AVBBAGC DAO.T CtKCUlnATION for the Moeth of Smmmuj, IMS WEATHER Foraeaat af U. S. Weathar , Hartford ' ^ 6,048 Msuber of the AndR Cloady and aaow or lala tonight and posolbly Sunday momtngt slow- Bmum at CtrenlntkMm ly rMng temperntuBO. MANCHESTER — A CITY OF VILLAGE CHARM VOL. LVIL, NO»126 (ClaasUled AdvertWhg an Paga 1$) MANCHESTER, CONN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1938 (FOURTEEN PAGES) Sea-Goin$r Farmers CAUSES GAS BLAST JAPANESE SEAL par END APPEARS NEAR BUILDING USED DOING OWN REPAIRS MS BY U J . NAVY FOR GEN. PERSHING, hnes H. NeQl Jnst About TEMPLE PROVES American Express Concern Wrecks Ifis House On rty the IDEAL SPOT FOR Is Barred From Its Ware- 'Oxford Street— Had Been PHYSICIANS REPOR' honse; Proceeding May Warned Of The Danger. MASONIC DANCE Complicate Cnrrent Status Unable To Take N onridai^;;.. Chamberlain Quells An explosion of Illuminating gas Annual Bafl Held Last Nigh Or Drink, Famons at the home of James H. Neill of 97 Shanghai, Feb. 26.— (A P )—Untt- Oxford street, at 4:10 yesterday Attracts 200 Dancers; .ed States Consul-General Clarence Opposition; Proceeds War Commander Is afternoon, when Robert Neill E. Gauss protested today against brother, started to look for a gas Japanese sealing of an American- leak with a match, blew the north Colorfnl Event Lead! owned warehouse In the heart ol the W^ith P e a c e B a r g a in s ing Steadflf, Under and south sides of the house from their foundation, blew out a cellar biternatlonal Settlement The pro- One' Of The Season. test filed vlfh Japanese consul-gen- gen Tent Most Of door, broke all of the windows down-atatrs, k n ock s plaster from eral Suemaaa Okomoto, raised vital By ASSOOATED PRESS 4. err 1 end Labor party hopes of over- Issues concerning foreign property four rooms on the first floor, threw / throwing the National Cabinet Although attendance at Manches rights In the settlement. Japanese London, Feb. 26.—Prime Minister dishes and glassware from pantry Eden quit rather than yield to Tucson, Ariz„ Feb. shelves and badly damaged the ter’s leading social event of the win gendarmes and consular police pre- CLambcrIaln's task of kUltUng Eu- what he considered pressure from rope into a peaceful community of (AP) — Intense exeitei bathroom on the second floor « f the ter season—the Masonic Ball—was cipitated the ni-tter by sealing the Italy in the Italian request that warehouse of the Commercial Ehi- nr tions shook Itself free from Im- friendship bargaining begin at once, around the hospital room semt-bungalow type of house. No- below that of other years, It seems body was injured. preas Company. Half of the premises mediate domestic opposition today. and In Rome. Chamberlain agreed General John J. Perahinc a certainty that no previous ball The departing Foreign Secretary The blast brought residents of wsa occupied by a United SUtes to the bargaining rather than risk day indicated the weakenfi9|^ was BO signally successful or w". naval warehouse. Anthony Eden's graceful sellf-efface- animosity which might one day I Strickland, Oxford and Cambridge streeta from their homes, many thoroughly enjoyable as the 27th Since the intarnatlonal Settle- ment to "await the verdict of his- bring war, and named Viscount warrior had reached a tory” removed the threat of Con- crisis and that the end migm; Jumping to the conclqslon that annual affair at the Masonic Temple ment preeumably Is neutral terri- Halifax as foreign secretary to dynamite reported aa possibly being last night. There were more than tory, not Involved In the war be- servative party strife over the speed the bargaining task. be at hand. ' In a carload of coal at the New 200 persons present. tween China and Japan, and Ameri- Cabinet crtals which Jolted Britain Defemte His Stand into sudden dedsion to play ball A moment later Dr. street coal pocket had exploded. Did Work Well cans and other treaty nationals en- Defending his stand last night Mrs. Nelli, who had bad a caller, All the committees of Manchester with Europe's dictators. Eklen spoke to his Warwicksaire Davison sent out a bunetStt: W VA* joy the status of extra-terrltorlalty, was standing on the rear veranda Lodge, A. F. and A. M., headed 59- the Japanese action was regarded EMen, predicting failure In deal- conatltuents at Leamlngtdn thus;- nouncinir the general waa talking with the caller and escaped Dr. Charles W, Strant as general as a serious assumption ot authori- ing with Germany and Italy, never- 'The decision Is made . The gov- ually becoming weaker. ; ^ . falliag plaster. Her husband and his chairman, carried out arrangements ty. theless wished the Conservative gov- ernment must then go ahead . I “He is unable to take brothCT, both in the cellar, also es- to a Iflgh degree of perfectiqn and ernment well In Ita task and made Complicates Situation ' ishment or drink,” Dr. caped Injury though James NelU the ball was conducted with admir- Some persoiu felt that Japan waa clear he would give no aid to Lib- (Ointlnaed am Paga Two) able smoothness and efficiency that was thrown about four feet against verging on exercise of the rights son’s bulletin saicL “The a ’Work bench and his hair was contributed much to the pleasure of neys have ceased to functii singed. the dancers. The transfer of the and privllegea of a power's army ol Not often does the uproarious North 8sa permit men to pole calm- occupation, although the Japaneqie General Pershing had 'nie explosion started a lire in the ball from the Armory to the Temple ly along its surface In a cockleshell boat aa those In the picture above was a happy choice, for the/Temple have not actually occupied the Set- unconscious during the cellar, but this was soon extinguish- are doing. In this Instance, the sea, impelled by gales and abnormal ed although a call bad been sent in la large enough to accommodate a spring tides, burst a gap three mi les long in coast defenses—believed tlement or formally claimed It. SEE ALL WAGE JAP DIET FACES part of the early mi It waa polnteo out that If the for the Manchester Are department, good crowd but small enough to the biggest sea waU break East Norfolk, England, hha suffered in 60 hours, but Dr. Davison which responded. lend a warm, friendly atmosphefe years—and swept over 20 square miles of farmland In the Horsey Japanese asaerted that they bad the The NetlU have lived in the house to the occaoion. area. The photo shows some of the 150 refugees being rescued from rights of an v m y of occupation, HOURMEASURES MILITARISTS IN that at times he regained for about six years. The bouse was The music was truly superb, a marooneU farmhouse. that Sutomatlcaliy raised the ques- sciousness for brief periodi piped for gas several years ago, but proving that it's not necessary to tion whether a formal state of war Under Oxygea for the past four years It has not leave Manchester to secure a flne exists. There was some speculation UKEYTOFAIL The bulletin was brangkt- been used. Friday morning a gas orchestra, for the scintillating as to whether this irould bring be- Aim TESTthe patient's room by the rh^hm of Art McKay’s nine-piece meter was Installed. At that time fore President Roosevelt the matter nephew, Frank Persldlig. Raymond Mercer, employed by the band made a decided hit with the of deciding If tbe neutrality act son apparently was un' Manchester Division of the Hartford dincers. The orchestra was aug- TWO YOUTHS QUESTIONED should be Invoked. Smdi Legislation May Be Stalls Off Revisbn Of Mobifi- leave the bedside. It w*a __ Gas Company, Informed the fanUI'y mented by Tony Obrlght’a accom- lormed sources, however, be- time he had failed to »ppf.|T that when a connection was com- paniment on the marimba and self. lieved the Japanese were not de- leted to the range, which was to xylophone and hla expertneas on 'us of forcing a docialon on the Dropped For Session As xation KU Till Monday; General Pershing had heoa gs Uter that day, a call would bring these instruments earned him IN DEATH OF EXECUTIVE an oxygen tent most at [trollty issue, tt was e6natilared but When an oastatant ant\, ~ representative o f the. KU 50m- »!?'* for every number. - fr>7: xc.- ly .that jm amlcaMa aettlement pAny to turn on the meleler and All the latest popular sohga were AH BQk M eet S trong Of Prett TeOs People U. S. change the tank he wm told a* make the necessary tests. played. Including the swlnglest of Id be arranged. oxygen would be neeoed, Th* Tell Police They Ssw Man Building Brtttsli Owned As the original pipes bad been swing, and heavy applause greeted WANTS U. nient waa not ampUfled by left In, the connection w u a small qvery offering. The building which was sealed position In Tlie Honse. Has Passed Similar Bill or nurses. Job. The one small elbow needed Colorful Party Lying On Sidewalk After Wals British owned snd leased by Heart stimulants odmlnltterad m was made by Robert Neill. The decorations were simple but the American concern. It contains the 77-yeoz-oId commander Om Tamed On. ^ u tlfu l and supplied a perfect FLOOD CURB BILLS cargo under various ownersblpi.. Washington, Fsb. 26.— (AP) — Tokyo, Feb. 26—(AP) — Victori- after mldn^ht brought a fS' background for the lovely gowns of f While warehouses of other for- reaction.