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EVERY GOOD TIML IS A GOOD TIME TO —KODAK- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD Miss Roche Heads Foreign Information Service BY ALICE ROHE, The busiest woman in New York. ., Who is she? Josephine Roche, Why? Well, could a woman sit in a New | York office surrounded by the prob- lems of yixteen nationalities, her men- tal fingers on the pulse of each of them, without being almost as busy 4s half a dozen international confer- ences put together? This remarkable young woman, Vassar, A, B.; Columbia, A, M.; chief probation officer and director of girls' work in the juvenile court of Denver; inspector of amusements and police- woman of Denver; special investigator National Consumers' League and too many other titles representing public service to be enumerated, is doing more fo solve America's so-called for- eign problem than any other one in- dividual in the United States. SLIGHT CONFUSION INNEW TIME TODAY Factories And Stores Change Clocks-Others on Standard Time The daylight saving plan went in- to cffect today with little confusion resulting. Practically all houses and under the new the schools, The police court is one of the few agencies that has not changed to the husiness factorics are operating time schedule as are MONDAY, MAY 1, 1922, POPE SENDS LETTER Messages From Plus Is Recelved With Much Gratifiostion Among Leaders At Genoa Conference, London, May 1. (By Associnted Press)—Dope Plus' Metter, issuance of which caused mueh gratification among the leaders of the Genoa con- ference yesterday is described by the Cienoa’ correspondent of the Morning Post as exWressing the deep satisfac- tion with which the Holy I‘ather learned that the obstacles. which threatened to make any agreement fipossible at Genow had been remov- ed through the good will displayed by everyhody. The letter pays tribute to the noble aims animating the conference and declares that by preparing at least a basis for the reallzation of these alms Ashley’s Sales Day| A complete stock of Kodaks and Brownies awaits your inspection here, We have them for the pictures you want to make amd at the price want to pay Autographic Kodaks-—8§6.50 Brownics—8$2.50 up. Photo Albums — Art Corners Camera Supplics The Dickinson Drug Co. 169-171 Main Street in the not distant future, the confer- ence will have deserved well of man- kind, for whom it is preparing a new era of peace and prosperity in which it will be possible to say in the words of the Scriptures: “Justitia et pax osculatae sunt.” new time. This morning the usual array of prisoners, witnesses and spectators arrived at §:30 o'clock, daylight saving time, only to find that court was not open for a full hour. The following is a list of the fac- tories who have turned their clocks ahead and are now working on the daylight saving plan: New Brithin . - — Machine, Landers, Frary and Clark, S Gy T i, silmnn.\- WE SAY COME TO OUR STORE TUESDAY AND Works, The American ardware YOU WILL FIND THE BIGGEST BARGAINS AND ‘'THE MOST BARGAINS IN THE CITY. Corp.,"Union Manufacturing company, Plant on Chestnut Street. 3 : Skinner Chuck company and the Vul- can Iron Works, The Southern New FEngland Tele- > phone company has also set its clocks » Clt ltems ahead in order to cooperate with the! irire Chief William J. Noble has y factories and stores and it appears|turned in his report for the month TR of April. It shows that there were 31 fires during the month, of which 10 were bell alarms and 19 were “stills.” There were no large fires with any = that in the course of a few days, Girl,” is a great |overything will be running smoothly. Pierce & Co.|The city clocks in the church steeples, still retain standard time and work- ers coming home to lunch at 12great damage, the largest being that o'clock found those clocks still point- | which was at the John Pinches Wood- Ing at the Hour.of 11, working plant on Chestnut street. The The Western Union Telegraph com- | gamage at this fire was $2,600. pany reccived many requests to setf The cause of the firc has been de- clectric clocks ahead. The telegraph|ciged by the insurance. company as companies, however, are forced 1to|peing the carelessness of somd per- Keep.their clocks on standard time in|gon in throwing away a lighted roatch. order to check up on the messages|phere is a peculiar incident con- which come from all parts of the|pested with the affair in that Wil- country. In other states the daylight | jzm H. Allen, the contractor, Rad just plan is not being carried out and @l iiieq up in front of the building message sent at 1 o'clock, must be preparatory to razing it to the ground. The fire finished the job before he started. There was a slight fire at 46 Wil- low street Saturday afternoon. Dam- registered at standard time instead of one hour later as would be the case age amounting to about $10 was done. Many Sections. Director of Joreign l.anguage In- formation Service, she has not only worked out a perfectly eo-ordinated system of interpreting America tfo the allen and tMe alien to America, but she has, through practical proof of its vital need, secured financial rKing. A personally conducted tour Miss Roche of the headquarters gives one quite a traveled feeling. “This is the Italian section,” she said, “and the Lithuanian, Czecho- slovak, Polish—" With complete disregard of fron- tiers and boundaries we visited 16 nationalities, all represented by men and women of fine education. Fager to Learn. “We serve sixteen nationalities,” said Miss Roche, “Czechoslovak, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hun- garian, Italian, Jewish, Jugoslav, Lith- uanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish and Ukranian. “Assimilation cannot be forced on the immigrant,”” continued Miss Roche. “The foreign born are best fitted to work out their own prob- lems of adjustment and they show a pathetic desire to be a part of rather than a problem of our life. “Our work is divided into two parts, making our laws and life un- derstandable to the foreign born and secondly, giving the native born an understanding of the prob- lems, the injustices done the foreign born.” Statistically there isn't a loose end in the work of which Miss Roche is director, but even the perfect sys- tem does not overshadow the great human appeal. IRISH CONSTABLE KILLED IN AMBUSH Slayers Flee--Stolen ~ Whiskey Surrendered to Authorities Dublin, May 1.—A royal Irish con- stabulary automobile bound for Drog- heda from the Gormanstown camp up. Blazes During the Month of April— ¥ .argest Was That At the Pinches JOSEPHINE ROCHE. Largest Was Th HOSIERY $1.50 Silk Hose ...... 95¢ $1.00 Silk Hose .:.... 79¢ .75 Silk Hose ...... 59¢ .35 Lisle Hose ..... 29¢ $1.25 BLUE: WORKING SHIRTS 79¢ $2.00~$2.59 PAJAMAS “0ld Fashioned dance record. C. L. —advt. An enjoyable time was had at the dinner party given Mrs. Anthony Pe- chout, formerly Miss Marguerite Nel- son, daughter of Mrs. Ida Nelson of 26 Day street, New Britain, at Hotel Heublein on Saturday afternoon by a few of her friends at the Fuller Brushy company. $3,000 given away at the Kacey Fajr, State Armory, April 21st to May lst.—advt. The dental clinic committee will hold its final meeting at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Chamber of Com- merce on Main street. Musicians’ dance, State Armory, Fri. eve, 2 orchestras, 50 pieces.—advt. A birthday party in honor of Miss Esther Rdyberg was held at the Women’s New Sport Oxfords in 2-tone tan cffects—also smoked saddle—duflex and uskide NECKWEAR $1.50 Neckwear $1.00 Neckwear .85 Neckwear .65 Neckwear NAINSOOK UNION SUITS $1.50 ......... Now $1.00 ......... Now BAL. U1§IION SUITS $1.65 $1.50 BAL. UNION SUITS horse with tan if the telegraph company were to change their clocks. Many patrons of the theaters last night came at 8 o'clock, thinking no home of Miss Ruth Holmstrom of 464/ 1unge was made and found the show North Burritt street, I'riday evening. |wag in progress. Piano and violin selections were ren i dered by Edith Peterson and Robert Onarato, solos by Ellen Anderson, DIREGTORS MEET Herman Paulson, Esther Rdyberg and Jack Robinson and fancy dancing by R, 'l'\finnle Botticelli and Robert Onara- Newly Flected Officials Of Chamber 5 850 lgc 0. $1.15 soles— .79 Some of the cypress used by the Egyptiang to make mummy cases Is 3,000 years old and is still in a good state of preservation. 35¢ PARIS GARTERS $8.00 ;;QQ‘I@FALLS sylum Street Hartford “It Pays To Buy Our Kind” Secure at once your tickets for the ©f Commerce Tendered Reception New Britain Choral Society’s concert, May 8th. Exchange at Crowell's Drug Store tomorrow at 7 p. m.—advt, MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE. $1.50 SOFT COLLAR SHIRTS 89c $2.50 SOFT COLLAR SHIRTS At New Britain Club. LEATHER BELTS $1.00 Belts ......... T9¢ ‘.75 Belts ......... 59¢ FFive of the six new directors re- cently elected to the Chamber of Commerce were tendered a reception at the weekly dinner at the New Brit- ain club today. Addresses of welcome were " made by Principal L. P. Slade, of the High school, and Rev. John 1. Davis. With the exception of Mayor A. M. Paones- e T s i business men have long since determined Boston Woman, V m of Poison, Found Dying in Hotel Room. Boston, May 1.—Miss Alice I.. Har- bour, daughter of Jefferson I.ce Har- $2.00—$2.50 CAPS PRIZES AWARDED 0 AGHIEVEMENT CLUBS Those Under Mrs. E. M. Pratt And Mrs. G. A. Porter Win Three Each. Eishteen cash prizes were awarded to Junior Achievement clubs partici- pating in the Junior Achicvement ba- zaar at the Roys’ club last week, The prizes awarded were as follow: Booth Exhibits. Girls, First prize—=See-More Achievement elub; Leader, Mrs. H. (. Warner. Second pri Trinity Achievement elub; leader, Mrs, 15, M. Pratt Third prize—Willing Workers Achievement club; leader, Miss Eliza- beth Burr. Boys. First prize—Live Elecirical Achieve- ment club; ieader, W. Cowles, Second prize—Young Workers' Achievement club; leader, Miss Mabel ‘Wallen. Third prize—Toy Art club; leader, Mrs. Marshall R. Demonstrations, Girls, First prize-—Trinity Achievement club; leader, Mrs. I, M. Pratt Second prize—AMerry Maids Achieve ment club; leader, Mrs. 1), . Smith Third prize—FEetmor Achievement club; leader, Mrs. G. A. Porter. E . Achievement Cook. Boys. First prize —Toy ment club; leader, Howurd Beach. Second prize-=Troop 2 Achieve- ment club; leader, Walter Williams. Third prize—Tir. Achicvement club; leader, Victor Schu'%z. Stunts. “ First prize—Young Workers' Achievement, club; Jeader, Miss Maee| Wallen. Second prize-Trinity Girls' Achicve- ment club; leader, Mrs. . M. Pratt. Third prize-—Eetmor Achievement elub; leader, Mrs. G. A. Porter, Club _ZAficiency. First pri- ~<Fetmor Achievement club; Mrs. G. A. Porter. Second prize—See-More ment «lub; Mrs, H. C. Warner. Third pri ment club; Mrs. D. Smith. There are no false bottoms or paneled sides to the Baker Flavoring KExtract bottle. Quality and quantity both standardized. At all grocers.—advt, SEEE——————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative BROMO QUININE tablets. The genuine bears the gig- nature of E. W. Grove. (Be sure you Making /ichieve-| Achieve- Merry Maids Achieve- was ambushed yésterday morning and the driver killed, The slayers seized the car and fled, leaving the police- man’s body in the road. The car had een sent for a Presbyterian minister who was to conduct the Sunday serv: ices at the police camp. Give Up Whiskey. The irregular republican troops who seized the bonded stores in Kil- kenny on Saturday and removed the whole stock of whiskey to the Kil- kenny jail surrendered the goods to the regulars after intervention by the magqor, says a statement issued from the general headquarters in Beggars Bush barracks. At the same time they surrendered the whiskey the irregular forces cvacuated the jail. Commander Prout of the regulars reported that the whiskey had been shipped to Kilkenny from Dublin, and was not made in Relfast, as supposed. The jail {s wunder guard of regular troops. Fxtraordinary Notice, An extraordinary notice has been served by the local commandant of the dissident army in Conlomel on some of the leading Sinn Ieiners sup- porting the Anglo-Irish treaty, one of whom was imprisoned by the British in Rallykinlar, says the Suwday In- dependent The commandant warns them that their movements are® deemed danger- ous and inimical to the drish republic and that if any action be taken against the executive council (inde- pendent) troops in that area, they will he held personally responsible, This form of notice closely repro- duces the warnings sent during the British occupation to prominent unionists who, as supporters of the government, were held responsibie I tor acts of violence by crown forces. These unionists in many cases had their homes burned as reprisals, VETERAN PRINTER DIES, Greenwich, May I.—John W. Flynn, manager of the Greenwich Opinion here in 1885, died today, aged 59. He learned the printer's trade at the age of 13 and stayed at it untii his death. He was well known in the trade as a foreman-printer and had been on newspapers in this state and New York. Of late he had had his own plant here. He leaves his wife, father, four sons and two daughters, HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY. Helen Cooper of 18 Henry street, | entertained a number of her little friends and playmates Saturday at a party in celebration of her sixth birthday. Enjoyable games were played and refreshments were serv- ed. The little hostess received a number of pretty gifts from her friends. PROTESTANTS WARNED. Templemore, County Londonderry, May i.--The Protestants of this di triet and a number of regular Irish republican army troops today were ordered to leave. Ralilroad tracks in a number of places have been torn up, bridges have been destroyed and the roads blocked bour of this city, author and lec- turer, died early today “of in a room at a hotel here. had [« been registered there since Thursday |th having no callers until yesterday af-|th ternoon, hotel attendants said. Al- fred Ayers of Winthrop called on her |D. then and when Miss Harbour did not respond he notified the hotel authori- | ties. scious condition and died shortly after midnight without making any state- |ce ment. on She GOLDENBLUM MILL poisoning | $a, She was found in a semi-con-|question of voting hooths in houses and a motion was made to as- who is out of the city, there was full hoard present. Responses to o welcome addresses were made hy e five new directors present, Ste phen Robb, John A. Erickson, Morri Saxe, John 8. ontaras and Charles Mueller. There was Some discussion of the school rtain the feeling of the school board the subject. INERY CO. MILLINERY Th sel For Tomorrow Tuesday Only TWO REMARKABLE e offered for Iy. ¥, taken from our stock where theythave been times the sale prices. SPECIALS ese exceptional bargains one day All of these Hats are regular ling for two and three Two Special Groups. Two Special Prices, REMEMBER TUESDAY ONLY 300 ) Trimmed { Hats All Styles, Materials, Col 250 ) Trimmed 5’ Hats All Styles, Materials, Co Value $5.00. Value $6.00. $1 .00 lors and Trimmings. $1 95 lors and Trimmings. Goldenblum Millinery Co. 188 MAIN STREET, New Britain—Y. M. C. A. Bldg. the value of placing all their Fire Insurance in one agency. Dividing : insurance among several agents has many times resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars to the insured. A strong agency— with strong companies, HATCH Insuror CITY HALL LAST NIGHT GRAND FAIR DALY COUNCIL, NO. 12, K. OF C. $3,000 In Prizes Given Away April 21 te May 1 At Arch Street Armory KLEIN'S MINSTRELS Entertainment and Dancing Each Evening Admission—25 Cents $1.65 $5.00 SILK SHIRTS $3 95 25¢ LISLE HOSE 6 Pairs for $1 $1.59 $1.00 Reductions On All SPRING HATS 25¢. SOFT COLLARS 19¢ DO NOT FAIL TO COME TO THIS SALE Ashley | BABCOCK CO. OUR NEW STORE 139 MAIN ST. TRADE IN NEW BRITAIN 209 DISCOUNT, MAY 2 On All Paints, Varnishes “and Wall Papers Except Lead and Oil Morgan, Kingsley & Thompson Inc. 411 MAIN STREET PHONE 534 For Quick Returns Use Herald Classified Advts.

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