harassment) mo . fl Entered es second-ems matter at the post office It Io. Harwell. econ. ne’er the Act of limb s. lets. ‘— M avenue 1 ‘C V 80 4 tie rs on ICI'ALI'I I'lll'l' NIWI'PAPII The Weather Weather formed! for Southern NewJEugimui. April 20. (AP). Fell tonight and “'minmlny; not quite so cold tonight; warmer “Nines. ey. U'ru NORWALK. court. TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1926. ‘Du'ty Off , Local Shore “ Norwalk Needs Woman . To Keep Tabs on Girls Former New York Policewoman Tells G. 0. P. Women’s Association Where Dangers Lurk In Small Towns for Girls In Their ’Teens— Mothers Can’t Know What Daughters Db. "We are in dire need of a policewoman in this city—es a protection for the girls, and a far behind the times and there prevention of vice. Norwalk is are some deplorable conditions here. badly in want of a cleanup," said Mrs. Oscar Seaholm, former New York policewoman. can Women’s association. There were two speakers: Miss Minnie Kuhfuhs. probation odiccr or the Juvenile court in Bridgeport. and Mrs. Beaholm, who lives in this city, on Bartlett avenue. The latter was for 28 years a policewoman in New Kori: city end was in fact the only women with the rank of first lieu- tenant and detective in that city. The subject concerned itself with girls on the street. prevention of vice rather than cure. and police petrol by women. , Interest heightened as Mrs. Sea- gholm talked. speaking of the den. get-s which any small city like Nor- welk offered to young girls in their teens. of the things which go on nightly on the streets. unknown to the girls' mothers. and of the need for some sort of protection and en- pervigion. ‘ An all round discussion follow- ed. Among those who spoke were Miss Jean Todd of the Red Cross. Miss Hubbeli of this city, prominent in welfare work in Pennsylvania; Mrs. John Merriman, Mrs. Percy Barrett. Mrs. Benjamin Andrews. Mrs. Robert Mullings. all prominent Republican women: Miss Mary Ri- der. board of education; Miss Kuh- fuhs and Mrs. Seaholm. Probe Committee Called For. Finally, one of the members made ‘e‘. motion that Mrs. Andrews as presi- dent of the Norwalk Republican wo- en ippoint a committee to inves. ' iigatd' conditions in Norwalk to de- cide on the necessity of getting a policewoman or police matron for the city of Norwalk. Mrs. Andrews en— " "‘1’“. g «.216 would appoint moons. ' ‘ mitten. immediately. , "Hire is a fine state of affairs." said Mrs. Seaholrn. during the hour's discussion. “If e. girl is arrested in . . this city she must either be lodged _. in jail with the men or put up in a E hotel. or as I understand is some- . times done. fixed up with a couch ‘ in the chief's room. ‘ "Then what of preventative work? ’ We do nothing of that here. Look ' at West avenue with the young girls strolling along inviting auto riders to goodness knows where! Look at the benches with their all night parking in the summertime! Look at Wa- ter street with its houses of vice! .Police Matron Urged. ‘TWhat supervision, what guiding . head is there here for the girls? A couple of policewoman on patrol would go for towards cleaning up ‘ . these conditions. Let's start at the beginning~prcvent the vice. rather then cure it, Again, we should have .- a police matron in- the Jail. No girl. under any consideration. should be ‘uj cared for while in jail. by amen." ' The Connecticut law, it was brought out at the meeting. provides that there shall be at least one po- lice' matron for every city of 20,- 000 or more. Norwelk boasts a pop- ulation of 30.000. " v (Continued On Page Four.) PARTING DINNER FOR CLERGYMEN Rev. Chamberlain and ,.~ Rev. Tompkins iii;- Guests' of Associa- " tion. ‘ ta 2 'b , A Fellowship supper. was tender— . . ed the two retiring local Methodist minletore. as it farewellvby members . . of the Norwalk Ministerial assaults- ‘ tion at the Hotel Maheckemo last evening. The two clergymen were Rev. Andrew F. Chamberlain. presi- out of the association. and m. B. Tompkins. Mr. Chamber- . ’ has accepted e charge in Ham. lden end Mr. Tompkins in Long Is- und. Rev. J. H. ‘Feirchlld. pastor of * zips Hill Methodist church. Cen- aondele. was to hevs been e guest of honor. but was unable to be present. Sir. Chamberlain and Mr. Tompkins here been very active members of " mention. -.Among the clergy present were 30v. Andrew F. Chamberlain Rev. . Mr“ B. Tompkins. Rev. Dr. Ernest :' ,.; ascomor. Rev. Dr. m 1. Pl- » Rev. Lester '1‘. Mallory. Rev. . . ' B. B. Fonts. Rev. Victor 1". » * Rev. Aiewuler Hamil- . new. Kenneth blackouts, Rev. . Match 8. Straysr. Rev. Cora e Itiggio of Sangetuck. and Rev. garter! Grey. mama’s crass mu m a.n-anivlea's shore House famou- 1", “~M dinners. end use coed waster a. m... .. emu-v .ed the option money for at the Royal James Inn yester- day afternoon. at the monthly meeting of the Norwalk Republi- 'LOCKWOOD SALE NOW swim TO BE UNLIKELY Option Has Expired —— Large Forfeit Goes Into L o c al Com- pany’s Treasury. The deal for the sale of the Lock- wood Manufacturing company. has practically fallen through. accord- ing to information gathered by The Evening Sentinel today. The date of the expiration of the option held by the interests who in~ tended to purchase the company passed several days ago but to data no en'orts have been made to close the deal. '1‘! ‘ largo option fee. said in some sources to have been 8150.000, while others put it at 825.000. has been forfeited. This money goes into the treasury of the Lockwood company. The negotiations for the purchase of the company were carried on by Spencer-Trash. an'i'ork bankers. and it is understood that ihcy‘plsih- their” clients. The opinion has been advanced that. the recent drastic changes "in the stock market may have caused the deal to fall through. It is believed that if the 'pur- chasers should in the near future ’show a desire to re-open‘ negotia- tions that the den! may yet be clos- ed vd the plant taken over. SlMONlSGlVTS TWO CONCERTS Hundreds of Children Enjoy Programs (At Center Junior. . Carl Simonis and his Symphony ‘orchestra of New York city assist- cd by Richard Singer. pianist. gave two concerts in the Center Junior High school yesterday. one in the afternoon. and another in the eve- sing. The afternoon program was divl-l- ed into two parts to accommodate all the children. The first part of the program was attended by over soc children and the second by more than 400. About 400 people attended the evening performance. The wonderful tone quality of the orchestra was especially noticeable in the rendition last evening of Beethoven’s “Andante from the Fifth ’iymphonl’." Another favorite number was "Andante Cantabile. String Quar- tette," by ’i‘schaikowsky. for a stringed orchestra. The Senior High school orchestra played one number with the Symphony orchestra. the “Lustspibi Overture." in which they ran far beyond the expectations of the audience, ‘ ~Ic " rd Singer, the pianist. was 3% everyone enjoyed. He ' ned from a tour of Europe. living plum recitals: The evening program closed with the overture. “William Tell." Other numbers on the program included: Coronation March from "The Pro- phet." by G. Meyerbeeer: Quartet Rigoletto by Verdi; Excerpts from (Continued on Page Two.) District Meeting Of Real Estate Men Here . A district meeting of the Conneo tlcut Annotation of Real Estate Boards will be held in the’ Boyd! James Inn. 8 o'clock this evening. Stephen Yates of Long Island City. pest president of the Newton-k state reel estate board end, .f. .wueou "Dayton the president of the Long Island reel estate boerd. will be the speakers of the evening. Beef estate men from Stamford. NESTPORT MAN OFFERS CLUE TO KAHN ROBBERY John Hydu,vWest Par- ish Road, Reports Stranger Loitering About His Place. ‘ POLICE ACTIVE ‘ Insurance Company Expected To Make Loss Good After In- vestigation. Search for the bandit who held up and robbed Otto Kuhn. superin- tendent of the Gabbe-Molo Company. of the payroll amounting to 87.890.- 50. Friday afternoon. shifted to Westport. yesterday A man answering the vague des- cription of the bandit given the iocel police by Kahn was seen loitering in the vicinity of the home of John Hydu. West Parish .. road. F‘lday night. Saturday and Sunday. Found House Entered Mr. Hydu was away from his home Friday night and when he re- turned Saturday morning he discov- ered that some one had entered the house because there was consider- able straw similar to that in his barn strewn about the floor of the house. As there was nothing missing he did not report the matter to the police. ' Sunday morning Mr. Hydu discov- ered a. man coming out of his bern wearing e grey cap‘ and a gray suit. He asked the man what he was de- ing in the barn and he stated that he had simply slept in the barn for the night. He acted nervous and seemed anxious to get away. He walk down toward the railroad tracks. The man denied that he had been in Mr. Hydu's house. Reading of the holdup in the.»- per Mr. Hydu decided to report the mutter .to the Westport police yes- terday. thinking that the man whom he had seen coming out of his barn (Continued on Page 'lbvo.) DANCE MAY 4 PLANNED BY manuals Auxiliary Has Special v Meeting At Home of Mrs. Isabelle Day. . The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Frank C. Godfrey Post. American Legion. held a special meeting last evening at the humane! Mrs. Isabelle Day. Washington street. 1 Final plans were made for the masquerade dance in Odd Fellow's Hail. May 4. Raymond Connolly's orchestra has been engaged to fur.- nish music. Prizes will be awarded to the couple wearing the most orig- inal costume. and to the couple wearing the funniest. Mrs. Lillian Hughes. Americani- Lation chairman. reported “on the Community Mass meeting to be held April 30 in Elk's Hall. in conjunc- tion with Better Homes 'Week. Mr. Dow of Hartfor . Slate Commlsflon- er on Child We fare will speak. on the work of the Bu an. W. Parker ) (Continued on Page: Two. souu up an on PLAY Final Scores In' Bridge and Pinochle Tour- nament A r e An- pounced. The final scores of the players in the bridge and pinochle tournament held at the South Norwelk club are as follows: . Bridge. members playing three nights: Dr. CatteneO. 0.110: Wil- liam Somers. 0.085: F. H. Quinterd. 6.051: D. B. Eula. 6.904: ‘George Motheweou. 6.872: Charles D. Tey- lor. 5.341: Dr. E. H. Jones. 8.81:: Dr. H. E. Bates. Mel. Mr. Reman- son. 5.7": E. 3. Baker. 5.2": Carlton Gould. 8:080: re. Central. 5.00;: E. B. Hendrick. 4.080. I. I. Greenwich. Bridgeport. .Denbnry mwwlhmbe~mh ‘(Ceatinned on ruse who). Hours. training in the local schools. Thte committee held e short ses- sion recently at which time it was decided to find how the clergyman feet before going ahead. Ellsworth Lockwood. chairmen of the commit- tee; Superintendent of Schools John 'l'heccmltteeofthescsrd Conference Next Week On Religious Training All Clergy Will Be Invited To Meet Committee of Board of Education and Compare Views , On Teaching Religion During S c h 0 ol of Education on religious educa- tion expects to call a meeting of all the clergymen of Norwalk next week and get their viewpoints on the question of religious Land and Attorney Jesse T. Dunbar attended the meeting. The com- mittee probably will call the meet- ing for next Tuesday night so a re- port can be made at the next session of the board of education. norm BOOST iN lllil TABLES we..- Uniq ue Advertising . for Local Community By Board of Trade. Norwelk is advertised in the new issue of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company's timetables. Through the efforte of the Nor- walk Board of Tyade the timetables contain a picture of Washington street end a booster’s article on Norwalk. One of the time schedules was exhibited. for the first time at the meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Board of Trade yesterday afternoon. The directors voted in favor of United States Chamber of Com- merce referendum 48. which fa- vors giving certain powers the Mer- chant Marine Board. and taking them away from the Fleet corpora- tion. Another open unsung will be held during the first part of May. The annual meeting and election or officers will be held in the near future. man may die. The submarine which returned from the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Portsmouth. N. H. two weeks ago had been moored at her berth and bar battery undervproccss of being charged throughout the. night. Es— caping gee fumes ere believed to have been the cause of the explo- sion. The explosion produced a tremen- tdous concussion which buried the doeen m n in the steel walled com- pertrneu against the side of the chamber. While many of them are suffering fromthe effects of gen and fire. it is believed that fractures of limbs constitute the greatest. injuries. Immediately after the explosion. the submarine base fire alarm was sounded bringing scores of men to the scene. equipped with gas masks. the rescuers dropped into the sub- marine and carried out. their com- redes. Plans have been completed for the casting “63.000 on the propert! between Melbourng road and Loch- wood lane. on nest avenue. accord- ing to the statement of a local real- tor this morning. It wee announced that the build- ing would be constructed by New York interests who have construct- ed similar apartments in and around New York City. ' There will be 70 ppertments in the MOB of en epsrtment house. ‘V. L. GRANVILLE AliiiLLSiDE Distinguished A c t o r Billed For Appear- ance Saturday. The lliliside school and its friends will have an opportunity Saturday evening to hear a very unusual dru- nleiic program. On that evening V. L. Granville. who was to have up- peered at the school some weeks ago, will give his postponed program of "dramatic interludes." Mr. Gran- ville cmues und-rr the auspices of Doverenux Players. of New York c . and will present with costume andmnkc-up a scrim of the princi- pal. characters from the drama of all times. Mr. Granville opens his program with an introductory lecture. then proceeds to hislutorpreiations. pre- senting two groups of characters. in the first. "From the Greeks to 8Mltesponro," he includes glimpses ofOcdipue and hiaucleus from the Greek. Ernsilus from the Roman. and Faustus, Falstaff and Richard (Continued on Page Two.) There were about so “it'll in the forward battery and torpedo rooms. it was reported who escaped with apparently little injury. Carbon mon- oxide fumes. second in deadliness only to the dread chlorine sm‘md in- to the forward chambers endanger- ing the lives of the other men in the steel body. It is estimated that loss than five minutes passed after the explosion when all the men in the battery were removed. Officers It the submarine base immediately after the injured men were removed to the sick bay began a checkup on those injured and the extent of their injuries. Some of the twelve received serious injuries it was believed. but just how serious. will not be determined until after a. thorough examination. None of the injured lived in Nor- walk or vicinity. Huge Apartment House Going Up On East Ave. New York Concern Will Spend $468,000 On Local Project—L70 Apartments. building of three. four and five rooms. The building will be three stories. . It was stated that the‘ definite plane for the building would be giv- en out in the near future and that all armaments had been complet- ed for an early start of the con- structlon. He said that New York interests were disc contemplating the con- struction of, another apartment house with so apartments in anoth- er section of the city. . moms COOKIE. the otd-feehioeed bled. end disill- gen‘e‘ m unit are for ate in stores lll I've! vicinity. The Old-tendons. sooth ginelude the following Investment mn- use tampon-seclusion)“, onto steel. ere-net tortoise!- --A WELL FURNISHED KORE contributes to one'e feeling ofreetts- teetion and happiness. If you need new furniture; "in. draperies or anything for the home go to the A. J. Collins Company. There you'll find the neweltvtylee at the lowest prices and they will arrange the mate to suit your income—Adv. police are worms on I SOLD RUM TO MAN NOW DEAD, SUEO FOR $10,000 Unusual Legal Action Started Against Frank Seckar By Ad- ministrator. WINTER TRAGEDY Hoyt Nursery Worker Died of Gangrene Following January Night On Road. Damages of 510,000 are asked in an action started against Frank Seeker of Donna menus. in connec~ tion with the death of Michael Lynch of Waterbury. a former cm— ployco of tho lioyt Nursery. New Canaan, by Owen Lynch of Wntcr~ bury. administrator of his estate. it is alleged in the writ that Michael Lynn-ii visited the establish- mom. of the defendant on January 28. 1926, and purchased intoxicating and spirituous liquors and in such quantity and of such high alcoholic content that he became intoxicnt- d and unable to control his actions. It is further ulicg d that. the de- fendant started to conduct him to his home at the Iioyt Nursery and abandoned him on the road. leaving him to his own resources. lie was found on the highway the next morning with frozen legs. arms, fingers and stuttering from exposuvu. it. was necessary to umputnte a foot. several toes on the other foot. and several fingers with the result that gangrene set in and he. died in tho Waterbury hospital on February-26. ”36. An attachment of $10,000 is tiled ngiinst the property of the do» fondant. The miss its returnable in the Superior court of New lluvt-n county on the rivet Tuesday in May. Attorney Vincent Sauily of Water- bury reprcsenis the plaintiff and Deputy Sherifi’ Edward B. Douiens served the papers. TWELVE HURT IN SUB EXPLOSION 8-49 Grew Moured At New London Victims of Escaping Gas Fumes This Morning -— Ex- tent of Injuries Not Yet Known. NEW LONDON. April Sit—(AP). Twelve members of the 849 which was moored at s dock at the submarine base, were injured this morning when a battery in the submersible explod- ed. All the men were taken to the sick bay of the base. One BECKIUS MUST SERVE TERM lN COUNTY JAIL Judge Cuts Penalty To 6 Months —- But One Has Already Been Served. BRIDGEPOR’I‘. April 20.——(AP). If the cells in the basement of City hail. South Norwulk, are not heat- ed and -~ prisoner is cold, what is he to do? Walk out of the build. ing and start for homo and blankets? That’s what A. J. C. Beclgius of Rowayton did several weeks ago rather than shiver in the cellroom. where he was lodged as a prisoner awaiting trial. Becklus was arraigned in the Court of Common Pleas today. The charge of :alibreaking was not. con- sidered as serious as that involving the issuance of worthless checks to the sum of 3140. e was sentenced today to six month in jail. An ap- peal had been taken from a Norwelk city court sentence of seven months. but Beckius has been in jail already a month. DR. HERSCRBERG LOSFSliiS WATCH Timepiece Disappears , In Palace Theatre Lobby, Ow’ner Be- lieves. ’ , Dr. T. J. Herschberg. who has an office in the Palace theatre build- ing. reported to the first. district police lesbnight that he had lost a gold watch and chain. while waiting in the! lobby of the Regent theatre. The wetch‘wes described as being an open fee‘e one. with tho-fellow his initials on the back. «r. .t. In! Tbere was en Ellu' chat-molt the chairs with .e smell nutmeg clothe end. The watch wulostbetm liliieud the opening of them ‘ can" It in thought 1):. ‘neaebberg either lost hts «was; sis- it'ustoiei‘i from nine... m on case. ‘t . - ”i 1 Gas At walk Shore Line. harbor. “MARTHA” SONG AT REGENT BY LOCAL CHORUS Governor a n (1 Mrs. .Trumbull G u e st 8 This Evening —-— Le- gion Fund Benefit. A musical trout of exchllfmul merit and bnauty Will be presented at the Regent theater this mening at. 5:30 o'clock when the l’eopic‘s chorus will sing \on l’iotow's charming opera “Martha" for tho: bone-iii. of the American Legion Endowment fund. This opera is one of the few that has a delightful. joyous appeal “‘01“ beginning to end and closes with Joy and happiness for all the characters. The solos. duets, mus uud uuul'tcttos are re- plctc uiih rich melody and the choruses round out a Joyous strain throughout. livery music lowr “'ill undoubtedly avail nimstii of the opportunity to hear the work under such auspiciouh circumstances, and at. the some time assist so worthy a cause us that of lilo Endowment. Fund of the Anwrisan Legion. An eminent quartet of soloists will appear with the chorus and Under tho conducting of Mrs. Lucy Marks Morrison a must pleasing performance is auth:ip.1:ud. The se- loists are Miss (hula. Ziciinska. Colui‘allli‘a soprum), Miss Mabel Hitch, contraiio. Air. Robei‘t Quail, lt'llfll‘, and Air. Paul l’urks, baritone. Mr. Hewitt ’i‘oiaul of New York and Nora-urn mil handle the organ accompaniments, Mr. ’l‘oland is in young pianoist-composer of except tionni ‘nlent. whose work with the piano and organ has resolved high- cot commendation from some of‘ihe country's most eminent. critics. Tak- ing up his musical studies at a very early use, he has been appearing before the public for the last fifteen years. lio rcccited his musical edu- cation under such eminent instruc- tors as Frederick iian'stron of the ltoyai Conservatory of London, and Edna Gunner Peterson. whose mu~ sical training was under the direc- tion of Rudolph Ganz, the Swiss pianoist. who is now conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. William Smitten of this city will accompany the chorus on the piano. Mrs. Suift‘en has been the accompanist of the People's Chorus ever since its organization. and has been most enthusiastic in her work. Her capabilities are weil~known to the community. She is at present devoting much study to the theory of music. pursuing her work along this line with Mr. Victor liiiart1 the distinguished plauoist and lecturer. Added interest is attached to this evening's performance by the fact that the chief executive of our state accompanied by his wife and staff will be the guests of honor at the Regent. The governor and his party will occupy boxes. and the American Legion drill team will act as a guard of honor to him. Governor Trumbull has been a loyal support- er of the Legion ever since its or- ganization and never lets en oppor— tunity go by to be of ushtance to them if he can ‘ Preceding the concert, the gov- ernor and his party will be. enter- tained at dinnerpet the home of Mn- jor and Mrs. Frederick Morrison on West Avenue. About fifty guests will be entertained. At the close of the program at the 12an a reception will be held at the Royal James to which all who attend the performance will ‘be in- vited. This reception will be under the auspices of the local post of the American Legion. Pirie MacDonald Presents Gold Medal Pirle MacDonald. former local Scout Commlnioner and a summer saddens in West Norwellt. and the ”Rotary Club acting for the club pm. mind their gold medal for humane service to Mother M. Alphonse I... instep e D. sander tel-becom- Wdhg: service to humanity “bani dug the post was also is tornado: of the servants. of Hello! to: m. curable mm ‘1 homes in New y ( president-elect of the New York PRICE THREE. CENTS Bootleg Chasers Take Local Plant Revenue Cutters In Port for Supplies Start Rumor Rum Ship Was Seized — Watchful Eye Being Kept for Smuggling Along N or- Two cutters of the United States Coast Guard appeared in the local harbor late yesterday afternoon and caused the report to be circulated that a large two-masted schooner loaded with liquor had been seized just outside the entrance to the local Til-3- bouts pullbl up niongsni: the old Idol‘i'is-lln‘ino «loci. and look on a supply at gasoline from the Standard (Hi station lllf'l‘f'. (Inc of u...- tnmts than pu'il'll out, and ii:" other went out later in the owning. It. is rcpertcri that. tho cutters are keeping a strict watch on the local harbor in princni tin; landing of liq-- nor her“. (line of the until-1‘s wine into the local hurl-or Sunday. am; after striving a short tin:-: wont nu‘t into tho Sound again. There is no doubt. the cutter: am on duty off the Somali; shore he- causo of the large amount. of con. irabnml liquor that is reputed to have been constantly unload-Hi atom: the. shore in this vicinity. it is generally believed that m. section of the Connecticut coast has been wetter than the Norwnlk shore. with the possible exception of Ibo New London section. . Baptist Ministers Monthly Conference The monthly meeting of the Ben- tist Ministers‘ Conference of the lt‘airiicid County Association was held yesterday in the South Nor-walk Baptist church. Rev. Lester T. Mal- lory. pastor of the local church and the recently elected president of the conference. prisidt-d. The speaker of the mot-ting “no the, Rev. Dr. \V. I“. Dnum. of Sound Beat-h. His talk on a recent trip through Palestine was greatly enjoyed. Riv. Daniel Tricia. pastor of the Second Baptist church in Bridgeport, led the devotional service and livers was a vocal solo. "My Tusk." by Miss Gladys Banks. accompanied by ‘lf‘i‘ mother, Airs. William Banks. The Women's Association of the CTllll‘t'li “served a (illicious dinner. The May meeting of the. conference will be held in tho Stamford Bap» list church. the Rev. J. t‘. Hendrick- son, pastor. Wif:Catches Hubby Here After 5 Years James McGoidrick. alias James Riley. alias James Ryan. was arrest- ed by Patrolman Frank Stratton on the complaint of his wife. Mrs. Anna McGoldrick. 134 “feet 134 street. New York City. whom he deserted five years ago. Mrs. McGol Ck came to this city this morning d requested the lo- cal police to help her locate her husband. Patrolman Frank Stratton was assigned to the case and local- ed McGoldrlck residing in an apart- ment at. 71 Woodward avenue. with Miss Nellie Shcehy. They were both placed under arrest and will he tried in the South Norwalk city court tomorrow morning. £0qu FIRES 1N snip TODAY Ives Factory In Wall- ingford R u i n e d-— Southport Barn Burns. NEW HAVEN. April 20.-(AP) Hotel Somerset. 9. frame building on the shore road at Bradley's Point in West Haven with three cottages and a number of bathing houses close by were burned early today. of... SOUTHPORT. April 20.-—(AP) A born on the farm of Herbert P. Beers. president of the Connecticut Vegetable Growers‘ Association was destroyed by fire early today with a loss of 35.000. The Beers farm is lo. cated in Greene Farms just over the Southport town line. WALLINGFORD. April flit—(AP) The'factory of the W. A. lves Mtg. Company. augres and bits. was burn early today with a loss of be- tween ”35.000 and $250,000. or loVeral dwellings to the south of the factory and about a. block away. one occupied by Enrico Pranzitello and family was entirely burned and the roof of seven others caught fire and were damaged. BYINGTON LAD IMPROVING The condition of C. Irving Bying- ton. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. By- ingtnn. of s New Canaan avenue. was. reported as being juitt the some at the‘Norwalk hospital. this after- noon. Ths young Byington boy was merely burned three weeks ago and is new on the reed to recovery.
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