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SOME HEN NOT A8 BIG AS THEY FEFL “See Them as They Are” Rey, Dr. Hill Advises Spectal privileges to the aged and infirm members of the South Con- gregational church who wish to at- tend the Sunday evening motion pic- tures, have been offered by the | church officlals. The privileges con- sist of special passes whereby those who are not physically able to com- | pete with waiting crowds will be permitted to enter through the Arch street entrance before the main | doors are opened. | The first motion plcture service of | the season was held last evening, | en Edna Ferber's “So Big" open- ed the season. “The great success- ful qualities of life, are always the simple qualities,” according to Re: Dr. George W. C. Hill, in his mon in connection with this pic- ture. “Bigness is relative,” he sald, “The man who is big in his home town, ofttimes shrinks a great deal in bigger places. “Many of us like to have peoplo | think we are big. We grow chesty about it. In our opinion the great- est sin is the sin of being found out. The strength and power of a man | morally is the measure of bigness in a man. | “There are people walking the streets of New Britain as well as other cities, where others look up | to them and think they are pretty | big men and are doing great things. If you only got around where you could see them as they really are, vyou would find out how big they are. There were between 700 and 800 people present. | LAND SHARKS OF FLA CONDENNED Red Cross Director Claims Theyi' Defeated Relief Drive | Washington, Oct. 4 “dreadful disaster” to the peopls of Florida shows the imperative need of maintaining strength of the National Red Cross, Chairman John Barton Payne de- | clared today in a speech prepared for the opening session of the sixth | annual convention of the organiza- tion. Deep concemn over the “misunder- standing” as to the extent of the need for relief work in Florida, was | expressed by James J. Fieser, vice- |sion has blocked prompt contribu- good crowd of the fair sex, with th chairman of the Red Cross who has Girl Gained 7 Pounds | Nine Years an Invalid what McCoy's Cod Compound Tablets did for Babcock girl—and is doinz as ch for tens of thousands of thin, erweight, weak and discouraged people all over America. These sugar coated, pleasant to take tablets should be given to chil- dren instead of the vile stomach up- | setting oil itself—they surely do help the frail, delicate littlo ones and 60 's just Liver Oil th tablets cost but 60 cents: at any druggists. Read this letter if you have a! child that needs to gain h calth and strength 1 “My little girl was stricken with infantile paralysis when she was 5 months old and was an invalid for 9 years—when I saw an ad in the paper that McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets would build up wasted tissues. I bought a box and | she gained very slowly at first and | after taking elght boxes, she gained ; ven pounds. Thanks to McCoy's | Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets, | after trying almost everything else on the market. She s on the road |tic about 100 miles. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MO AMERICAN AND BRITISH FLAGS ON WRANGELL ISLE Russions Reported to Have Taken Formal Posses- | | sion of Lonely Island in the Arctic Ocean. New York, Oct. 4 (W)—Ad\lrcs\ from Tokyo say that the American and British flags have been lowered and the red banner of Soviet Rus- sia raised over the barren bit of fc locked land in the Arctic ocean, 400 | miles west of the northern entrance to Bering Strait known as Wrangel sland. The Russian volunteer fleet eam- er Stavropol, according to a dis- patch to the Nichi Nichi, has put into Hakodate, Japan, after having visited the fsland, lowered the flags and placed fifty Russians on it as a | colony. A survey showed that the island had an area of 2. square miles. Fur bearing animals, {nclud- ing bear and fox were found, but vegetation was scarce. | Wrangel Island, which s about the size of the island of Jamaica, dominates northeastern Sib oft | in the Arc- Since it was discovered by the British in 1849 he island had been occupied in turn | by Americans, Russians and British. In 1921 Valhjalmar Stefansson, the explorer, sent out an expe: on, in- cluding citizens of the United States, | which hoisted the Briti The American members of the expedition were E. L. Knight of Oregon, Fred- | the coast of which it erick Maurer of Ohio and Milton | Galle of Texas. Stefansson was not | with the expedition, which was headed by Allan Crawford, son of Professor Crawford of Toronto uni- versity., 1 The British government gave no assistance to the expedition, and the | proclamation annof | brough |that in the fall of LOWERED BY REDS | nature of it was not disclosed to that government until 1 when | nsson went to Ottawa and t E mier ackenzie King that flag of Great Britain had been rais- ed over the island. Crawford when | landed on the fisland issued a g that it had | been taken over for Great Brital In 1923 news came that Crawford | and his party had perished. An Eskimo woman named Ada Black- jack was the only one of the party who survived. back to essel which had been supplies for the ext Ste the 1922 Crawford, Maurer and Galle went out on the ice seeking the mainland and never 1 of scurvy in ¢ was brought 1caded by back by ai Captain Harold Noice, ¥ Ada. e exp After the Stefansson tment at Washington held that the island was the property of the United States. Russla always clatm- d the island and protested to Great Britain. In 1924 Soviet ships landed on the island and hoisted the red flag. and removed a colony, consisting of nd Charles Wells left there as an Nolce to Nome, who W American colony by found that ford expedition had perished. The crew of the So- viet transport Red October confis- | ted the stores of furs belonging to he colony. Washington dispatches at the time sald the developments on Wrangel land would hardly alter the Wash- ington government's attitude in non- | after he interference on the question of own- the ership of the island. Later Wells party left the island. W died of pneumonia in Vladivostok in 1925, district area for the past two weeks. | Florida state officlals, he added, be- lieve mo longer the hurrican sufferers can be taken care of with- out outside aid. To local pride on the part of state ofticlals he attributed dissemi ation of early reports that southern () —The | Florida was not suffering as grave- ball-cz ly as had been which drew from pictured, reports hairman Payne the ,peacetime |the statement that Florida officials threatened to score but the distanc and real estate operators practical had nullified the effort to rai: 000,000 relief fund. The difference, Fieser said confused the people of the United States as to the aid that was re- quired. Without this misunder- standing, he first time in the tory of the Red Cross that con had 1- tion of the full amount asked,” } expressed confidence that “th 000,000, and more, would hav subscribed a w ago. With the $3,000.000 already col- lected, the Red Cross can help a certain number of the 18,000 fami- lies rendered homeless, he contin- ued, while other officials of the or- been ganization expressed the hope that the remaining $2,000,000 desired would be raised before the end of the week. feser said that he did not “be- lieve that Governor Martin believes there Is no need, but it he wants to say that that is up to him,” add- ing that he had observed no friction in relief work on the ground but that | ‘every one had their sleeves rolled | up and were cooperating in a fine | spirit.” PAWNEES IN DEADLOCK WITH MIDDLETOWN TUFTS | After a| Thrilling Battle On River City | Locals On Even Terms Gridiron. The Pawnees of this city and the | Middletown Tufts battled to a 6-all | tie score in Middletown yesterday. | | been In charge of operations in the otherwise they might have won. ! The Pawnees' around a passing all four backs would hav: for the offense was bullt attack for which are trained, and vorked had it not been mbles. Their straight with Turner bucking the ne was more successfu Turner and Collossa bore the frunt of with Deldoning at interf utes to go, the ying most effective mi e Pa to go was too great of the game was Colo: run for a tou quarter. It wasa s ed the day for tb The sensation s 35-vard the first ndid play and orange and | crowd of visitors assem- bled on each side the field, en |couraging the respective teams. orange and black colors much in evidence, were present, cheering the locals on. | Middletown Tufts played a v good gam using the huddle sys item. Thelr quarterback was a little brittle for running with the all. They showed up best at bucking the line. Gerolami, carrying the ball through center from Pa es’ vard line on the fourth dawn in the second quarte de the score even. ! The kick for points being a failure, | helped the visitors to breathe eas- | ier. | Both teams were weak at catching punts on the run; it seems to be a lost art. DIES OF INJURIES Norwich, Oct. 4 () — Anthony Wisnewsky of Yantie, died last night at the Backus hospital with a brok en leg and jaw received when he was struck by a trolley car on the Norwich-Willimantic line as the | man lay on the track at Baltic. The car was in charge of Motorman Fitzgerald and Conductor Savage. OP! Armand’s Tenor-Banjo School BANJO and UKULELE NG OF |gatino D'Amata, |to Bucehl, N VDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1926. 47 ADMITTED T0 U. S. CITIZENSHIP 92 Applications Rejected by Naturalization Court Out of 99 petitioners for admi sion to citizenship, only 47 manag- cd to pass the required tests that were held Saturday afternoon In the United States naturalization court which convened in the common council chamber of the ecity hall. Judge Willlam C. Hungerford pre- sided over the court and Thomas N. pelman of New Haven represented the governmer The case of Samuel Marshall was dismissed from court on the grounds that it had been invalidly declared as Spelman stated to Judge Hun- gerford that the applicant had his first papers in the state of N York and it was upon these pa Marshall wanted citizenship. appeared for the applicant and at Judge Hungerford al- ntinuation of the case air explained that Marshall had come to this country as an infant with his parents, that he had grad- ers admission in Attorney David L. Nair ed from the local High d that he had taken out h citizenship papers le a stud in New York. Nalr said that Mar- all's act was the result of a mis- understanding. Judge Hungerford refused to reopen the case. Two petitioners were given the to change their names with refr admission to citizenship, as follows; John Mazza to John Moran, Sokolski to David Sokol. | Those admitted to citizenship are as follows vich, John Pustelnik Joseph Frank | Dressel, Michael Manka, John D'Apice, Vincenzo Claffaglione, Sa- Alberto Lepore, Joseph Miano, Alindo Verrilo, Quin- k Rizzuti, Philip Papa, John Gagliardl, Francesco Cefaratti, Giacchino Gozzo. Giovanni De Sim- oni, Gaetano Latina, Vincenzo Gras- so, Gildo Fu Charles J. Walsh, Martha e, Annfe Ivol Grant, Margar Mary Landers, Thomas Joseph Gubbins, Linus Johnson, John Wilgot Swanson, Witalis Broden, Alina Stockert, Jo- seph B 1 Braun, Joseph Lastauskas, Sarkis Torosian .Avedis . Samuel nk John Din- , John Papagor- Tollls, ma Klin- | 01 Theodore E. do, Michael Potoen ion, Apostolles Theodore Friedrich Bucholz and Ei an Disposition of other cases were made as follows: Wanda Kinat, con- tinued study; Jan in, con- tinued, absent; drew Kerclejka, continued, study; Henry Krawczyn- ued for preliminary ex- Jan Podgorski, continued Lysakowski, con- Andru , study; Joseph continued, study; study; J. ed, study Kasimie Subotk John Bryzgel, continued wiez, eph ki, Toseph Marszalek, continued, study; Louls Schneifer, continued, absent Stanle . continued, study study; incom- | o, con- i Sam continued, Joseph Skorupski, dismissed, petent witness; Pawel Owsi == tinued, study; Jozet Zblejezyk, year to 1 wel, contl con- cont K, continued, , continued, study; continued, pre- linary examination; Alesslo Ge- lormo, continued, absent; Paolo Di tista, continued to secure deposi- Leonardo Gagliardo, contin- study. Paclo, continued, continued iacomo Di ; Domenico Dinigris, i Alessandro Buffa, Listro, ; Guiseppe continued, disn Aparo, for one year, for study; Giacondo Bocchino, continued study; Virginio Falletti, continued for depo- s; Luis Navaro, conti Paolo Formica, con Giovino Ton{ Ottavi, nt; Paolo Basc ; Otto R. Be John Fe yi Zigm d, absent; Jozas 1 one year, study: J son, continued, Machoi. Mary Der Abrahamian, con- study; Alex Brause, contin- abse Sarguis, cont : Ant Gantner, contin and study; Peter Nikol continued, absent and study WAR VETS ORGANIE POLTIGAL SOCIETY Bristol Men Decide fo Have Voice in Town Affairs (Special to th Herald) Bristol, Oct. 4—At a meeting a A by a number of war vet- erans of the city, the much talked of political organization of war vet- erans was formed and temporary of- ficers elected as follows: President, Thomas P. Cahill; senior vice-p; oses on absent dent, George R. Stanwood; junior vice-president, Paul V. Rosen. The officers, together with Willlam T. Lelshman, will constitute an tive committee that will be creased in numbers a little later. The name of the new political or- ion is the War Veterans Ci Action club of Bristol. Presid, foned this morn- eason for fol- Cahill, when que ing regarding the p s formation, lowing statement made “The shabby treatment of the vet- erans by the political ring that con- trols the club rooms furnished by the city in 1919 for the of the terans from which the V s of Foreign Wars have been exclud- ed for years, has been the real cause for organizing the club. The mem- bers recognize that the eity officials, evidently controlled or influenced by e political ring, dare not offend be them by ordering the rooms to opened to all the war veterans. Th has had a petition F. Emmett city government before it from Harold Post, V. F. W. take action on pigeonholed in there. “This contemptuous freatment of | a petition from the war ve ment objects of t diserim e veterans remov election of memb: ernm trust a gross viol v allowing imposed on their succe ty government of 1919.” follows “Whereas there are many pu that affect the welfar t of the 1 non- Anot iews ar ction at ontiHeatonn and club as the war veterans | this club that shall bind any mems- 3] ar ve in that duty of | ber to vote in any manner other ¢ we feel it an im- | than the dictates of their own con= patriotic duty of every citizen to | Wwdmen members of their flmfllei.’ take a ve part in the civic and | and we declare further; that no rule of his comm or regulation shall be adopted by, ic duty to >mrades that s organize so that ception of their duty as patriotie citizens and that powers of this club shall never exceed, in political an active part in the | matters, the power of recommends ivic 1 political life of na- | ing and advocating. In all other res- tion, that we can act as a large unit | pects every member shall faithfully | coliectively to suppe ot | the rules and regulations of | candidates for pu ic o Wa ans civic action club now | ing {tude of friendliness | in force or that may be hereafter or u S to our measures or | adopted.” bers at our electi, war that united political actio ecessary terans de- being pra« A at theaters of Paris this sea re by dramatists under thirty UTS-SORES Cleanse thoroughly—then, without rubbing, apply=— RS VAPORUB Over 17 Million Jars Used Ye in this club s be open to rans of any war of the Good Health Requires Good Elimination THE rush, hurry, and worry of 1 modern life throws a heavy strain We are inclined to eat too much, drink too little wa- ter, and get too little fresh air and It is little wonder that our organs are apt to become sluggish. Good health requires good elimina- tion. 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Chemists, Buffalo, to recovery and goes to school every These teams may be far away from | C Mrs. L. Babcock, Appleton, jany suburban title or other cham- | INSTRUCTIONS | |pionship when the season closes on || R. J. AMENTA | Imitations of McCoy's may be of- |Thanksgiving day, but these games || General Director | but be sure and ask for Mc- |will continue to draw a good crowd R , the ariginal and genuine and |of enthusiastic fans. The efforts of LOUIS VERILLO, Inst. || if after thirty days’ treatment you ‘hoth teams to win the game brought 209 Main St. | Tel. 4431 Room 7 are not delighted with result: out some wonderful playing. The | why get your money back. Ilocal team’s penalties were many, | \ e/ ANNUAL MILL-END SAL STARTS WEDNESDAY — CONTINUES Through the cooperation of many manufacturers we have been able to purchase mill ends at special prices. We pass this sqving on to you in giving you the greatest 10 days of bar]gams ever—Starting Wednesday morning—Be here early. DAYS WATCH FOR OUR AD IN TOMORROW’S HERALD 348 MAIN ST. Opp Commercial Commerecial Formerly Horowitz Bros. Here is another of Porter’s Genuine Special Sales with Genuine Big Bargains. have these odd pieces which go on sale at 9 o’clock Tuesday. will 1 only 1 only 1 only 4 only of three pieces with Cretonne covered spring cushions. S T (LR S go fast. Reed Chair with cretonne covered spring filled cushion. Regular $12.75. Tomorrow .. s Grey Fiber Chair with Velour covered spring cushion and back. Regular $ $25.00. Tomorrow Fancy Fiber Sewing Rocker with Tapestry cushion. Regular $29.00. $ Tomorrow it High Back Reed Chairs and Rockers Tapestry cushions. Regular $29.00. OO OW I e These and some other close-outs are suitable for Living Room, Bedroom and Sun Porches REED SUITE $34.50 finish. Regular Special at B. C. PORTER SONS $900 | 1500 | 1950 19.75 | FIBER SUITE of good make, in attractive cover and $113.00. $69 .00 We Come early as they Reed Chair with Cretonne covered seat and back. Regular $24.00. Reed Chair with fine tapestry spring filled cushion. Regular $29.00. $19.50 $22.50 $32 .50 estry seat and back. Regular $39.00. Tomorrow ; High back Reed Wing Chair of extra fine quality. Tapestry covers. Reg- ular $45.00. Tomorrow ............ FIBER SUITE one of Heywood’s best; slightly shop- worn. Regular $180.00. $90 00 Special at ............