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0 ova Scotls oust, reported a gale of G4 miles an_ hour, with low temperatures GREAT SUFFERIN \ Doucet, about miles north. (Continued From First Page) b Below Sable island "B BLASTS, west of Montreal, where a tem perature of below was reached 56 zero Mid-West Suffers ) United States, the forces of N [ riot today, with some [ly for the transports and| In the face of heavy gales on the High winds and|Pacific, shipping battled roads western | ous and ra where Sweaping castward, the path of the cold wave was marked with deep snows, blocked highways, impeded | trains and sub-zero temperatures i aused numerous fires and in- suffering large cities, In east stions reported the cold st weather there of the ‘ Chicago, Jan, 2 - northern to coast, Across from coast winter ran plte promised on- middle section t storm, lo hours injured In gale and Sven were Bost westerly mouptain- n temperature: zero at Pitts- dford now I'hilas shelter, vlvania a and ten Pennsylvania had no mereury T between e was 1o phia 14 above Wermer in Mid-West ather tens porting in season, ) promised peratures today to the telt terday from sections |the fons, which ero and saw the most de- A |termined effort of the day to defeat clements. Army airplanes were enlisted in the cfforts to rescue five eight men inded for three ¥ rly wind cold id not to bring relief was eased today W |tempting to force the steamer Try To Ald Sailors hy by a York pler, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926, ! men in v York elty their helmets frozen to thelr should- ors est weathor of the season, with the | mercury at § st-milo gale blowing, but no snow. The metrapolls had the cold- above zero and an Bridgeport Shivers Bridgeport, Jan. 29 (A—Bridge port shivered today in the grip of |ty blasts which brought est day of the year this morning the mercury stood at threc dropped morning. sels which were the cold- At six o'clock above zero, to which * it had from 38 above yesterday Anxlety felt for two ves- due here last night, The steamer John Worth of the Thames line talled » arrive last night as per schedule. cports from New York today Indi- d that It had put into a dock at h street last night instead of at- Its way through on the Sound. T Collins of th heavy gale John Rridgeport-New York line came into sor several hours wrhor geveral hour en delayed late having when it was brushed rryboat as it left fts New Despite sual 81 the Intense cold no un- cring from the lack of coal reported fn the clty tinued cold today with rising tem. peratures tomorrow, The wind last night reached a elocity of 74 miles an hour at Blue I1111 observatory, Bouth Boston. In | Boston the ofticlal miximum was 42 miles. Today the wind shifted be- tween northwest and southwest and had greatly diminished in force. In spite of the mevere cold emer. gency fuel commissioners in New England sald there was little, if any suffering attributable to the shut- down In the anthracite flelds. Congress Votes Authority. For Arms Particination Washington, Jan. 29 (®—Con- gressional sanctlon necessary for Amerlean participation In the pre- liminary arms conference discus- |sions at Geneva was complated to- day when the senats approved a house resolution to appropriate $50,. 000 to defray the exponses of Ameri- |can delegates. Chalrman Borah of the forelgn relations committes called up the resolution reporting that the com- mittee unanimously favored fts adoption and without any discussion it was adopted FIDDLING REVIVAL BECAN N HITGHEN Ford Here Got His Idea of 0ld Dances Detrolt, Jan. 20 (M—The renals- sance in dance music which Henry Ford s aponsiring through the re- 1\1\'&] of old-time tunes and with the ald of many old-time fiddlers, had its Inception In the kitchen of a modest home outside of Big Raplds, Mich. It was here that Henry Ford, on a vacation trlp north with Thomas Edison, Harvey 8. Firestone and a few other intimate friends, first saw “Jep" Blshes, maker of violins and fiddler at old-time country dances. “Jep"—or Josper Blsbee, of Parls Mich., as heregistered at Detrolt's leading hotel ms the guest of Mr | Ford—1s 83 years old. “He I8 the father of the move- ment back to the old-fashioned and coffes. At other moments he played reels, schottisches, polkas, Quadrilles and called dances at coun. try gatherings. At 83, “Jep" still is able to dance a jig. “You kno he sald, “they thought I was going to die, but I'm fooling ‘em. I run 40 rods every day of my life and I'm 83, Yes, that's a| lot of years." ELECTIONS RECOMMENDED Vote for Special Ald to Washington Church and Plan for $1,000 for Community House The standing committes of the }h‘mnlny Memorlal church at a meet- fng last evening voted to recom- mend to the congregation Sunday the election to the committee on co- | operation with the Firet and South churches Rev. Raymond N. Gilman, Mrs. A. W. Ritter and August C. Suess. On the board of directing in ad- | ditton to the co-operating weckday WELL DRESSED MAN Sispnders Retuming-Baggy BY STANLEY CHURCH HEADS | turning away from trousers, are to be clothes will not be changed to any extent. mittee on fashions to the Nationa Assoclation of the closing sesslon of Its a vention here mateh will continue to he b for town and business wear, tands at AW colors should harmonize with cloth worn. more generally favored, Both peak- |ed and notched collar styles will be |worn. The double breasted sack is regarded as now coming into perma- Q |nent popularity, b‘ The committee report says there 4Y [1s a growing demand for sllk top |hats for full evening dress and morning clothes and that the derby 18 now very popular with well dress- ed men for town wear, Soft hats, says the report, are mostly worn for [travel and inclement weather, | Trousers Going Bt Louls, Jan. 29 P—Return of | Blind Men in London he popularity of suspenders Feel Loss During Fogs baggy | london, 9 M—Dlind men 3 o pedestrians ttle over London ning because of ' due to this wine which has been exe var cold s of persons frequently Merchant Tailors t in the even within iz their homes or of- forday, 1t 1 such occusions that SIthReal ho find thelr way 1 tnstinet, tuke up their v ers and of- and | extreme the principal anges in meng, fashions in 1926 © general sty. and character of This was the report of the com Colored shir t a real Unfilnished worsted will he tpproxi to as great an extent as ever nels in sha 1 bright colors, and the lighter tc of browns in plain, also striped overplald effects will be Caprl blue, tha new « nels and unfinished be much favored. Cheviots and tweeds will be much in demand for | the spring, fall and winter seasons, . paned Colortul fabries for sports and cot n the ter uss are sh in many ngs shades and attractive designe. hank Coats will reflect the appearance of comfort with chests full and well gunded and shoulders broad. The |single breasted, no collar walstcoat |1s to be the popular etyle. Two or | three button sack coats will be pro- ver, but the two button m oslon Stor - Quality - Jervice - Value - - busine BANKRUPTOY COURT The final hearing in the bank- ruptey matter of the Carlson Tafl {ors will be held at 10 o'clock Mon- | 1ay morning In the referee's office. t 2 o'clock In the afternoon there ill be a hearing In the case of | Patsy Lucco for tha purpose of exe the bankrupt. ey Vednesday morning the final | porq's hearin Tomeo will be | [ater. [ held. the same time the first |y, aring in the matter of the H:\rdr;.-,_r the * market wil be held, v morning there will | 7 in the case of Charles Johnson for examining the bank. was in |rupt and witnesses. ehivered | 1k 16 de- Northfie Vt., place with 14 be H, registered six Me, 2 below, and zero The official |§ ston was 4 dogrees | vas con- | nd outlook ich lays ol 0 fce bound fishing tugs | oft Muskegon, Mich., of | W rising mereury the northwest was the coldest Dultith, Alan.: with the direful 9 Pauls |thelr comrades’ plight in Wis.| Coast Guards the steamer Alabama, which o rescus of the impr 1 1d approached near enon Storms on West Const e m and fuel No relief from rain, a |Pllots, ridge promised the ns o t. Storm warning re an 830-mile tch Roint Reyes to Flattery. snow. fell ada, W dances,” Mr. Ford eald. “It was lis- | church schools the election of Os- were tening to him and his old-fashion {car A. Marsh, superintendent of the ed tunes that helped to crystalize | Sunday school, Rev. R. N. Gilman, my belle? that the time had come for [ A. W. Ritter, George V. Hamlin and a revival of the old dances. A very | Alexander Smyrk. fine old mn iy Jasper and he knows| On Sunday morning, Feb. 21, & hls busines speclal collection will be taken for Ford first heard him in 1922, and | the benefit of the new First Congre- after “Jep™ came to Detroit | gational church at W. @ the first contribution to Mr. | fellowship canvass, when all mem- Americana of dance music. | bers of the church will be visited, Mr. Ford sent him east to|will bs undertaken {mmediately ison's laboratory where some | after Easter by the Men's club. aged fiddler's cholcest selec-| It was voted fo set a goal of tions were perpetuated in the phono- | $1,000 by Jan. 1, 1927, for the com- graph reproduction rooms. munity house tund s amount 1s | “Jep” played a drum for the sol- [to be raised by the different church |diers in Detroft in 1861. Later he|organizations and not by {ndividua! conducted a drug store and sold tea | subscription. f55 after three 16 Below In Malne Tan. 20 (M— A cold wave into New England dur- the night In the wake of terrific es brought the lowest temper atures of the winter while the ac {companying times attainin it izht widespread | & e E1a) “| Boston popular. ) shore of for flan- worsteds, will NCH SHOP KEEPERS THE SHUTTERS of t () —French shop- 1 talk of ng up the but actual story which rode veported 40 minimum who consin reported low. Chicago’s oflicial lowest was 7 unoflicial helplessly | wa Pointe helplessly an low be. | sald last night wind a helow 11 shop Tt thermometers GaN6 fores: ST 4 o of Beranger Priz Dickens' works, have disappeared to make way for great. solid iron “curtains,” which are hauled down with a lever. The old windows, charming, cob-webbed and |gaslit, remain in a few out-of-the way parts of Parls. Jow n foo fa w from werr and 40- craft now a Pacific postea from Rain Tdaho. | hington and At ready to drop |pound cartons today. food on for ireuits Interrupted by br the today efved fons of N lowest of Fires In Chleago Suffering in Chicago wa by & fus nereas. numerous fires, which drove [forty familles to the streets. A water main burst and flooded a . |6treet with thousands of gallons of water, freczing automobiles to the {pavement, turning basements into jow. ting rinks and putting out fur- [helow, ace flres for blocks. Firemen | responded to nearly 150 calls in 12 {hours up to dawn today ad {eintOragor hes grees helox nadian Pacific . due today Tar East at Vancouver Some Relicf Promised hington, Jan. 29 () — Some within the m the intense col al over the United seen bythe weather b In northern New England o South Atlantic states the ratur, cxpected to r an ur cury s and tomorrow part of oceupted second Concord N r Empress of Fetncit Logl Portland, Me minimum n ahove DEVOTED to the SERVICE of VALUE GIVING THE REAL TEST OF VALUE IS A SHOPPING COMPARISON AT THE BOSTON STORE F zero cast ana tem- tomor- ment The New Britain Hospital Urgently Needs Voluntary Workers to Make Surgical Dressings at the Hospital while move o° then Might i the r map this morn 0 temperatures cov a rn Canada, northern ¢entral New England, New York, I isylvania, western Marvland The owed Gk NO LET-UPS—STOCKS TURNING RAPIDLY—ALWAYS IN A POSITION TO BUY SAVE KNOW WE OFFER THE EXCEPTIONAL ALWAYS T NO LEFT-OVERS— fr——————————— THE DOMINANT HOSIERY VALUE IN NEW BRITAIN FASHIONS AND SAVINGS HERALD THIS SALE OF SILK DRESSES A STORE 2 WITHIN | A WITHIN A STORE STORE QUALITY AL "“GLOBE” RECORI “RADIEX” RECORDS 2‘3 CEach 10-inch double disc. 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