New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1925, Page 13

TESTS TONIGHT OF AERIAL GUNS All Day War Dept, Is Demon- strating Anti-Air Cralt Weapons Fortress Monroe, Va, March 6,— Post war antl.alrcraft guns were matched today in a test with alr- craft to demonstrate before doubt- tul legislators and other Washing- ton officials thelr worth against en emy alr bombers, The test was ar- ranged by Secrotary Weeks and was designed to help in the determina- tion of the question of relative value of land guns and aircraft as defen- slve wedpons against alr invaders in war time. Only one side of the question, however, wag to be emphasized. That was what progress had been made since 1918 in developing gun fire efficiency against ralding alr- DISCOURAGE TDEA OF WALKING ON THE LEFT State Motor Vehicle proves of Proposed Highway Regulations Dept, Disap- Hartford, March 6.-—~The idea of a law to compel pedgstrians to walk on the left hand side of highways, approaching traflic, where there are no sidewalks, is discouraged in pamplilet issucd Uy the state motor vehicle department, which declares that the rule for direction of pedes- | trians “ought to be to let him ex- creise his own common sense and wallc where he thinks he is safest.” There are now comparatively few in- jurles to pedestrians on highways, the department says, Tt is pointed out that pedestrian traffic is now regulated in the confester gortion of most citles and that the injurles and accldents which happen are most frequently in outlying streets! where such regulation 13 lacking. Attention iy directed in the d craft. In the test today the guns| were supplied with shrapnel charges | while the aecroplanes were allotted | the task of target towing and not | permitted to bomb or return the fire | of the gunners. The program for the official visi- tors also included a trip to Langley Iield to Inspect various types of alrcraft and witness exhibitions of | formation flylng, gliding target | demonstrations, smoke screen lay- | fng, parachute flare stunts with | bombing and gunnery exhibitions. | A batter of four three-inch guns | from Kort Monroe was sent to Grand | View for the anti-aircraft fire test. | Although the guns were developed after the war they did not represent the latest type—a weapon with an | average rate of 20 shots a minute, a | vertical range d¢f 25,000 feet. = horizontal range of 12,700 yvards and | equipped with the most modern | sighting and five control devices, | “The newer model guns'” an of- ficlal statement on the tests \.l!'J.! “will be able to maintain a rate of | ot least 20 shots per minute, The | danger zone surrounding one of these guns is at present a space | contained within a surface which s | approximately a hemisphere having an altitude of 24,000 feet and a ha: of about 45,000 feet, or something over eight miles, An airplane fly ing at a rate of 80 miles an hour | passing through the center of this | zone at an altitude of 10,000 feet would he under cffective fire for about siX minutes, during which the battery would bho able to fire from 280 to 500 shots,” Inmght a test ‘of the effc ‘ctiveness of gronud guns against night enemy air attacks was to feature the pro- | gram, Powerfnl searchlights, throw- ing a beam of light 19,000 feet up- wards, wiil be aided in finding the | targets by sound ranzing instru- ments registering directions and the Hlminating effect of star shells. % In both the day and night fire tests a part also was assigned to. tle gerviee ma we guns and the anti- airoraft’ machine guns, having a sertical’ range of 15,000 feet dnd a k ange of 27,000 feet and firing solid shots at a rate of 450 a minute, | tzonta eep the Next One Away [ I At All Drug Stores, 50c and $1.00 The Kerr Chemical Co. Danbury, Conn. —————————————————— m=Z E {in eomimand of | City, Mo, "and anditor, Mrs. | w. W. Marshal | Paigle: partment’s statement to the need of sidewalks in scetions of the state whera factory workers are obliged to use highways to and from work. But the department also urges “con- tinued cducation of pedestrians to exerpfse their share of precautions to avoid accidents” and “general on- forcement of the law requiring all vehicles to be lighted after dark" this being construed to include bi- {ewcles as well as horse drawn ve- hicles. STEAER REFLOATED Had Shipping Board Vessel on Gone Aground Chatham, Mass,, Early In The Night. Chatham, Mass, March 6. — The Upited States shipping board steam- er Artigas, which went ashore on Half Moon Shoal, 256 miles west of Pollock Rip lightship early today, was reflouted by the tide without damage, according, to messages re- |eeived from the vgssel by the Radio Corporation of Amef The Artigas, a ca station here., \00-ton freighter, tain Nelson, was bound from Norfolk, Va., to Man- chester, England via Boston with a cargo of fruit, and was due fo arrive in Boston today. The coast guard cutter Achushnet had been ordered to proceed to the aid of the Artigas and was a few miles from her when [the steamer was refloated, presum ably by the rising tide, Frank Walsh Junior Is Dead After Operation White: Plains, N. Y., March 6.-— IPrank P, Walsh, Jr., son of I'rank I, Walsh, lawyer and former ch man ofy; the industrial hoard, gféd here late last night af ter an gberation at the White Plains hespita)i He was 27 years old and had beor fn a weakened condition since an'attack of infuenza during lis seevice in the naval corps in 1018, Mr. Walsh was born in Kansas and was educated Mary's college and Georgetown uni- versity, On his graduation he en tered nawspaper work and for a time gerved on the -m.'a of Wash- | ington and New York néwspapers. The hody will be sent to Kansas City where inferment will take place next Monday. ‘II'\ RU\Q Rl rlP(‘lll) Mrs. William Roes, wife of Rev Willlam Ross has heen re-elected president of the Woman's sociefy, { of the Frist Baptist church. Other officers wera elected Secretary, Mra. James G son; treasurer, Mra, Edward C. Connolly; auditor, Mrs. George Tapelye; chairman fellowship com- mittee, Mrs. Charles Tudvigson: leader of aid department, Mra, W. Marshall; vice-leader, Mrs. W. Alldridge; secretary, tie €. Andrews; treasurer, Charles Norman; leader missionary department, Mrs, F. R. Hitche: vice-leader, Mrs. ¥ nolly; secretary, Mrs. James G. ¥ derson: follows Hender as F. {en- treasurer, Mrs. James Coals, | Alice Holley. The following chairmen of committees were named: Ways and means, Mrs. D. A. Niven; flower commit- tee, Mrs. D. A. Niven; supper, Mrs. sewing, W. H. Mrs. C. P, Nowland. W/ 381 MAIN Furnitur Birnbaum’s = 383 MAIN e Store Single Plant, Round, Natural Reed Ferneries of strong con- struction, regular $4.50 value. Sat~ urday— $2.98 table. Regular $5.50 value. $4 FORSATURDAY ONLY- REED FERNERIES Large, strong, Oblong, Natural Reed Ferneries, regular $8.98 value. Saturday only— $6.98 RADIO TABLES Two Shelf Tables with Green Leather Tops, Collap- sible Frame, which can instantly be converted to card Saturday only— .50 Items Advertised Positively for Saturday Only aviation | at St | by | Miss Hat- | Mrs. | tabje, Mrs. J. F. Tamb and. relations | { i | | His galt, his speech, and his actions casts Sunday night, | Ithe |She clung MOTHER IS DEAD, FATHER IS DYING 160 Gcnt Booze Fatal in New York Family —_— New York, March §,—Anna Court- ney was in Harlem police court Wed- | nesday, charged with being publicly intoxicated. | “Where'd I get 1t?" she said. “Huh,” she disdained to answer. BARRYMORE SUCCEEDS His Six Weeks Engagement in Lon- don Is Extended, S0 Well do Thea- “ tergoers Like His Hamlet, London, March 6,—John Barry- mo¥e’s portrayal of Hamlet has been ‘80 populdr, it was learned today, that his original engagement of six weeks ~a long run for a Shakespearean drama in London's West End—has {been extended to nine weeks, with the last performance on April 18! {lnstead of March 28, Meanwhile Barrymore las British public as well as the stage people. He has heen asked to “But choap,” sho muttercd, “Cheap, |DOD'S. Mo has Boon - asked only 60 cents a hottle” And uh:.‘m‘;i‘; H‘Il‘d“‘"'l""‘lfl‘ ‘;1:1‘ h‘f‘"'* 2 Y winked and leered. Rdio Sundsyulntie as con- There was a commotlon at the |* v\ " parremore s but one of a rear of the courtroom. stumbled 1n ‘leading a fohir-year-oll child whom he ealled “little Anna.’ labeled him, drunk. At sight of the prisoner beforc bar, the child left her fathc to the skirts, crylng “Mama.” But the woman didn’t know her child. dazed woman's A manfyumher of great artists who will ap- pear before the microphone in Eng- land soon, as Paderewsk! also broad- while Madame for a concert to be broad- "uesday. l\\'nuld-fic Boxer a Suicide When He Fails to. Excel cast nex Mrs. Courtney died yesterday, in Jefferson Market prison, Her hus- | Kansas City, Kaneas, March 6.— band, Frank, who told of finding the | Pespondent because he thought his dregs of the flask of 60 cent whiskey was in West Fifty-Fourth street sta- tion, poisoned and pear death and charged avith being publicly intoxi- cated. Little Anna, alternately pleading |2 that she be taken to her father or her mother, was in the custody th Children’s society. the Courtney's in a Harlem tene- ment was dark, cold and empty. e 36 Deep Reductions Prices Effective Every Day Bayer's Aspirin Tablets — t\\o dozen Kolynos Tooth Paste, 30c size . 180 Nujol, Skeig 73c $1.00 size .. l’almolne Soap, 10c cake ........ Kotex, fide size .. B-rnmo hellzer, Father John’s Medicine, 50c size 37c ( astm ia, Scott’s Emul 60c size . Aga rol ("u‘n;p.' 3 Large si Wampole Cod Liver, ‘1 slze Hotlick's Malted Milk. 50c size ., 56¢ 38c f lhcen successful in re The home of | | he health was failing, which would cause him to abandon his ambition | of becoming a famous boxer, Lloyd | | Mencer, 18, committed suicide by | }qnootmg himself at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Men- e L night, Mencer, an amateur boxer, had et matehes re and had been classed as a light ‘hmuyur-lxlv(, He was scheduled for la bout here tonight, Safe 4 ¥ Drug 217 Main Street Gillette Razor Blades. sl pkg. .. 59¢ ,Mcnne. $1.00 size Clycn Thymoline, $1.00 \17e ...... Mellin’s l*ood. Toelsize Lt 53(: ‘ Merck’s Zinc Serarate . ... Jad Salts, 51c 85¢ size .... Abbott's Saline I,a\ame $1 size 590 W, \eth £ \dge e and Sulphur, T3¢ size 48C Nestle's Food, large S|ze Vel 57¢ 62¢ 36¢ Eskay’s s Fnod $1.00 size ... Mentho \ulphur' 60c size ..... £1.00 size Alkalol, ~Q Bellan's, 1 e size e 69C 25¢ <lZ(‘ 15C been | honored in numerous ways by the [ate in 1926 were made by speakers nl is coming here from Ttaly | Stores Tab]ets, Tablets, 30c size . Doan’s Kidney Pil 30¢ ) T :I)(]P:]fl(;dl size $l 6—9 e dic Rexall Emulsion of Cod NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925, WALSH IN 192 mentary Dinner Washington, Mar, of the reelection of former United | States Senator David 1. Walsh, dem- ocrat, of Massuchusetts to the sen- }ut a testimonial dinner given him last night at the Mayflower hotel by lho South Atlantic Holy Cross club, Ih was toasied as the most popular [man in the senate, Senator Recd of Missour! In an afldress made satirical reference to | the recent attuck on senate without mentioning the name Vice-President Dawes, however, Senator Ashurst, Arizona, describ- |ed Mr. Walsh as “one of th |great senators of the age. rules. of nd de- ed his return to the senate was [ certatn. enator Jones, New Mex- ico, also predicted his return and |Senator Sheppard, Texas, asserted that “Massachusetts republicans have no monopoly on presidential timber,” Other senators who join- ed in the tribute were Bayard of Delaware and Kendrick of Wyom ing. | Other spcakers were President Dinand of Holy Cross college and President Lyons of Georgetown uni- | versity, who sald th Mr, Walsh's retirement was “a great loss to the senate and to Washington.” of telegrams, praising the record of ‘H\e retiring senator were read by Formamint 50c size .36¢ 32c 21c 40¢ .65¢ 29c ‘Nature Remedv 50c size Viek’s Vapo Rub, , 60¢ s Nuxated Iron, S1.10 size ... 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Celluloid ferrule and handle. | $1.00 Rexall Beef, Iron and Wine 19c A general tonic for# e " 50c Rexall «93™ Hair Tonic It stops hair falling. To elim- inate dandruff, promote hair growth, and as a dressing as well, nothing equals it. 39 C | 50c Harmony Hair Fix Makes the hair star combed— keeps 1t in place after combing Is not sticky or greasy 39c ‘ 7 49c Pontex Writing Paper A fine quality box of fabric finished paper, 48 sheets, 48 envelopes, Suitable for all general corres- 39C» pondence. 79c¢ Electrex Jr. Electric Curling Iron 513 feet of corg, detachable May be transformed into 8 waving red 590 plug. Seamless Aluminum Coffee Percolator An octagonal shaped, 6 cup percolator. Attractively tshed. Made to give long, satisfactory service. 79C Reg. 98¢ Special 75¢ Symbol Household Rubber Gloves Sizes 7, 8 and 9 save Will hands make your housework essier vour and Made of pure heavy-wei rubber that 1s soft 59(‘ D and pliable. 1S PREDICTION Mass. Senator Is Given Compli- 6.—Predictions truly | Scores | Willlam J, Leahy, toastmaster, The ‘mumu: on the frightened sisters, The proceedings were broadeast through | thief, evidently as scarcd as they, radio stations here, New York and | uscaped without stealing anything, Worcester, Slayer Found Sane To Say Where Needed | .., ;f..me,nxtn?nc\?flc{osl,-»l;:l..f: Bridgeport, Conn,, March 6,—A [ mond Moseley, 22 years old, slayor masked burglar walked Into the|©°f tWo men during an attempt to | hold up a soft drink parlor home of Alice H, and Ida I, en- | p . d Ida L, Green cember, was found sane by a jury Calls Police But Fails last De- lj af of Harbor road, Rose Hill,|ufter less than an hour.. The Jury Southport, ahortly before 10 o'clock | recommended that he be sentenced last night and, levelling a gun, com- | 19 lifo imprisonment manded they ters screamed room, on , “Hands up.” The ls- | and ran into another pleking up the telephone | DERRICK BREAKS MAN'S ARM liousu at first, finally | man Sand Co, COAT Just Arrived—Hundreds of Smartly Fur-Trimmed and hurriedly tetling the operator| Itobert J. Anderson of 63 Farm- “Burglar in the house! Police! Mur- | 10Eton avenue is under treatment at [ der!” she fulled to give her name, [the New lrituin General hospita { The operator could not gite the po-|for @ broken arm, recelved when | lice the exact house. The local police, | he was strusk by a derrick and state police at Westport, onc con-|knocked from a platform at his | stable and a deputy sherdff surround- | work, He is employed by the Sher- | cd the wrong ATTRACTIVE NEW SPRING $14.95-§19.95 $24.95 |Stunt Flyer and His Pilot Injured in Fall Chicago, March 6.—Dick Powell, stunt fiyer, and Albert De Wilty pilot, were serlously injured yester< day when the aeroplane in which they were starting to Miami, | fell 200 fect at La Grange, & | The pline was part ot a fiylng cire cus, & COMMUMISTS' TRIAL ENDS | Bethuen, Germany, March 6, The trial here of 33 communists for a conspiracy to undermine the ree publican state and illegal acquisition of arms resulted today in a verdict of not gullty for ten of the defend- \nts, nine months' imprisonment for three and short jall terms or money fines for the rest, THE HERALD CLASS""{EI) ADS BRING RESULTS S and Silk Lined Coats | We have planned to open the spring coat selling value-giving event. The coats arve heire—vast array of the lovely new soft “warmth without band-trimmed with summer furs or self colovs. selections weight” monfllon hands and collars: insets of contre collars and fur borders: embroidery and fancy ing season with anextraordinagy (oats with crepe de chine and satin de chine linings: shades; stitchings. MATERIALS—Wool, Bengaline, Downy COLORS—Powder Rlue, Sea Green, Wave, Deerona, Ik Ashes of Roses, Agate, larvest, Arab, French Flannels, Kash Snuff, Marigold. of them—in a materials, many stunning smartly plain tailored and new, straight, narrow A real coat opportunity. 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