two 'and one-hall mues oi gravei sur- face under construction. Rockwell rcad about one ml'e Krr el mix uuuer tuiwn ulwuii, i Aung, trrubbmg and installing culver open to traffic, Bethlehem, gravel surface under construction on the following roads: Watertown road, about one mile In length, Nonne-wau road, about one mile in length.

Woodbury road, about one Hnd one-half miles in length. Cabbage Lane, about one and one-half miles in length, grubbing, grading he Hebron road to Clark -road, about one ana tnree -quarter There is one man in Hartford, identity unknown, who is not aware of the depression. And this man needed a shave. Just before 9 p. rriaay ne climbed out or a taxicat at State and Market streets, instructing the driver to wait, for him.

Climbing one flight of stairs to a well known tonsorial parlor where beginners are taught the secrets of the barber's craft, the man seated himself in one of the chairs. The check was five cents, representing tne price or the shave. But the waiting taxi cost him an even $1.50. The driver, who told this otory, was 1 Hunt Man After Brutal Attack On Maine Woman Police Seek Pair Who Beat and Tortured Victim North Belgrade, Sept. 16.

(AP.) While Mrs. Anna M. Foster, 69. lay In her home here tonight. 'ill of the effects of a beating and at tempted criminal assault by two men who forced their way into her bedroom early today, bound her and ransacked her house, state police were pressing a widespread search for her assailants.

She had been under a physician's cure since sne was iouna alter dawn lying on her veranda, with ropes uuuul npr wrisrs onn nnir pnw- ered only by a quilt the marauders J.1 uau uirown over ner wnen tney lett, believing her unconscious. The eldprlv wnmnn fnlrt nn1in th men, both masked, awakened her aooui a ciock oy tnrusting a revolver against her side, gagging her, after removing her false teeth and flinging them out of doors, bound her and carried her to a shed. After she had revealed where they might find two pocketbooks containing $38, the men lighted newspapers and burned the soles of her feet until they were blistered in an attempt to force her to admit there was additional money in the house. The lobes of her ears were torn when one of the thugs ripped off her gold earrings. Two comoanions who were living with Mrs.

Foster, slept through the disturbance. David Clark, 87, occupied an adjoining room but deafness prevented his hearing the intruders. Miss Natalie Pierce, 72, was in an upstairs bedroom. Clark discovered Mrs. Foster when he arose about 6 ojclock.

1 steamships Arrived. Aquitania, New York Sept. 16 from Southampton. Albert Ballin, Southampton Sept. 16.

New York. Manhattan, Havre Sept. 16, New York. Leviathan, New York Sept. 16, Bremen.

Deutchland, New York Sept. 16, Hamburg. Excambroin, Gibraltar, Sept. 15, New York. France, Havre, Sept.

16, New York. Bergensfjord, Bergen, Sent. 16, New York. Dresden, Galway, Sept. 16, New York.

-c Sailed. Caledonia, Glasgow, Sept. 16. for New York. American Farmer, New York Sept.

16, London. Majestic, Cherbourg, Sept. 15. New York. Minnetonka, Antwerp, Sept.

16, New York. Minnewaska, New York, Sept. 16, Antwerp. New York, Cherbourg, Sept. 16, New York.

President Harding, Cobh, Sept. 16, New York. Rochambeau, New York, Sept. 16, Havre. Roma, Genea.

Sept. 16. New York. Scythia, New York. Sept.

16, Liverpool. Mrs. Porritt's Estate Left to Children Annie Gertrude Porritt, lateof Hartford, indicated in a will admitted to probate by Judge Walter H. Clark that her estate, exclusive of a bequest of $500 to Kate Bry-ane, is to be divided among her children, in eoual shares, as follows: Philip W. Poritt.

Longshaw K. Poritt. Mary G. Poritt and Marjory W. Porritt.

The First National Bank is executor. Mary Polrot is sole beneficiary of the estate of her husband. William Polrot. late of Hartford, and is also named as executor. Reuben K.

Miller, late of Hartford, left his entire estate to his wife, Mina J. Miller, who is executor. Represented nrincipally In real estate, and including a bank deposit of $2457.53 and a mortgage note of $1250, the estate of Giovanni DeLucco, late of Hartford, was appraised at $11,907.53, -in a document accented for probate by Judge The real estate holdings are: 473 Wethersfield Avenue, enuitv of $1850: 143-147 Front Street, equity of M750. one-half interest; South Meadows, $1600. An eouity of $3500 in real estate at 557 New Britain Avenue, an eaui-tv of $3000 in real estate in Old I.

vm. one-hlf Interest; an item of $1042 for denl eouipment. book accounts of 580. bank pccotmts end stock ho'des were included in the estate of Elmer E. Abbey, late of Hartford, valued at Marv A.

Lane, la nt Hartford, left an estate of $7591.03. represented entirelv In savings recounts. Th estP'e of Ella L. Fise. 'at of this city, was valued at $5590 9, Indicated prlnr'DPll" bank fe nostts an'' tck hld'nes.

n-Murfin" for 100 hres, United States Steel Corporation. a Edison Huh Meets At Bulkeley High Members of the Thomas A. Edison Club of the Bulkely High School held their first meeting of the year Friday afternoon at the close of school. Officers of the club for the coming semester are President, George Gerath; vice-president. Frederick Hansen: secretary.

Howard Gale; treasurer. Harold Zaretsky; fifth members, Frederick Weed. In order to "(-commodate the large enrollment cf the new art nDurecfation course at Bulkely High, it has been necessary to form two classes instead of one, which wai planned. The first issue of the Torch. seheol naper, will apnear September 30 Editorials.

Club news, humor and snorts section are some of the features. About 150 people from Elm wood were disamxnnted Friday nlghl, making a futile Journey to the Town Hall to attend a public hearing before the Board of Appeals on the petition of Gordon L. Johnson of 61 Somerset Street, seeking permission to use a garage for a temporary dwelling for two years. Chairman Andrew L. Osterllng and Harold D.

Hitchcock of the board were present for the hearing and waited for the other members to arrive. After about 20 minutes. the chairman opened the meeting and immediately closed it as a nunrum of the members was lack ing. A few minutes afterward, two other memoers oi me Doara, rraiiK O. Smith' and William H.

Mueller arrived. Those attending the hearing were told after it opened that another hearing would be held Wednesday, September 21, at 7:30 p. m. in the Town HalL As many of those present Friday night had gone before the other two commissioners arrived, the hearing was not reopened. Mr.

Johnson and his wife own a houfe at 61 Somerset Street. According to statements by Building Inspector Andrew O. Larson, the couple leased the house in July and took residence in a garage on the property. They installed their own plumbing and were fined, subsequently in the Town Court, for violation of the building code. Their case stands appealed to the Superior Court.

The building inspector also claims a violation of the zoning code. On September 8, the Johnsons submitted a petition to the council asking for relief from the building inspector's ruling. The petition was signed by 69 resident of Elmwood, who favored exemption. The council declined taking action, ruling the matter should go before the Board of Appeals. It was reported Friday night thn a majority of the 200 at the hearing favored the granting of the Johnson petition, though a large number are opposed.

Fire at Kingswood School. Fire broke out In the attic of the administration building at Kings-wood School Friday afternoon and was extinguished by the Center Fire Department. The damage was blight. According to fire department officials, the blaze Is believed to hai been started accidentally by the tanitor who went to the attic earlier in the day to hunt for a leak in the roof. The fire was discovered at 2:20 p.

m. When the firemen arrived, two rafters in the attic were burning. The same company was called at 6:50 p. m. to 45 Outlook Avenue, where an automobile owned by Far-rell Knapp of that address, had caught fire.

It was extinguished before the firemen arrived. Building Fermit. A permit was issued by the Building Department Friday to D. E. Thrbaud, build room in attic tf house at 18 Riggs Avenue at an estimated cost ol $247.

Announces Staff. Lieutenant Colonel Clifford D. Perkins, commanding the fourth division In the parade here afternoon, announced his staff En-day as follows: Colonel Harry Bissll. Lieutenant Colonels George R. Sturgess, F.

J. Shearer and Joseph Nolan. Captain, Joseph E. Root, Lieutenants John R. Donahue, John A.

Gleason and George Zun-ner, and Leonard W. Ladd. Went Home After Accident Some time after police discovered en abandoned and smashed automobile on Farmington Avenue, near the reservoir causeway early Friday morning, they learned that tne driver, Jolin Berlin of 192 Vine Sweet had gone home immediately after the machine crashed and turned over. He also called a garage to remove the wreck. He was questioned by Sergeant John Kecnc, but not held.

Mr. Berlin claims his steering apparatus became faulty, causing the machine to swerve against the highway ffnee. He cut his finger and was treated by Dr. F. Eail Kunkel of Farmington Avenue, after the mishap.

Asked Decorate Homes. Residents along the of march for the parade today are asked uj Derate their homes Jor the occasion. As! Hartford Council Girl Scouts are invited to march and a special Invitation to all Masons has been extended by Howard E. Shaw, wor-Jhipful master of Wyllvs Lorig No. 99, A.

F. and A. For better laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, valet end repairing try the New Method Laundry. Phone Hartford. Talcott's Yacht 'Norkap Arrives at Nova Scotia Truro.

N. Sept. 16. i The 95-foot acht "Norkap." owned by Dudley V. Talcott, Hart- ford.

sculptor end adventur- er. arrived at ghelburne this morning. On board besides Mr. Taico't were his mother, a number of young women friends and several Yale students. Captain Lsak Isakscn.

skipper of the yacht was the ire pilot fur Rar Admiral Richard E. Bvrd on his northern exploration trip Into the Arcuc regions 1926. The "Norkap" started her present cruise at North Norway, and has alreadv visited Iceland, Northeast Gwnland and Labrador. The recent, pale here was encountered in the Northumberland r. n.i.K,..

ruin. "''v iuiuuv luniL. uui ine rrfcit ne inrougn Without a mishap. nose on board report they came in jns at Labrador. contact sons' eral agents Friday-morning in a raid on an alleged speakeasy at so wens Street.

Three gallons of alleged and two and a hall gallons ol alleged beer were seized. Arraigned before United Statec Commissioner Charles J. McLaughlin. Abello was released because of lark of evidence, and SlabmsKy was held on cash bond of tftOO. The same place had been raided last Tuesday, and the two men arrested then.

Their cases are pending before the September term of Fed eral court -n New Haven. I lM 'I iniA I 7llcfc "lu Here For Wheel Club Anniversary Several Well-Known Business Men to Be Guests of Honor George M. Hendoe of Springfield andJoiui Worm Willys, cnamuan ol the board ol the Wiliys-over-lana Company, M. L. Bndgeman of Boston, lormerly an executive with the Pope company here and several other well-known business men who were bicycle entnusiasis in their younger days will be the guests ot honor ol the Hartford wneel Club at the celebration ol the lony-seven'm anniversary ot the club's lounding, which will open toaay.

Tne ciub will open its celebration with a parade in Hartford and will then go to Kay Rock Inn, pocatopaug, East Hampton, where the remaining ceremonies will be held. Mr, Willys, a cyclist of note In his younger days, got his start in business at the age of 17 when he arranged with David J. Post, at that time head ol the Hartford Cy cle Company, to become agent of the company in his home-town sec tion. He later formed a partnership with Lucius H. Elmer, who Is still in business in this city, and the two jobbed bicycles through a large territory.

Fred fat. Onste of Los AnEeles. famous wheelman and en tertainer; George A. Lone, presi dent of the Gray Telephone Pay fetation company: A. Kennedy Child, a club member and well known speaker, and William Gillette, actor and playwright are also among the invited guests.

The members will assemble at the Elmer Automobile Company on Trumbull Street at 2:30 p. m. today, and after a short parade down Trumbull and Pearl Streets to the State Capjltol, around the Capitol Building to Capitol Avenue, to Main Street to Morgan, will then go to East Hampton. The trip to the lake will be made in automobiles. The annual banquet will be held tonight at 6:30 o'clock, and William A.

Shaw, retiring president, will introduce William Harding, new leader of the "Old Guard Mr. Harding win his first race In 1884 and later became state champion. Charges Fraud In 820,000 Suit (Continued from Page 1) Kingston brothers, F. E. Kingston fc Coe, Downes, Aichler and the Connecticut Trading Corpora lion, a Kingston subsidiary, "con spired and agreed together to cheat and defraud such persons as they might be able to deceive, among them this plaintiff and her agent, by laise and deceitful arts and prac tices." The complaint charges that the trust, "as a part of said conspiracy, permitted the fiscal agent.

F. E. Kingston Company, to issue so-callpd interim receipts which are commonly issued by a company to whose stock the receipt may per tain, and are only properly used pending the engraving of permanent certificates. Said agent, with the knowlrdge of the trustees, never Issued a dealer's receipt In the form of a receipted bill, but issued Instead a receipt which took the form and appearance of a stock certificate, all in pursuance of said conspiracy to cheat and defraud the public Rnd this plaintiff nnd her agent." Stock Manipulated. It is allege 1 that as a part of the conspiracy, the trust permuted F.

E. Kingston Company to pay Interest on receipts in ihe guke of dividends on the stock of the trust in order to deceive the holders of the interim receipts The complaint also charges that the trust p-rmitted the Kingston Company to buy and exchange the stock tof the trust at will and lo manipulate the market, place debits and credits at will on various corporations and partnerships undr their control and to delay the delivery of purchased securities, The complaint states that on Jur.e 15, 1927 the trust accepted the offer of F. E. Kingston Company to act as fiscal agent ana as sum to purchase the preferred Beneficial ownership certificate shares from the trust at $23.75 a share and to have the difference between that figure and the figure for they were sold as profit to the agent. If.

however, these were no profit the trust was to take back the unsold shares loss to the gent and in the event of liquidation the trust was to pay $30 a share, the complaint says. Business Men Warned Of 'Puff Sheet Racket' A wsrnins aeainst the "miff xhi-f-t racket" has been issued to Hartford njuorx. assistant manr u. wre nuiuuru Better Business Bureau Th i se- calkd -racket" flourished in Hr? manage! ment of a Miss DumM of the company is Invito to buv a rurmrea cooies at this offer llSISIlS to the number aVbvnw ti'l" i xtw 1 Deliverv of uiem motorcycles in Britain in idered a On Thomas Changes Intention to Vote For Socialist Candidate When He Finds Plat form Is Wet Cincinnati, Oslo. Sept.

16. (AP.) Dr. Clarence True Wilson last night said he had changed his opin ion that Norman Thomas, Presiden tlal candidate of the Socialist party, is the most suitable for support by voters favoring prohibition His change In attitude, said the secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, came when he learned that a "wet" plank had been placed in the platform of tne Socialist party, by referendum of the voters of that party. Dr. Wilson, speaking nere two weeks ago at a meet'ng of the Ohio Conference of his church said he "would vote for Norman Thomas," meaning, he tonight, tnat with the information in his possession at that time, ne would vote fox Thomas if he, a resident of the District of Columbia, was not dis enfranchised "I was inclined to vote for Nor man Thomas, he said, "after I read his old platform.

When I read his new platform I dropped it like a not potato. When I was leanine to ward Norman Thomas I had never read his new platform." Drys Without Refuge His changj of mind. Wilson left "dry" voters of the country with "no place to go" in the major political parties, adding "I don't know how a dry will voter in this election unless he votes against his sentiments." The doctor made his statements aboard a-railroad train en route to Washington irom Vincennes, Ind. When asked if he denied to news papermen while in Indiana yester day that he had made the state ment regarding Thomas recently in Cincinnati, Dr. Wilson repiied he was unable to recollect whether he dia or not, Dr.

Wilson said he was positive that while addressing the Metho dist Conference at Vincennes. Ina yesterday, he made no reference to being misquoted by newspapers re- BHraing ins srBrement on xnomns. When Dr. Wilson snoke in Cin cinnati, an Associated Press staff reporter asked the ster if had made the statement hat would supDort Thomas and received from mm his confirmation. Vincennes Version Indianapolis.

Sept. The Indianapolis News yesterday saia mar ur, uiarence True Wilson secretary of the Board of Temper ance and Public Morals of the Methodist Church, while attending the Methodist Conference at Vincennes, stated he wished to clear up a misunderstanding tha; imu urrn Dy a laiSf repor of address he made in Cinchv natl. "I never made the statement that I would suprxirt Norman Thoma? as a candidate for President in the coming campaign." he said, "I am here to set the conference ritrht. nn that question I am not going lo supnon i nomas and never thought uoing sucn a ining. Plan Better Weekly At H.

P. H. Name May Be Changed Several changes in the make-up of The Owlet, weekly publication of the Hartford Public High School, are being planned and a greatly improved publication is expected when the first edition comes off tne press September 29, Faculty Editor William E. Blake and Editor-in-chief Philip Zlochiver announced Friday. At a meeting of the Student Council after the close of school Monday, a petition will be submitted requesting that permission be granted to change the name of the weekly In accordancce with a suggestion made at the annual meeting of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York last March, that a will convey more accurately the function of the paper, be applied.

Further innovations will include improvements in the typographv based upon the style of one of the local daily papers. A more accurate and broad presentation of news is also planned, with the coverasrs probably extending so as to include city news events, in addition to a reporting of the activities of the alumni. Under the suDervision of Adeline O'Connctl. business manager, and Philip Zlochiver. editor-in-chief, some 140 pupils are competing for places on the business and repor- lonai stans.

utomobile Club Membership Gains Officers and governors of the Au tomobile Club of Hartford wprp in. formed Friday night by Secretary Arthur Fifoot that there has beat an increase in membership for the first eight months of this year, as contrasted with the same period last year. The increase in membership for the first half of September also shows an increase over last year. Mr. Fifoot said.

The officers and eovemors met. at the Heublein Hotel Friday nighr. Preceding the meeting, the first in series to be held this fall, there was a dinner at which President Clifford L. Perkins presided. Anirty new members were voteU Into the club at the business meeting.

It was announced that the club will distribute the 1933 licence piaws to its members. These wll carry the prefix letters "MC," but members who wish to retain then present numbers can do so by noil-lying the club prior to November 13 It was announced that pamphlets listing "15 Little Tours Through Conm cticut." which were published in The Courant last year, will ba distributed to members. Republicans in State Hf T' UI 1 aniC bays Garner Washington. Sent. 16.

(AP publican leaders "thronohn.it country are in a state of Dame." country are in a state of p. pfv mtr Sections extends to the wmie nouse. The Democratic vice nmsirtontiai uw siaiemem a lew hls rmal Topeka, Kjm' bfrt lf ith urngton. Copper M-ne and Wildcat roads, two miles construction rou8n- Canton, North Canton road, two miles of gravel under construction but open Kiver and Carter Hill roads, about one-half mile of gravel surface under construction on each, open to traffic. Colchester, eight sections of town aid iuaua uuutr construction, traific can pass.

Columbia, Columbia Lake road, waterbound mararinm about one and one -quarter miles 13 uijuci uuusirucuon, rough grading open to local traffic. Coventry! Bread and Milk streets and Tolland road, two miles of loose gravel road under construction but open to traffic. Chester, Goose Hill road, gravel road one and three-quarter miles in length under construction, but open to traffic. Cromwell. South Nook ana worm streets are under -construction but open to traffic, two ana one-nan mues of waterbound macadam.

Darien, Greenwood Avenup nnrf Old King's Highway, about one-quarter mile of gravel surface under construction on each, open to traffic. Derby. Academy Hill road, about one-iiau mue ot travel road under construction, open to traffic. East- lord, lour sections of town aid roads under construction. Traffic can pass.

Easton, Easton-Monroe road. about two milej of rolled gravel sunace, open to traffic. East Gran by, Hatchet Hill road, three-quar ters of a mile of waterbound ma cadam under construction but open to iranic. East Haddam, three sections of town aid roads under con struction, open to local traffic. East Hampton, Rock Landing road, shoulders are being oiled for one and one-half miles East Haven, Thompson Avenue is being oikd for about one mile.

Enfield. Fletch er road, about two miles of rolled gravel under construction but open to traffic. Franklin, four sections of town aid roads under construction. open to local traffic. Goshen, East Street, waterbound macadam one mile in length, railing incomplete, oiling surface, open to traffic.

Vaille-Wright road, waterbound macadam one mile in length, grubbing and installing culverts, open to traffic. Granby, Hungary and East streets and Simsbury road, three miles rolled stone surface under construction but open to traffic. Greenwich, driveway at Joyce property on Mer-ritt highway, 1350 feet of bituminous macadam surface under construction, open to traffic. Hampton, three sectins of town aid roads under construction, open to local traffic. Hartland.

five sections of town aid roads, three miles in length, loose gravel surface under con struction but open to traffic. Kill-lngworth, Durham road, about three-quarters mile rolled gravel under construction, open to traffic. Hebron, Wall Street and Jones Street, two miles of gravel road are under construction but open to traffic. Lebanon, Exter road, gravel surface, length about two and one-half miles, under construction. Traffic can pass.

Ledyard, Shew-ville road is being oiled for one and one-half miles. Ledyard, three sections of town aid roads under construction, traffic can pass. Litchfield, Maple Street and Milton road, rolled screened gravel surface about one-half mile in length, laying surface, open and O. K. for travel.

East Litchfield road, rolled screened gravel about onehalf mile in length, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, open and K. for travel. Northfield road, screened gravel about one mile in length, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, open to traffic. Lyme, Bill Hill road, gravel surface, length about two and one-half miles, un der construction. Rough grading, open to traffic.

Mansfield, three sections town aid roads under construction. Open to local traffic. Marlboro, West road, South road and Cooley road, two and one-half miles of gravel under construction but open to traffic. Monroe, Barn Hill road and Pepper Crossing, about one mile of gravel surface under construction on each, no delay to traffic. Morris, North read, gravel surface about two and one-half miles in length, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, open to traffic.

Middlebury, Watertown road, Kelley road and Break Neck Hill road, gravel surface under construction, about one mile in length on each, grubbing grading and installing culverts, open to traffic. Ross road, macadam road three-quarters of a mile in length is under construction but open to traffic, rough. New Canaan, Park Street, one and three-quarters of a mile in length is under construction, opeit to traffic. New London, Montauk Avenue, reinforced concrete pavement, length about one-half mile, is under construction, rough grading, detours are posted. Newtown, Huntington road, gravel surface about one mile in length, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, open to traffic.

New Milford. Still River road, limestone surface about two miles in length, grubbing, grading and installing culverts, open to traffic. Norwalk. Gregory. Boulevard and Rowayton Avenue, about one-half mile on each under construction, open to traffic.

Old Lyme, two sections of town aid roads under construction, open ta local traffic. Prestcn, three town aid roads under construction, traffic can pass. Roxbury, Good Hill road, gravel surface about two and one-half miles in length under construction. Bacon road, gravel surface about two miles in length under construction, grading and laying surface, open to traffic. Saybrook, River road, a loose gravel road one and three-quarters miles in length is under construction, open to traffic.

Scotland, two sections of town aid roads under construction, open to local traffic. Sharon, Hooper road, loose gravel about one-half mile in length, shoulders incomplete. Open to traffic. Westwood road, loose gravel surface one and one-half miles in length, grading, grubbing and installing culverts, open to traffic. East Street, loose gravel about two miles in length, grubbing and grading, open to traffic but very rough.

Sterling, two sections of town aid roads under construction. ODen to local trafc. Southburv. Quaker Farms road, from route 67 toward Quaker Farms, waterbound macadam one mi'e in leneth. Rrading.

installing culverts, nnd laving surface. ODen to traffic South Britain road, through South Britain Street, waterbound macadam one mile in length. Southbury Spruce Road, surface treated grave! one half mile in length, two bridges under construction laving surface and oiling, open to traffic Stafford, sections of the Sorlngfleltf road and road, loos gravel road three miles in length undt-r construction but open to traffic. Stratford. Section 1 of Mer-ritt Highway from Main Street to intersections of routes U.

S. 1 and 1 3815 feet of bituminous macadam, no dctcurs and no delay to Glastonbury Plea'ding guilty to charges of keeping a place reputed to sell iquor and with keeping liquor witn 1 lnten t0 s311' Thomas Perry, 51, of Naubuc Avenue was fined $25 and costs on each count in Town Court triday night by Judge Henry Hunt. The fine was remitted on the" nrst count. Perry was arrested on September 10 during a series of liquor raids conducted Parts of the town by State Police and local officers. Officer John Zekas of the state Police and Constable Wallace Wris-ley entered the Perry home with a search warrant and found three 10 gallon stills, crocks oontaining 1 mash, about 220 bottles of beer and complete apparatus to make beer 1 SEn Prosecutr Clifford health C0Urt PeiTy is in 111 Pleading not guilty to a charge of keeping a place reputed- to sell liquor George Phillips of Hebron 1 Avenue was discharged because of lack of conclusive evidence.

Phillina 1 av.r,resLed durinS the same raid after his home had been searched bv JosePh Kamensky and Constable Joseph Varni Jr who found wine and beer being Sd, at aA tarte during a family gathering. A keg and small jars of wine were found In his cellar bv Constable Varni. Pleading guilty to operating a I with illegal markers and, without proper license, William 1 Zonghetti, 31. of 28 Gilbert Street. East Hartford, was fined $1 and 1 costs amounting to $13.75 on the latter charge and judgment was suspended on the former.

State i Policeman Wallace Nelson made the I arrest on September 7. Zonghetti i stated that he had a New York op- erators license and was unaware istered WaS ImproPerly reS" Chamber of Commerce. The cost and plan of the pro- I posed short cut on Chestnut Hill Ayenue w-as discussed at a meeting OI the GlasfnnhnrTi fhomhA. I Commerce at the Legion Hall Fri- uaj nignt. me cnange is expected to raise the value of real estate in this section and is tr ha a employment -project.

uonaia uarter, chairman of the greens committee of the Williams Memorial Golf fMnh cnnVa i growth of the course and the future expansion poncy of the club and 1 course was discussed. maun u.y MIS board of directors that the office cf chairman of the hoard ho tin. manent and that a nominating com- limine uc auuiurizeci to Dnng in a slate of officers before the annual meeting were voted. President Conrad H. Roser was authorized to appoint a nnH are John W.

Purtill, chairman E'- mer in. uicKinson, R. Kellogg, Henry Fuller and Raymond Friel. A letter from Mrs lam-a rrn' Gorton, real estateagent, said there i-a guua aemana lor homes in the $6000 class, a strong for rents in the $40 and $65 class and an increasing demand for rents under $40. Dr.

Lee J. Whittles, chairman cf the real estate and ripvpinnmit committee outlined negotiations with the State Highway Department toward obtaining entrance signs to the town nnd snnk-p nn tVvo orlvieo bility of promoting a real estats ueve.upmeni project. New BDDlicants for membershio include William Marti Behnke and C. F. Bell.

I Plans for water mains to relieve the inadequate water simply on Oak and Snrine strppts and fnr i pressure in mains on Clinton Street are Deing consiaereo. ov tne Town of East Hartford which supplies water in these sections it. urns rp- norted. The committee responsible ior me investigation consisted of William C. Douglas, chairman.

Douglas 'Saely, Radi Alexander. Emtl Albera. Henry Fufier. Dr. Lee Jay I Whittles and John H.

Roser. Buckingham P. A. Mrs. Leslie Watson of West Haven." Oast nresident of the Pnnnprtinuf Parent-Teacher Association spoke on wnat Maices a successful Parent-Teacher Association" at ihe first meeting oi tne Buckingham Parent- Teacher Association at the Buckinsr- ham Rrrinnl Pridnw nitrhf T.onrla Kinne Dresident of the Glastonbury Hign scnool Parent-Teacher Association was master of ceremonies.

Esther PItkins of South Manchester gave a readins; and talks were givpn by Rev. H. W. Fast and Martin Roser chairman of the Glastonbury Board of Education. Mrs.

Juliette B. Thorne led in community sinrim. The next meetinsr will be held rt i the Buckingham School on October 10 at 8 p. m. Notes.

Streets In town were littered" with debris Friday night as a result of rainstorm whirh lasted oil daw T.H- tie damasre was done to fruit 'trci ana it wes the first tobacco "damp" of the season. For better laundering, dry clean- i Ing. dyeins. valet and reoairin; trv the New Method Laundry. Phone Retford 2-31 -Advt.

Rev. Quincy Blakeley. of Farmington. former pastor of the South Congregational Church here, will nreach at his former church Sun- day. Rev.

John Raemaker will preach in Farmington. Voters nn be made at the Office Building today. Entertainment Given At Veterans Hospital Patients and the personnel of the United States Veterans Hospital at Newington Friday night were enter- tained by singers and dancers on a program sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Lieutenant Cf ld-well Colt Robinson Post of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. James Leo of Willimantic, department commander, was master of ceremonies. The entertainers included Mis3 Marion J.

Williams, coloratura soprano; Esther Cantor Horn, also a soprano; Josephine De Bueris, pianist; the Angelo Misses, dancers, and John Mastronardi, tenor. Ballet and Russian dances were presented by the Angelo group, which included Sophie Kenig. Ro-sella Vallerio, Ruth Massev. Anna Leibo, Lucia Leibo. Evelyn Trissner.

Helen Mazzuchl and Evelvn Jaim-son. Several of the entertainers wera furnished by the Caruso Artist Bureau of Hartford. surface under construction, open to traffi. West Hartford, Simsbury road, a bituminous macadam road about one and three quarter miles in length is under construction but open to traffic. Weston, Georgetown Road, about three miles of waterbound macadam under con- structoin, open to traffic.

Weston. Good. Hill road extension, about one half mile gravel surface under construction open to traffic. Windham, two sections of town aid roads are under construction, open to local traffic. Wilton, Nod Road about one one half-miles of gravel surface under construction, onen to traffic.

Silver Snrings road. 1450 feet gravel surface under construction, open to traffic. Old Mill road. 415 feet gravel road under construction, open to traffic. Wolcott.

Spindle Hi'l and Todd roads, two miles of macadam Lconstruction, open to traffic. France Proposes $3,400,000,000 Bond Conversion Chamber of Deputies Ap proves Huge Financial Undertaking Paris, Sept. 17. (Saturday) (AP.) The French Chamber early this morning adopted the Government's bill for converting government bond issues totalling aboat $3,400,000,000 to a new issue bear 4 1-2 per cent interest. jjijpien jjamoureux, ouagei reporter, informed the Chamber that rea sonable success of the scheme, would save the state 1,320,000,000 francs (approximately and that 826,000,000 of this total would afford direct relief for the heavy deficit in the budget.

On a minor motion at the session. the Government was supported by a vote of 525 to 65. This was considered indicative of the attitude to be adopted by the Chamber when the measure is given final consider ation. The issues affected would be the 5 per cent rentes of 1915-16 and 1928, the 6 per cent issues of 1920 and 1927, the 6 per cent obligations of 1927 and the 7 per cent treasury bonds of that year. in speakins for the bill Louis Germain-Martin, Minister of Finance, said it would start a general reduction of interest rates, leading to the reduction in the cost of liv ing.

County Jail Food Protest to Be Placed In Governor's Hands Charging that prisoners in the Hartford County Jail were fed sour bread and maintaining that a petition protesting against food in the jail which was mailed to the State Board of Health was never re ceived, two delegations from the International Labor Defense convention, a Communist organization, today will call on Governor Cross and will file a formal complaint to the Board of Health, it was learned Friday. Fred Powers, who was released from jail early -in September, after serving several months for his part in a riot in New Britain on Marcn 18. 1931. was instrumental in get ting eight other prisoners at the jail to sign the petition protesting against the food. This petition.

Powers contends, was never received by the Board of Health. Prior to tils release irom jau. Powers circulated another petition. Taylor said, which fie took with him when he was discharged from the institution. This petition will be Eiven to the State Board of Health by a committee from the International Libor Defense convention, which will be held at 320 Ann Street.

Pfeiffer Travel Bureau 50 Years in Business Th Pfeiffer Travel Bureau. 45 Mulberry Street, owned by Paul F. Pfeiffer, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary on Sunday. The agency, which- was started Dy ueorge Pfpiffpr. father of the nrescnt owner, has been located on Mulberry Street since its foundation.

Offices were first opened at 26 Mulberry Street, above the well-known "Bubser's Cafeteria." but the business grew rapidly and a few years later the agency movea to si bcrry Street. On the deatn ot George Pfeiffer in 19U5, ms Paul F. Pfeiffer, took over tne business and he is resoonsible for the latest change of location which took place In February of this year. Baker Praises City's 1920 Employment Plan Praise for the measures adopted by Hartford 'to meet the unemployment situation in 1920-21 is contained in a letter from Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, Ohio, member of President Wilson's cabinet and prominent Democrat, to 'Edwin Knox Mitchell of Hartford.

The letter was in replv to a letter sent by Mr. Mitchell praising an article by Mr. Baker in the New York Times in which the Cleveland man insisted thit the local community should bear the burden in this emergency to the limit of its resources. Mr. Mitchell enclosed a coDy of the Hartford plan for Mr.

Baker's perusal. Woman's Wrist Cut, Husband Arrested Severely cut on the wrist. Mrs. Irene Bates, about 35, of 2 Donald Street, was treated at the emergency hospital late Friday night. The woman said she was slashed by her husband w-hen she sought to intervene in an argument between him and her sister in the hallway of their home.

The husband. James Bates, 35, was later arrested on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He denied the stabbing, maintaining that the sister. Miss Texas Williams, cut his wife. Dudley V.

Talcott, who together I to Mr. Nyborg, is now his mother and friend ts Ten 1 Pe revival, extended cruis. 1ms at 19 i A complimentary 'article on some an Wood a stud: Mires Again Assistant Revenue Commissioner Washington, Sept. (AP President Hoover today appointed Harr is P. Minus nf Wm, State, to be asstant to Ue com com M.res missioner of internal revenue r.eia this position once before, e.

A pelican in St. James Park, Lon- 'j, don, recently attained the age of 40. 4 i.