New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1924, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1924. 1 the Junior Achicvement, urging that | the post appoint five judges for the New Britain Herald marble shooting | contest. After explanatory remarks LEGION. MEMORIAL Eddy-Glover Post Members Listen to Spencer H. Wood of G. A. R. Kelley and Harold Bertini, County Banquet, The county banquet of the Ameri- can Legion to be heid at the Bu ritt hotel Saturday night, May 1 Kach post is to have a table. Local men are urged to come as it is open to ce Commander Willlam Kel- , of the graves decoration com- mittee of the Eddy-Glover Post, American Legion, requests that all people who have removed le- gion markers from the graves of cul heroes. kindly-replace them all post member: Charles F. Smith, Arthur G. Kitiball and George Dyson | by this Sunday night at the latest, in order ‘that the committee [ B, Chandler, former compensation | commissioner, and his remarks will be | | along economic lines. Messrs. Hart- | well, Goldthwait and Hawkins of the GOUNT SALM LEAVES WITH BRIDE TODAY ‘Starts Tor America, Despite Con- (rary Reports By the Associated Press. Paris, May 10.—Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten and his countess, who was Miss Millicent Rogers, of speaker of the cvening will be George | New York, took the boat train early ; |this morning for Havre on their way ‘lu the United States, The first plan was for the count to are to be guests of the post that even- might check up for the purpose |ing. The *40 and §", the “fun shop” | | of the-Legion, is to have a table. The of decorating the graves Memorial Day. Chairman Kelley explained many parents or relatives took the Legion markers off the graves during the winter in fear that they might be lost. Rotary, Lions and Kiwans clubs re- | spectively have been inviated. State officers of the Legion will also be present. Membership Drive, Arthur Petts, chairman of the membership e now going on, re- ported s and addition of Spencer H. Wood of the local G. A | apout 40 new members sinco the drive . post addressed the members of |j.q peon in progress. Teams are Eddy-Glover post, American Legion, | ., king this afternoon to hunt up at their club rooms last evening ‘”‘"jnmr ‘Buddies” and explain to them urged that the Legion hoys get out |yt i o oty Y dion, The Memorial Day to help — their elder| o tor the total membership of the comrades keep alive the principies for thig drive is 500 paid up mem- which the day was founded. Com- s e Oan i eatata mander Wood thanked the men for the quota will than he their excellent showing last year and | g0 pougiag Johnston offered a $10 said that the grand marshal of the wrize to the member bringing in the parade, Edward V. Streeter, would A | most memb welcome suggessions from the ]*H:“ The Entertainment. S | During tjie meeting, the | Glover post band played from time, and after the mecting the Mo- hawk Comedy Four entertained. Clem Lewis and Bob Loomis sang a few songs. After the entertainment the Ladies' Auxiliary served refreshments. Progr he post bers, ) more Eddy- . City ltems At a meeting of the Columbus held last evening voted to confer the of candidates on Sunday, June It 8 expected that the Westerly, R, L degree team will confer the degree “Masterpic Chacolates for Moth- ~ er's Day at Axeirod's, Park St,— advt a meeting of the Social Workers b held at the Y. W, . A, ning, delegates to the Connecticyt So- cial Workers confer held at Bridgeport recently submitted their reports, Those making reports were | Miss Shenkel and I L. Ste Hallinan’s Lunch from to 7 p. me—adit, The state commissioner vehicles has restored the Conrad Olson of 46 Jubilee men | operate velieles, respon-| % Columbin Records, Pierce Co,~advt, “The Dust of the Earth” Knights of it was | At last eve nee, hins. t M. Woor a. m Edward that the Meo- of liee street Commander motor Ogren of the Legion urged members of the post turn morial Day, that as the grew older, they realized the ibility which have been placed them, espiecially by members of veterans ol the Civil war, Poppy Sales, Poppy sales were explained by Commander Ogren as a yearly event to remind the nation of jts war dead He said that the money raised would be used to decorate cx-servicemen's graves, the remainder to be used for some charitable purpose such as hav- ing an American Legion at the hospit In this way, commanid e ned, of the poppy be preserved and as the years rolled hy, the poppy would more and more dignified, Charity Work. Johnston of the free bed committee explained that ) was ssary to carry out the Legion plans at the hospital. He was in stricted by the commander to pro ceed with the plans in accordance with the vote of the post member ¢ to ont saying motor $1.00, C. L. on the will be the drama to be at 0dd Iel- Dancing will subject of a four-act given by Burritt Grange lows' hall this evening. follow, Victrolas and Planos, ndvt The will Jonathan in the probate conrt yester that the entire estate be left widow, Mrs, Elizabeth Wood, appointed exceutrix, try our Sunday 289 Main St c ted hool Henry Morans Wood, filed divects to his who is the also dinner, advt, Ambrose of this city from the &t Agnes' for Nurses at West Hartford and will resume her position | at the Undercliff Sanitarium, Meriden, | The Lady Nest of Owls will hold a | regular meeting Monday evening at 0dd Fellows' hall, H. Dayton Humphrey sold today for Flmer B. Wood a ona family house on The post also instructed a commit- | jerome street to Oscar 1. and Louisa tee to purchase a set of apparatus for | M, Frisk. the playground of the day nursery. | - Marble Contest, A man is handicapped. Treasurer Gus Carlson, acting ad- feels that way, nt during the lliness of ribe a thing cher, read a communication / Come and Koda oxy conld thes pirit Shoppe, hecome Douglas b ven If he hamed to efectly darl he is P < H. s | degree on a class | 41V0 Burritt Mutual Savings Bank (remain here for some time, but he decided to leave with his wife, New York, May 10.—Reports are current, according to the New York Times, that Col. H, H. Rogers, who sailed for FEurope April 23, is return- ing with his daughter, Millicent, the Countess Ludwig Salm von Hoogstrae- | ten, Count Salm is not in the party, according to the reports. While the reports include no defi- nite information of a break between the former Miss Rogers and the Aus- trian nobleman whom she quietly married last January, persons close to-the family are said to have grounds for considering such a possibility, Miss IRRogers who is 20 years old and a granddaughter of the late H. Itogers of the Standard Oil com- pany, was married to the count Jan- | ary 9 in the municipal building with- out’ any previous knowledge of intention on the part of her parents, January the couple sailed for rope. family was at the pier and she said her parents had not called on them since the marriage. In an affidavit attached to the mar- riage license, the count himself as Count Ludwig Albrecht Konstantin, 8alm, dealer in antiques, 1 from his first wife, formerly |the Baroness von Kromsta, Two months prior to the marriage at the municipal building, it was understood the count was to marry Mrs. Grace Sands Montgomery Coffin, Col. Rtogers sailed for lurope last month to put his son, H, H, Rogers, Jr,, in Oxford: He refused to say whether he would see his daughter, SUNSHINE SOCIETY NOTES The Sunshine society met Monday alternoon, Since the last meeting there had heen two bouquets of flowers sent | and 24 shut-ins. calls made on the sick and There were six birthday gifts for the month of May sent to the crip- | pled children at the Newington home, At present there are two wheel chairs | At the next mieeting on | not in use, May 19 which will be held in the Methodist church, Miss Hazard from the Siate Farm for Women will speak. MISE WHITTLIEB SHOWERED, I"ollowing a rehearsal of the choir St. John's Lutheran ¢hurch held last ninz, a miscellancous shower was held in honor of Miss Hilda Whittlieb, a member of the cholr, in the church pariors. The pariors were prettily decorated for the occasion. Musical selections’ were rendered, gamos played and luncheon served. Miss Whittlieh was the recipient of many beautiful and useful gifta, She will become the bride of Charles Step- | ler on May 24, ov HERMAN Sacramento, Calif, May 10.—Babe Herman, New York, was awarded the decision over Tommy O'Leary, Sacra- mento, boxing here last night. The decisian did not prove popular. They fought at 126 pounds, Oddly enough, when & second.-story worker is arrested they never ask him which party he belong t | her | No member of the countess’ | described | at the end of four rounds of | Wall Street Briefs | yesterday since 1922. Leading banks lent funds against stock exchange collateral for three and four months |at 4 per cent, while longer maturities were quoted as low as 4—4 1-4 per |cent a decline of 1-4 of 1 per cent | from the day before. Call mo |81 per cent was in larger supply than |ever. The American Power & Light Co., |declared a 2 per cent stock dividend in addition to the regular quarterly |cash dividend of 2% per dent on the }cemmnn stock payable June 2 to stock o( record May 20. Retall deliveries of the Ford Motor |Co., in April, domestic and foreign, totalled 231,000 vehicles, of which 211,410 were cars and trueks and 12,- 000 tractors. Pennok Oil Co., earned net income of $311,280 in the quarter ended March 31, equal to §4 cents a share lon the captial stock against $695,993 or $1.61 a share in the first quarter of 1923. Stock holders of the Grand Rap- ids Railway Co.,, will meet in Grand Rapids on May 12 to authorize a first mortgage or deed of trust to the American Exchange National Bank of New York which will secure an issue of $5,000,000 sinking fund gold bonds. Eighty-two sugar centrals in Cuba have finished grinding their crops with an output of 9,882,659 bags. Denial of reports current in the financial district that an agreement existed between the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and the Royal Dutch Shell Co., for division of the world's |markets between the two organiza- |tions, or any understandings concern- ing payments to the Soviets for future |concessions, has been made by W, C. | Teagle, president of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. Retail deliveries Motor Co. in April, foreign, totalled about of the domestic 281,000, Ford and of 12,000 tractors, 762 about 7,000 foreign cars Lincoin and —po—— . AT I. 0. B, B, CONVENTION Delegates elected by Jehuda Halevi lodge, I. O. B. B. who are attending | the convention of the disirict of New | England and Canada being held at Hotel Astor in New York today and tomorrow are Morris D, Saxe, George Lewitt, Dr. B, L. Protass and W, M, Greenstein, President David I.. Nair of the local lodge and Mrs Nair and | Mrs. Saxe are also attending the con | vention. Foreign Exchange || New York, May 10.—Foreign ex- changes firm: Quotations in —eents: | Great Britain, demand 437 1-4, cables [437 1. 2, 60 day bills on banks 43 France, demand 6.05, cables .06 Italy, demand 4.45 1-2, cables 4.46; selgium, demand 4.99, cables 5.00: | Germany, demand (p trillion) 23; Holland, demand 37.38; Norway, de- {mand 14.00; Sweden, demand 26.45; | Denmark, demand 17.04; Switzerland, demand 17.77; Spain, demand 13.84; | Greece, demand 2.04; Poland, demand .000012; ' Czecho-Slovaki: demand 2,93 1.4; Jugosiavia, demand 1.24; Austria, demand 0014 1-8; Rumania, demand .61 1-8; Argentina, demand 83.00; Brazil, demlnd 11.2 Montreal 98 11- !2 U. B TRFASI RY STATEMENT. New York, May 10,—Money rates in | Wall street were at the lowest level | at | . ‘hich 2 | which 211,410 were cars and trucks, | Unton Pacific . _— i Toklo, | WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS High Close 1018 Low 10115 153 Sm & 1) Bug Ref com 42 ’ Tel & Tel 5 Wood % An Copper | Ateh Top & SF 1007 At Guif & W 116 Bald Loco Balt & Ohio 3 Beth Steel B 485 % Con Textile o 3 Can Pacific Ches & Ohio ... Chi, Mil & Chile Copper ... Chino Copper .. [Con Gas ... . Cern Prod lmf . Cruckble Steel Cuba Cane Sugar 647 324 1008 Erie 1st pfd Gen Electric Gen Motors .. Goodrick BF Gt North pfd Insp Copper ... Int Mer Mar .. Int Mer Mar pfd ! Allis-Chalmers T'acific Oil . Int Nickel Ken Copper Tehigh Valle Mid States Oil .. Missouri Pac N Y Centrgl |Wl‘ NYN & H 1 Norfolk & West . {North Pacific .. National Lead . Pure Oil . 7 Pan Am P& T . Ray Con Cop ... | Reading ......4 tep I & 8 Noyal D, N ¥ finelair Oil Ref Routh Pacific ... South Rail ... Studebaker Co Texas Co Tex & Pac Tobacco Prod Trans Oil ... 129014 213 483 b3 L1381 United Fruit ...192 17 8 Indus Alco 673 |U 8 Rubber Co 28% |U 8 Steet TN Willys Overland 8% Westinghouse .. 56% 5G4 (Putnam & Co.) Aetna Life Ins Am Hardware . Am Hosiery Bige-Hfd Carpot com Billings & Spencer com, | Billings & Spencer Md Brass .. . | Colt’'s Arms . [Conn Tt & Power prd | Eagle Lock Fafnir Bearing . Hart & Cooley .. Hfd Elee Light | Landers I'rary & l-r . J It Montgomery com. J R Montgomery pfd N R Gas N B Machine .. N B Machine pfd Niles-Bemt-Pond com North & Judd Peck Stowe & Wilcox. . Russell Mfg Co Scovill Mfg Co . & N E Telephone . Standard Screw Stanley Works Stanley Works pfd 'orrington Co com Traut & Hine Travelers Ins Co . "nlon Mfg Co . 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