New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1922, Page 13

FINAL CLEAN-UP SALE SUITs (All Grouped in Two Lots) $25 and $30 Fashion Park and Mic:2y Freeman Included NECKWEAR 1-2 PRICE FELT HATS $5.00, $6.00 and $7.50 Grouped at One Price—$3.50 —CL These Coats Are Well Tailored and Very Special at $18.00 —FURNISHINGS— Light BATHING SUITS REDUCED | FITCH-JONES CO. POSTHASTERS GET ' SALARY INCREASED First Class Officials Receive Sub- stantial Raises ‘Washington, Aug. 18.—(By the As-; sociated Press)—Salarles of many first class postmasters have been increased as a result of the computation of postal receipts for the year ended December 31, 1921, just completed by First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett. Under the Postal Laws and Regulations first class postmaster salaries are fixed upon the receipts of the individual offices of the previous calendar year going into effect at the beginning of the regular flscal year in July. These salary increases there- fore, are effective from the first of July and continue during the fiscal year of 1923 until the next computa- tion of receipts is made. $1,000 Increase Given Fort Wayne, Ind., scored the record during the war, the salary of its post- master being raised from 85,000 to $6,000 as a result of increases in post office receipts amounting to over| $119,000. Long Island, N. Y. came second with a jump of $800 in the postmaster’s salary from 84,200 to $5,000. Augusta, Maine "showecd such gains in receipts that the postmaster | was rewarded an increase of salary | from $4,500 and $5,000 beginning last month. Postmasters in Lansing, Mich, Charleston, W. Va., Camden, N. J, Fresno, Calif., and Lancaster, Pa. will receive salaries of 84,500 instead of $4,200. Pasadena, Calif,, Honolu Hawail, and Lynchburg, Va. po! masters were increased from $4,000 to $4,200 while the post office at Jamal- | ca, N. Y, made such a gain in its postal receipts that the salary of the postmaster went up from $3,900 to | ..., : y $4,200. Increases in postmasters’ m_-c:aft history. ¢ R arles from $3,900 to $4,000 were or- | Places that invite the visitor’s dered at Springfleld, Mo., Longbeach, Calif., Decatur, 111, Greensboro, N. C. Pueblo, Colo., Orange, N. Maine, Manchester, N. F N. J, York, Pa., Bay City, N Ch Le: S | quialities. alluring finger posts indicating but also its historic prominence the city gates this SALEM COMMERCE CHAMBER INSTALLS ATTRACTIVE SIGNS Salem, Massachusetts, has erected billboards trances to the city that are unique in The highways for miles about have been dotted with S “‘community Salem’s two claims to fame—its ancient doorwa: On the panel of the deor is a ! |erected by the local Chamber of Commerce and are convinecing C. (evidence that billboards may combine artistic and commercial at the en- artistry and practical not only the direction of Salem,| as the witcheraft city. Then at board” sses pictorially and its witch- st of historic boards were attention. The ington, Ky, and Hammond, I from $3,800 to $3,000 at Jamestow N. Y., San Juan, P. R, Ashville, N. C., and Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and from | $3,700 to $3,300 at Framingham, Mass., East St. Louls, Ill, Winona, Minn., Champaign, Ill. and Parkers- | burg, W, Va. Other Raises Other increases in postmaster salar- fes include Mishawaka, Ind., and New- | © " ark, N. J., from $3,400 ‘to $3,600; 3100 Casper, Wyo., Columbia, M Minn.,, Barbara, Calif, Morristown, Pa., rdam, N. all, the greatest $300 at Roc! 4 Troy, TO PRODUCE WOOD PULP. Aug. 18.—Timber ure of paper, a lon Australia, has finally $3,700 occurred in Hagerstown, Md., | discovered in Tasmania. PALACE Next Mon. — Tues. - Wed. A SPECIAL NOVELTY ATTRACTION Featured at Each Performance NAT FARNUM’S ‘CLOWN NIGHT’ Now The Rage of New York felt been - Given by Entire Personnel of The Vaudeville Bill It's a Comedy Scream N. Y. Others ranged from $200 to| for Three im- | ctor of the Com- | Ith Institute of Science and | | MAKES WORK FOR CHEMISTS. Liquor Must Be Arrest of Carrier. Pierce, Fla., Aug. 18.—Ch ists with portable laboratories g liquor on be needed in Flo !Fln:’!lln Judee cd Before and capable of analy jump may .7. R Jnhnflrm o‘ who held that s liquor transport- 2 t the person (\u[ a u"umnt |that (‘“4\ nnt(n\l bun" mo\(—d h in- toxicating. The decision was in the case of Mr. Mrs. W. H. Garrett of Cairo, Ill,, whose automobile officers found s of what they declared was| r."" Judge Johnson| of the Garretts, ested immediately ., chargi vio- | n laws. | {but they were rea lon a federal wi |1ation of the pro¥ COUPLE ARE BURNED. | Motor Boat Catches Fire and Middle- town Man and Wife Injured. Middletown | Jacokes of this city i Aug n serjous con- uffering frqm they necticutsriver yes- the Middlesex ng on the Co Both ere in lln~n|(|1 here. The couple were on thelr way down | the river when there was an | sion in the gasoline tank which set | fire to the vesse! Mrs. Jacokes' | clothing caught fire and in trying to!| extinguish the flames Jacokes wae burned about e face, arms and | neck. Other ves came to the res-| cue and after e guishing the flames the couple were taken ashore and| rushed to the hospital. [P OTHING— GABERDINE COATS SWEATERS 1-2 PRICE and Dark Grays Only ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR $1.25 — Mow 85¢ FLANNEL TROUSERS Extra Quality Were $10.00—Now $6.50 ODD SHIRTS 1-2 PRICE 50¢ SOFT COLLARS 25¢ City Haul | dress to thirty arrived re: e ofiithe Ph‘.‘lpmn‘s will be, TEACHING JOBSIN =52 Should Be Regarded as Permanent &7 5 -Conditions Not Like Home Gilmore. ‘T the feeling t pVJcn for them: Manila, P. I, Aug. 18— scciated Press.) — Amert coming to the Philippine Islands should regard their positions as per- manent instead of temporary, in the opinion of Vice-Governor Eugene A. Gilmore, exofficio secretary of pub- lic instruction, said Vice-Goy ought to come t th ; the As- ths teachers tepared to adjust themselves to s give their wo. becoming dis: They can not all must where their services expressed in an ad- | needed. teachers | struction and the burcau comfhg to the| The department of public in- | of educa- | Somebody telephoned to Coroner Eds do their ulmost to make|ward F. Fitzgerald here yesterday living conditions as good as pos- |that a body of a murdered man had ust not expect them been found near Armonk, about a e mile from the spot where Clarence ) ”!'Pe:r—rs was shot by Walter 8. Ward. beral WO'Y‘O“O"' and ad- The coroner, accompanied by Deputy to Americans Sheriffs Fred Ruscoe and Charles F. Lent and several reporters, made a ‘3"‘“‘1 fast motor run to Armonk. When he they reached the hotel of Willlam St. John on the state highway they . learned that the find was only a straw 7 dummy. St. John said that George Nord- man, employed in the city water ‘uo'ks department, had rushed in and |told him that a dead man was lying | near a fence not far from the hotel. John hurried out and found a v fixed up in clever style, with s of red paint on the shirt ly trained by American teachers. DUMMY MURDER SCARFE. and Finds Body of Straw. White Plains, N. Y., Aug. The Bankrupt Stock of the NEW BRITAIN 381-383 MUST VACATE CLOTHING Co. MAIN ST. IN TEN DAYS COULD NOT SECURE A LEASE Stock and Fixtures Must be Sold ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF Il CLOAKS, SUITS, DRY GOODS and CLOTHING LADIES’ AND MISSES’ FALL COATS $3.00 each 9-4 SHEETING 45c yd. LADIES’ VOILE AND GINGHAM DRESSES 75c each MEN'S PALM BEACH SUITS $5.00 each ALL KINDS OF CREPE DRESSES $14.50 each 36 INCH BROCADED COTTON CLOTH 20c yd. LARGE SIZE TURKISH TOWELS 20c¢ each TABLE OIL CLOTH 15c yd. LACE AND EMBRO]DERY MEN'S PONGEE SHIRTS 50c¢ each ARMY BLANKETS $2.25 each GINGHAM SPECIALS IN BOYS’ SUITS FOR SCHOOL OPENING SUITS WITH 2 PAIR PANTS K Scy | $3.50 and $4.50]