New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1918, Page 7

[_' TLIU*LJD\“D\ Fridays We Close at Noon, Till September 13th, Inclusive. We Are Offering Unusual Values In Bath Towels and Bath Mats AT A MOST SEASONABLYE TIME, WHEN A LAY IS USE OF BATH TOWELS IS MADE MOST A BY THE HEAT HUMIDITY, WE OFFER AS WE SAY, ) JAL VALU IN BATH TOW 3 PRICED 15¢ TO $1.50 EACH. GOOD BATH MATS FROM 75¢ TO $3.00 EACH. SPECIAL NO. 1—In this lot you will find ;good heavy Bath Towels in plain white or colored effects. -Really worth 387 1-Zog unusual price 29¢ each. SPECIAL NO. 2—Gives you SECIAL NO. 3—Gives choice of large heavy Bath Tow zood size, good W ht Turkish choice of checked and striped in in plain white or colored strip Towels, blue, pink or yellow. Should brin colors. About twenty-five dozen. 45¢ and 50c. Yours at unusual Worth today 79c. Yours at umusual price 37 1 price 50c cach. e SINCIAL NO 4—In this lot you VTTENTION TO BATH SETS— < Suc h‘\\\wmtzl with Jarse Towels, will find extra large, extra heavy all Guest Towels, Bath Rug and Wash white Turkish Towels, really worth Cloths. Each S(L bbx2d, 0 to §1.00. Our Unusual price 69c each. 98 Sct. HAVE A LOOK AT BATH MATS of which we e showi the most complete line that n be found anywhere, in si. , all colors and all weigh Basy choice made here from our big variety at to $3.00 cach. All for Sale at Towel Department, Main Floor, new section GOOD DOMESTICS For this week only, we offer a good Bleached Cott yard wide, real for 28c yard. A good 36/in. Unbleached Cotton, '~ 25c value, Real 35c value, 42 inches wide, a soft Bleachéd Cotton Unbleached Cotton, 76 inch width, for ¢ yard. Cases, size 45x36 inches, worth 39¢, for 33c each. . Good Pillow Cases, 45x36 inches, value 50c, the good wearing kind, 42c¢ each. Oxford Twill Pillow Cases, the best wearing, 4 inches, worth §5¢, for 49¢ each. Good Bleached Sheets, sized $1x90 inche pecial at4$1.49 cach. Others, size 90x108 inches, worth $2.75 $2.11 cach. ‘ £ Y HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY #OR NEW “BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY NIFECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS_ PURCHASED OF US. ERLI EWS family were sitting in one of the[is a drop of about six inches from rooms of gthe hou in which there | the roadbed to th track. The only e open window. The lightning | thing that can be done to make th the room and ran aboutythe’| part or the road stand up under the | pet in the style of July 4th fire'| heavy traffic to which it is subjected | works and disappeared ‘leaving only |is to' ldy concrefe such as was laid | sparks in wake. when: the road was first constructed. This js the fifth place that the |/This® concrete has stood up well but lightnir 1d entered dyring the past | is now' in a condition that makes its A month, four of the times.causing dam- | presence dangerous to -travelers by age and in this ca austng nonc at | automobile and the jagged, points of the broken concrete cause wear on tires. a MceCrum To Be Commissioned. mitted to the Knsigns' School [ Today is the last d for all day \s*\\(m.( at the J((’H)n Tu‘rl C ross rooms s ensign. . MeCrum. has been in the | central chal»ter of the American Red i i N lof Steam: Engine Mechattics at et ST | | employ of the Stanley Works in New | Croks, the ITocal room will be closed »ac Tocal branch HE DAMAGE Iq NOMINAL Britain for wome -time and acted in | during the month of August. The A N the “ity of felectrical engineer of hds accomplished much Walter McCrum to Study for Commis- sich as Ensign—Storm | the plant. It is expected that he will | in the tway of knitted articles and | be awarded his commission within a | surgical dressings during the year. | few months and will be placed in the | The members of the local branch are Washes | active ice immediately. McCrum | planning to take up the making of {is the only son of Mrs. M. W. Mc- | hospital garments as soon as the Away Cement Under Railroad | Crum of E: Berlin. Before he déft | reom is reopened. Bridge—Red Cross Rooms to Close. | the commissioned officers’ training Three times ha! residents of this town. Last night dur- | in this town and in ew Britain ing ;the thunder coming about N. H, Minor on Farmington Road w Minor family were struck Th their home downstairs. They heard the crash o felt the lighter thunder and which followed. lize that the house had been until one of the members of the fam- fly went up stairs later and found that RS of \the rooft had fpeen oxm ol licapeds of the part of the road Several feet of struck the homes of | ;man is well and popularly known both | and Mrs. | for the Pelham Bay. station to' enter E ot Bt amp, his friends presented him with | Miss Elizabeth Smith of New York in as many storms, | "o, 00 of $25 in gold. The young |city is spending a month with Mr. Edward Michaels of Berlin | street. and ilghtning storm | Where he has worked for a number | Miss Edith Northrop of Fast Ber- of - lin has returned from a visit with Concrete Washed to Roc friends in Milford. | " The piece of work done under the Rev. nd Mrs. L. W. Bllsworth have railroad bridge in Kensington some | returned home after spending a va- time ago, in the way of ading the | cation in Norwich, N. Y. badly’ worn cement, has been done SASRRE lin vain. With the coming of the | e 5 o : heavy rain last night the newly laid CONTRACT FOR 8. R. & L. CO. paving was washed away in several Washington, July 31.—The anley ces, and this morning is in.&s bad |Rule and. Level Co. of New Britain condition as ever. h true o'clock the home of the time “and we. They did not iron jointers by the general engineer- shingles and a few | o the trolley tracks, where there !ing depot of the army. » boards from the roof were ried off by the e | . HF LLO' GIV ME THE KAISER sh. No dar terior of the h wind following of slight mage to one of the walls avhere part of the plaster was knocked off, When it was first found that the house had the roof were pails of wat the house f damage was not ing what it mi , the shingles on 1oking and sevaml required to savé image by fire, Tt very heavy consider- ht have heen had it he ras allowed to The ¢ farm st Berlin town line was also struck read on the shingles. barn on the Mec- Westfield, outside the ng the storm. T lamage in. this ter in in the case of Minor house The barn bur almost completely to t MeTnerney at there A 1sual premises: The light George 1 ed no dam.® runs s rge numb letown milk s stock time the st no loss of McInerney will be is dairy business other barn o enter of it all BERLIN GARAGE Auto supplies, Texas Filling | | Station, repairs spe(-lalt..g replica of work in the trenches ere are sho a fe »f the boys Phone 671-23, George A.| '°*° Bl i Bt e /V entres. at Fo 1, Okla an underground at Fort Sill, Okla., in an undergr o7 Commatice o Thblic Interne- artillery telephone station wh is a| tion from Underwood & Underwood. A\ L., August 2 ih just been given a contract for | {ing to the lightning storm. Several | | Johnston station and White’s crossing PLAINVILLE NEWS SUBMARINE HUNTING 15 NO CHILD'S PLAY | Wallace Beckwith Writes of Life on the High Seas REGOVERS FROM INJURY al Storm Knocks Out Trolley Schedule—Boy Scouts Will Appeal for Meeting Hall—Whiting Street People Have Complaint. Mrs. George A. Beckwith of West Main street has received the follow- ing letter from her son, Wallace, who is now stationed on the United States warship Mellville. 3075 ) Mellville, June “Dear Mother “It has been quite a long time since I have taken my pen in hand to write a letter to you. I am getting along very nicely now and in a few days I expect to return to my hoat, When I was hurt we were a long way from shore and the ship Mell- | ¥ ville we ship anywhere near g 1 a doctor on board so they left me on her. I have been sick now for the past two months and I hope they send me back pretty soon for I | get so lonesome here doing nothing. | I am getting so that I can use my hand very well but the finger that is minus part of the bone is prac- tically useless; still one finger wo hinder me any after I get used to it “You wrote in your last letter about Randolph Stewart being captured and then after that you wrote that his folks had received word from Wash- ington that he was safe. He must surely be having some exciting times and he must have been one of the bunch of Americans that escaped from the Huns a few weeks ago. “I wish I could write and tell you me of the things I have been through but I am afraid the ccnsor wouid not let it pass for they are very strict about what we put in our | letters and very often our letters are returned to us for little things we are not allowed to write about. But I c tell you one thing and that is th submarine duty is no child’s play over here where there are so many depth charges being dropped. None of them have cver been ,dropped close enough to us to do any real damage yet, but we have been in some pretty tight places and'more than once I thought we were going t@f,see what a prison camp was like. These depth charges that they use over here arc awful thing 1 “We weré successful in getiing away or else I would not be writing to you now he boys over here in the trenches are certainly doing some fighting and they are allowed to write and tell about their adventures. That is why the people at hame have the opinion that the mavy men. have it easy. But do mot worry, Fritz keeps us pretty busy, too. I may have written more than T} should, but when I get home I can | tell you all about some of the thigl | we have seen and done. I shall huve to close naw, but hope to hear from You again in my next mail “From your only son, “WALLACE."” Scouts Want Meeting Place. The local troop of the Boy Scouts, through Acting Scoutmaster Roy Ac- kart, will make an appeal to the busi- ness men next month for a proper meeting place for the winter months and they also wish to establish a permanent place for weekly meectings. The local troop for the past threc months has been farced to meet out of doors, and while it is proper for the summer months the scoutmaster feels that a meeting place must be secured before the fall. The froop is planning to run a harvest fair in the fall and enough money to carry on its work Of Schedule. fternoon the troleys be- town and N Britain as well as Meriden were off schedule ow- ins of wires were down between nd all the trolley patrons had to ch o at the latter and take the trolley which was being operated be- tween the Triangle in New Britain and the crossing. This is the third time this week the trolley schedule been tampered with because of wire conditions Electric Wire Bare. | Several complaints have been made | concerning the conditions of electric | light wires an'Whiting street.. In sev- eral sections.there is no tape on the wires to protect the trees or hous Swimming ¥orbidden. No more swimming will be allowed at the Mountain View swimming pond. Notic, have been placed on the grounds by the owner forbidding any swimming there. According to the view of the owner the pond s dan- gerous because of the fact that it is located so near to the trolley bridge. | The owner of the pond wishes to ask the ca-operation of all the boys of the town. Bricf Ttems. The former Girls' conomics club will meet tonight in the Red Cross rooms for wo: FFrank DeCarli has accepted a posi tion as night cook Collins' Lunch raom Floyd Kalish is spending a ten-day furlough at his home on Forestville avenue. Roger W. Cowles of West Main street, who enlisted as second-class seaman in the Naval Reserve in May, Will report for active duty at Norfollk, STORE OLOSED FRIDAYS AT NO AMERICA NEEDS 25,00 The Nurse stands side by side with the fightidj Out of the fearful waste and havoc of war she Thousands of our American nurses have gone 'S Ame must enroll 25,000 Student Nurses in ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN, JULY 29TH TO. NEW DELIVER Adopted by Department Stores of Hartford iu tional Ticonomy Board of the National Council oOff DELIVERIES—Not more than one delivery MINIMUM DELIVERY—No package the va free of charge. 3 SPECIAL DELIVERIES—For Special Demerleg ditional expense when outside the City - Limits. 3 OUR SPECIAL SALE -QF B We will continue the sale of our importaYM~pu Have still a splendid assortment of sizes, andithem They are strictly high grade materials, percales$ ric: b This is certainly one of the biggest Shirt values to take advantage of the savings. alues up to $2 WOMEN’S and MISSES’ BATH Thursday will be the first day of August and or longer to their Summer Homes at the Short or #% Take « of our new and handsome Bathing Sull Serviceable Bathing Suits in Jersey from Bathi Caps for Bathi hoes from TURKISH TO An- absolute essential at this season of the year. TakeA Good values for 12 1-2¢, 19¢, 25¢, 39¢, 500 and up to § MEN’S $1.50 GRADE NIGHT SHi Fine quality white crepe and seersucker Night Shirts, requirel s, cut full sizes and special for $1.15 each. along a roadside in France while on places to keep up the good work Here is shown a regiment of United | their way back from the front line, (¢) Committee on Public Underwoo States Marines stopping for a rest | where fresh troops have taken their |tion from Underwood & BIDS ON MACHINE TOOLS Manufacturers Invited to Supply Navy o et b Faet 11008 ot Ciam = i el Department—sSct of Specifications Forwarded to Bridgeport Office, New Haven, July 3L.—The re- quirements of the United States Navy department in the matter of machin- ery and tools in large numbers are set out in 62 “requirements’ for which the navy department hids from the manufacturers of machine tools in this country. s \ Ei i 7 Col, I. M. Ullman, regional commit- s o r ’QSS tee for the counties of New Haven and | ke o perince. ee arica, 130 Wast Middlesex, received word today that | el the nay 1 rtment has filled one . . = Sentieg oz comple 't of o requirements in the region: strict office in the i Building, Bridge- where bidders may consult the —THE POPULAR wpers and data on which to SELL OR: 8uY fi@@gfi%’flfi 0() 7/(2‘7 2 it Coluvans:wi B T L — SHOE STOI o maense i % | YOU'D NEVER DREAM SO SMART A entire country to bid on its require- ot o sivennes ant snearen. | § SHOE GOULD BE SO LOME ()I; ABLZL ons to cach of the 20 regional offices into which the country is divided. By the method of informing pros- pective bidders adopted by the United | States government that the nav. | army departments are in the m and that the information of what anted may be consulted in the re- gional offices the manufacturers are | spared the time and expense of jour- | neving to Washington. At the chamber of commerce office today it was stated that on the present “requirements” list is for current sup- plies, and anyone interested in bidding should proceed at once to the Bridge- port office to consult the data. MAYOR ¢ INFORMATION. Mayor Quigiey today received infor- mation in his mail to the eff at | B Our cut shows a beautifui rich ome of the women gatctenders are | f§ military heel now so popular at § having to work 12 hours a day letter also states that despit fact that there Is a woman en o to relieve each gatetender during the v, this relief worker is off vi g 94] from one to three days a week and on these days the women have to work 12 hours. The complaint also | B —ASK THE CLERK I'OR S. says that some days (he gatetenders | do not have any dinner hour, ] Your beautiful stylish shoe odel has tt ith your foot pair > of the ma navoid erful rom th without exclu feature, lence of materials and hip without possible, permanent whzck Shoes Priced at § will torture ble in Oxtords and Pumps at $5.50 up. dark mahog 50 H. GREEN lhe 3huemdn Main St, Hartfy STAMPS— Inform