NEWS
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“armor Tuesday Ill nest portions,
The Weather
Fair tonight and Tuesday. bliglltll
ESTABLISHED 1870
Lightning Cracks" Walls In Saabyc
Entered as second-clue matter It the post office at
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 19, 1936
Circus Day Brings Old
And Young
Parade And “Big 'Top’.’
Walter L. Main Show Here Today With Lots Of Thrills
‘ For the'Kids (and Who
” New Features.
All the animals of the jungle end all the colors of the rain-
bow were represented in the parade of the Welter 1.. Main circus
which cellioped through Norwalk this morning- clowns d
gilded ladies rode proudly on
corners of the worl marched by. bends and bugles blered forth
cue had come to town, emptying buildings
end jamming the streets with young end old, lured to the saw-
the news that the
dust ring.
Walter L. Main circus. now on its
47th annual tour. arrived in town
early Sunday morning and took pos-
session of the Baxter Field on
Woodward avenue where the big
show erected its canvas city. and
spent the day of rest in.a most un-
e\entfu1 way.
To the circus people. Sunday is
like other people's Monday. for the
weekly washing must be done. and
the mending of the wardrobe that
has had the strain of a hard Week's
work and use is given the necessary
attention. The fat. sleek horses are
washed. the wagons greased. the
gold and silver leaf dens and floats
polished until they literally blaze in
the sun. and a lot of other things
are done around the circus that the
outsider is not aware of, -
The Walter L. Main Circus is one
of the highest class circuses in the
world and the l‘rsonnel of this
world famous aggregation df circus
stars and celebrities comprise the
cream of the tented amusement
world. Courtesy. politeness and the
careful handling of the patrons. as
' well as the methtod of transacting
their vast volume of business are
characteristic of the circus manage-
ment and its executive staff. The
absence ofthe usual brawling bosses.
lack of noisy rowdyism among the
laborers and the general appear-
ance of the personnel and attaches.
as well as the physical equipment
of the circus. won the commenda-
tion of the thousands who visited
the circus city yesterday.
I Beneath the big tent this after-
noon is being presented a perform-
ance of the most interesting and
worth while nature. a swiftly mov-l
ing. dazzling and entertaining pro-l
gram of circus acts which are above
the average in talent and training.
There are the clowns. immensely
funny and amusing, really clever
clowns as clowns go. frolicking and
scampering about it in the big tent.
The graceful bareback riders. ihel
agile acrobats, the trapeze artists.
the trained horses and the baby
elephants had special consideration
this afternoon. while the DeLong
Sisters. a. trio of the most clever.
artistic. pretty and graceful diminu-
tive acrobats took the audience by
storm.
There were the aeriallsts. the girl
who looped the loop on a bicycle
and many other features that were
woven selectively and carefully info
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INSTALLATION
AT COLFAX ENC.
Roast Beef Luncheon
Served After Business
andCeremonial Sessions.
Colfag Encampment. No. :1. I. o.
0. P1. will hold a regular business
meeting this evening with installa-
tion of the newly elected officers in
odd Fellows’ hall. So. Main street.
Tiler will be a social time and a.
roast bieflunch will be served. All
patrierchs are invited.
Postmaster Crowe Goes
. fi ' .To Home Of Brother
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Postmaater Edmund E. Crowe. 2
West avenue. who has been quite ill
for the past week. improved greatly
over the week-end. and this morn-
ing left f9 New Haven where he
will recuperate at the home of his
brother. Dr. Willie Crows.
M
our 01" TOWN M01031!!!
REPORT AUTO OOLLISION
Lest night a report wee made at
the first district policeatation by
Frank A. Nugent. 5 Hunt place.
New York city. that his car. ailight
sedan. had been struck in the rear
by an Auburn eeden owned and
drive! by P'aul Deochion. 1M! Idein
met. Bridgeport. The car was
slightly damaged but no arrests
were made on file report.
qaomissmsmours .
DODGE com mm
Jennie of the Garden
new notified the downtown police-
hst evening that his Dodge coupe
had been stolen. The matter is
being investigated-
freuthebeuofmateslele Grocers
uramwhereiowgviolnlweell
‘\
Is In Town?)—Well Stocked Menagerie—Many
deals of this section and to en-
To Street
Isn’t One When the Circus
0
ed,
poniesn animals from the our
Mrs. Edward Beers
Finds House Ransdbked
Upon Return Home
Mrs. Edward Beers. Austin ave-
nue. notified the police yesterdw
that she had been away from home
for about two weeks and that when
she returned Saturday she found
that the. house had been entered
and ransacked. Several articles are
missing but she has been unable to
check them up as yet. The police
or. investigating the matter. En-
trance was gained through a win.
dow.
allcutcu
u AUTO CRASH
O
Lawrence; Mass. Man Hurt
After Car. Hit Pole At
Mortuary Turn.
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Sebastiano Guiguo. aged 48, of 12'!
Haveflhiil street. Lawrence. Mass.
was treated by Dr. W. J. Tracey at
the Norwalk hospital, last evening
for injuries received when a car
driven by his son, Joseph. failed to
make the corner at Mortuary Turn
and crashed into a telephone pole.
His, injuries, painful but not seri-
oils were. lscerated wounds over the
nose and left eye and also abrasions
of the face. lie was admitted at
7:10 o'clock and discharged an hour
and s. half‘lster.
The car was not badly damaged
and the party proceeded on to New
York city.
PARKER-S’BOND .
JUMPS T0 is
To insure appearance in court of
drivers tagged for overtime parking
the bond on such cases has been
raised to :5 instead of the $2 for-
;‘lerly allowed and usually forfeited.
he first hearing of a driver under
the new rate was held this morning
in uptown court- before Judge Free-
man Light. it being that of Gunner
Knudsen..lls Taylor avenue. South
~liforwalk, who was arrested Satur-
day on -Wall gtreet by Policeman
Miller. He was fined the usual 82.
Is the'raised bond was not meant to
result in higher fines but merely to
insure appei’hnco in court.
Marvin Beach Field .
Day To Be Planned
For Tomorrow Night
Interesting plans for the annual
Water Sports and Field Day of the
Marvin Beach association will be
made at a meeting of'the Association
to be held tomorrow evening at the
home 'of the president. Ellis E.
Howard in Alden avenue.
Thor Marvin Beach. association
sponsored the very successful car-
nlvsl of sports held last year.
The association is an organization
of residents of Marvin Beech formed
for the purpose of promoting such
matters as are of interest to the real-
courago such activities as are for
tra.beneilt and pleasure of all who
have their homes on Marvin Beech.
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nnooxnvsm: rays are
FOB BEOKLESS muvmo
Thomas Raymond. Lexington ave.
nue. Brooklyn. N. I" was fined 25
ahd costs on the charge of reek on
driving by ndge Freeman Light in
the downtown city court this morn-
ing. He wee ‘arreeted following an
accident at the Meadow street brim
July 5.
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OUR. W LODGE
' me, me We
WILLIAM cones l
CHARGED WITH
STRlKlNG WEBB
Policeman Assaulted Try-.
ing To Stop Argument:
Early This Morning Onl
Street Corner.
An arrest for assault on a member
of the Norwalk police force was
made for. the third time within the
past few weeks. at 12‘30 o’clock this
morning.
Williamb Goncll. son of Leo
Gonch. who leases the Hotel lila-
hsckemo is charged with assault
upon Patrolman Henry Webb and
intoxication. The affair took place
in Benton street. where it is claim-
ed by Patrolman Webb that Gonch
was involved in an argument with
some other young men and that he
went there to halt the argument.
Arthur De Mato. 4': Wood street.
was arrested and charged with in-
terfering with an officer and George
Hogan and Terrance McCarthy of
Philadelphia are charged with the
same offense in addition to intoxi-
cation.
Patrolman Webb claims he heard
the men in an argument at the
corner of Cliff and Bouton streets
and went there to settle the dis-
pute. Ho alleges that Gonch shot
him in the face when he attempted
to separate the men. The fight be-
tween Patrolman Webb and Gonch
then followed.
As a result of the fight. Patrol-
man Webb and Gonch had to be ta-
ken to the office of Dr. William
hlcllahon where they were treated
for cuts on the head. Gonch had to
have several stitches taken in his
head.
it is claimed that the other men
under arrest attempted to stop Pa-
trolman Webb from placing Gonch
under arresw ‘
Gonch was confined to his bed
this morning and was unable to ap-
pear in the downtown city court be-
fore Judge Freeman Light. Gonch is
of their lives.
chock full of 15 busy hours, from
6:30 a. m. to 9:30 a. m. during which
time the youngsters do not remain
idle for a moment. There. is always
something in do.
porter called upon the boys Satur~
day afternoon he found them all
happy and. healthy and with the ex-
copllnn of an accident that hap—
pened shortly
Norwalk Boys At “Y”
Camp In
Litchfield
Hills Enjoying Life
Philip Young 0f
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Wilton, Now Nursing Nose Cracked
By Foul Ball, Only Casualty Reported—Long Daily
Program Keeps Everybody Busy and Contented
At Camp Mohawk.
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Camp Mohawk hospital tent—Lieutenant Governor Brainsrd in. foreground.
The 30 Norwalk boys getting brown and husky at Camp
Mohawk in the Litchfleld hills, where life, health and happiness
are being administered in large doses to Feirfield County's youth
by the Young Men's Christian association, are having the time
A day at camp is a crowded day.
"It By Paul.
When the Evening Sentinel re-
llis arrival.
Phllip Young.
before
at liberty under bonds of 3800 and
the others under 8200. bonds.
Nam
BEATSDANBURY
COUNTRY CLUB
The loyal baseball nine of the
Norwalk Baseball club invited the
team front the Danbury Country
club to Norwalk and then they sent
them back to: the Hat City in de-
feat yesterday afternoon. The final
score, was recorded as 14-9. It was
a close game throughout and the
large attendance of fans which wlt~
nessed the game enjoyed every
moment 6f it until the rain fell and
spoiled the game.
McMahon and Powell starred for
the Norwalks with the bat. Each
made three hits and McMahon
scored four runs out of his four
times at bat. Burns starred for the
visitors with three hits.
Meyers hurled a fine game for
the hosts and only allowed thirteen
hits. His opposing moundsmen.
McLachlan. allowed 17 hits and
fourteen runs. ‘
The Hat'City lfine are confident
that they can defeat the locals and
a return game will probably be ar-
ranged. -
Edward Byrnes Again
Arrested After “Toot”
s
Edward Byrnes. 'was arrested by
Policeman Miller on complaint of
his wife. who again charged him
with intoxication. breach of the
peace. and assault. after he bed er-
rlved at his New Cenun avenue
home still suffering from the effects
of a Saturday night "toot." His
bond, set at 8100. was given by his
sister. Mrs. Nellie Fell. also of New
Canaan avenue. Byrnes hes engeged
Attorney Leo Davis to defend him
when his case is called in court
Wednesday morning. 0
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MASS FOR. JIIIJA CALLABAN
ANDANN BUCKLE!
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Requiem high mass. anniversary.
will be celebrated Wednesday mom-
ing at St. Mary’s church at 8 o‘clock.
for Julia Callahan.
Requiem High Mass,
Mind. will be held Saturday at
Month's
I
with interviews or anything like that.
Boys Suspected Of
youthful mareuders have not been
everything was ideal.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry .A. 1".
Young. Wilton. suffered a brok .
nose when a foul ball struck him‘
in the fare. breaking the new bone
in two places. Ho was rushed im-
medlnte‘ly to the camp hospital.
where he was attended by the doc-
tor in charge. Ills condition was
termed “favorable" by the physician.
Dr. Percy Green. and it is expected
that he will not have any bad effects
from the accident. Ills was the first
accident at the camp since its open-
ing three weeks ago.
In a delegation of boys from the
entire western part of the state. Nor-
walk is well represented. having
about 80 members out of a total of
150. Bridgeport. Waterbury liart-
ford and several other cities send
their boys to Camp Mohawk.
The local lads that could be found
there were busy at one thing or an-
other. and could not be bothered
With them. rep rters are just an-
other addition t the. so-called num-
erous nuisances and difficulties of
the world. If a question was but
in. them: "Are you having a good
time here?" they would hurl a hur-
ried "Bet your life" or something
very similar and be off to the base-
ball game or something else that
might be attractive at the oment.
The first group of boys was when
0 the athletic field where a base-
b 1 game was going on. A number
of Norwalk lads were playing while
the younger once looked on. Secre-
tary Ernest L. Saxon. of the Fair-
fleld County Y. bf. C. A.. was umpir-
ing the game. He seemed to be en-
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Entering Cohen Store
And Stealing Smokes
Evidence 'thatwa'll .of Norwalk's
Apprehended despite the drive now
under way was brought forcibly to
the police yesterday when Leo
Cohen. a grocer at 1 Wilton aveo
nue. reported at the first district
station that some time Saturday
night his store was entered through
a back window. In‘ cash and cigar-
ettes the thieves netted about $35-
Police are investigating clues that
point to a group of young street
corner loafers. ‘
A. M. for Mrs. Ann Buckley.
NOBWALK B k D same
TOMORROW EVENING.
Our Drothere' Lodge N0- 10. will
meet this evening for angular busi-
m m . The semion will he
as briefea possible as" the 0dia’
emu grand officers of the . grand
encampment will leave edrly to in.
stall the officers of Colfax Encamp-
ment for the next term.
ran- OI m.
Dorothy Wolfe. eight-veer-old
do for of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
W. olfe, 1! Academy street. was
slightly injured when she fell from
the back porch of be home reefer.
The regular monthly meeting of
.ihe Norwalk Building [pan and In.
lrcetment Society. will be held to-
‘morrow evening at the offices 5:
Taylor and Golden. 98 Washington
street,
GLASS I! W!
FRONT DOOR IS BROKEN
7—— 0
Thomas Williams. colored. 70 We-
ter street. reported to Petiyllmsn
John Iorlarity last evening.-thst
three men drove up to his home
day. Dr. W. J. Tracey is in attend-
ance. I
eat . . (-3 1. ML; ~».
and broke the glass to the fight door
of his bones. , I»
"If! water for a swim. Among those
water bell and a friend.
it tells: friend and her friend would
toss it back to her.
BUTCHERS GET
$5 FINES F OR
SUNDAY SALES
Buono Brothers Refuse To
Pay Fine and Prepare To
Fight Case.
rive local butchersuwere arrest-
ed for keeping their stores open on
Sunday. by Patrolman John Smith
yesterday. The complaint was
made by Harry J. Fref'dman. the'
Ely avenue butcher. .
Those arrested were:
Samuel Dickman. Raymond street.
lioberlnan and Ruttenberg. Ray-
mond street.
Buono Brothers. Ely avenue.
Albert l'ietrangeli. Lexington ave-
nus.
James l-‘iore. Lexington avenue.
They were ‘ali fined 85 by Judge
Freeman Light in the downtown
city court this morning. Buonn
Brothers refused to pay the fine and
stated that they would fight the case
in court. Attorney A. D. Slavitt
represented the butchers.
John Seuch, Jr., And
Theodore Kocian Bump
' Cars .On Wall Street
In cutting across Wall street to
turn Into River street late last night.
John Seuch. Jr., 4 Sound View ter-
race. South Norwalk. driving a car
owned by his father. struck a Buick
coach driven by Theodore Koclan.
18 Bettswood avenue. Norw'elk.
damaging the left front mudguard.
Seuch was driving an Ajax sedan. '
There were no personal injuries and
damages werd“ small. Policeman
Jerry Dorney. who investigated,
made no arrests.
Speedy On The Road
But Slow Reaching Court
Ben Welsteln of 286 Atlantic
street. Stamford. showed some
speed Saturday night gelon'gv West
evenue.. To be exact..he“ehowed
46 miles an hour.‘according to
Motorcycle Polioemen.‘ Paul Mc-
Grath.‘ who arrested him. His speed
was no so evident this morning. how-
ever, and he arrived 40‘ minutes
after his case hdd been called in
first district court before Uudge
Freeman Light. Luckily he had ap-
peared only on summons and so
there‘was no bond to be forfeited.
Judge Light continued his hearing
for Wednesday morning and ’the
time of his appearance was im-
pressed upon him.
BUNAWAY WATER BALL PROVIDES ’
SOMEEXCITEMENT AT CALF PASTURE
A runaway water ball causedl
much exeltement‘eturdsy afternoon
at Calf Pasture Beach. The tide
was coming in and the wind blew:
upon the eboree of Gait Pasture as
do the waves at Rockawey beach..
A few swimmers braved .thel
cruel waters and ventured to go in
was I girl with a brightly covered
She tossed
chi went well and the two girls
were having e fine “mount“ a near
catastrophe occurred. The owner of
the bell missed the throw and the
mercile-ttdeaoptupndbegeato
any the ball away in its clutches.
As the» bell began to leave. its own~
er screamed for help and some
brave men nearby dashed into the’
water offer It. But tide waits "for
so fiercely' that the rollers pounded .' no man and the hill escaped.
After a half dozen attempts on the
part of various men and boys tore-
cover the ball, the girls were sure
that the ball which they loved so
dearly was gone forever. .About to
minutes elapsed and lust as the girls
were beginning to lose hope some
honest and .kind fishermen passed
by the beach and asked the bothers
if anyonehed leet‘a bell. The girls
rushed forward gladly and claimed
their treason-opiate): had traveled
“"1! to no Beech before the
fisher-sea. p it up.
IMPRESSED BY
NEW MEMORIAL
Norwalk Elks’ Delegate To
Chicago Present When?
New Headquarters Of;
Order Is Opened. ‘
Thomas A. Skelly considers the
dedication of the new niemorlall
building which will house the na-'
tional headquarters of the B. 1". 0.|
E. in (‘hicago the most lmprcsslxo;
and viildly interesting part of illej
large and varied program of lhe‘
Eik‘s National convention in that
city last week at which he repre-
sented the local lodge as the only
delegate from Norwalk.
Mr. Skelly left Norwalk July lo
with a party of other delegates
from Connecticut. and remained un-
til the close of the conicntipn.
which lasted throughout the week.
returning Saturday. Mr. Skelly lntl.
mated that he had ne\cr had a bet-
ter time and that the convention
was a huge success from start to'
lilnish.
l The dedication of the new nation-
?al headquarters impressed .\lr. Skel-
ly as the most important factor of
the program. The building has been
erected both as a memorial and as
a suitable edifice to house the of-
fices of the National Chapter. and
Mr. Skelly could not any too much in
praise of the beauty of the architec-
ture. the timeliness of the illf‘lllUl'IllII
l
and the suitability of the building as
the chief home of the lilks in ”HS.
country. ‘
While In the middle west. .\lr.I
Skelly had the opportunity of \lSlI-‘
ing the Ford automobile plant in?
Detroit and found it an organize-J
tion of tremendous interest and:
amazing offeclcncy. He. brought!
back all the figures rclathc to lIlCI
manufacture of the "fllvver." and
lmarvels at the rapidity with which.
they are made in Detroit. Afr. Skellyi
stated that he would not hesitate for:
a minute to take off his hat to incl
he would do the sonic thing to the
man who/ designed the car.
NEWARK CUNMEN .
KILL MAN AND T
STEAL $15,000
NEWARK. N. J.. Jul.\' lit—(AP).
George M. Condit a 70 year old
employe of the Reid Ice ("ream com-
pany. was shot to death today by
three holdup men who wounded
another employe. and escaped with
$15,000. ‘
Joseph Duff. aged 18. was ac-
companying Condlt on his trip in
the North Ward National Bank
with week-end receipts.
The holdup men fell upon the
two as they entered a company
automobile. killing Condit instantly
and wounding Duff in the thigh.
Condit had thrown the money bar;
into the automobile and was inside
when the robbers drew up in a large
sedan and opened fire. The bandits
fled towardslBelleville.
Negro Children Hurt
In Sunday Accident
Two small negro children were
struck and slightly injured by an-
tomobiles Saturday afternoon.
Edith M. Tallmadge. 51 Wood-
ward avenue. was operating her all-
tomobile in Water street. when Nor-
man Stevens, aged three. Raymond
street. ran out from behind a wagon
in front of the car and was knock-
ed down. He was slightly out.
,Ruseell stells. of Lexington ave-
nue. ran in front of the automobile
operated by James Peaqua. 115 Ely
avenue. in Water street. He was
slightly injured and was treated by
a physician.
Nelson Mudguard Damaged.
John W. Nelson. 201 Washington
street. notified the downtown police
last evening that an automobile
bearing New York registration 75%
971 struck and damaged the mud
guard of his machine while it was
parked in Goldstein place. The car
did not stop.
Sympathetic
l At Friend’s
added that he was not sure whether.
Passersby were startled this
morning when a girl toppled from
the inside of an automobile parked
on South Stein street ln'fronf of the
office of Dr. R. M. Wolfe. cutting
a three-inch gash in the heck of her
head when the struck the nhvement.
Dr. Wolfe. when asked er an ex-
planation of the accldent..'eaid that
the girl m mated be‘um lm
l (‘Illlll'
man who designed the plant. but heI
Cuts Head on Sidewalk
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE THREE CENTS
H am e
SKELLY MUCH Ethel Saabye and Aunt
Stunned For Instant
But Escape Unhurt
Heavy Rain Prevented Blaze Breaking Out—Roof,
Chimney and Wiring Seriously Damaged—Copper
Water-Leaders Credited With Saving Structure
From Worse Losses—Owner Covered By Insurance
The home of W. J. Saabye,
51 Quintard avenue. narrowly
missed total destruction when it was struck by lightning during
Joseph Wiser’s Car l
Knocks Hempstead, L. I.. '
Cyclist Off Machine
Arthur lL. liensry nr ILi‘TNIISICH-J.
N. Y.. “as slightly lllJllrl‘iI when a
I'llOLfll‘i‘)'t‘I~: fl}H.’l'lliL‘«I by him and an
alltollluilllo fIl'l\"'il lll' .If-Ilf‘le “m ii
31 Windsor )lIlli‘C. CUIIlflIf‘fI at the
Corner of I.‘f‘[lfll plum: and Monroe
street. lust f‘\ enl'llg.
Killsl‘y “as. lulurlu‘d from his mu-
:md l‘E‘CClU’lI CHI: allollt lIl".
legs and lmrii'. lie was ll'l'dif‘t'l at?
the ofill-o of llr. l. lioscntllal. South l
llnlll street.
NO DECISION
ON GILES’ CASEi
Coroner Needs More Time}
To Think Over Evidence
In Darien Tragedy.
Coroner John J. I’llelnn's (Ii‘f'lsil’lllt;
in the case of the fIOIllIlS of lillullvdl
l.«.;l;;lol‘ll. (Il'.l)i'tli'k place. Silllni'lill‘ll.:
:lnl‘l i\'.lrl lx'nlb. 3;.3 \\‘llll‘li avenue}
l‘ort l'lll-slcl“ who were Sil'llt'K on“
the night of July it by the car all
Aqnlllt l'. (illv-s of 64'» Glcnbrook
road. Stamford, on the Post lloml
llallcll. “lII not he made DUIIIIC for
se\ oral rials. At, his olllce in lirillgc-
port lllin morning the reason “as
given that the coroner needs another I
three or four, days to complete his
investigation and to allow an expert
to examine the lights on both cars.
The two men were killed as they
sthd on the road llf‘iil‘ their parked
car. changing u live. The coroner
I'flfl his inquest ’l‘llesdav. receiving
at that time reports submitted I).\
the tilstrilzt attorney and Homer S.
Cgllllllngs. attorney for llle defense.
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lLetter Appeals For Aid
To Near East Relief
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The. lollrluillg lelirr has lucn Si‘llt
out by the Norwalk wolnmiticc for
the Near liast llclicf fund.
“Those of us who have been in-
terested Ill IIlt‘ \\‘(.‘IIlll‘% of the or-
phan children of the Near linst
know without being reminded that
there at! still thousands of children
ill the orphanages of Palestine.
S) I‘Iil, Greece and Armenia who are
us yet too young to support them-
selves and who have no known liv-
ing relatlvps. We ham all contrib-
uted to their support and have
brought them safely through the
years until this time. To us espe-
cially comes now the plea. to "stand
by“ the work of the Near East ile-
lief a. little longer until our great
task is done.
"Of the thousands of little chil-,
drcn whom America. rescued Ill the
Near East, 35,000 boys and girls still
remain in the, orphanages. The ma-
jority are under twelve years of age.
To be turned out of the orphanages
would mean beggary or death to
children as lovclblc as those we
have in ollr own homes. To be
cared for in the orphanages means
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Pascale Not To Sell;
Only Surveying Lines
At the store of Michael V. Pas-
cale. 36 Van Zant street East. Nor-
walk. denial was made this morn-
ing to the report that Mr. Pascale
~is selling his apartment and store
block on lower Fort Point street.
Tile rumor was given credence by
the appearance of surveyors on the
property Friday. It was stated that
the land was merely being surveyed
for record and inmdclion of the-
painting.
Girl F aints
Distress and
cousin, whom he had just treated.
was in pain.
It seems that the cousin. a sum-
mer resident at Bell Island. bad Just
visited Dr. Wolfe for treatment and.
on returning to the car. reported
that she was suffering twingee of
pain. The girl. sitting'ln the car
was so affected that she fainted deed
away and fell to the pavement. Her
cut was served up and she was taken
to her home.
house being made in preparation for
;the thunderstorm shortly before 1 o‘clock yesterday afternoon.
Air. Saallyc's daughter. Miss Ethel
Maine and aunt, )Ilss Annie
Brown. one in the house at the
Ill'll'
time and suffered front shock. They
were not otherwise injured.
The fact that the house was
equipped with copper water leaders
on the roof probably saved lt from
bring u rt't‘kHI. ’l‘llo lightning struck
the roof nczl r the chimney, tearing 8.
large hole in it. The bolt then made
lls say from there to the copper
unlor lenders and followed them
doun to in“ ground.
Miss Sllzlllyo and Miss Brown were
in the Ivllt‘Ili'll iii the time preparing
IIIl'lll"'i'. 'l‘hv lightning .sll'uclf the
house with such force that It shook
the building to its very foundation.
The lll'n women were stunned for an
instant by the force of the impact.
The crash attracted neighbors. who
inn into the house and assisted in
controlling lI‘lf‘ [no women. Mr.
Sllnbye was out of the house at the
lllllf‘ nnd a (all was sent for him.
It is vsnnmml that inc lightning
(inllmgell the house about 81.000.
\\’.llls on the upper floors were
l'i'nclimi by the crash. The roof and
thl‘nlnev \\4'-l'e damaged seriously.
.\li‘. Maine stair-fl this morning
”in! hr.- lIlllliL‘Ill the heavy rainfall
at the Illil‘" lwllt the house from
t’.lIf‘Illlll: Ill‘f‘. Thorn “as no blaze.
’l‘llo lllss ls Lll\f'I'C(I by insurance
through the firms of Taylor and
Golden and William H. McLean. Re.-
Imlrs will be mmle at once to the
house.
Tllr‘ l)0\\l‘l‘ in IIl" scrum] district
well' off” two or ”if?“ times during
the thunder storm yesterday after- "
noon and evening. Ollie-leis at the
DIJITI in State street stated this
morning that there was no damage.
The storm found all of Norwalk's
benches and shore resorts crowded
and there was a wild scanlperlng for
automobiles and trolley curs.
Along with the downpour of rain
nrl'hed some of the biggest liail<
stones which had been seen in a.
long time.
Fishermen Reported Missing.
.\'l.'\\' ll.-\\‘l:.\', Jilly lli.-—(AP) A’
sharp electrical storm with copious
rainfall to replenish reservoirs that
IlIlfI been steadily falling for weeks.
swept Connecticut late yesterday.
lrmlnfi :1 trail of damage mostly to
trees and crops. .\'0 life was lost.
but. today; t‘llarlcs I-‘oster. a store-
kocpcr of Stony Creek. and Jack
Ashley. who lives on \‘errllls Island
in the Thimlllcs oi'f llranford Shore.
who were fishing on Long island
Sound before the storm broke. were
reported missing.
Stranded (‘nnoc Found.
BRIDGEPOIIT, Jilly lit—(AP) A
canoe. broken in half and stranded
on Penileld Reef, off I-‘nlrfield Beach.
has inhabitants of lv‘airiicld speculat-
ing today on whether or not the
canoe contained paddlers, who may
have. been lost in the terrific storm,
which shot out of :1 clear sky yes-
terday. As the storm broke. the
canoe was sighted on the reef.
ilarry Pitrgerald, of this city.
rushed out in his spccdlloat but.
found no one clinging to the canoe.
The vicinity was patrolcd but no
indications of the fate of the occu-
punts could be found. Police are to.
day working on the theory that the
canoe was wrecked before it reached
the reef.
Bridgeport Knights
Meet Saturday Night
Near West Rocks Rd.
A large. delegation of Bridgeport
Knights-of the Ku Klux Klan lt-
tended a small ceremonial at the.
Norwalk Klan's meeting grounds. of!
“'cst Rocks Road. Saturday eve-
ning. The path to the exhibition
grounds is Quito beaten now as is
the trail down Barnum's Hill and
up France street.
When more than three cars in a
line are seen tcaring up France
street it is a signal for the great
rush.
Babe Ruth Finer—l-
NEW YORK. July l9.—-(AP) The
name of George Herman Ruth was
called out today in the course of
routine frame court arraignmentl.
Magistrate Glolzmnwer looked up to
see a bronzed giant with a puckered
brow standing before him.
“Why, you're Babe Ruth. the slug-
ger." the Magistrate exclaimed and
the Babe grinned. “Twenty-five dol.
lars." the judge said. '
—Tllere will he a special met-ting
of the Norwalk Lodge No. 709 B. P.
O. E, tomorrow evening at 7 ”HM".
at the Home to attend the Elkl'
services at the. home of Brother
Ernest W. Talmsdge. Albert 1".
Rose. Exalted nulrr. John W. Scul- .,
ley. Secretary—Adv.
Norwalk Chronicler