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TABLISHED 1870
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SOUTH NORWALKTCONN.
‘ SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1925.
FOURTEEN PAGES
PRICE THREE CEN'rs .
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City’s Payroll A
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nts to ‘13
fl ocal Bank Figures
'r Show City’s Growth
. , $250,000 Paid Each Week to Workers and Office
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Out-of-town
1: Norwalk’s weekly payroll is now
gbout 8250.000. according to esti-
’ ates made today by local bankers.
. Various banks in the city gave out
he amounts of the payrolls they
upply each week this morning and.
hen the figures were totaled. it
_.aused considerable surprise, and
olnted clearly to Norwalk's rapid
. dustrisl expansion.
Large sums'are drawn from the
’anks each week by local concerns
or payroll purposes. while many
ore thousands are paid out in sal-
ries. brought in from banks outside
hr city.
, in commenting on the large
mount paid out in salaries each
'eek in this city» local banker said.
his morning:
“The fact that the payroll in the
ntirel city amounts to the large sum
f approximately $250,000 each
eek shows that Norwalk is in a
ighly prosperous industrial condi-
ion. .
"This sum. in the course of a year.
cunts up to $18,000,000. which is a
cry large amount. considering the
ire of our city.
"If this amount. divided evenly
unong the more than 30.000 inhabi-
;ants of our city, it would mean that
ivory man. woman and child in the
:ity would receive more than 3400.
“There are very few cities the size
of Norwalk that can boast of such a
use payroll. .
“The largest portion of the $250.-
000 a week. or 313.000.0001: year, is
put right back into circulation hero
in our city. Only a. very small per-
centage oi! it goes outside of Nor-
walk.
“The payrolls of the various con-
cerns seem to show a. gradual in-
‘ crease each year, and new payrolls
‘ are being added to the accounts of
the banks from time to time."
One South Norwalk bank reports
‘ it must keep between $70,000 and
$80,000 available for payrolls each
week; another, between $20,000 and
”25.000; and a. third. $60,000.
" A Norwalk bank figures it must
supply payroll requirements of be-
tween $5.0000 and $54,000 each
.Iweeli. and a second places $25,000 as
. .the amount. - -
. i To the above must be added a, sum
iiranglng from $10,000 to 315,000.
ent here from out-of-town each
eek to meet payrolls. . . .
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DOCK iNlO PLACE
An effort will be made in the near
.future to pull the public dock back
into place. '
' At a meeting of the Bridge Oom-
imlssioner. held in the City Hall,
plans were made for this work last
evening. .
It was voted to instruct former
City Engineer Dominick Eula to
purchaso new cables an anchor the
dock. until such time as the work
can be started.
I As soon as the mud. pumped this
land in back of the dock has dried,
a trench will be dug in the rear of
the dock and efforts made to pull it
back into place with the heavy
cables.
Mr. Eula will have charge of this
work. gal...-
CRULLERS YOU'LL LIKE.
Mulligan’s Home-made Crullers
hrs the kind you'll like—because
they are made from the best of use
terials and cooked in Crisco. They
are tasty. wholesome and always fun.
the same. stores all over this vicin-
ity have them for salt—Adv.
RAVE YOL'R P110108.
developed and printed at The
Clifford Pharmacy. South Main
A twenty-four hour service
1 Help—Most of This Large Sum Remains in
x: Norwalk—Some Payroils Sent Here From
GASOLINE IS
BEGINNING TO
TAKE A DROP
Cut Announced in New
York By Standard
And Gulf— Atlantic
To Follow‘Suit
LOWER HERE
Gulf Stations in Nor-
walk Go to 26 Cents
—Standard and Tex-
aco to Follow
The widespread fight for a reduc-
flon in the price of gasoline seems
to be having an effect.
A cut of one cent a gallon was an-
nounced in New York today while
in Norwalk the Gulf dropped two
cents a gallon to 26 cents retail, the
wholesale price being 20 cents to
which-a 2 cent state iaxds added
giving the dealer a. four cent gross
profit.
While the Standard Oil and the
Texaco had not out this morning
was said that a drop was expected
by Monday.
Both Hartford
and Bridgeport
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GUN SHOT KILLS
.POIICEMAN; WAS
TO WED SOON
NEW YORK. Aug. 8.—(AP) De-
tective Richard F. Henneberry died
today of bullet wounds received
Thursday night in a gun fight be-
tween policemen and four gun men.
during which Mrs. Mary Connolly.
mother of four children. was killed
when she was used as a human
shield by one of the gun men.
The tragedy of the two deaths in
the fight was heightened by the
fact that Mrs. Connelly's youngest
child was only eight months old.
while Detective Henneberry was en-
gaged to be married the latter part
of this month.
Two of the gun men were cap-
tured. They had to be saved by the
police from a crowd of 1.600 per-
sons who threatened to lynch them.
Two of the gun men escaped.
GRANTED PARIS DIVORCE.
PARIS. Aug. 8 (AP).-—The Paris
courts have granted a divorce to
Louise Les. Benoit. against Antonino
R‘aidl. a New York restsuranteur.
The divorce was given on the grounds
of abandonment.
ed a lot of foolish questions while on
duty directing traffic on Main and
Wall streets, but a query yesterday.
he says. takes the prise for down-
right stupidity.
He has been asked the way to
Connecticut. and numerous times
onus-ammo ._‘ L
pone» vii-n...
street.
is gn~-~ "fled here—and then too
the l 0 materials and an ex- '
ceilenl .. of paper is‘ used.
thus 'glvii. the best of results. Renal
way to Norwalk. but never be-
hns any motorist asked such a
question as the one yesterday. -
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VII
LOCKS DOOR
TO SAVE HER
SIX CHILDREN
‘Part of Furniture Is
Moved From Day St.
House —- W o in a 11
Bars Sheriif
WINS VICTORY
Police L e a v e After
Moving Men Quit-—
House Owned B y
Water St. Man
One woman dolled the Nonvalk
police MI)”.
With part of her furniture moved
to the ‘sidewaik in dispossess pro-
ceeding. Mp. Max [Wolfnun of IO
Davymstrce't locked filer door and
while crowds of slghtscers flocked
the street. she held the police oil.
Sh cwon.. Finally the moving was
“WNW-n
..Oonstnbic John Mills began the
action this morning. when. armed
with an eviction order signed .by
Judge Nehemiah Candeo. he, with
one other man, moved some of the
furniture to the street.
0m. Wolfruan at this point lock-
ed her door. so that Mills and the
man oouid not get in.
Mills went back to downtown po-
lice headquarters and returned with
Officer Webb. They engaged three
Ilien to help.
The next move of the battle was
assertion. The three men refused
to help. saying they thought it was
a regular oving job. This left
Mrs. \Volfmsn safely barricaded be-
hind her door. Hundreds of people
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0000. WOMEN
TO VISIT TOMB
I 0F ROOSEVELT
One of the‘interesting features of
the excursion to be held Aug. 17. by
the Norwalk Republican Women's
Association will be a. pilgrimage to
the grave’ of Theodore Roosevelt.
After 9. pleasant boat trip to Oyster
Bay over the Sound. those. of the
party desirous of visiting the tomb
will proceed by bus to this interest-
ing spot where a wreath will be laid
on the grave by a committee of
young ladies from the Second Ward.
The following ladies have already
consented to take part in this core:
money. Misses Lois Hoyt. Mary
Hoyt. Gatherine Kiefer. Rhoda Jar-
vis. Ruth Utsinger. and Eleanor
Kline. Al brief prayer will be offer-
ed at the tomb by Mrs. J. Milton
Coburn who. is a. member of the
Board of Directors of the Associa-
tion and also Chaplain of the Nor-
wslk Branch of the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
is ‘The excursion promises to be a
great success judging by the number
of reservations already made. Mrs.
Alvin D. Wadsworth and Mrs.
George McKibbin are co-chairmen
of the general committee in charge
of the aflair.
Is This New York? Asks Driver
And Cop Pointed to the River
Officer Jarvis Murray has snswer- years' of service. approached the of-
deer, and a timid voice from the
westerly pointed car asked the astou-
ished cop:
"Is this New York 9"
The oflicsr gave one scornfui
look: pointed out to the Norwalk
River. and is reported to have said:
"Go straight ahead. right through
the bridge." ‘
The motorist did
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ATRAILBRIDGE
lN ROWAYl‘0N
Another Mishap at the
White Bridge—
Bridgeport Man
Blinded By Auto
OVER RIVER
Wheels Smashed, Car
—Work All Night to
Remove It
The dangerous White Bridge at
Rowayton. scene of many auto
crashes. saw five Bridgeport men
narrowly escape with their lives
last mthb..w.._..._.. " '
Their automobile went off the
road onto the trestle, with the front
wheel hanging over the brink.
An unusual feature of the accl-
dent was the difficulty inextricat-
ing the machine from its precarious
position,
The wrecker from Vasst Brothers’
garage toiled together with the crew
on the Connecticut Cola line car all
through the night. The accident oc-
curred at 10:30. but it was not until
5 o'clock this morning that the
track was finally cleared by hoist-
ing the damaged car off the tracks.
Herman Schwartzbergcr of Near-
field avenue. Bridgeport. the driver.
stated that as he neared the bridge
going to Stamford. lights from s
car approaching him dazzled his
eyes. and he followed the trolley
tracks. which at that point leave
the road and go over a separate
trestle bridge.
The front wheels were smashed.
and the ‘car came to s. halt as it
reached the edge. hanging over the
Five Mile River. ‘
Traffic was held up for over an
hour until straightened out by
Sheriff Oliver 1. Clark of Rowayton.
Other occupants of the car were
Albert DeRose. of Newfield avenue.
the .wner of the car: Louis .DeRosa
of DeKalb avenue. William Pheian
of 106 Jefferson street. and one un-
identified man. all of Bridgeport.
PEOPLE’S TRUST
BOYS "8 BANK
BLDG 18 REPORT
The building at 70 .Wsshlnzlon,
street. occupied on the first floor by
the People's Trust Cd. is to be pur.
chased by that organisation. it w
said today.
The boning institution has all the
armaments with the present own-
er. Abraham hen. completed. and
the deal awaits but the final lil-
nsture, it is reported.
Hangs Over Trestle .
wmsnio HAS FISH THAT solo
Claim Is Made Also That Ophidiums Also
' Steal Ukuleles
,WINSTED, Comm. Aug. 8.-—-0ther
towns can have their laughing jack-
asses. their talking crows or their
weeping willows: such boasts won't
get a rise out of this place.
For Winsted has fish that sing!
Almost any evening you can sit
on the banks of a. lake near here
and hear the under-water concert.
Mostly the fish ~conflne them-
selves to one note. They begin
pisnissimo. gradually swell to a dou-
ble-forte crescendo and then. when
their wind. begins to fail. let it die
away again. .
But some. files they vary it by
sliding up the scale a few tones.
Darwin and other naturalists have
examined this phenomenon. The
technical name of the singing fish
is Ophidium. and the music is made
by small movable bones in connec-
tion with the swim-bladder.
But lay obsetvers have been free
in their comments also.
Prof. Dr. Effingham. of the chair
of music in Gus Harper's barber
shop here. says he has often de-
SAREBURNED
TO DEATH 'lN
CENTRAL VALLEY, N. Y.. Aug.
3 (AP).-‘—Five members of a family
of seven persons were burned to
death early today in a. fire which de-
stroyed their home on a farm one
mile from here. -
If you have. not
‘- \Be sure to read this story-
Four Chapters in Today
Because of~ many telephone requests for back
copies of The Evening Sentinel containing
the first installments
The Flapper Wife
We are reprinting today the first'thrcc install-
ments of. this interesting Norwslk story
story—begin,ng it today! .
already startedthis
THEIR HOME
teeted the fish singing in regular
quartets.
Andrew Jackson Brown. husband
of the town's leading laundress.
even goes so far as to insist that.
when the harmony was a bit sour.
he has heard one fish say to an-
other. “No. you idiot—go up half a
note on that one." .l-lis statement
is not -gcnerally believed. however.
Campers along the river have
complained that they dare not leave
a. ukulele or mandolin in a canoe at
the water's edge., If they do it will
surely disappear during the night.
And fishermen say the surest way
to get a. good c ch is to take a
mouth organ alot .; and play some
tune the fish haven't heard yet. This
they say. makes them easy and will-
ing victims.
It was only recently that the
strange music heard on the lake
was known to come from fish. Prior
to that time residents had thought
the lake was haunted. and a co -
municatlon was'evcn sent to Sir -
thur Conan Doyle onc'e asking him
to investigate it as a-supposed psy-
chic phenomenon.
2oollos SHAKE
N. Y. EAST SIDE
NEW YORK. Aug. 8.—(AP). Two
bomb explosions shook the lower east
side early today. The first occurred
in front of a barber shop in East
Thirteenth street and the second in
front of an adjoining grocery store.
Windows in adjoining tenements
and in the chapel of Grace church
were broken by the blasts and such
excitement was caused among the
Italian residents of the neighbor-l
hood that the police had great dif-
ficulty in clearing the streets.
There were no direct casualties.
but Joseph Bigico, proprietor of the
grocery store was injured when a
shelf of bottles and tinned goods
collapsed on him'.
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Norwalk has been very largely re-
presented this season at both the
boys and girls periods at Camp'Mo-
hawk. the summer camp conducted
by the Fairfleld County Y. M. C. A.
A very efficient group of leaders
were in charge of the boys. Among
them were George R. Brunjes. Nor-
man Flswwellln. Carleton B. stray-
or and Philip Young.
Ben Rogers of Norwalk won the
.msstnn‘gds liner both my
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Auto Hits
Them—Crowd at
Offender Is Found,
But Not Arrested.
The up-town police were sent
out on the trail of‘a vagrant
skunk on Newtown avenue early
this morning.
At 12.05 o'clock a report was
sent in that a "strongly scented"
animal was prowling about a
chicken coop in that vicinity.»
The matter was investigated. and
it is said that the reluctant of-
ficer who went looking f 1' Mr.
Skunk had little difficttity‘i‘ find-
ing ths'nffender. ' .
He scared him sway.‘but did
not approach closely enough to
get ayy particulars.
PLAN DRIVE
T0 on $2.00
FOR 000000
General ‘Committee of
56th Regiment Gath-
ering. L a b o r Day
Votes to Begin Cam-
paign ‘
lsT SUBSCRIPTION
Gen. Frost Gives $25——
Mayor Robins to Is-
sue Statement Re-
garding Drive ~
A direct appealfor funds for the
reunion of the 66th Regiment. A. E.
F.. which will be held in this city.
Labor Day. will be started next
week. ,
At a meeting of the general com-
mittee in charge of the affair, held
in the City Hall last evening, it was
voted to start a drive for 82.000 next
week. ,
Members of the committee at s.
meeting to be held Monday evening
will organize themselves into teams
to raise' the fund. .
Subscription lists. will be placed in
the factories and the business con-
cerns will be canvassed. All of the
donations will be turned over to
Charles E. Hoyt. treasurer of the
general committee. "
The work of raising the funds was
sanctioned by Mayor Thomas Robins.
who is s. member of the general
committee and was present at the
meeting last evening. He will issue
a. statement Monday regarding the
drive.
The names of
the subscribers to
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Norwalk Boy, Ben Rogers, Wins
., Highest Honors at Camp Mohawk
which entitled him to the Camp Mo-
hawk “M". Ben secured over 950
out of a possible 1,000 points. Other
Norwalk boys who won honors were
Everett Baker. John Glover. John
Hastings. Donald Byington. Holly
Rogers. Shannan Adams. Milton
Flynn. George Buttarly.
During the four weeks of the boys
camp many of the parents of the
ambushed so Page he.)
Sta Pallls ChulochYar d :
Narrowly Escape More Injuries When Unco ‘3
trolled Sedan Comes Down Hill Toward .
Are Treated at Villa Crest Sanatorium
Wreck Scatters—Four
Felir persons. two men, a boy and
a woman, were injured at 4:89
o'clock yesterday aftrenoon when the
car in which they were riding cruise
ed into st. Paul's cemetery stoio‘
wall. They just escaped being Kit,
8. minute later by a large sedan.
which turned around several times
on the Westport avenue hill, speed“
uncontrolled across the avenue. -
missed the wrecked car by'oniy iii
feet. ending its wild run facing to“.
ward Newtown avenue.
Those in the first car were: Salli"
uei Goldberg of 7 Rivingston strecl.
Boston; H. Greenberg of 116 Add-'
ington «road. Brookline; s. wont“.
whose name could not be loam;
and Robert Greenberg. five. Gold~
berg was driving. The wall was not.
damaged by the impact. "
Grecnberg. the most seriously in-
jured of the party, suffered bad cuts
about the head and face. He was
taken to the Villa Crest Sanitarium.
on the Westport road, where his co'n’.
ditlon Was reported improved this
morning. Young Greenberg received
minor bruises. but had no serious in-
jury. Goldberg and the young lady
were discharged after minor treat-
ments. - . ..
The name of the driver of the“
large sedan was not divulged. He .
was not injured. but was badly
frightened in his hair-raising rm.
down the hill. No one was our.
him. ".‘ ‘ -
Spectators who had gathered at
the scene of the accident receivsd‘a
bad score as they saw the sedan up."
proaching them. They all ran
away from the scene in haste. The ..
injured members. all near ‘ "
damaged car. dazed by their acct
dent. were all directly in the ska.
ding car's path, and spectators saw-
them escape serious injury by on!
a few feet. ~
Following their double shock they
were all removed to the Vita. Crest
sanitarium. ..
They were on their way to a wad}:
ding in New York. it was said. and
were going at what is ailegvbl to 63,
a fast clip in an effort to reach the
ceremonies in time. The driver ap-
parently was unaware of the turd.
at the bottom of the hill and drovid
head-on into St.’Paul's wall. The :
car was badlysmashed. and was ri-
moved to a local garage. “v
GERMAN TAX PROPOSALS. f"
BERLIN, Aug. 8 (AP).—-Th‘g
Reichstag, after much discussion.
finally adopted the new taxation pr?-
posals at yesterday's session. Tbsp '
provide a revenue of about 7.0009‘
000.000 marksiabout 51.750.000.000)
apart from sums to be raised by'lo'o
cal taxation. Ce
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‘ WATER OFF. ' :0»,
Notice is hereby given to the ill ,
habitants of Hickory Bluff. Bell it:
land. Roton Point and Bowman
that the water service will be shut
off for a portion of the day on Mon-
day August 10th. 1925. ..
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS,
2nd Taxing District...“
City of Nor-walk. Coal. » '
For many weeks past on this page '
weekly Alfred Brown. coal dealer;
Merritt street has been advising”
folks to pat coal in—that there
might be trouble in the anthracite»
coal held in September. The troubli‘
is very threatening now and trim
of coal in all sizes is at Bro
Coal Yard ready for delivery rim
now. Phone 2393.2.-—Adv. ' 1..
—nos'r nave wasn par. ‘7'
in your home those warm sum ’
days—save all the fuss. moss _
bother b yletting Brophy's Lauri
in Water Street. do your famifl
washing for you. it will be Qihl
for and delivered. The minim“
charge for a family washing here u
75 cents. Just phone us and M,
your message.
Norwalk Chronicler