The Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

February 26, 1938

Publication:

The Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Saturday, February 26, 1938

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2

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THE SPRINGIELD DAILY NEWS SPRINGIELD MASS: SATURDAY EBRUARY 26 1938 WORTHINGTON MAY PROTEST PUMP AWARD Second Lowest Bidder Says Specifications Were Altered A protest against the award of the contract for equipment for the four pumping stations to be built in con nection with the flood protection pro gram for the business section and South End of the city is expected from the Worthington Pump Machinery company of Boston second lowest bid der Mayor Roger I Putnam chair man of the board of supervisors says no action has been taken and none "7 can be until the award is approved by the PWA authorities The supervisors tentatively awarded the contract to the Warren Steam Pump company of Warren whose bid was the lowest at $21567 1 that of the Worthington company being for $222 444 The Worthington company claims that the Warren company altered the specifications by typewriting in a par agraph allowing pumps other than the Worthington type to be installed The change indicated in the para graph which was typewritten makes it subject to the approval of the city of Springfield or its representatives BLUNT PARK IS NOT AVORED OR SCHOOLS Mayor Doubts Efficacy of Pro posal for Athletic ield The position is taken by Mayor Roger Putnam that any action taken by the city relative to the de velopment of an athletic field for the high schools should be adequate to meet existing needs rather than in making a makeshift arrangement which may be no better than what is Tied now With this in mind he is un able to see how the city can develop a suitable field at Blunt park with an outlay of only $14000 of city and federal funds He considers it as cer tain that a field laid out under such an appropriation would not meet the requirements perhaps any better than Pynchon park or the Emerson Wight playground He wants to find out if the existing facilities are not really as good aswhat would result from the expendi ture of $14000 at Blunt park When an athletic field is developed for the high schools he wants to have it a real one rather than a makeshift The school board last night adopted the plan for the field at Blunt park and voted to submit their recommendations to the mayor Mrs Gena Hickox vice chair man of the board said the project it carried through would provide a much needed playing field for high school football contests The school teams have had to use uninclosed playgrounds not equipped with bleach ers since last year when Pynchon park was spoiled for football games by the action of the city property committee in allowing the construc tion of a dirt track for midget auto races The proposed new field would assure ample bleacher facilities and would be available also for other ama teur athletic events Construction of a cinder path for track and field events is contemplated as part of the development Project One of 20 or More The project is one of a list of 20 or more that have been submitted to the mayor and the city council projects committee for consideration in con nection with the WPA work relief program The projects committee it is understood heretofore has hesitated to recommend it because of the heavy cost of materials which would be provided by the city Acting on recommendations of Supt John Granrud thq school board last night accepted the resignation of Julia Casey of the lunch department and elected Lena Jodoin as part tima matron at the Myrtle street school The retirement of Thomas Connors as head janitor of the Homer streel school was also recorded ABMY ENLISTMENTS our young men enlisted in the army air corps to be flying cadets yesterday at the recruiting station in the ederal building The base for the school is at Randolph ield Texas The men were: John Czajow ski 21 of East Hartford Ca Aladar A von Sabo 24 of airfield Ct Robert A Laverty 20 of Lubbock Tex a student at Connecticut State College at Storrs Ct and Lawrence La roache 25 of Worcester DIED CLARK Tn this city the 25th Mrs Kate (Lewis) Clark of 179 Long Hill street widow of Robert Kerr Clark uneral pri vate AUST In this city the 26th Mrs TVanda aust uneral from Tier home 23 Lawndale street Monday morning at 815 followed by a requiem high mass at the Church of the at 9 Burial in Thomas's cemetery Mittlneague riends Invited Sampson service In Holyoke the 25th red prick riese of 316 Hillside avenue Hol yoke uneral at the parlors of the "Dick inson Streeter company 134 Chestnut street Holyoke Sunday afternoon at 3 Burial in Chtirclidow Pa MOXTMEMY In Chicopee alls the 24th Theodore Montmeny of 87 East street neral from funeral home 38 Broad way followed by requiem high mass in St church at PROIGLIO In this city the 25th Eva '(Hunt) Profigllo wife of Alexander rofiglio of 86 Woodside terrace uneral at the parlors of the Dickinson Streeter com pany 365 307 State street Sunday at 2 with organ prehide at 130 Inter ment at Springfield cemetery In this city the 24th AidnaXVlnifred Smith 58 wife of Lewis Smith of 121 Massachusetts avenue Longmeadow uneral services at the home Sunday after noon at 2 Burial In Hillcrest Park ceme tery Gr a am funeral service WADE lA this city the 25th Sarah YEdlson) Wade 75 wife of Walter Wade of 175 Bloomfield street uneral at the United church Wilbraham Monday at 2 ni Interment at Dell cemetery Wilbra ham Mrs Wade may be seen at the par lors of Dickinson Streeter company 305 307 State street until Monday THOMAS SAMPSON 734) STAT ST TEL 2 5511 c' UNERAL HOME 494 CHESTNUT ST TEL 2 8 16 LOWERS or All Occasions WE DEI TV ER ANYWHERE Tel 3 0229 Meadowview Greenhouses 934 Tnngniradnw St tnngmpndnir ST MARIE COURT TO HAVE CARD PARTY MRS Wil A' IfWI St Mario court Massachusetts Cath olic Order of oresters will make plans for big St Patrick's night card party at the meeting this coming Thursday night in Melha Temple Chief Ranger Mrs Catherine Dil lon has named Mrs Mary A nell as general chairman for the party which will also he held in Melha tem ple on the holiday Assisting the general chairman will be the heads of committees: Miss Ella McCarthy Prizes Miss Melinda Martin entertainment Miss Maybeth Martin tickets Miss Cath erine Curran refreshments: Mrs Mary Canty decorations and Mrs Pearl Russell cards and tables REMOVALS ILED IN 41 AUTO ACCIDENT SUITS OR $168200 Removals from the county district courts to the superior court of 44 actions for damages in which a to tal of $16S2OO damages is asked were recorded in the office of Clerk of Courts Charles Calhoun this morn ing The damages asked range from $200 to $15000 in the suits all of which result from automobile acci dents RESERVE POLICE ELIGIBLES HEARD HEARINGS ON BUDGET MAY BEORDERED President Murray of Lower Board avors Granting Of Requests Postponement of final action on the 1938 budget beyond the meeting Mon day night seemed assured today with the announcement by President Troy Murray of the common council that he is in favor of granting hearings which havabeen requested This he be lieves is in accordance with custom and entirely fair to those who have asked for it Hearings have been asked for by the Home Owners' Protective associa tion and the Labor party while the representatives of the local chapter of state city and town em ployes have indicated that they would like to be heard In the upper board it is under stood there will be no further ob jection to the passage of the budget as a result of an understanding reached in a conference with the mayor by President Howard San derson who had questioned the total of $915000 set up for outside relief (ATTY IGONI CHOSEN TITLE EXAMINER OR THE HAMPDEN DISTRICT Atty John igoni of 31 Elm street has been appointed by Judge John enton of the land court in Boston as title examiner for the Hampden county land registry jlistrict An nouncement of the appointment was made today MIRIAM WERNICK NEW OWNER SALEM ST APARTMENT BUILDINGS Papers were filed in the registry of deeds today by which Miriam Wer Tiick takes title to the apartment block real estate at 17 25 Salem street The conveyance is made to her by quit claim deed from Athol Savings bank In a transaction made just previously 1931 Inc conveyed the property by warranty deed to the Athol Savings bank Ellis Auchter Kennett are the attorneys for the plaintiff STEPHENSON OUT The police commission last night interviewed 14 cligibles for the re serve force of the police department certified this week by the civil serv ice department and heard the peti tion of John Scanlon patrolman who resigned two years ago tor rein statement Ten of the 1 1 eligibles probably will be picked at a meeting to be held at headquarters Wednesday night when the commission will announce its de cision in Scanlon's case In the event that petition is recognized he will have to wait his chance with other eligibles for reinstatement which may not come for at least a year Commission members following the meeting approved the work done in changing the position of the at headquarters and declared their intention of following this work with a proposed transfer of the traffic bu reau to downstairs quarters now oc cupied by the detective bureau and icmoval the detectives to traffic quarters WILL BR1NGBACKTW0 ON OLD COMPLAINT James Scanapieco 33 and Antonio Grasso 35 ai rested yesterday in Union City nine years aftei their indictment by the grand jury of this county on evidence presented by the then Dist Atty Charles Clason will be brought back to this city by Lieut Richard Cotter attached to the office of Dist Atty Thomas Moriarty The two men arrested are charged with robbing a store in Palmer in November 1929 Accord ing to the police both men have po lice records and Scanapieco was for merly a boxer Lieutenant and Chief of Po lice Timothy Crimmins of Palmer will go to Union City to be present when the men are arraigned Monday and a date will then be set for a hearing on a question of extradition Asst Dist Atty Joseph Kelly will represent the commonwealth The arrests are the result of infor mation obtained by Lieut Cotter and Chief of Police Timothy Crimmins of Palmer who made a trip to the New Jersey city earlier this week in connection with the case Scanapieco and Grasso allegedly were involved in an attempted bur glary at the Butt's Clothing company store at Palmer the night of Novem ber 18 1929 Nicholas Merola former ly of this city was taken into custody shortly after the break and subse quently was given a sentence of five years in the Concord reformatory fol lowing his trial in superior court in January 1930 Scanapieco and Grasso who were allegedly associated with Merola in the break managed to make their escape and have since beensought by state police and Palmer authorities Alleged to Have ired Shots The two former local men are under indictment chQjjged with breaking and entering in the nightime with intent to commit larceny assault with intent to murder and carrying a revolver It is alleged that they broke into the store and had piled up a large amount of clothing when they became fright ened and escaped by pushing out the glass of the front door A truck was parked in an adjoining alley but the men were unable to start it and in making their getaway they allegedly fired two shots at Deputy Chief Char les Thomas of the Palmer police who sought to apprehend them The dep uty chief exchanged several shots with the fugitives Merola was picked up the same night by Officer James Donahue of the Palmer police and was arraigned before Judge Hobson November 19 1929 He was bound over to the grand jury and subsequently was given a five year reformatory sentence in superior court In his message to Lieut Cotter Deputy Chief Edward Mescall of the Union City (N J) police wired that Scanapieco and Grasso were be ing held as fugitives from justice and would be arraigned there Monday morning The men have refused to waive extradition making it neces sary for Lieut Cotter to seek rendi tion papers Lieut Cotter conferred with Asst Dist Atty Kelly late yesterday and the latter authorized the "preparation of extradition papers which ill be taken to Gov Charles Hurley for approval YOUNG INC Paul Stephenson chairman of the police commission has recently severed his official connections with Young Inc manufacturers of Absorbine Jr and will confine his activities henceforth to the Young Realty company and the Super Service Inc it was learned today He is a nephew of Mrs Ida Young Denault of Longmeadow presi dent of all three corporations Neither Mrs Denault nor Mr Ste phenson could be reached today to confirm the report Last year Ste phenson was elected assistant treas urer assistant general manager and clerk of the liniment corporation He has been treasurer and general mana ger of the realty corporation and treasurer of the service station cor poration At the service station it was re ported that Aiderman red Brown who has been the manager is no longer connected with the company At his home Alderman Brown said that as far as he knew he was still connected with the company and that any other statement would have to come from Mr Stephenson The realty office for years located at 111 Lyman street has recently been moved to 340 Bridge street MISS CARNEY WILL BE HONORED BY RIENDS State city and county will be of ficially represented as well as the judiciary at the testimonial dinner to be given for Miss Katherine A Car ney probation officer for women of the Springfield district court in the Hotel Charles Monday evening at 630 in honor of the 20th anniversary of her appointment to the court More than 200 friends representing various walks of life business and professions will join in paying tribute to her Juvenile Probation Officer Roger Keleher chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements announced today that Gov Charles Hurley will be officially represented by former Senator rancis McKeown mem ber of the governor's secretarial staff while Mayor Roger Putnam will be present to represent the municipality Chairman Thomas Costello of the county commissioners is scheduled to speak on behalf of his associates County Commissioner Charlps Bray and Mrs Margaret Donogh'ue who will also attend Other speakers will include Judge William Granfield presiding justice of the district court Albert Bradley Carter of Boston state commissioner of probation Dr Miriam Van Waters superintendent of the re formatory at Sherborn who is also a former referee in the juvenile court at Los Angeles Cal Miss Campbell superintendent of the Industrial school for girls at Lancaster and Herbert Parsons director of the Massachusetts child council and former probation commissioner Chief Probation Officer Bernard Smyth will preside as toastmaster Miss Ruth Belding as sistant probation officer is treasurer of the committee Miss Carney's pastor Rt Rev Msgr Cornelius A Sullivan of Holy amily church will be unable to attend but will lie represented by one of his curates Ernie string ensem ble will provide music during the din ner THE WEATHER i Boston eb 26 Weather fore cast: Rhode Island and Massachusetts Cloudy with snow or rain tonight and possibly Sunday morning Slowly ris ing temperature Maine Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday not quite so cold Boston and vicinity Increasing cloudiness this afternoon Cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday fore noon with light snow or rain fol lowed by partly cloudy Lowest tem perature tonight near or slightly be low freezing Moderate shifting winds becoming northeast to east 8 a temperatures: Boston 20 New York 22 Washington 30 Jack sonville 38 St Louis 38 New Orleans 46 Chicago 32 St Paul 36 Denver 36 Kansas City 38 Salt Lake City 34 San rancisco 52 Portland Ore 46 Defiance of Police Officers Brings Belmont Avenue Man To Grief On Two Charges Today It does not pay to be defiant in dealing with police officers Lucien Snyder 48 of 140 Belmont avenue discovered early today when his dis respect for the authority of the law landed him in a cell at police head quarters with two charges lodged against him by Vice Squad Officers Edward Long and Preston O'Brien was the contemptuous remark attributed to Snyder when the plainclothes officers Intercepted him after an automobile chase and displayed their badges and identified themselves as police officers Asked to produce his license and registration so that they might ex amine them Snyder the officers said flatly refused and told them in no un certain terms where they could go Their patience exhausted Officers Long and O'Brien marched the scorn ful one to police headquarters hold ing him on charges of speeding and refusing to show his license and reg istration to a police officer 1 In district court this morning Sny der pleaded not guilty 1o both com plaints and trial was set 'for March 8 According to the officers they were traveling southerly on Main street in a department car when the defendant going in the same direct tion cut sharply between them and a trolly car forcing the vice squad machine to the curb and nearly caus ing an accident The officers took after the offend ing driver and had to whip it up to a speed of 50 miles an hour to keep within sight of the car They finally eaught up with him when he pulled up in front of his home where the conversation took place YOUTHS HELD OR MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION Two Admit Guilt and Are to Make Restitu tion CITY SERVED WITH PAPERS IN TAX CASE Officials to Appear in Action On ormer Postoffice Site Complaints involving malicious de struction of property were dismissed by Judge William Granfield in dis trict court today against John Manning 18 of 14 Clifton avenue and Paul UaJoy 19 of 850 Columbus avenue on their pleas of not guilty when guilty pleas were entered by Paul 18 nt 27 Windsor street and Henry Bye 17 of 80 Warriner avenue charged with similar: offenses The cases ot the latter were continued to May 7 to enable them to make restitution for the dam age done to a Norwood street house in the meantime The four youths were taken into custody about 11 last night by Special Officers Albert LeMay and Anthony Chaulek one of whom is a janitor employed in the building which was being destroyed They said they caught the youths pulling railings out of a stairway and causing other damage John Potter 27 of 73 Butler street was assessed $50 on his plea of guilty to a charge of operating an automobile after his license had been suspended for which he was arrested by Patrolmen William A ranks and Walter Gilligan of the West Spring field police department in that town Thursday Anthony DelPozzo 23 of 27 Grover street denied an assault charge for which he was arrested on a warrant yesterday by Lieut John Crowley and Sergt rancis Gallagher of the detective bureau Hearing was set for Wednesday Charged with a violation of the state labor law Everett Lord of 299 Bir nie avenue pleaded not guilty and will stand trial March 25 He came into court on summons ENTERTAINMENT AT NEWINGTON HOSPITAL Patients at the United States Vet erans' hospital Newington 'Ct were entertained last night by the Major John Leonard post 70 veterans of foreign wars Master of ceremonies was Kenneth ields a member of the post The entertainers were: Eleanor Putnam singer and tap dancer the Mattson brothers in accordion and banjo selectiqns Jeanette Sabourin singer Patricia Yeomans dancer Warren Vandenburg Irish comedian The hospital committee comprised Max Larancis chairman Comdr Louis Evans Sen Vice Comdr rank Kasper Adj Andrew Tilley Warren Vandenburg Past Comdr Raymond Hunt and Ken ields OnXhe auxiliary committee were Mrs Luella errier chairman Clara Larancis Lilian Smith Rose Heon Delia Provost Mrs Belanger Mrs Louise Macarland aid Mrs Ida Tilley RABBI DISCUSSES POLICY IN WAR Approximately 50 people at the reg ular service of Sinai temple last night at Masonic temple on State street ap proved the large naval program after listening to Rev Judah Cahn of New York Rabbi Cahn spoke on choices available to the United States if war breaks out in Europe During his talk he declared that the present nonintervention program of this country was Rabbi Cahn said that the United States could pursue a policy of com plete isolation isolation of this hemi sphere or economic isolation in war time but declared that each of the three would prove disastrous for rea sons which he specified The city of Springfield is now at grips with the' federal government in a test case growing out of the decision df board of assessors last year to levy a tax upon the bus terminal property at Worthington and Main streets which was the site of the former postoffice The property is owned by the government and is leased with a proposal for sale under conditions by which there would be exemption from taxes Papers were served today upon the city government through City Clerk Clifford Smith and upon City Col lector Ralph Munn requiring ap pearance in behalf of the city in fed eral court at 10 in the forenoon of March 2 to answer in injunction pro ceedings brought by the federal gov ernment to restrain the city from col lecting the tax The papers are from Judge Elisha Brewster of federal court and were served by Deputy Marshal John Hall The city willbe represented at the hearing by City Solicitor Raymond King while City Collector Munn will comply with his summons by attend ing Members of the board of asses sors will be present The tax was levied at the request of State Com missioner Henry Long ELMS1ENI0RS GIVE "Little Women" dramatized from the pen of Louisa Alcott was pre sented by the senior class of Our Lady of the Elms college in the Veritas auditorium of the college last evening before a large audience The young players did very welt with the play but the honors of the evening went to Marguerite Moore as Jo and to Katherine Dwyer as Laurie the boy next door Rita Corridan as Laurie's grandfather a minor part also was outstanding While these characters were sustained particu larly well the cast supporting was quite adequate rancis Mangin as Meg Katherine Toole as Beth and Kathleen O'Brien as Amy were most attractive Miriam Donovan was Mrs March better known as Marmee and Mary Ellen Quilty played the part of John Brook La tutor Rita Ahern was Aunt March and Virginia Campbell was Prof Bhaer The part of Hanna rhe housekeeper for the March family was taken by Louise McCann The play was well staged under the direction of lorence Dunn and Dorothy Brophy was property mana ger Tickets and programs were in the hands of Helen Auth and the publicity manager was Catherine Sy ner Confusion on the part of the audi ence at the end of the play robbed the cast of a final warm round of applause as the people present ex pected the cast to appear after the closing curtain but they were dis appointed MRS CHAPIN SOLOIST ON WMAS PROGRAM Mrs Eva Teece Chapin West Springfield soprano will be the solo ist tomorrow night at the regular broadcast of the MacDowell Male choir She will be heard in two se lections when she sings with the club from station WMAS at 10 Accom panied by Miss Marjorie McComb she will sing 'f Heard You Singing" by Coates and "When 1 Have Sung My by Charles Mrs Chapin is soloist at the irst Baptist church in this city The choir will sing under the direction of Loring Burwell Refusal to Obey Court Summons Leads to $25 ine for Contempt Incarceration for ailure to Pay Refusal to come into district court to testify as a detense witness in an illegitimacy case after having been served with a subpoena landed Adolph Scagliarini 19 of 457 Dickinson street in a cell today after he had been arrested by Lieut William Hogan and Sergt John Cleary of the detective bureau oh a capias Brought before Judge William Granfield to explain why he had scorned the summons to appear in court as a witness Scagliarini was found guilty of contempt and fined $25 by the court Unable to pay it he was thrown in the dock and later removed to a cell The defendant told the court that he want to become Involved in the case in which he had been sub poenaed and he thought that the best way to avoid it was to keep out of court After having been served with the subpoena and paid a witness fee of $160 Scagliarini went to the office of Atty Sol Weltman defense coun sel who had caused the summons to be issued where he tossed the sub poena and witness fee on a desk and announced that he would not come into court Scagliarini kept his word and come into court so Judge Granfield ordered him arrested on a capias "Perhaps you don't know said Judge Granfield sternly when you receive a summons from the court it means just what It says The next time you had better respect Atty Welt man feeling sorry for the youth sought to have the court re duce the fine but Judge Granfield re fused to be moved and ordered it paid Junior News Membership Blank To join The Junior Daily News clip out three of these coupons fill them out properly and mail them to the Junior Editor 32 Cypress St Springfield Mass A club pin will be sent to you and you will be enroled as a Junior News club member Name Street City or Town Date of Birth Age ONE MAN POLICE BASSETT GIVEN COMMISSION IS $754 DAMAGES NOT CONSIDERED Mayor Not amiliar With Sug gestion of Prof Munro Mayor Roger I Putnam has not yet considered the recommendations of Prof William Bennett Munro fa voring a one man police commission for cities and has not therefore made a decision as to its merits While at Harvard he took a course in govern ment not in municipal government however under Prof Munro but he is not conversant with his suggestions He has a copy of the writings of Prof Muni on his desk and will read it later When the budget is acted upon there is the fire prevention provisions of the building code to be considered and then there are other matters to give attention to the mayor says "We shall take up these matters as they he added Prof Munro's Arguments Concerning a police commission of several members Prof Munro holds that it was an ill advised step when representation of both parties was required Such action "nearly al ways resulted in a great deal of fric tion within the board itself where upon the next step was to require that members of police boards should not be affiliated with any political This second step has not been taken locally But even in a nonpartisan board Prof Munro continues satisfaction is rarely given "Unity of command and promptness in making decisions are absolutely essential to an effective po lice administration and these can rarely be supplied by a board no matter how honest capable and non partisan its members may he believes Admitting that the theory of the plan is to have the board consider onlv matters of general procedure and policy with the chief handling all details of administration Prof Munro writes in language which readers of his study have declared might have been written specially about Spring field Lack of Unanimity On this point he has In practice the system does not usually work out that way Gen eral procedure cannot always be sharply separated from routine or example should there be a training school for officers and if so how should it be conducted? Should offi cers be detailed to the bureau of criminal investigation from the regu lar uniformed force or should they be specialists chosen and trained for the purpose? Should a patrol man while on duty be permitted to canvass his beat selling tickets for the policeman's ball? Are these ques tions of general policy or of routine? A board usually goes on the principle that any question in which its mem bers are interested is a question worth discussing and deciding What is worse the individual members of the board sometimes interfere in mat ters of discipline occasionally over ruling the action of the police chief Police boards are rarely unan imous in their decisions and the lack of unanimity reflects itself through out the rank and file of the force Under such conditions no chief of police can hope to make a good rec ord or even to remain in office very HEAVY RUSH TO PAY STATE INCOME TAXES With only two more days left for paying state income taxes the tax of fice at 145 State street was doing a rush business this morning More than 30 people crowded into the small room anxious to file their returns before March 2 when penalties will be imposed Joseph Weldon tired from 4 hours overtime work last night in a cold office (steam is turned off at 500) stated that the rush was normal and that the total returns filed to date were approximately the same as last year He was unable to give any statistics at this time SIX ENDMEN TO EATURE IN SHOW When the Springfield club presents its first annual minstrel show next Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8 in the clubhouse auditorium one of the features the audience will witness will be the antics and funmaking of the six end men in the show All tal ented and with a flair for keeping the spectators amused throughout the show these young men are expected to be a big part in making for a suc cessful production Taking part as the end men are Harold Walsh Abe Blatt Norman Hare George Shellman Norman Hare and red Stocks Norman Hare Harold Walsh Norman Hare and Abe Blatt have all appeared in the three minstrel shows held at the Sprinfield Boys' club camp in 1934 '36 and Blatt has also acted as a funmaker in two of the A revues red Stocks was one of the principal end men in two of Cathedral High shows while George Shellman has taken part in theatricals sponsored by his church group All end men will have some specialty or song number in the show Abe Blatt is scheduled for a bright mono log while Norman Hare sings "You Can't Stop Me from Norman Hare will sing Myself and while George Shellman con tributes "My Gal Is a High Born Harold Walsh introduces a southern darky number in "Rufus Rastus Johnson and red Stocks takes the ever popular number written by Trving Berlin entitled Rag Time Tonight Edward Johnson building manager of the club assisted by Howard Shrude Michael Canning Stanley Mickiwicz Michael Borazna and volunteer members of the senior department will start preparations for getting the gymnasium ready for the minstrel show Two stages will be erected one to seat the chorus of 100 boys while the other will be for the principals to display their dancing and song numbers The stages will be suf ficiently high enough to enable every member of the audience to see the fiinmakers dancing specialties and singers as well as the attractively dressed chorus A final rehearsal takes place to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Boys' club All principals chorus and end men wjll go through the routine of the show under the direction of Edward Quinn assisted by Mrs Emma Urban at the piano Minor flaws will be eliminated the show timed and everything else arranged for the presentation of the minstrel show Monday and Tuesday evenings next week i aJ LEONA LADOUCEUR Chicopee eb 26 Udaige a douceur of 40 Norman street Willi mansett announces the engagement of his daughter Leona to Neil Avery son of Mr and Mrs Avery of Chestnut street Springfield No date has been set for the wedding DISCHARGE TWO MORTGAGES RECORDED IN DEEDS REGISTRY Papers filed in the registry of deeds today show that mortgages given by Rt Rev Thomas bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Spring field to the Union Trust company in 1925 on property on Riverdale street occupied by the Mother of Sorrows monastery and the other as presi dent of the Sacred Heart society of Springfield and covering property occupied by the Sacred Heart school on Everett street were discharged The mortgage on the Riverdale street property was originally $65000 and that on the Everett street property $165000 MAY NOT READ CHARGES SHEA OR INJURIES Auditor Taft Makes inding in Stony Hill Road Auto Accident Award of $754 damages was todajr made to Lionel Bassett of Ludlow in an action brought by him against Everett Gray for injuries in an auto mobile' accident on Stony Hill road Wilbraham August 30 1936 The find ing was made by Atty Stephen Taft who heard the case as auditor appointed by the superior court The plaintiff had several young dogs in the rumble seat of the au tomobile which he was taking to the field trials in Wilbraham with the in tention of offering them for sale The auditor finds that the defendant was driving too fast and without proper regard as he came around the curveand down the slope when he ap proached an intersection which he knew well The plaintiff suffered in juries to his back right hip and left shoulder Henry A Moran was the atlorney for the plaintiff and William Doyle John Cronin and Ralph Spooner were for the defendant ARCHIDIACONOILES EQUITY SUIT OR $500 IN SUPERIOR COURT Equity suit to reach and apply and recover on a claim of $500 was be gun today by rank Archidiacono against Andrew A Phillips and an other The plaintiff filed an attach ment in the registry of deeds re turnable in superior court John igoni is his counsel The claim is made by the plaintiff against Phil lips and he also asks that a mort gage given by Phillips to William Gosselin of Chicopee be declared void CIGARET THETS IN STORE CLEARED UP Procedure to prevent the reading of the complaint and petition of James Shea for the removal of John Sullivan Jr as aiderman from ward 4 when it is reached in the order of business of the upper board Monday night is under con sideration One suggestion which has been offered is for the board to go into executive session for considera tion of the document and to have the proceedings behind closed doors Whether that will be done or reliance placed upon the probability that no member of the board will ask to have it lead is uncertain The petitioner may be required to present affidavits in support of his complaint before any action is taken even to the extent of ordering a hearing the affidavits being in con nection with the action of the aider man in voting with the Republicans in the election of Aiderman Howard Sanderson as president of the board Whether some aiderman will re quest that the petition be' read or whether it merely will he placed 'on the council records could not be de termined last night Unanimous con sent is necessary for dispensing with reading of a petition in open session and it was considered conceivable that this would not be forthcoming al though pressure likely will be brought to bear to achieve this end After a recital of numerous allega tions against the character of Mr Sul livan Mr Shea concludes his petition with the statement: might as well be frank with you that I have no hope this petition for expulsion of said aiderman John Sullivan Jr from jour otherwise partially honor able body will meet with any favora ble action on your part because with four Republican aidermen Sanderson Brown Brown and Barker and his own vote he will control the situa SUSPECTS TAKEN IN ORCHARD STORE BREAK Two suspects were taken into cus today at 730 this morning by Patrol man Bronislaus Arabik and George Tracy in Indian Orchard in con nection with a burglary in con fectionary store at 565 Main street Indian Orchard some time during last night where six books of street car tickets and $350 in change which were hidden beneath a counter were stolen The suspects both Indian Or chard men were still being questioned early this afternoon by Detective John A Gilmore Entrance to the store was gained by pushing in a transom over the door Officer Arabik reported that the premises had been inspected twice between midnight and 2 a and nothing appeared out of order either time Two men were seen stand ing in a doorway shortly after 2 a The suspects were said to be the two men whom the officer had seen earlier A A TO MEET The regular meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be held at Olivet hall on Oak street eve ning at 815 Theft of cartons of cigarets by a 16 year old drug store clerk from his employer and then selling them to a next door barber was cleared up today Lieut William Lonergan and Detective John A Gilmore of the de tective bureau with the arrest of the boy on a larceny charge and the bar ber as a receiver of stolen goods The barber was identified by' police as William Lorraine of 23 Sherman street whose place of business is lo cated at 257 Bay street next door to the drug store of Irving Horowitz at 259 Bay street where the juvenile clerked Both Lorraine and the boy were held for arraignment in district court Monday morning According to admissions made by the youth he stole from his employer five eartons of cigarets December 23 which he sold to Lorraine but the latter insisted that he bought only three cartons for which he paid the boy $150 The clerk also said he stole several cartons Thursday selling them to the barber for $250 Lorraine how ever declared that he received only four cartons at that time MOTORCYCLE RIDER BADLY HURT IN SKID Edward Snyder 24 of 1039 En field street Thompsonville Ct was taken to Wesson Memorial hospital yesterday afternoon when the motor cycle he was riding skidded at Court street and Columbus avenue throw ing him to the ground He suffered severe lacerations of the right side of the face Snyder was riding a motorcycle owned byr Wallace Spinelli of South street Thompsonville and was turn ing from Court street into Columbus avenue when the vehicle skidded in sand deposited there after recent snowstorms He was taken to the hospital in the police ambulance Henry Williams 32 of 29 Osgood street received injuries to his side and back last night when a wagon load of furniture he was pulling top pled over on him after a car had struck the wagon Williams was pull ing the wagon north on Birnie ave nue and Walter Aldrich 32 of 2689 Columbus avenue was pushing The car driven by Philip Suse of 70 Charles street and going in the sama direction was seen by Aldrich in time for him to jump before It crashed into the wagon The impact pushed the wagon into Williams and knocked the furniture on top of him Norbert Carter 10 of 64 Sargeant street was apparently uninjured yes terday afternoon when he ran into a car operated east in Bond street by Albert Thiebeault of 84 Adams street Thibeault was forced to get out of his car and chase the boy for some distance before he caught him and learned he was unhurt Dancing Until 2 SATURDAY NITE SILHOUETTE State Line ThnnipnnvHle Vic Curley and His Broadcasting Band ine oods and Liquors SPALDING LABOR UNION BEANO Every Saturday at 8 Sharp Union Canadian Hall Center Street Chicopee ree Marathon Games Large Cash Prizes Door Prizes ree Chocolates Absentee Privilege BRING A RIEND ADM 25c orWORTHY PALATABLE RERESHING OOD DRINKS DANCING 7 TO THE RHYTHMIC MUSIC MILTON EBBINS nD h5.

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