,’ V -jtiWBBAflg flHMmt.ATIAM ^ fo r tba M onth o f Juno, 198S 5,201 Member of the Aodlt Bnreaa of CIrciilatloni. r-' 1 •, TWELVE fAGBb PRICE. rUKBB CENTS (daaolfled Adverttolng on Pago 10) MANCHESTER, CONN*, TUE5DAT, 11, 1033. VOL. LIL, NO. 240 STATE’S DELEGATES Where Nephew of Political Leaders Was Kidnaped MOTIVE VOTE RATIFICATION OF ALBANY KIDNAPING Small Crowd Witnesses Brief B 0M B A T 6T 0 J o b O’ComieD, Nephew of Ceremony That Places Gov. Cross* Address GIVE 19E WORD U|hState New York Dem- Connecticut 12th on Ust At State Convention oenlk Leaders BeU for to Join Wet Column. ON FIREWORKS state Capitol. Hartford. Conn.,^who cast their ballets in toe recent $2 S(),000 Ransom — July 11.— ( A P ) — ’The te x t o f toe ad< special election. state Capitol,' Hartford, July 11. If Blast Is Heard It Means Unanlxiieas Vote dress made by Governor Wilbur L. Friads Befiere PoGtical —.(A P )—Carrying out the mandate Cross before prohibition repeal con­ Tour vote, I understand, waa given to them by the Connecticut Show WBI Go O n - I f No vention today: unanimous. ’The question at issue, Mr. President, and members of toe which has been toe football at p oliti­ Foes May Be Behind Kid­ electorate, 50 delegates to the state cal manipulation for more than a convention today unanimously rati­ convention: Bomb Bmrsts Display Will decade, you have come to regard as fied the (^ngresslonal resolution for , The day has arrived and the event is {massing in to Connecticut h istory. an issue transcending politics. Demo­ naping Ring — Yonth Std- repeal of prohibition. crats and RepuUicans, you have eat The convention, vmlque in toe A committee of yoiu: honorable body Be Gren Tomorrow. side-by-side and voted to . same way. history of Connecticut, took less has just Informed me that'following en Early Friday Mommg In toe light of my experience with »hnn an hour to vote for the elimina­ toe deliberations of toe morning you toe General Assembly this unanimi­ tion of the 18th Amendment from have ratified a proposed artlde of Despite threatening overhanging ty seems most extraordinary. You But News Kept from the Federal Constitution and then This is believed to have been toe scene of the abduction of John J. O’Connell, Jr., son of an Albany, amendment to toe Constitution of clouds and predictions of possible Republicans and Democrats have heard Governor Wilbur L. Cross pre­ N. Y., sports promoter and nephew of Edward and Daniel O’Connell, outstanding figures in Demo­ toe United States, toe first section dict that National repeal was not far showers this evening the Legion cratic politics in New York state. The youth evidently,was seized as he drove up In front of his parents’ of which would repeal toe 18to come tc^toer much as our fore­ Poh’ce and Newspapers Amendment to toe fundamental law fathers came together in toe fierce off. fireworks committee stated at 3 home. The car, with a door open, was found Jn^aA it la pictured here before the house. battle of 1860, when Abraham Lin­ The governor, invited to address o’clock this afternoon that they of toe land, thus restoring to tbs coln was elected President of the the delegates after he had been.in­ would progress with plans for to­ several states of toe Union full con­ United States on a platform which BULLETIN! , form ed ^ their action, told the con­ night’s display at the Old Golf CODE MESSAGE TO'A'BDUCTORS trol within their borders -of toe YOUTH HELD FOR manufacture and sale of alcobOlic was based in a prime essential on Albany. N. V., July IL — (A ^ vention “the 18th Amendment seejns off East Center street. In or­ — ^Breaking a three-day slle liquors. In so doing, you have acted toe pblirical philosophy of ’Tboihas to be going fast. der to give toe townspeople as late the kidnapers of “Yoong Jol HUGE RANSOM as representatives of a large ma­ “I look forwsird to the time, not word as possible on the decision of (yCoimell, 24-year-old negdi^j (Oontinaed On Page Six) far off, when it shall completely “show or no show” it was stated jority of toe electors of this state the np-stote Democratie gone, leaving only the ’memory of it that a bomb of toe aerial type will era, Ite and Ed CConnell, to­ behind." be discharged at six o’clock this day sent Dan (yCoiuiell a new Small Attendance evening if toe exhibit ia to be giv­ note calling for a new coded Hat m Only a small crowd was in the en. In case no bomb is discharged of men who might serve as go- chamber of the House of Represen­ at six o’clock it will mean that toe HOW RECENT U W S HELP betweens for them and the tatives when the delegates placed committee and toe fireworks manu­ 0*Coimell family. Connecticut twelfth on toe list of the facturer have decided that it is too 36 states necessary to write toe pro­ threatening to go ahead with the Albany, N. Y., July 11.— (A P) — posed 21st Amendment into toe display and it will be given tomor­ FARMERS OF THE NATION The belief that John J. O’Connell, row night instead. Federal Constitution. New Hamp­ 24, held im der th reat o f death fo r shire also held its convention today, Ready At Nine while three other states of toe six­ Although no. rain fell here today $250,000 raiuom, was kidnaped in teen which have voted repeal have it was raining hard in New Haven an act of revenge against his nndes, Extensive Legislation Aimed WEATHER DEUYS yet to hold conventions. at noon and cloudy in this vicinity Ed and Dan O’Connell, Democratic were heavy. However, the manu­ Lucius F. Robinson, Sr., of Hart­ leaders, was expressed in sources ford, who has .ought against toe fa ctu rer f the fireworks decided to to Aid Factory Worker come to Manchester with his dis­ LINDBERGH FLIGHT close to toe family today as hours 18th Amendment since its enact­ dragged by without word from toe ment, served as chairman of the play and if indications are favor­ and Bnsiness Men Also— kidnapers. ' gathering. He, too, predicted that able at six o’clock he will go ahead “ Because toe enormous ransom “soon toe whole Nation will join toe and set up toe display so that they at demand,” one of toe fam ily advisers hymn of victory" after terming pro­ \ ill be ready to shoot at nine Drizzling ILim and Low How It Works. said, "and because toe Mdnapmrs hibition "a grave and foolish blun­ o'clock. ’This will give plenty of In answer to a letter of instruction from the kidnapers of bis nephew. John J. O’Connell, Jr., Daniel P. O’Connell Inserted tki* code notice failed to keep their promise to. com­ der.” time to put Che set pieces in place. in an Albany newspaper.' It lists the names of eleven mAn whom the municate wlto us yesterdfiy, we now /ilie convention, called to order at The six o’clock bomb will be toe (3oud< Halt Trip to the, final word on toe show. No bomb, O'Connell family were willing to have act as Intermediaties in ar­ Editor's Note—'This is anoth­ suspect that revenge and'not too'd'e-' •10:06 a. m., standard time, by.Secre­ ranging the young man’s return. The code is § simtfa one, ^wUh er of stories by rtaff writers of tary of State John A. Danaher, re­ no show. il| e t x ransom' pronaited the H(^>e For Break Bumerals representing the position of eiel: alphabet; toe Associated Press explalnmg Nordilands. iterated Connecticut’s oppositioq to ^ thus, 1 stands for A, J f6r^, nfor C, ited er'dii. The display tonight sRfll be dis- new 4aw s. Young O’Connell tlwr.._.18to . AmandmeDt toe . eharged atailug at ifine o’clock, imder mysterious sta te 'A dopting thC T niver rSuBed;- dependent entirely ^ o n toe weath­ Wstshington, J i ^ 11.— (A F ^-^SW North Iftven, Me., July.ll.— (A P) stances about 1 a. m. Blriday' mox3l*> r^eal resolution hi less than an er, of couese. Because of the poor fatten the fanner’s rilm poCketbook hour and concluding its deliberations —^Udfavorable flj^ng conditions Ing. A series ot threatening . weather encountered on other oc­ is toe aim of extensive legislation sages and demands wore received in an hour and thirteen minutes. greeted Colonel and Mrs. Charles casions the Legion ‘comrfittee 'is Friday and Saturday by his pottti'* EPIDEMIC OF now rapidlyy^ being put in to effect. A. Lindbergh today, dampeiiing hoping for a good break tonight. A John J. 0*CofmeIl, Jr.. DELEGATES CONVENE. This is Intended not only to help him cally powerful uncles^ Then, las cloudy sky doesn’t perturb toe their hopes that they might take off State Capitol, Hartford, July 11. rumors of toe kidnaping spread vrith committee since toe clouds have but to help toe factory worker and for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on toe — (A P )—Directed by the people of wfid fire speed througbout the state, been anything but wet 'here the AROUSING THE NATION FACING TRIAL businessman too, by restoring the second leg of their flight to Green­ to., messages abruptly ceased. Connecticut to write an end to Na­ past few weeks. Previous to the tional prohibition, fifty delegates KILLS HIMSELF farmer to a porition where .he can land.