New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1927, Page 16

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ENOUGH AMERICAN FORGES IN CHIN! This Is President’s View— Borah Sides With Chinese far awa night gave a by no inieting effect. Forcigners Fleeing Word from 1dio m NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1927. where they had taken refuge, to the | Scnator Borah, who heads the fm- r portant foreign relations committee £ ssages that filt- of th . urged that Americans 1 to v 5 “hands policy in t of Presid “hinese affuirs and predicted that . 1ge, Kellogg and of the chaos of the Orient Wilbur 1 r nbers of would come permanent and real 1 sation is | democracy which will tak- its place Coolidge | among the nations of the world.” I thank God that nationalisn marched into Shanghai yesterday,” he declared hope it will stay enator challenged the doc- which, he said, more and more the United State . that democracy has Developments in sresent, he udded, flat- contention. trine roken dow China at the fute th Amerfcan Red canwhil s is standing by awaiting any | call that may be made upon it b the department to extend as- ¢ to refugees from the rioting As yet no request as the department ived but little informa may be needed tion at Chinkiax serious by Admir: . and some fear was fel nti-foreign outhre: at other points in Chin dispatches so far have failed to re ount any disturbances. M Gauss in his dis: ch said fro: what could be learned at Shanghe orelgners apparently were being u molested in the evacuation of ot} ities in the Yangtse valley. Word also has been received h headquarters of the Seventh 1 \dventists church that all of 1! church's missionartes in China weo fe, including four at Nanking new in | == revolution | of similar he added. | them, When you get used to Herald Classified Ads—you'll enjoy reading | from the fa | porter's memory and ears are keen ‘ahuscd and little understood indi- | !men and one of them happened to | 1rnonl|on the fact that a property transaction was going through soon. SEFS STRANGE FOLK s o o | reporter questioned hin ipplying - much data himself. Tn (Strangest Thing Is They Think 5. s i i He Is Strange o m tit” “Well, you told me ay before v SEfpE——— reporter, sterday,” hat's the talk in an o Contrary to the general belief, ro A manner and the reporters porters are human beings. The pub- feer and it is generally 8. 4 roporter will never hetray 1 vhen dealing with gentlemen confidence. Time and time of the fourth estate, believes the re- | the newspaper man will hear inter- porters to be a strange being. s of news from the 'he average person on the streat ' mouths of those with whom he is in !is ever foarful that he will put daily contact. He uses the story and somothing “in the paper” and the he is “called down” for the fact standard joke when introducing him | “You violated a confidence,”” howl to another person is, “Look out for | the indignant citizens. “Nothing of hat fellow. He's one of those n & Pathe paper reporters,” accompanied by rather anvious laugh and a Kitten- | h wink. The reporter, contrary to « general belief, can be engaged conversation regarding the weath- - without the slightest danger of wving remarks of the other party ioted in the paper. He can keep a sidence and he probably accepts q keeps more information of nfidential nature than any other | rson on this great globe. | Another thing. A teporter is be- ¢ed to be possessed of second ‘ht, an ability to read a person’s nd, forecast the future, settle the ! ternational debt question and sany other things too numerous to iention. People think that he loesn’t have to be told anything and ‘hey doubtless derive that opinion t that the average re- of ten, the person grumb had opportunitics in the past to test the reporter’s abi to hold in confidence any inf nation given ntial. All a person has to say s *“This is confidential” 1 there is to it. 16 reporter may kick and put forth argument ment to show that the wentioned is p he loses the argur former maintains that the ir tion is-confid 1l, so it re People like reporters, too. reporter how what heareats they te think that the reporter is a con- |fidant and many troniiles, both and that's information show @ They like to tel they are are. They sec zood Not long ago one of these much again, | | business and domestic, are aired “in chambers” for the reporter's benofit. And, again, the averag thinks that a reporter sh matically know everything: person d avto- that he doesn’t have to be told. Not long ago. | story 'a woman called a Herald teporter on the 'phone and gave him a great “song and dance” because he had not inserted in the columns of the news sheet the fact that she had given a party the night before. Upon investigation it was found that no one who had been at the party, had told the papers about it. [ The cerage reporter does Tot noop into other people’s busin-ss, ithough he may appear to. since | his business is to get news, He has {to know a little bit of everything from law to hardware manufactur- {ing and he has to know how to ap- ach a physician, too. He must be to ask questions of a leading nature, questions that will not sound foolish to the person addressed. He must be good-natured, must ho temper, must be diplomatic and must be able to make friends. A large order. Going back to the subject of con- fidential chats. Time and again the repo is told something in strict confidence, the person with whom 1ats expressing a strong desire be kept quiet and th be said about the co ation. reporter acquiesces, in spite o.'} & fact that the conversation would make good reading. Within a few | lays the entire town may be talking | the matter, because the man | whom the reporter was talking iiled to keep his business to him- | f. He the reporter to he » only one to keep quict. Such | things happen many times and the v rter i9 the goat. The reporter is constantly 1 up against opposition. expe run- People | anghy at the “boys | lengt t noth- | has as a result, they regard from the “sheet” with suspiclon. 1 the ma ust the one to let dro some choice , if followe up, may lead to a hot yarn. The ma who gets angry when viewed by a representative of th press is the best news source, i cpposition As a general rule, better he treats ne small fry are th when a story is sought. and adopt patronizing attitude. Fortunately, reporter is possessed of some know edge of human nature and he a cepts talk for what it s worth. In the course of a da er meets with all sorts of people, H receives requests to keep a certai item “out of the paper” and, whe he refuses on the grounds that it ws.” he makes an enemy, for th time heing. But they never for any area of time. As a general ruls thos: ame people will be b next week with something the in the columns of tain The “important” individ: “nothing for the newspape is usually the fellow who turns t paper men. Th done. The reporter tre alike, whether they give him new or not. Generally, he who likes If a person is friendly, the reporte £ the usual half way and is als with a newspape well as th » fact tha to write news ftem: New Britain’s Unprecedented Prosperity Since 1922 is reflected in the Growth of its Banks The following figures have been compiled by The New Britain Trust Co. Oct. 1, 1922 'S SUBJECT TO $2,870,000 New Britain Trust Co. N. B. National Bank Commercial Trust Co. City National Bank Total Increase General SAVINGS DEPOSITS Savings Bank of N. B. Burritt Mutual Savings Bank N. B. National Bank Commercial Trust Co. People’s Savings Bank City National Bank $12,250,000 Oct. 1, 1926 CHECK $3,971,000 3,632,000 1,850,000 356,000 3,247,000 9-15-22 1,444,000 Deposits $17,985,000 6,159,000 1,854,000 2,083,000 500,000 247,000 3,354,000 884,000 1,394,000 380,000 from published reports. } have gained a great part of the knowledge of newspaper work out of the popular priced novels and, spite of that the reporter can get his The person showing the most “Ing inter- the more suc- cessful and influential & man is the v the report- the reporter when he wants a favor ts them all is a fellow to meet people and such little things as snubs mean nothing. friendly. It does no one any harm !to be friend which place those friends in an un- favorable light. There's the true test of friendship. If a reporter's n | acquaintance is mixed up in scandal n | or in unfortunate complications and the reporter uses the story, as he must, whether he wants to or not, p | the person is a true friend who says, d | “Well, old boy, you had to do it n | so that's that. You couldn't help it.” Just treat the reporter like & o | human being. that's all. - PADULA GUILTY; el a {Norwalk Slayer Convicted of 2| Murder in Second Degree n Bridgeport, Conn., March 26 (P — Anthony Padula, 25, of Norw. married and the father of one chil, was sentenced to state’s prison for fe today after a jury had found nim guilty of second degree murder, {The jury deliberated three hours. | Padula shot and killed Gennare | Clemente, also of Norwalk, in th: v on the night of August §, 1f it was shown at the trial, over the alleged non- yment on the part of Clemente ot borrowed from Padula two years o s 2 EVEN ALL AROUND 0 v, oild man, that my hen got loose and scratched up your garden." r| “Oh, that's all right; my dog ate o your hen.” t| “Fine! I just ran over your dog s 'and killed him."—Passing Show. Increase $1,101,000 12-31-26 12-31-26 385,000 406,000 356,000 $ 5,735,000 2,805,000 -26 12-31-26 970,000 689,000 120,000 247,000 {lotalBnerease B Sayings Rl e osiLs et S A, $10,566,000 QTHER FORMS OF DEPQ§[TS——Such as Certificates of Deposit, Christmas Clubs, Etc. New Britain Trust C. N. B. National Bank Commercial Trust Co. City National Bank Total Increase " $ 1,130,000 $ 1,296,000 76,000 1,101,000 16,000 206,000 538,000 9.15-22 Total increase of banking deposits of all classes $13,428,000. $ 12-31-26 12-31-26 166,000 130,000 563,000 16,000 615,000 (Decrease) The New Britain Trust Co.

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