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ST‘NDRWALK 7
TD FiGHT FOR
RTCRSCRDDL
\‘itl Beach Associa-
nn Alccts and Pro.
Abandonment
If l’ians —— To Hold
mother Meeting
' lilo Marvin Beach
"taxation Thursday
‘ - \otcd to protest
‘ ‘l of abandoning the
iiigh School in
~ ind using the funds
5-‘ . z of the addition to
" . SchooL
" ' - t-t-rscnt were indig-
’~ ’ :.:tttcr and did not
' . . :‘ sending the chil-
‘Ccrwalzg in automo-
Centcr Junior
'1 a First District.
-":l£~‘nl0n it was voted
" tr up with the
i:..provcment Aeso-
, two organizations
.."r-mpt that may be
’r '. N a plan in eflect.
* i“ -‘ citizen comment-
”mg this morning
SIS
my.
._.,t assured that the
‘ Nor-walk will pro-
fill the part of the
"rzrnmittee or the
c: :, .. 't'ton to do away with
~31 I ; Junior High
2 -.:;:ed to erect the
.- .. iLast Norwaik and
7 A' community. intend
.:“cr to the last ditch-
., ..— in large numbers
'9 '7' . i of Education and
' ;, timincil to protest
5'.‘
“1 . . r- -r>1ected"presldent
'. tLr-ach Improvement
" », 1 Ralph Conn. secre-
' r'-'r. It -was voted to
' a water sports dur-
August. It was
~ .m: two men to keep
*' 5 ‘1. the sidewalk! and
'- '11»: community in
; Lag summer
C5
the
l'lllmnig-
S C ARNIVAD
”g.
. 1' 'Iie Imrwalk carnival
~ 2 of the committee! of
f Department 10011“!
1 . ”Wm" last night with
carnival to be or
.c carnival will hm
“urle with floats. cw.
: {or a week.
.n 1..
- ...‘v
"ice Boyer. his teem-mate. won the
.‘ouard Herriot ~
Forming '
; French Ministry
Gaston Domenic. . .
Newly Elected President of Franco
President of the. French Senate,
Moderate Radical and First Pro~
tcstant President of the Republic.
NORMAL SCHOOL
To GRADUATE 140
NEXT THURSDAY
Largest Class in His-
I tory of Danbury -—
Merritt to Speak --
Mary Skidd Divisuon
Leader
DASBURY, Juno. 14.-—-Coogress-
man Schuyler Merritt. of Stamford.
will be the principal speaker at the
annual exercises of the Danbury
Normal school which will bo held
at the Empress theatre next Thur!-
day morning at 11 o'clock. This
and is the largest in the history
1:011“: school and will probably be
the largest for many years.
The closing of the Bridgeport
Normal school last year mado it no-
cessary for as studcnts who were al.-
tending that school to outer the
Dnnbury Normal school and this
number nearly doublcd the aizo of
the school. The rc-opcning of the
Bridgeport Normal school next fall
will allow all of the Bridgcport stu-
dents to stitch school at. homo and
will ihcrcforc rcducc the size of
next year's class to about half of the
present one.
It was originally intended to hold
the exercises in the school assembly
hall as in past yours but tlic hall is
entirely inadequate fdr such n large
class. An effort was thcn made to
engage one of the theatrcs for cithcr
the afternoon or evening but prcv-
ious engagements made this impos-
sible and it was finally ncccssary to
arrange to hold the exercises in the
forcnoon. '
Tho diplomas will be presented
the graduates by a mcmbcr of the
state board of education. yet to be
announced.
The commencement week pro-
gram opened this 'evening with a
reception and dance at the Hotel
Green which was attended by prac-
tically all members of the class and
many of their friends,
The annual field day will be held
Monday at. the school and on Tues-
day the members of the graduat-
ing class will hold their banquet at
the Hotel Green and will return to
the school for their class day festi-
vities after the banquet. The class
picnic will be held at Putnam Park
on Wednesday and the graduation
exercises on Thursday morning will
mark the close of commencement
week. .
The officers of the graduating
class are: President. Miss Joseph
Geary. Danbury: vice-president. Miss
Rose Heanuc. Bridgeport: secretary-
treasurer, Miss Ureals. Keane.‘ Dan-
bury. Division leaders: Division A—
Miss Veronica. Blake. Danbury; B—
Miss Ruth Hanna, Bethel: C—Mies
ALTOON’A. Penn“ June 14.—-Six-
teen speed pilots, including exports
of the racing game. will face the
starter this afternoon for a 250-mile
contest on the Altoona speedway
with a purse of $25,000 and points
in the 'natlonal championship as the
prize. The drivers have been tun-
ing up on the mile and a quarter
track since - the Indianapolis race
and were prepared for the signal
which would dend’ them speeding
around the bowl for fame and for-
tune. ‘ '
L. L. Cor-um. when car. driven by
Indianapolis me. and Bi?! C9099“
who. on» is “cm I“ 9” W
year'. class numbers approximately
CHICAGO. June 14.—iBeavJohu
eonypreeidegtflof the Ancient:
m WWWW
Banlohnso‘ nAweitsh :51
DAY, JUNE
Investigation Begins to
Determine Cause of
Accident 3 t .Corn-
wall Bridge
TRACK OPEN
Superintendent
0f Danbury Division
And Utilities Com-
mission Are Co-op-
crating
(By The Associated Press.)
DANBURY. Conn. June 14.—At
the division headquarters of the
New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad in this city an investiga-
tion was commenced this forenoon
to determine the cause of the train
wreck at Cornwall Bridge. on the
Danbury-Pittsfield line of the New
Haven system yesterday in which
two men were killed and two injur-
ed. Superintendent J. \‘V. Cuineon,
of the Danbury division, and repre-
scntatives of the Public l'tllit'ies
Commission' of the state and the
Interstate Commerce Commission c
are taking part in the inquiry.
The blockade resulting from the
wreck was lifted last night and
trains are moving normally on the
Pittsficld llnc today.
Henry R. Johnson. a trainmen in-
Jurcd in the accident, was able to
leave the Danhury hospital today
and go to his homo. James 13. Ben-
nett. engineer, who was severely
scaldod. is stntcd to be doing well
and his recovery is expcctcd.
CHICAGO READY
FOR RECEPTION,
TO GEN. DAWES
Congratulatory Mes-
sages Piled High on
Desk at Central
Trust Co.
(By Asa-tetra Press)
CHICAGO. Juno 14.—-—\Velcoming
receptions for Brigadier-General
Charles 6. Dawes. Republican vice
presidential nominee. who returns to
Chicago today. are planned by his
friends here and in Bvanston, his
home.
Congratulatory mnssages from all
parts of the country and across the
seas are pllcrl high on his desk at
tho Central Trust Company. which
ho. helped to organizc yours age and
since has nssistcd in dirt-Ming.
“'hilc they prcpurcd to grout the
man mndc famous as a bunkcr, po-
litical organizer and rconomlc cx-
port. his fricnds told of n new vor-
siml to his makoup, given little con-
sideration.
.
\Vnmcn .
Thcy told of Gcnvrul Dawes. then
Purchasing Accnt of tho American
Army in li‘rancc. standing in front
Of his office lhn Sunday after the
urmistlcn was sizncd watching to
triumphnl pnrnvlc of tho Alsatian: in
I’m-ls. .
'l‘hcrn were more \vomcn than
men among the marchr-rs and nearly
every woman was gnrlwd in mourn-
ing. "A woman in b1m:k"—~lho gon-
crul remarked. "Tho women in
block." 110 rnpontcd n little latcr.
"doesn't it cut ('lcnl‘ into you?"
As tho'pnrado concluded. ho re-
marked to a. frir‘nds: “I‘ll never
forgot those wmncn in black.‘
Friends of tho nominee say he is
retlccni to talk of his philantrm
phies. possibly thc most prominent
of which are the three hotels estab-
lished and opcrutod by him for des-
titute men and women.
The first. of those was founded
as a memorial to his only son Ru-
fus Dawes a Junior at Princeton,
who was (ll'owncrl in Lake Geneva
September 5. 1912.
Class Day at Trinity.
HARTFORD. Comm. June 14.—
This is class day at Trinity College.
Scores of the alumni came to the city
to join 'ncath the clms with the class
of 1924, undergraduates. faculty
members, and trustees in the festivi-
ties of the commencement season.
Dorothy Fitzgerald. Naugatuck: D—
Mies Mary Skidd. Norwalk: E—
Miss Mary Colonnese, Bridgeport;
F—Miss Lillian Reilly. Bridgeport.
16 FACE STARTER AT ALTOONA
lNZSiliMILE SPEED CLASSIC
rial day classic. are leading con-
testants for. the championehip
crown now worn by Eddie Home.
Boyer. Jimmy Murphy. Tommy Mil-
ton, Frank Elliott. Ira. Vail and
Harry Hartz are also entered.
Records of 105 to 120 miles an
hour were made in the trials.
Crowds pouring into Altoona last
night and early today and with fair
weather forecast it was expected the
crowd at the speedway would total
70.000 perdine. Microphone and em-
puder attachments wiil be tried here
today for the first time in entomo-
bile racing. it is said, to 15an an
detaile'of the r’e'ce to the thousands
in the Stands and field.
Leaguefis awaiting e. rcpoft
from Billy Evens before coni-
menting on the riot at 'the N
York-Detroit game. "I do 1:;
care to make a etatement at th e
time" Mr. Johnson said. "I have ‘
not received e. report from Um~
pirc Evens. but probably will get '
his version in the mail today.
“I am indeed sorry that such
an affair should have occurred."
No such disorder as that which
prevented completiu of the
Yankees-Tiger game is recorded
in modern baseball history.
Batting and fielding averages
of yesterday's game will stand.
but the 9 to 0 score of the for-
feit to New York will also to in«
to the records.
SILVERMINE
ART EXHIBIT
OPENS TODAY
T e a for Membem
P u b l i c to H a v e
Month to View Work
0 f Colony, Begin-
ning Tomon
The Silvermine Guild of Artists‘
exhibition of oil paintings and sculp-
ture will open this afternoon with a
tea. for associate and sustaining
members.
The’cxblbitlon. “'hich “'ill be upon
to the public from Sunday to July
15. continuously. consists of Twenty-
ninc oils by artist members, a. minia-
ture by Cornolla Hildebrandt. and
two pieces of sculpture by Alice
Morgan \Vright.
Film“ of tho Guild who attended
last year's exhibition will remember
how to reach the Guild Hall where
the exhibition is to be hold. and
visitors new this year will have no
difficulty in finding it. Situated
at the top of the bill which rises
with the mod to the left of Guthrie's
store in Silver-mine. the hall is a
barn done over in artist fashion.
The Guild exhibit this year will
contain landscapes. portraits. deco-
rattvo panels and studio. of still life.
Nine new artist members have
joined the Guild this year. The to-
tal artist membership is now be—
tween fifty and sixty. and there are
one hundred associate members. The
Guild exhibition tut fail received
favorable comment in N Turk and
New England no pen and
twelve of the artist member: exhi.
biled this wintrr in New York.
Carl Schmitl. Cherie. Rclffel and
D. Putnam Brinlcy arc. to exhibit
again this your and Alice Morgan
Wright’s "Medea." which won the
National Arts i‘iub Prize. will be
our of the pieces of sculpture on ex-
liibitlon. Uthcr exhibitors are:
Ernest Albert. A. N. A., Maxwell
Albert. Goorge Avison. Dorothy
Randolph Byard. Clara Davidson.
Lydia Floret. Augustus Gerdce.
Florcncc \\'. Gottold. Ada Guthrie.
ncrnard Gutmnn. Hamilton Hamil-
ton, N. A.. liclcn Hamilton. Corne-
lin. litidcbmndt. H. L. Hildebrandt.
Raymond Holland. Frank T, Hutch-
ons. Adclo Kleor. Edith chfingwoll.
Maudc Mason. George Pick'ncll.
Gcorgc Mathcr Richards. Gertrudc
Lundhorg Richards. David Robin-
son, G. J. Btongcl. Harry Townsend.
H. G. Thomson and F. C. Yohn.
Many Norwalk members of the
Guild will attend the private, showr—
ing this aftrrnoon. Among them
will be Mr, and Mrs. Harry Town-
scnd. Mrs. Clara Davidson Simpson.
Mrs. P. \V. Brooks. Mrs. Annie M.
(‘olburm Mrs. Mary J. Doyle, Miss
Mary. 1!. Earle. Miss Frances A.
Hut-d. Mrs. Ada F. Sammi
liam J: Lybrand. s “d W”-
SENSAD‘DRAI’
CHARGE MADE
IN flu. CASE
LIBERTY. Mo.. June it—‘l‘hc
half million dollar estate of. Mrs.
Julia Woods Davies of Kansas Citl’
who died in December. 1922. was
at stake in circuit court here today
with attorneys for George Weslain
Davies. husband of the opera. singer
of St. Louis, contesting a will under
which Mrs. Davies cut off her hus-
band and left the bulk of her wealth
to Captain Harry Zeitun of London.
Zeitun. who is said to be an inter
preter in the Row street police
court in London, was Mrs. Davies
confidential secretary.
-Seneational charges were made
yesterday by James S. Ztmerall, lo«
cal attorney. in laying thé ground
work of the opera singer's hub.
band's case.
Zimrall charged in his opening
statement that Zeitunr "intruded into
the Davies household while .Devies
and his wife were living- in Rome.
lured Mrs. Davies to London where
he secreted her and by encouraging
her in the use of drugs and liquor
coerced her into drawing a. :win in
his favor."
, worst. _
Mm;Hamilton. of 4 Union rear.
complained to the uptown Wm
night about a map of noisy young
men near her home. Petr-omen
Dorsey and AMW but
MISC!”
the memwenrme' wmflt‘fieyrar-
,i' '
1
Pep of‘Modcrn
Youth—Looking
Forward to 100th
Way
REE 56 YEARS
Talks ”About Norwalk
And. Its Attractive-
nes‘sn—The Old Days
And the New
There is no need of,worrying over
the moat": girl with her bobbed hair
which Ibe tossed defiantly in the
face of her denounccrs according to
Christian Swartz. who tomorrow
celebrates his seventy-eighth birth-
day.
“’hon asked what he thought of
the young people of today in gotten,I
“\\'bst is a flapper?" .
"i tell you they are much more
active than when I was young. They
are a progressive lot. Regular go—
geiterl. They're all right. No need
to worry about them. They are
wonderful."
“And what. about the flapper?" ,
Mr. Swertz reported to the Yan-
kee trick and answered the ques-
tion by asking one:
"“111! si 0. flapper?"
A group of youngsters with bright
scerfs knotted about their throats
and cropped bair. passed by. Their
gay feces and merry voice.- made
one forgot the drcartncss of The day.
Mr. Swot-ix watched them and thou
said with a merry twinkle in his,
eye:
"if you call the little girl who
is alert and wide awake. full of fun
and lnughicr a. 'flapper.‘ then 1 am
for her. i likv- to are young people
happy any guy. it is the legitimate
heritage of youth. And if you call
a girl a "ftnpper' because she is on-
joying rightful heritage then quotc
me es saying that. l approve of her.
in fact a i prefer such a girl to The
solemn one who doesn’t know how to
laugh."
Mr. Swnrtz also approves of bob-
bed hair. that is—“I think bobbc-i
hair is fine." be said. "providing it
in becoming. but if it isn't-—" hr
shrugged his shoulders and left the
(Continued an Page Two.)
MAM
“MAE- HAVETLED
lN SPEED RDAT
Estimates of Sum Stol-
en in Daring Hold-up
Vary From $100,000
To $3,000,000
(By Assodetcd Press)
CHlCAGO. June ii.-'-—A lhcory
that the four automobile loads of
bandits who Thursday night. hold up
a. Chicago, Milwaukr‘c and St. Paul
railroad mail train at, Rondoui. llii-
note. near here. and took morn than
forty pouches of registered mail. as-
caped in a launch. divided their loot
miles out in Lake Mkhignn and
singly debsrkcd along the shore. is
under investigation today.
Eelimatcs of tho amount obtalnmi
by the bandits vary from $100,000
to 33.000.000.
A. E. Germcr. chief postal inspcc-
for. bclievcs they did not obtain
more than the lower figure, but liar.
ry Benson, chief of the railroads
police force. estimates it at close to
83,000,000. A shipment of 3150.000
in Liberty bonds destined to the
Federal reserve bank at Minneapolis
is missing and other bonds taken
may be v lued at 81.000.000 or more.
Federal eserve Bank officials hero
said they had consigned $75,000 to
much eastern mail on. the train
probably contained currelfiy or valu~
ables. ‘ .
Evidence gathered by Lake Cm-
ty official. has disclosed that a cabin
launch mysteriously appeared off
Highland Park. a suburb half way
between Chicago and the‘econe of
the robbery early Thursday night
and landed about twenty men. some
of whom answered the descriptions
of the bandits. A short time later
two of the four automobiles used in
the robbery were stolen. At dawn
yesterday the launch had disappear-
14, 1924.1
Condolence Message
national banks in the northwest and ,
UN EXPLODE
From The
(By Associated Press) .
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, June 14..—
John Beta. brother of Stephen Bcto
who lost his life. in the explosion
aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi
Thursday today rcccivcd a message
of sympathy from Prcsidcnt Cool-
Othcr masugcs received today by
.Mr. Mo \u‘i‘c from Secretary of
the Navy “1er and Captain \V. I).
Brothcrton, I]. S. N.
SAN PEDRO. Calm. June 14.—
Furthcr details of the grim turret
blast which killed 48 mon aboard
the drcadnnught Mississippi last
Thursday and injured a dozen others
five. seriously... awaited telling as
mcmbcrs of the Naval Board of in-
quiry investigating the disaslcr.
gatbcrcd for their second session on
the battleship today. A vivid of the
picture of the fate which overtook
tho mcn who tun-ct Numbor 2 while
ll'lt‘ guns of thcir ship roared at a
tat-got on the Clemente drill grounds
south of bore. was contained in tcsti-
monv offcrrd during ycsicrday's
scssion.
Tho lostimony of Captain Brother-
ton. commander of the ship empha-
sizc‘d tho sicnith with which flame
crop! into the turrct and cost a half
a hundrcd llvcs.
"1 Memo no one." he said in con-
cluslon. "all my mcn did thcir duty.
every one. 1 have only thc highest
praise to offer." ’
There was praise. too. for the wast
the men stuck to their posts afterlV
tho norvc-shuttcring news of the
disostcr.
Down in the engine and firc‘
rooms. the “black gang" stayed with
ihcir jobs. realizing fully a further
explosion would mean death to them
all.
Deadly fumes were sucked don-n
l‘fi'to mm “albumen: ‘55- Altai
forced draught ventilating system
and several men temporaxlly wero
ovcroolue. -
Later those men wore relieved by
another crew cvery man of which
knew what had happencd in Num—
bcr two turrct and that fire might
a! any moment roach and explode
tho lol'vmrd magazines a few tcct
away from “llcre thcy must work.
"It was navy stuff. that's all,"
said Lieutenant Carl E. “'eincko.
engineer of Mississippi. "The spirit
of the ship is big.“
Tomorrow ,wili ho a day of mour-
ning in several southexn California
cities and next Tuesday. the day thn
navy set aside for the funcnti serV-
ices of the victims. will be marked
by exercises in which civilians will
join men and officers of The fleet
in paying homage to the men who
died.
PASTOR AND
WIFE MARRIED
25 YEARS TODAY
Rev. and Mrs. Lamar
Of Knight Street M.
E. Church Enjoying
Anniversary
Today marks the iwcniy~fifth wed-
dln anniversary of Rev. and Mrs.
W. Elem-y Lamar of the Knight street
A. M. E. church. They werb mar-
ried by Rev. Beecher Carter. who
who was then pastor of the local
church. ‘
Rev. Lamar is a native of Nor-
walk. His wife is of Virginia. They
left here after their, marriage and
were returned by the New England
A. M. B. Conference four years ago
to take charge of the, local .church.
Rev. Lamar leaves on the 24th to at-
(Continued on Page Two.)'
ténd the annual conference at Bos—
ton. Mass. '
Announcement was made today of
the .Opening of Harris Park. Main
street. next to the Hat-ls Glass face
tory. to the public. Comfortable
benches heve‘been placed through-
out the park by Mr. Harris. 7
The park is a. pretty place. If. his
been re-sodded by Mr. Harris and
much shrubbery has been planted
around it. Maple may: trees. too“.
my much toward making the spot
attractive particularly during the
wafer summ‘er monthe. .The only
“satiation made by Mr. Harris ref
CRAS RARRISDRENSRTSRARK _
. -\ TOCJ‘liLDREN 0F NORWAL-K
not use it as a ball park. .
Some time ago. Mr. Harris do~
outed the use of the plot of ground
in the rear of the park to the city .
for a playground. together with ”50
toward equipping it. This matter is
still in the bonds of the Playground
committee which Has endeavored un-
successfullyve‘o. far. to get cityom-
claim: to appoint an edicts! Park
Board. This past week, the city
council referred the ' Playground
committub tome ’_ Old Playground
Park of‘whlch Miss Mysore}; Bren- ,
President
Exact Cause of Explosion, on Board U S. S.
Mississippi May Never Be Known-+Search-
ing Investigation Ordered by Naval
. tary—Court of Inquiry
Secre-
TREATRE CDTLD
0F WESTRDRT
To RATE HOME
Movement F o u n d e d
Six Months Ago to
Build on Property in
Main St.
“‘ESTI’ORT. JJuno.14.~—-Thc Lit-
tle Theatre players. an organization
founded hero, loss than six months
ago. will soon boast of its own home
whore plays written and staged by
amateurs will be produced. Miss
Mary Asquith. founder of the
movcmcm hcrc. announced today
that Hunt and Downs. contractors.
had offercd to build a theatre to
houso the league on firopcriy recent-
ly acquired on Main Street.
'l‘hc building will lxc of a quaint
old-fashioned architecture. and will
be orccted close to tho castcrn bank
of the Saugntuck rivcr. A stage
23:65:18 feet will be provided to-
grthcr with comfortable dressing
rooms and lounging and smoking
rooms. Morris Downs stated today
that work on tho theatre will he
startcd immediately and that it is
pinned to have the building ready
for occupancy by Septembor 1.
Miss Asquith inspired the forma-
lion of the Little Theatre players
last February. since which time they
have presented several plays with
great succcss. In tho Town hall in
“Weston tomorrow night the players
pill present ‘Buppremd- Desires."
for the benefit of the loan 's‘lgn
fund.
Considerable interest in the three
plays to br- staged hcrc June 26 and
‘27 has born evidenced because of
the fact that they werc writtcn and
submitted anonymously by local
amateurs and chosen unanimously
as lwlng tho br-st thrcc, out of many
plays soot in. The namcs of The au~
thorn of thc threc plays will be an-
nounccd following the perform-
anccs.
Thc cxccutlvc board of tho movo-
ment consists of “‘illlam, l‘. THE 2.
Jn.. Konneth Scoflcld. Dr. S. 3‘.
Shcrwood. Frank Henry Rico, 111‘s.
Frazicr Pctcrs and Miss Mary As-
quith. in addition there are numer—
ous committccs on social activity.
music. stagc lighting effects and
publicity which arc of much assis-
tancc to Miss Asquith in her work of
directing the playcrs.
Miss Asquith was virtually born
and brought up in The theatre
world. her parents having been on
the stage. “'hcn 15 years old, shc
changed from the study of acting
to that of directing. and for many
,vcars directed both stock and road
companics.
GARDEN CLUB
lS FORMED HERE
A meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. Philip Knapp. 6 \Vest avc-
hue. recently. at which an organi-
zation to be known as the Nor-walk
Garden Club was formed.
The members are Mrs. George
Lockwood. Mrs. Philip Knapp. Mrs.
Seymour Curtis. Mrs. Edward Sims.
Mrs. George S. Chambllss. Mrs.
James Hull. Mrs. H. \V. Gregory.
Mrs. C. D. Rogers. Miss Hilliard.
Mrs. L. A. Lohmaier. 3113. Sally S.
Bette and Mrs. J.R.V. Agnew.
orENING
Formal Opening of the
SOUTH NORWALK
LUNCH
WED. JUNE-18, 1924
The lunch room will be under
the old management of Rich-
ols and sonogram who for
three years have conducted
“this restaurant “mentally.
The m high grade food and
service which made this res-
taunt funds: will be can.
u;
PiliCE THREE com
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All Believed S a f 6-1:
William Bailas Sends ' _
Message— N 0 Direct
Word From Alex No- -
votnick "D“! -,
FAMILY ANXIOUSf
Peter Meszaros Third
Lad—Novotnick Boy
Was Gunner— Navy
Department Sends
Wire . “ "” "“
Three Norwalk boys were on tie
Battleship Mississippi when the ac-
cident, that caused the death of
48. occurred Thursday. So far In
could be learned by The Evening
Sentinel today all are believed to
have escaped death or injury but. in
one home there is still some anxiety
because no dirt-ct word has been re-
ccivod from the son .and brother.
This lad is Alex A'ovotnick. son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Novotnick, o!
12 Sound View avenue. However.
the navy department at “'ashington
has informed the family by wire that
Alcx is not listod among the dead
or injured so far chockcd up.
The other two boys are “’illlam
Baiias of 62 “‘oodward avenue and
Peter Mcszaros. whose only relative
here is an aunt. The Ballases have
roceivcd a wirc from “'illiam in-
forming tbem that ho is safe. that
they need not worry and that he
will write thcm all about the ex-
plosion on the battleship.
At the home of Aicx Novotnic‘
last cvcning Mrs. Novotnick and her
daughters. Bertha. and Mary, were
waiting for replies to two telegrams
that had been son! to “'ashing‘ton
.vcsterday asking about Alex. A re-
plv was received this morning. It
stated:
"Not reported missing. So far not
checked up among the injured."
The anxiety of The family was
caused particularly by the fact that
in his l‘cccnt icttcrs to Perth: and
Mary. Alcx kept stating about his
work on a fourteen inch gun. They
roaiizcd. they said. that his fourteen
inch gun might not be the one that
exploded, but then again it might.
Only yesterday 'morning Bertha had.
received a. litter in which the lad toll!
thou! the finc time he was buying”.
that his boat crew had wan the Dec.” ‘ «r
oration Day race. and that the Mine.
lsslppi gunners had won the prize for
marksmcnship.
Alex was born in Norwalk and
went to Concord. Lincoln and Frank-
lin schools. but was not graduated.
He ion at the ago of 14. He joined
Tho. navy at the local recruiting omco
in Dcccmbcr. 1922. and after being
in vapnrt for a time shipped on
the 1'. S. S. llcndcrson for Califor-
nia. Hc bccame a gunner on the
Mississippi last June. He is now
eighteen years of ago. He was home
on leave last March. when the fleet
was in New York.
The Novotnirk's hope to got word
from Alex today. - ‘
MAN’S SKULL ‘
WAS FRACTURED
An x-ray of the injuries sustained
by Jolm lilontcro. of S Maple street.
Second District. at the now Norwalk
Congregational church. disclosed
today that he has :1 fracture of the
skull. Montero is still unconscio'ud
and is in a critical condition.
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ORDER OF TEMPLE.
The order of temple was con.
fcrrcd last night at a special con-
clove of Clinton Commander. No. 3.
K. T.. held at tho. Berkeley street
tcmplc.
QI‘ARTERLY CONFERENCE
The Quarterly Conference of M. E.
churches was held last night at the
Norwaik M. E. Church. Rev. Wit-i
liam H. Kidd. D. 1).. superintendent.
of the New York District. was in
charge.
TALL OAKS from
little acorns grow. And
big savings from the
little ads in the Glas-
slfied Section. They’re
convenient to use. "I
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