New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 17

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NAVAL BUILDING . PLANTO BE HURRIED Prance Desies Quick Acion in Paris, Feb, 8.—When France com- | Condition of the ¥French Navy,” the prepared by Judge Ralph H. Clock of plotes the reduetion of the first sec.| eNtire program bé completed between | the superior court, tion of her naval program, elaborated in conformity with the Washington disarmament agreement, the fleet of | 7aval commission will come up for|Clock, “the married couple lived to-| the republic will conslst of nine battle- | .| gether legs than one day, while the| 60 torpedo boats submarines, &hips, 14 cruisers, and destroyers, and 64 This will be done by the spring of |20 expenditure of 2,350,000,000 francs, | divorce was 39 years 1926, Of the nine battleships, however, two are now obsolete and are not even today carried in the parliamentary re- ports as effective weapons of offense, Bix of the 14 cruisers will have passed the age limit, and 17 .torpedo boats and destroyers are admitted by naval experts to b unequal to the task that would be allotted to them in present naval warfare. Twenty of the sub marines which saw service during the late war, according to a parliamentary report would be useless, Thus France could bring into line| for effective naval operations seven battleships, eight cruisers, 43 torpedo boats and destroyers and 40 sub- marines. Minister of Marine Flaminius Rai- berti, expressing his conviction that siuch a reduced fleet would be unable to ensure the security of France's naval frontiers and the liberty of its naval lines of communications, recent. Iy introduced a bill in the chamber, asiiing authorization to proceed im- mediately to work on the second sec- tion of the naval program, as agreed upon at Washington. The bill provides for the construc- tion of six cruisers of 10,000 tons; 15 destroyers of 2,400 tons; 25 torpedo Thin Men Skinny Men Run Down Men Nervous Men| You probably know that Cod Liver| Oll s the great flesh producer in the world, Because it contains more Vitamines than any food you can get, You'll ba glad to know Tiver Oll eomer in sugar that Cod ted tab- 1ets now, so if you really want to put | 19 or 20 pounds of real healthy flesh on your bones and feel well and strong 15Kk the Clark & Brainerd Co, or the Diekinson Drug Store, or any drug-| £ist for a box of McCoy's Cod Liver| 01l Tabjets. ° Only §0 cents for 60 tablets and {f you don't gain five pounds in 30 days vour druggist will hand you back the money you paid for them. It isn’t anything unusual for a per. won to gain 10 poj n 30 d PAPER DOLL FAMILY FREE FEB. 17 POLLY DRESS-UP GAD-ABOUT boats of 1,450 tons: four submarine eruisers of 3,000 tons; 30 submarines of the first class, 1,300 tons each; two mine layers of 4,000 fons and tankers of 10,000 tons each. According to the government's program work on these various units was to commence in January, 1926, and be completed in } 1980. | Deputy Paul Denise, socretary of fhe naval commission of the chamber, in submitting his report endorsing the | program of the government, recom- | mended that “owing to the precarious { | { | 11924 and 1925, | This program as amended by the | discussion during the present probably a few weeks after the n | chamber meet next May. It involve: { which the pregent chamber is unwill- |ing to saddle upon the country just | previous to going to the polls. TOWN HELPS INVENTOR Czechoslovakian Populace Joins In | | Body To Fritz | Transmit power Without Wires, Oberleutensdorf, Czechoslovakia, {Feb. 8—This industrial town of 12,000 persons has veluntarily trans- formed itself into one breat eleetrical workshop to assist Fritz Havlitzek, a local electrician, in his struggle to Help Havlitzek {tion designed to transfer eleetrical power without wires {woman and child in Oberlentensdorf conslder themselves Havlitz as- sistants. Every house, every machine | shop, every telegraph pole in the [town has been placed at the disposal |of the young inventor Just at the time when Havlitzek had nearly perfected the machine upon which he had been at work for |years, his funds gave out and he found himself unable to carry on his endeavers. But the burgomaster and the town deputies quickly came to | with which to continue Oberleutensdort manufactures t textlles, hats and steel goods. Fvery workers in town looks upon young Havlitzek as a second Edison, and the imen of sclence who have en hi work predict £reat accomplishments for the local wizard of electricity. Seismoloéi;tr S;ys Quakes ' May Become More Violent Lopdon, Feb. 8 —The earth is in 4 continual state of unrest, internally well as on the surface, suys Professor H. H. Turner of the London Training college, In o recent lecture he de- | elared that almost every day an earth. | quake occurred somewhere, and often | three or four took place, These quakes geemed to be getting more frequent, land it §s still a guestion with experts whether the worst had been passed | or is still to come. Commenting on the accuracy in our times of the science of seismology, the professor sald that modern methods hitherto, been. written on the selsmo- graphe'as interior rumblings are in reality earthquakes so tar down in the earth that the crust is not broken or | disturbed. WILLIE WIDEAWAKE Miss UPTO-DATE With the New York Sunday WORLD Each doll is on stiff cardboard, easy to cut out. four, |improve apparatus of his own inven- | Every man, | | Havlitzek's ald and gave him money | of recording had proved that what has | ALICE | JUDGE SAYS LACK OF THRIFT CAUSES DIVORCES Salesmen, Plumbers, Painters, Con- r tractors; Merchants, Printers Los Angeles, Feb, 8 ack of thrift | has been the chiefs cause of recent divorces here, according to statistics and Barbers Lead the List covering about 1,000 divoree cases. “In a number of cases,” said Judge | greatest length of time that any cou- ple lived together and then sought “Salesmen lead the comparative| total of unfaithful husbands, ten per| | eent of the defendants in such divorce actions being of that occupation. Next in order were contractors, mer- chants, plumbers, painters and print- | er with a few barbers. Strange to) | , the list includes no attorneys—in | fact, few professional men and women. | | “If the idea of thrift and home-| {ownings is to be incaleulated in the |minds of the American people it | should be taught in the schools. '['h'nj | there will be less inclination to rush {to the divorce court on the slightest | pretext.” | {England Reports Lowest | Death Rate on Record | Feb, $.—Sir Walter Kin- near, controller of the National szllhg | Insurance department, i8 rather op-/ timistic about the health of the peo.! ple of Great Britain. | In a recent speech Sir Walter gaid | that despite the fact that during the |last few vears they had been passing| through the greatest wave of depres. slon the country had known since the| Napoleonic era, the health of the peo. | ple was steadily improving. Last year | | he added, the death rate was the| [lowest on record 4nd the infant| mortality rate was about one-half of | that of 15 to 20 years ago. It was a | eheering fact to remember, the speak- | er concluded, that a child born today | | London, ™ 1had an expectation of life 12 years Monger than had his grandfather, AMES BOTHER COUNTY | (&} n, Feb. 8§—~While the Free| Ftate government is making the| {teaching of the Irish language com- pulsory in the schools, and using it on| an equality and documents, the gov.| ernment of North East Ulster has in- stituted a prosecution against a farm. rin County Down for having 4 name | {In Irish on his cart, | | Home Made Remedy | PARMINT Stops Any Cough Quick i Get trom any druggist, one ounce of Parmint (double strength) add to it a little sugar and enough water to make a half pint. The minute you take it, like a soothing, he#ifing poultice it spreads, and relief comes at once. | Children like {t too. MAR, 18 NEDDIE BUSY-BEE NEVERSTILL With each doll come three complete changes of clothes, from fourteen to eighteen separate pieces. The costumes are brilliantly litho- graphed in many colors. A different doll given each week for the next six weeks. Order the Sunday World for the next six weeks and get the complete set. Next Sunday get— POLLY DRESS-UP and with her a Skating Outfit, a Party Costume and a Swimming Suit—all FREE with next N. Y. SUNDAY WORLD FEBRUARY 8, 1924. | Short Time Left for Our Clearance Sale To Continue We are bound to sell everything before closing this big SALE — We therefore made bigger and final reductions. The values are absoluteiy the best this season is offering The enormous savings you are making at this sale, pays you to buy now for next winter. Expect big values, because we have them to give to you Three special lots of Suits and Overcoats tailored in the finest woolens and worsteds that sold from $30.00 to $55.00 Suits and Overcoats Former Price $25 to $30 Now § 1 9,50 Former Price $35 to $40 NOW $24_50 Former Price $45 to $60 For Quick Clearunce We Have Made It Possible For Every Man If Looking For Dress or Work Trousers With These Astounding Prices MEN'S $£3.00 TROUSERS NOW $1.95 ' $2.95 $3.9 MEN'S £4.00 TROUSERS NOW MEN'S 0 TROUSERS NOwW [ MEN'S $6.50 TROUSERS NOW $4.95 BIG GROUP ALL W00l That OF BOYS' PANTS Formerly Sold For $2.06 and 82.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $1.50 SUITS BOYS' AND OVERCOATS Formerly Sold As High As £9.00 CLEARANCE PRICE $5.00 No time like the present to put in your vearly supply of Shirts, Flannel Shirfs, Cot- ton Work Shirts and Good Dress Shirts in woven Madras, all included in this big SHIRT CLEARANCE. troadeloth and Satin Stripes, BOYS MACKINAWS AND SHEEPSKIN COATS Formerly Sold for and £13.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $8.00 SHOP BRISTOL 135 MAIN STREET Collar Attached White and Tan Oxford Shirts $1.59 value £2.50 Woven Madras Al Wool Grey Shirts all eolors: goaranteed $1.45 value 22,50 Satin Striped Woven Madras Shirts Special $2.39 value £2.00 Regulation Army Shirts lined front and double elhow $4.00 value $6.00 NEW YORK SAMPL NEW BRITAIN 357 MAIN STREET Flannel £12.50 Shirts $2.39 value S350 AND

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