New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 16

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-Mrs. Mangan in Charge 18 MRS, REYNOLDS HiS HER CLAIN ALLOVED Awarded $136 by City—Dan- ages to Fischer Lot Discussed The claim of George S. Fischer of 73 Woodland street for $100 be- cause of alleged damage to his pro- perty by surface water from the Valentine B. Chamberlain school yard, was disposed of by the claims committee, subject to the common council, after a hearl before the committee last night at the city clerk's office, Chalrman J. M. Halloran of the school accom- modations committee of t oard, and J. E. Downes, tendent of school construction, sai + wall is being built on the dividing ine between the properties other work is bemg dore to guarc sgainst the condition which resulted in the claim, They said the school department has been advised by the corporation counsel that there is no liability on the city's part, but the precautionary measures, which are being taken to protect the school property, will b: a benefit to Mr. Fischer's property. Mr. Fischer sald he will be satisfied if his propert is protected in this w: The com- mittee will recommend that leave to approval by withdraw be given relative to the $100 claim. After a hearing on the claim of A. M. Dressel for $50 for damage to an automobile trunk caused by a municipal garage automobile on Commercial strect, the committee took no action pending inquiry as to whether the garage commission car- ries liabllity insurance on its car Mr. Dressel, who was represented by Attorney Henry P. Roche, said his ear was stopped on signal by Officer H. C. Lyon, who was on the traffic post at the corner of Main and Com- mercial streets, when a car driven by Thomas Kiernan, employed in the garage, struck the trunk on the rear and reduced it to kindling wood. Mr. Dressel sald Kiernan told him his foot slipped off the brake pedal and before he could apply the brake again, the collision had occurred. Tn a2 statement to Assistant Corporation Counsel M. H. Camp, Kiernan as- sumed blame for the accident. Payment of $186 to Mrs, Frank Reynolds of 30 Florence street will be recommended by the committee. Mrs. Reynolds, rep nted by Attor- ney 8. Polk Waskowitz, described a fall which catsed a fracture of her left ankle on an alleged icy side- walk on East street, near property known as 662 East street, on Feb- ruary 25, She was under the care of Dr. David P. Waskowitz for ten weeks, she said, Mrs. Mary Beaudoin of 42 Broad street was heard on her claim for $12 for a dress which was spoiled by a protruding piece of wood on & temporary sidewalk at the corner of Broad and Washington streets whero George Ratner is building a theater. | fhe was advised to present the claim to Mr. ner as the city is ot considered to be liable in the matter. | Of Ladies’ A. 0. H. Party Mrs. John Mangan has been nam- ed chairman of the committee in | charge of the annual excursion to | Savin Rock of the Ladles' Auxillary | of the A. O. H., which is to be held | on August 15 #Those serving with Mrs. Mangan are Mrs. Charles McCarthy, Mrs. Danlel Kehoe, M-s. John Igoe, Mrs. Nellie Coyle, Mrs, Frank Hart, Michael ~McCrann, Mrs. rank | Moorehead, Miss Minnie Herry, Miss | Anna Cullinan and Mrs. Katherine | By the | smokes has slumped Willlamstown, Mass. — A new > for that Versailles compact. It.| [ effected “a coal peace” says Dr. | Bonn, German leader, at the Politics | Institute, New York — If you keep your nerve, you don’t need much air to live, according to ry Houdini, for years a public exhibitor of “escaped.” He was soldered in a submerged metal coffin ninety minutes without apparent discom- fort. Mrs. | § Kalowskl. Exclusive Distributors Ol NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FLASHES OF LIFE: LEOPARD RUNS WILD IN FORESTS NEAR PRINCETON Portland, Me. — The first green tendrils of an early political boom | have sprouted here. Gov. Brewster, | state executi Gov returning from r-nnf- rence in Wyomin llic Ross is the logi cratic candidate for vice presi it the rer h from the east Atlanta, Ga. — Bobby Jonés ¢ fesses he would like to use a t a pen, to n when report- | member splendid 1 finished the He extend- | hich Norge's trip riod of b ed crops. over the pole “scrambled the air says the palatinate tiller ent of his olives and melons. Williamstown, Mass s said, "we are thi Mining experts ¢ individual | erican ln)pcu< the services of “invisible slaves” in the form of mechanical power and that this ac- | counts for the high national per capita production. | Plymouth, Vt. — Linn Cady, who | operates the Coolidge farm, prob- | ably hus a personal idea of tihs v cation system. With the boss | hand, Linn has been busy with extra | chores getting ready for an exebutive | inspection. Red Bank, N. J., — Poetry be- | comes thrilling fact. The old Prince- | ton “Tiger song” well known to spectators of Big Three gridiron games has a special appeal as posses swept the Jersey jungles for s Indian leopard, which escaped from a circus and is at large in a tion thickly populated by summer vacationists, N Priladelphin — A rational drive to popularize cigar smoking among women is to be launched by cigar box manufacturers. Female pref- erence for cigarettes has been fol. | lowed by the men, it is said, and | consumption of “all - tobacco” alarmingly. Paris — The rush on the part of | economical Parisians to stock up every necessity during the present range of prices has extended even to coffins. Funerals are cheaper | than they may be again in a num- | ber of y s, is the decision of some of the fore-sighted. # | New York — Your domestic | menagerie is incomplete if you haven't a darling little Boa Con- strictor in your conservatory. A local department store offers them | at a special sale for $1.50 each. New York — Approach of the a nual 2 special shipment of $125, gold to their banks. Further ship- | ments will follow to meet the d n farmers | and golden ornaments. Norfolk — ts H. A. B¢hr, New York Wolf, Montcldjr, N. 71, | ter second set requirés two and a half hqur contest. Greenwich — Estate of late Com modore C. Benedict sold to unnamed |woman for $5005000, Greenwich — Petition objecting to | arbor improvement filed with board of selectmen New Haven “— Archbishop Matule- vicius, Lithuania, visits here. Hartford — State department of | motor vehicles reports that Bri led list with highes nts for w Hartford — First tobacco inscrip- tion sales amounted to $1,100 a| minute, Bridgeport — Phantom stabber another victim in Mary Cor- who was slashed in abdo- claimec coran, 13, men. Purchases Coffin to ; Get It at a Low Price Paris, Aug: 6. (P—Stock up with everything you are ever likely to need including a coffin, is the guid- ing policy of one Frenchman who foresees nothing but higher prices d of him. good for another tyen- a dotcor told the aged but eserved man, and the veteran trotted off to an undertaker's to make a deal for his own funeral at today's rates. “At the price that even the sim- plest funeral will have reached in twenty years” he remarked as he left the offic 1 have done a good stroke of business.” Declares Cigars Will Be Smoked by Women Also Philadelphia, Aug. 6. P—Cigars vill be smoked. by women; if the National Cigar Box Manufacturers’ association can bring that about. fen have favored cigarettes in- stead of cigars because their wo- men companions have preferred to use them,” said Mr. Buckley. uropean nobility been using cigars since the of Queen Elizabeth,’ said Har. w York director of the A. He advocates the popularization of ‘“all-tobaceo” smokes in America, Mr. Buckley pfedicted a back” for G-cent cigars. “The women of E have “come Praises Resinol for curing ivy poisoning Itching stopped after first application Media, Pa., June 26:—“I wonder if vou realiza how valuable Resinol is as a cure for Ivy Poisoning. We have used it for three thembers of our ‘household this summer. Aftet the first application the itch- ing sensation passes away and sim- ply does not return.” (Signed) Mrs, ‘W. G. McNees, Providence Rd. at Fjfth St. Resinol Ointment is also invaluable for the quick relief of sunburn, insect stings, hives, itching n<he1, chafim: ete. A bath with Resinol Soap and tepid wa- ter is most refresh- ing gnd invigorating at the closa mand of native brides for dowries of a hot, dusty Hay., MILLINERY CO 177 MAIN STREET ALET Exclusive Distributors for ;duh Underprice Sale New Colored Felt Hats' $1.95 aa $2.95 Regular $3.95 Value Regular $4.95 Value These hats are not out of olir regular stock but were purchased spec1ally for this sale. Plenty of large and small headsizes. Come here first, but if you go elsewhere first, do not buy until you have seen these \\'onderful values. Colors: Navy, Black, Sand, Vanilla, Pink, Rose, Chanel Red, Pearl, Copen and White. 4, 14-12 in Bridgman cup games |- AUGUST 6, 1926. the ‘onl which west an peratu "Hot and Ok sas and Rocky Arizona ary we the mic Kansa while temperatures in the leading with 98 continued ather in northern, Idaho western Montana added to the forest |vid fires menace maining oyt of control. While né records were'broken. in|with French francs at the deaths were rate of exchange, attributed central WEST IN GRIP, OF BAD HEAT WAVE Several Deaths Reported—Mod- rate Change Predicted Aug. 6 (P —Scattered thunder showers and possibly as City, ing breezes were forecast today as|and parts of K v relief from the heat wave vesterday nd settled outhwest, well above the century mark in several states. Nearly a score of deaths were at- | tributea heat proache directly or humidity which d the saturation drove aused damage to crops. temperature [cury 1 109 degrees. Sixteén| Kansas points reported 100 degr or above with streams drying up, threatening a water shertage. winds swept lahoma, amaging corn. Oklahoma’ highest point was 106 at Tulsa, while ed two of his most important mea Fort W orth led in Texas with 1 meuntain states recorde: upper ninetie: 1-west, several ate cities. cool- over the sending tem- indirectly to ap- point in| Taraners o Mk eg Good Progress for Re- reported ing, Kans., whero the mer- | parts of Texas|Poincare {n his effort to end extending into Kan-|c and with several bfazes re- |i to heat in Chicago and |t Unusually high iuw bank would not iavolve inflation. humidity added to suffering in this ect on. Chicago's maximum was 91 |would only have recourse in forelgn | |degrees, Centralia, Illinois, recording {the highest temperature in this re. glonewith an unofficial mark of ¢ A new record for the year was es: tablished in Kansas City when the mercury hit 100 degrees, one dealh? resulted. Regional forecasts for today in- dicated more moderate temperatures | in the northwest with cooling |breezes over the Dakotas and Min. Wisconsin and Towa d the prospects of showers while ontinued high temperatures were predicted for Missouri, Oklahoma | WELL ON HIS JOB lief of Franc 1 Aug. 6 P—A still furtheH > has been made by Premier | the tic financial situation in Europe. The chamber of deputies has p: Pari {advan {ures, the bill providing for a sin ling fund to eradicate the coungry’s {floating debt and his bill designed to ect stabilization of the currency Although the latter measure pre- t the bank of France may notes for the purchase of gold |bullion and stable foreign cusrencies current |2 Premier Poincare | the deputics that this action by He added that the government ! ——— e |the franc, which was quoted at tfe :ulqym | READ HERALD CL2 |eredits when the value of the franc | had increased. Previously purchases | of foreign currencies had been ban- ned, except when they were made on | the basis of the pre-war rate of ex- | change. The up the floating debt of France, which | consiéts largely of outstanding na- |tional defense and treasury bonds. | 'U‘L chaniber adopted the recom- mendation by a voter of 420 to 140, | after it had rejected by a vote of | 350 to 172 a soclalist motion that| governmen retain control of the | tobacco monoply, instead of turning | it over to a private concern. It is| llonl the tobacco monoply that the go\L‘rnmun[ expects to realize aj goodly sum toward wiping out the [tloating debt. The measure permitting the bank | of France to {ssue new notes for the purchase of foreign currencles was | one of the recommendations made | to former Finance Minister Caillaux | by the committee of financial ex- perts. The mobilization of foreign | currencies will place the bank in a position to manoeuvre in defense of {closing of the exchange market yes- terday at 34.95 to the dollar, Nine Killed When Auto Falls in Front of Train| Parls, Aug. 6 (P—Nine persons| led and three seriously in-! hen an automobile skidded | near Wildbach, Germany,~and fell to | the railroad tracks just as a train was passing, according to a Havas ot a single person in the | automobile escaped either death or injury. were FIED ADS| FOR BEST RESULTS POWERS establishment of the sinKing | {fund is with ths purpose of taking | High Schools Girls Vacation vs. Vocation After the play days of vacation, what are you planning to do? The Nursing profession offers a wide field of usefulness. The Class in Nursing begins at the New Britain General Hospital September 1st. Think it over. 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