\.t •r.. ■. J' ■■<«; ■ '.r' THB WBATHisB’ •V i < V' •• *•■< FbEoeaet by U. S. Weatiier Boreau, m MET PRESS BUM •••> — Hartford. AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION for the Month of November, 1929 R|iin tonight and Wednesday; not ' = v*-a quite so cold tonight. So;-;-v 5,483 - ^ y V„ Members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations SIXTEEN PAUES PRICE THREE CENT] SOUTH. MANCHESTER, CONN;, TUESDAY, DEC^ 17, -1^^* ■ .<4: .. (Classified Advertising on I age 14) T ^ - VOL. X U V ., NO. 66. <^- They Crossed the Smith Atlantic GRAIN GROOTRS H IT | ™ «£ . v| y ^ O R T H SPAIW. BY FARM BOARD ACT i m L i IN OKLABOHA yri/i/^T/c^ ) cfi\ Chairman of U. S. Chamber '; D A L I A N N O T E Explosion Closes Opening so O C £ A m of Commerce Protests I ON NAVAL CUT Rescue Crews Must Sink AIRPLANE UPSETS, J- Againiti Activitaes of thej IS NOW READY New Shaft to Reach En­ M AFRICA NO SERWUS HURTS Federal Organization. i tombed Miners. Washington, Dec. 17.— (A-P) — To Tell France That She McAlester, Okla., Dec. 17.— (AP) Travel Oyer 3«600 Miles from Spain and Reach North- Julius Bames, chairman of the boa’-d —Sixty miners were reported en­ Urngnayaii Flyer Says They of the United States Chamber of Cannot Abolish Suhma- tombed in the Old Town Coal Com­ east Tip of Brazil— Lost in Darkness They Land Far Commerce, and grain exporter, testi­ pany’s mine at North McAlester by Battled Headwinds Most fied today before the Senate lobby an explosion which occurred short­ from Civilization— Band of Horsemen Find Airmen committee that the acUvities of the r’mes But Will Cut Down a Farm Board were tending to ove.- ly nerore l i a. m. today. S O U T H y of Way— Became Lost stimulate the production of wheat. Rescue crews were rushed to the and They Are Brought to the Nearest Village. Bames said he was sorry that On Other Warships. mine and immediately efforts be­ Farm Board policies had to be dis­ gun to free tho impAsoned miners. B R A Zll^ / Over BrazH: cussed because “business was will­ Officials of the mining company Rome, Dec. 17.— (AP) — The said sixty men went to work In | Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 17.— LOG OF THE FLIGHT ing to give the board a chance to Santo Antonio, Brazil, Dec. 17.— Italian reply to the last French the mine this morning and none' AMERIC;^') (AP)—Major Tadeo. Larre-Borges, OVER SO. ATLANTIC get started." (AP)’—The story*of how he and his Opposed Be rd’s Plan. communication concerning an Italo- had left before the explosion. Uruguayan' flyer, and his French Sinking Shaft Companion battled head winds most Eastern Standard Time. He said he objected at a confer­ French agreement on the naval compsmion, Lieutenant Leon (Jhal- December 15.-7:40 a. m., left Unable to enter the mine through SOUTH • of the way across the South Atlan­ ence with Chairman Legge of the disarmament conference preliminary les, made a forced landing last night Seville, Spain. Farm Board to the board’s plan of the opening, the rescue crews start­ tic and finally made a forced land­ to the London meeting next month ed sinking a shaft near the Old on the northeastern coast of Brazil 9:50 a. m., passed Rabat, Mo­ loaning money to wheat coopero^ ing in the darkness on the Brazilian rocco. is now ready. It only lacks the Tcavn depot of the hlissouri-Kan- /TLANT/C tives at the current grain price with coast ending in the overturning of after a 3,600-mile flight from 10:25 a. m.. passed Casa approval of Premier Mussolini to sas-Texas railroad. The imprisoned Seville, Spain, across the South At­ the understanding', that the pro­ whom it will be submitted today or the plane was told to officiais here Blanca, Morocco. ducers were to share in any sub­ miners were believed in a tunnel today by the Uruguayan trans-At­ lantic. 12:50 p. m., Paris air ministry tomorrow after which it will be almost under the depot. ‘ Although the Uruguayan Legation sequent increase. dispatched to Paris. ?MONTBVtnEO lantic flyers. Major Tadeo Larre- annoimced plane was over Rio Bames was called by the lobby The Bureau of Mines rescue sta­ Borges. ic'ued a statement this afternoon De Oro, leaving Africa. Reports circulated abroad that tion here recruited first aid crews o c e A H reporting both the flyers to have committee after reports that he had Italy was favorable to the abolition u The major who arrived here from December 16:— protested the board’s grain policies from mines throughout this region Maracuja where their plane was been seriously injured in the land­ 2:30 a. m.,.passed over Porto of submarines were stated to be ing, later advices indicated that the to President Hoover. This was suo- and rushed them to the scenes Above is the route taken by Maj. Tadeo Larre-Borges, Uruguay^ wrecked last night said Ue and his Praya, Cape Verde Islands. misleading, since Italy would be hurts of both men were less than sequently denied at the White House ready to consent to the suppression whether any of the miners were flyer (upper left) and Lieutenant Leon Challes, noted French airman, in companion, ■ Lieut. Leon Challe had 6:50 a. m., sighted by steamer killed outright, had not been learn­ their hope from Seville, Spain, to Natal, Brazil. Word from South .\mer- encountered all kinds of weather on had been feared and that Major south of Cape Verde Islands. and today Bames testified that he of the undersea craft only under Larre-Borges had been’ able to start had nevei* discussed the board with certain conditions. ed. ica today gives the information that the men made a forced landing at the-3,600-naile flight. He said that 10:40 a. m., fliers asked Fear All Dead the village of Marachua on the northeast tip of Brazil. he and Lieut*. Challe were exhaust­ for the town of Santo Antonio. weather conditions at Natal. Hoover and that he had had only Subs Important. , Doctors Sent to Scene one conference with Legge. Italy in fact, it was said, be­ Fear was expressed that few of Although the flyers failed in their purpose they achieved the luxth ed after more than 36 hours in the 4 p. m., told Brazilian station the entombed men would be foupd successful crossing of the South Atlantic, covering approximately a dis­ air, their fuel, was ruiming low and To make certain, however, that i expected reach coast about eight “Growing Bitterness.” lieves that submarines will have the flyers were given every atten­ an important bearing on disarma­ alive because of poisonous gases darkness settled down. They decided p. m. He said he arranged this because tance of 3,300 miles. tion, physicians amd others left of “growing bitterness,” among ment, because while they are best which were believed to have spread to land at the first available spot 4:30 p. m., French air ministry adapted as a weapon to poorer na­ through the mine following the but were unable to see clearly and Natal for the. scene of the landing announced just northeast St. grain men and that at the meeting the plane turned over pinning Challe this morning to render any aid that Paul’s Rock 465 miles from there were three Minneapolis gra n tions, they tend to make the richer blast. nations exaggerate their armaments The body of Frank Parker of beneath it. might be needed. Brazil. dealers. ^ Kress, a mining engineer, who was “For the first few hours of the The trans-Atlantic plane turned 8 p. m.. Natal aero-postal sta­ As -a result, he testified, the in order to be ready to face any menace from submarines. not with the other men, was COTTON MARKET ‘FORCES’ flight the winds were favorable.” over, on landing in a wild spot near tion hears planes 'radio but board announced a policy und^r brought from the mine shortly after said Major Larre-Borges, “but after the village of Maracuja and was could not make self imderstood. ivhich loans would be extended to The question of the abolition of submersibles therefore, in the the explosion. passing Cape Verde on the African wrecked. Last night:— farm co-operative members. Italian view, cannot be discussed in First word of the disaster wasi coast we ran into head winds so From the meagre information Landed at Maracuja near Na­ In answer to questioning by TRIED TO CAUSE PANIC which trickled to the outside world tal on Brazilian coast. the abstract, but must be considered brought out when two miners, unfavorable alx)Utf four In the after­ Chairman Caraway of the commit­ in relation to disarmament in other Charles Penfield, and Joe Griffir, noon that we decided to ask the di­ from Maracuja over a private tele­ tee, Bames asserted that he favor­ classes of warcraft. signaled Fred Benson, hoisting en­ rection t6 the nearest land and to graph line, it appeared that the air­ ed a policy that would let the pro­ In the discussions which have gineer, and rode from the mine on head there.” men reached the Brazilian coast 100 miles an hour, but .apparently ducers of wheat “Uve” but he also taken place the last few days be- the trip. The two who were 3,000 So Says Senator H eflm ;'^ys BRITISH PLANE OFF Major Larre-Borges said they from Spain some time last night, they ran into difficulties off the said he wished to preserve the in­ feet down the slope, said they were found it necessary to change their lost their way and then made a forc­ Brazilian coast.