New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 3

B GOVT. ARSEMAL NOW UNPRODUCTIVE $400,000,000 Worth of Property Lies in Disuse in Rock Island —_— Rock Island, I, Feb, 13.—Four hundred milllon dollars’ worth of property lles in comparative disuse at the Rock Island arsenai here. Largest of the government arse- nals in the United States, Rock Island during the World war em- ployed 13,000 workmen and gained the reputation as the largest arse- nal in the world, the Krupp fac- tory in Germany having been dis- mantled. Col. D, M. King, commandant, said he has no informatlon of any plan to increase activity at the arse- nal, although during the presiden- tial campalgn it was suggested by candidates that congressional ac- tion be taken which would permit the carrying on of productive work on the basis which existed prior to the war. “Vast quantitles of ordnance stores produced by all government arsenals and by private industries throughout the east as' a result of war activities,” Col. King sald, “re- sulted in a large surplus of such material on hand, a quantity suf- ficlent for the needs of the army | at its reduced strength for some time, Very little productive work is now. being done. Operatlons are confined principally to work of an expeérimental nature in connection with the design of artillery material and repair of equipment turned in from the field. At present there are slightly less than 600 employes. The percentage of capacity at which | the'arsenal facllities are now being | utlfid may be stated as approxi- | y'5 to 10 percent. 6 arsenal as it stands today represents a valuation, at a very consgrvative figure, including stores mal rairn—— v of FINE RUGS in the city to select from on hand for issue and for manufac- turlng, purposes, of nearly $400, 000,000, Approximately $50,000,000 of this figure is represented In the value of its bullding and equip- ment." PURE INSULIN MAY CURE DIABETES Sclentists Seek to Eliminate Im- purities to Create More Positive Effect on Human Body, Fasadena, Cal, Feb, 13,—A posi- tive cure for dlabetes through elimination of impuritles in so- called pure Insulin, 1s being sought | here at the California Insttiute of Technology by Dr, John J, Abel, professor of pharmocology and physiological chemistry of Johns Hopkins University. For some time physiclans and sclentists have been ‘administering insulin belleving it to be pure, sald Dr. Abel. Recently he found that even the purest contained foreign materfals, He then obtained leave of absence and came here to continue his search for means of eliminating these impurities. If it is possible to obtain insulin in an absolutely pure and free state, its effect on the human body will be far more positive than it is at the present time, Dr. Abel UNIQUE CARPET Largest and Most Curiously De- signed Specimen of Art Made by Children Displayed in Public Hall in Prague, Prague, Feb. 13.—~A unique specimen of art and at the same time perhaps the largest and most | curiously designed carpet in the| world is being displayed in a pub- lic hall ot Prague, The carpet is a produetion of the Jedlicka institute for cripples at Prague and in design it represents in symbolic fashion the surface of Bohemia, the rivers being represented by branches of | trees, characteristic to the territory through which' they course, whlle, the other complications in design symbolize the leading features of the different parts of the country, the situation of towns and other striking landmarks. The whole is blended in such a way as to produce a synthetic and harmonious impres- slon, so that only on a closer ex- amination the map or lopog,raphy appears, ‘The carpet square metres, covers ahout 100 weighs 450 kilo- | grams, has 5,000 nods and the plush stands an inch high. It is the work of ten children working after | the design of Professor Benes of the Bchool of Arts and Crafts. The carpet is destined for the Interna- tional Exhibition of Modern Decora- | tive Art in Paris. Cocoanut trees in Hawail are wrapped with a band of tin to pre- | vent rats and crabs from climbing | them and eating part of the cocoa- nuts. | better |all of the prejudice now | against my people and I am con-| | to them.” 'Single Handed Tennis NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, -FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1925 WANT CHILDREN O BECOME AMERICANS Japanese of Hawaii Fail to Honor Expatriation Act — Honoluly, Feb. 13.—Not .one of the two-score children born to Jap- anese parents in Hawail since De- cember 1 has made a reservation for | the retention of his Japanese citi- zenship under the new expnrlatlon‘ law which Japan placed In effect wDecember 1, according to Kelichl | workers, explaining that Russia did Yamasaki, Japanese consul-general | for the territory. The law, seeking to abolish dual | citizenship i such elimination 1s de- sired, provides that all children | born to Japanese parents in the | United States after Dec, 1 shall be | regarded as exclusively Amerlecan citizens unless parents, within 14 days after birth, expressly reserve Japanese citizenship for the child through the Japanese consulate, Failure to register such reservation automatically relinquighes any claim which the Japanese government might have on that child, as {n the case of dual citizenship which pre- | vailed previously. Vital statistics show that upwards of 40 children have been born to Japanese parents since December 1, Explaining the workings of the new law, Consul-General Yamasaki sald: “I am personally urging expatrla- tlon of those Japanese who are go- | ing to make the United States their | home in the future and urging par- ents to take advantage of the new law which' alds them in effecting expatriation of their children, “The new law is a measure of the desire of the Japanese govern- ment to remove objections raised to the former dual citizenship and further evidence of my govern- ment's desire to maintain friendly relations. “I"am only asking Americans to exercise tolerance and patience with the Japanese as with other races to the end that the Japanese may be understood better. I believe a understanding will remove lodged fident that Americans in their hearts | mean to be absolutely fair and just Improves the Game | Berkeley, Cal, Feh. 3.—The | latest sport to be |mrnde4 at the | University of California is “solitary | tennis.” The court for this game consists | of a green board wall, with a horl- zontal line painted three feet above | the ground to represent the top of the net. The player stands behind | another line drawn on the ground 28 feet from the board, From ]'M.Ol the ball is served against the wall | above the white line, When it bounces back, the racket wielder re- turns it, trying®to hit the wall above the white line. If the ball hits be- | tion for assistance, low it is counted as a net ball and served agaln, The game is popular with co-eds, who Muve found it increases the swiftness of thelr astrokes and de- velops accuracy in placing the ball and agllity In following it around the court, Some of them use the stunt as practice for tournaments, Russian College Students Fed by Kindly Sailors Vancouvér, B, C, Feb, 13.—Col- lege girls and boys, ranging in age from 14 to 21, work during vaca- tions as longshoremen on Black Bea docks, several British uhlp-‘ masters reported on dockling here | | after visiting Russian ports with re. llet supplies. The mariners reported that the Soviet forbade them to feed the not want to he obligated to any na- and Russians did not want the world to think they\were suffering. Lunches, added | the narrators, were wrapped up | separately and smuggled to the young toilers, AUTORAGING Wi BEGIN ON 22D Culver City Meet Pries Lid off | Speedsters’ Season Charlotte, N. ¢, Feb, 13—Prepara- tiohs for possible smashing of auto- | moblle speed records, when the | “Knights of the Roaring Boards” re- | turn here for the spring 250-mile event, are being made by officials of the local speedway. The race, which | will be run Monday, May 11, the | day after Confederate Memorial day, | will be under the sanction of the | American Automobile assoclation and places in it will count for points in deciding the 1925 Amerl- can championship. At least five records fell be{um the driving of Tommy Milton, win- ner, Earl Cooper, Benny Hill and Peter de Paolo in the inaugural event at the local track last Octo- ber. In December these records were smashed at the new speedway at Culver City, California. The local track is a bowl-shaped | affair and drivers are said not to| have to slow down appreciably to take turns, Tivery foot of the frack | is banked, including the stralght- | away. | The 1925 seaspn of the American Automobiie ociation race starts at | | Culver City, Catifornia, February 22. The next event will be the race-here, | to be followed three weeks later by | the ]ndnmpnlm event. ENGLISH nl T {R BOOM London, ¥eb. 13.—The action of the British government in granting sidy tg the beet sugar indust is causing the erection of a num- ber of new factories in various parts of the countty. Work will be begun soon on a $1,750,000 plant at Bury St. Edmunds, British interests pro- | viding half the capital with |hfl} other half furnished by Hungarians. | them to speedily put on plenty of | good healthy flesh and for this pur- | pose they are g0 extremley good that TELEPHONE GIRLS HISS NOTHING Say Thousands Call Up Wives Becanse of “Conferences” Los Angeles, Feb, 13.~Dally con- ferences held after business hours in | Los Angeles mount up Into the thousands, according to N. R. Pow- | ley and G, De Nevers, Southern Call- fornia Telephone officlals, who say that around 6 o'clock every evening several thousand business men call up to inform their wives that they | can't get home to dinner, usually be- | cause of a “conference.” “During the brief period between 4:45 and 6:10 p, m, the telephone | girls handle more calls a minute than at any other time during the day," sald Mr, Powley, “The bulk of them are men calling up their RIGHT AFTER A SEVERE ILLNESS McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Help You Gain Strength and Put on Needed Weight—Great Nothing like the vitamines in Cod | Liver Ol to help convalescing people |to quickly get strong and well— | everybody knows that. But nobody wants to take the ll- smelling, horrible tasting stomach upsetting oil itself, go nowadays, up to date medical men are ordering a tablet of Cod Liver Oil and it surely does do the work, Ask the Dickinson Drug Co. or any regular druggist for a box of McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets. 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This early shipment of Spring Clothing bought to sell for $34.50 has been specially priced with a saving of $5.00 on every Suit or Topcoat. SPECIAL PRICE Y. M. SUITS TOPCOATS $20.50 $2450 WINTER OVERCOATS “AT WAY DOWN PRICES” Some Very Choice All Wool Plaid Back Overcoats To Be Sold At Big Reductions $18:50 $23:50 Formerly Sold From $25.00 to $40.00 Y SAMPLE SHOD. David §.Segall, Pres. 357 Main St. s New Britain aha | [ l wives about not being able to get 135 Main St. Bristol 1y ‘1"' us know how you hear us.” If a home to dinner.” | day opens with clear weather and Various other factors that make |rain comes up later the number of the traffle in telephone calls jump |Phone calls increases unbelievably, and cause switchboards to light up |the official said. Everybody seems tree, [to be calling up to cancel engage- De Nevers, are fires, ex- | ments or to rent taxicabs, plosions and radio announcers ‘ Checking over the 1,750,000 call », questing llsteners-in to “call up andirrav. the telephone operators say that the popular notion is correct, men can not compete with womsn in long conversations. Since weather observations have been taken in Alaska, the highest and lowest temperatures recorded were 100 degrees above zero at Fort Yukon and 76 below at Tanana. re- Copies of Exclusive Hats One-of-A- Kind THE HAT MODES OF THE HOUR FEATURED TOMORROW In Our Annual February SALE of NEW SPRING HATS Lovely New Hats! Their Sale Price Represents But a Fraction of What These Models Would Regularly C 0st:Yon ST $4.95 Dashing New Hats for Sports Wear — Lovely Costume Hats — Newest Tailored Hats — Hats Emphasizing the Mode's Smartest Details — Straws! — Silks! — Combinations! — Felts! Bright and Gay New Spring Colors Tans and Black. 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