New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1927, Page 29

HELEN WILLS NOW READY FOR PLAY I Prepared to Make Her “Come- Back” Attempt Berkeley, Calif, May 6 (UP) — Helen Wills is rcady to try her come-back in the tennis world. With the world's tennis cham- pionship as her goal, the former American champlon has mapped out a strenuous campaign that will Virginia’s Apple Blossom Queen NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927, take her through the leading spring land brilliance. and summer tournaments of Eng-| The tennis star has followed a land and the United States. regular routine of training since Miss Wills leaves tonight for early this year and has topped off New York from where she will her practice in matches with “Lit- cail for England a week from Sat-|tle Bill” Johnston and Peck Grif- urday. internationally known court In England she will play in sev- eral tournaments before entering | Her game now Is the greatest the important Wimbledon matches she has ever played,” Griffin com- which begin June 20. ~+mented, “Her back court tennis is Miss Wills hopes to be accorded |far better than it used to be and the world’s championship by win- |her service has more power, speed ning the Wimbledon matches and |and placement than she ever has by regaining her American title | shown.” |after her foreign invasion is over. | She has fully recovered from the | * ORGAN DEDICATION caused her to withdraw from the title play last year and her game Exercises to Take Place Wednes- . sy | day Night, May 11 |has reached new helghts of power | Special exercises to dedicate the | new organ at the Reformation Luth- eran church will be held at the church Wednesday evening, May 11. | The program will be as follows: minor .. ; ... J. S. Bach | (b) Largo .......... G. F. Handel Solo—"The Lord is My Light” .. ‘eie.... Go 1. Hammer . Per Olsson . B. Godard Edu. Greig p major .. b Rachmantnoft | Prof. Per Olsson, A. G. O. i Dedication of the organ v. 1. 'W. Schaefer 0 Clap Your Hands” J. Stainer sta (a) Bereeuse ...... (b) Solveig's Lied (c) Prelude in C s Anthem-— Choir of teformation Lutheran Church Address— | The Rev. A. A. Ahlquist, Ph, D, (a) A io and Bource Richardson autier (b) Le Secret ..... . [ (¢) Chanson Russe .. Sydney Smith Orpheus Instrumental Quartet | Marcus H. Fleitzer, violin. | *Harold G. Stedman, flute. Walter P. Occupin, 'cello. Charies A. Johnson, piano. Solo—*Babylon” .. Michael Watson Mrs. Per Olsson (a) Scherzo Alex. Guilmant he Lost Chord . () S N e ... A, Sullivan () Hallelujah from *Messiah™ . «.. G. F. Handel | diction Ihis trip to South America at City. Items Card party, St. Joseph's Hall, this evening.—advt, Jokichi and Eben Takamine, sons of Dr. Takamine, internationally known chemist, will be the week- and guests of William Sweeney and they will attend the boat races at Derby, The Takamine brothers were classmates of Mr. Sweeney at Sheffleld Sclentific school of Yale university in 1913, John C. Wilson of 2288 Main street, Stratford, reported to the po- lice the theft of a tire and a tool box from his automobile whila it was parked on Chestnut stre>t last night. The pupils of the public schools in the city were dismissad this noon because of the teachers’ conventjon. Teachers of New Britain will attend the conference at Hartford and New Haven. Elmer B. Wood sold today to Hor- School family house at 29 Hamiiton street. Virginia Pettinato of 105 Clark | street is resting comfortably at New Britain General hospital following an operation for acute appendicitis yesterday. Judge F. B. Hungerford will| spend the week-end at his summer | home at Lyme. Dr. Willlam Fownes Keith has | returned from Boston where he at- | tended the meeting at the Massa- | chusetts Dental Society. The Burns club will celebrato its | 20th anniversary at the bungalow in Kensington on June 10. The official board of the Methodist church wlil meet this evening. Ralph R. Merrigold will speak on | the | meeting of the First Baptist brother- hood this evening. i SIX PERSONS KILLED | Explosion and Collapse of Building York Also Tnjures 21 in New Others. } New York. May 6 (® — Six per- sons were known dead and 21 in- jured in an explosion and collapse | of a building at 23d this after- River t noon. HALL TO LEAVE L. F. & C. Senator Edward I", Hall will sever his con tion with Landers, Frary ark's about June 1, to devote his entire time to the chairmanship C | higher prices and that new quota- | ms, Mrs. Isabelle Tyson G pin, daughter of Scnator n of Tennessee, was crowned quecn of V ginia's apple blossom festival at Winchester, She is’ pictu ~ with her coronet, a courtier at her side, od above lof the state finance commission, to {which-he was appointed this week. enator Hall has been connected with Landers, Frary & Clark as seeretary for several years and for many s prior to his elevation to Miss Mildred Peterson MRS, BILL IS DIVORGED A Pearl From the Antilles Senorita Angelina Aeduiza, from Cuba, the “pear]l of the A tilles,” is a pearl in her own name. The Havana girl vecently | won the right to be Miss Cuba in the second International Pageant of Pulchritude to be held at Galveston, Tex., in May. | Qucbee. Not Only Gets Decree, But Also s that post e was in the accounting Awarded $10,000 Case and ln~z""i‘~""‘m""'- | come from $70,000. CONCERTS LESS POPULAR Springficld, Mass.. May 6 (B—The Bridgeport, May 6 (P—Mrs. Edith | decline in popularity of band con- nee here today, and the in- $10,000 cash in ! creased use of the radio and phono- alimony and $70,000 should remain | graph was blamed in part for this with' @ trust company from which | condition. It was generally agreed fund she should receive the income. It was also stipulated that Mrs. Bill | small boy bands playing the har- hould have the right to dispose of | monica or ukulele. by will half of the trust fund and would rmain the | Bill to Le disposed [ known and the stipulation was that | she should receive —_— Funerals !_—_______J Anna Ravickas. ! “uneral services for Anna Rav-| ar-old daughter of Mr. | "the other halt property of Dr. ot his do R EREE | s th by his wiil or as part il in her complaint assert- {ed that Dr. Bill had beea cruel and | that he had heen unuue, but in entation of the casz the latter | g2 was not pressed, although | ;o) \rg” Michael Ravickas of 35 Bill ofiered in evidonce a letler | oo gireet, were held this after- | roceived fr {noon at 2 o'clock at the home. in which he said that ik Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. | [teen lived *‘unsatisfactor sl | e had found “a new love Charles A. R. Cooper. belicved to be the “real love” and he | gyueral sorvices for Charles A. expressed hope that neither of me‘ R. Cooper of View street, White's Crossing. Plainville, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Erwin chapel. Rev. William Ross, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate, Interment will be in | Fairview cemeters. appeared lust Decem- | g0 was on Novem- The decree was given by LES sold a parcel | Fred Joscph Cowles Burnham of 1and on Sherr cet, Plainville | uneral services for Joseph Cowles | to John J. Do hue, | Burnham, a former who | | 1lilding V. Roos has sold a parceb| died in Pine Grove, where | | [of land on Robbins avenue, Maple | Hill to P. A. K Annie Murray of land on I° he had, been living for many vears, were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock sold a parcel |at Erwin Chapel. Interment was in street to Gunnar | Fairview cemete | | A. Peterson. | | | Patrick Kirby Funeral services for Patrick K by of 436 South Main street will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at St Joseph's church. Interment will be in St. Mary's cemetery, a Tonahue sold one- on Wells to! nd Della T Snowman. | | sales are consummated | | thwotizh the agency of Carlson & | | Carlson. John | e | EMBARGO LIFTED Washington, May 6 (P—American officials today decided to Nt the erg- bargo on milk and cream from Mrs. Mary J. Powers Funeral services for Mrs. Mary J. Powers, who died at her Home, 160 Manhattan avenue, New York, on Tuesday, were held Erwin chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rav. | n- | ADDITIONS TO THE WHITE HOUSE 200 tudes of people who enjoy making bizarre gifts. Lion cubs, Joe and Hannah; which is Joe and which Ha Being president of the United States leaves one wide open to the friendly solici- ¢ Citizens of S Africa, recently sent President Coolidge, with their love, S pol Johannesburg, South = Willlam Ross, pastor of the I Baptist church, officlated. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. CARD OF THANKS ‘We desire to tender our heartfelt thanks to kind neighbors and friends for the many expressions of sym- pathy extended to us during our re- cent bereavement of the death of our beloved daughter and er, Rose Rita Taucher. We are particularly | grateful to Traffic Council, Telephone Company, Machine Room, P. & F. Corbins, Burritt Motor* Sales Com- pany and to all that contributed flowers and wish to express our decpest appreciation for their kind- ness. (Signed) Mrs. Louise Tt her and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Taucher, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Long. Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone 162 Opposite St. Mary’s Churel || Residence 17 Summer St.—1625-3. T —— BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP Visit our Greenhouses on Johnson Street, Maple Hill. Ses the beautiful s ings where we grow our own Cable Address these two four-month-old JECLELORER B Lk W N 3 3 . 3 g nnah photographer didn't ask,. '.The Feivgrap Flost ‘st New Brote | selbie Bill was given a divorce in s in outdoor play centers was superior court today from Dr. I'hilip | regretted by speakers at the ! W. Bill, whose address i3 now un- ound and Recreation that greater use should be made of Wall Street Briefs Atlantic Gulf and West Indies $44,151 for 1926, including opera- tions of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, equal to $3.23 a share on the preferred. This compares with $1,571,498 in 1925, or $5.05 a share on the common stock, including four months opera- tions of New York and Cuba mail. Reo Motor Car Company has awarded a contract to Commercial Investment Trust Corporation to be its official financing service for Reo Motor cars, the deferred payment plan. First quarter net profit of Gould Coupler Company declined to $77,- 124 from $148,246 in the first | quarter ot 1926. ace G. and Anna J. Charland a one- | Net profit of the Symington Com- \pany for the first quarter fell to $64,989 from $198,377 in the first vear, quarter last Youngstown dispatches to Wall Street says steel sheet makers are | encouraged by the response to tions are applying to a large vol- ume of new business. Building con- | struction requirements have helped to strengthen the market for bars, structurals and shapes at $1.90 cents a pound. Some plate tonnage, however, is moving at §1.85 cents. Engineering projects announced in the United States in the past week were valued at $73,500,000 against $48,900,000 the week before, the McGraw-Hill Construction daily reports, the gain being due to in- creased activity in public work, rail- road improvements and industrial projects. The average weekly rate of proposals*in the construction in- dustry during April virtually was as high as in April last year. A statement of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rallroad as of Maych 31 shows current assets of $32,752,876 and current liabilities $16,503,518 against $38,287,477 and §17,478,577 respectively & year ago. Profit and loss deficit amounted to $36,622,667 against $40,350,218 the yoar before. CANADA-ENGLAND Service Is to Be Established This Summer ® Montreal, May 6 (UP) — Canada and Great Britain will be linked by | Wircless telephony this summer, a ¢ | British limited press dispatch from London said today. R. C. Vyvyan, chief englneer of larconi company, announced the | proposed serv He said conver- | sation would cost less than the pres- lent rate between New York and London, $75 for three minutes. After the Canada-London service is working, the Marconi company, the dispateh said, would proceed to con- nect the entire British Empire by wireless telephone. Existing stations will be used between Can- ada and Great Britain, and Vyvyan said two-way conversations could be egraphy now being sent and received by beam, or directional stations. Later, Vyvyan said it probably would be possible to send printed matter by telephoto process at & speed of 400 words a minute, Major Warren, Prominent Worcester Man, Is Dead Worcester, N May 5 (#— ‘Word has been received here of the sudden death last night of Major Herbert Houghton Warren in Los Angeles, Calif, Major Warren, who was a native of Clinton, and a for- was long affiliated with crganizations in this city. military S NOTE RECEIVED London, May 6 (#—Secretary Kellogg's reply to the British note on the war debts question was re- ceived today at the where it was stated that the British jewpoint has been sufficiently es- it blished and that there is no de- ‘\-!rlé to start a controversy. The British treasury {s not like- Iy to issue further comment than the statement made in the house of commons yesterday by the chancellor of the exchequer, Win- | ston Churchill. SIANS’ GUARD REMOVED , Switzerland, May 6 (P— Acceding to the request of the soviet cconomic conference delegation for lightening of the police surveillance to which they have been subject since their arrival, the Swiss author- ities today removed the uniformed ¢ police guard from the lobby of the Russians’ hotel. conference and leave Geneva unless the police surveillance was relaxed. TO PREPARE JURY ROLL Lewis W. Lawyer, A. N. Peterson and Michael T. Kerwin have been appointed by Mavor Weld as a com- mittee to seleet 180 persons for jury service for next year. They are the three selectmbn and Mayor Weld followed the custom of other years in appointing them for this service. City Advertisement CHANGE OF WALK GRADE, STANLEY ST. Notice is hereby given that a hear- ing will be held before tha Board of Public Works, City of New Brit- o'clock, E. 8. T., Tuesday evening, May 10th, 1927 on the proposed change of walk grade on the east side of Stanley St., between Bingham (Bain) St. and Konstin Place, All persons interested are request- ed to be present at said hearing, # they see.cause, and be heard in relation to the above. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, G. H. Johnson, Sec'y. steamship lines had net income ot | truck and busses on | WIRELESS PHONE: heam | had without interfering with the tel- | mer professional man of Worcester, | foreign office, | | The newspapers say the Russians threatened to abandon the economic | ain, in Room 807, City Hall, at 6:30 | SPECULATORS GET JUMP ON SHORTS |Ar¢ Pressing Advantage This| Alternoon , New York, May 6 —Having suc- | ceeded in trapping a large short in- | terest in many issues, gpeculs the advance continued to pres: advantage in today's stock market, |shifting their major operations from f stocks to another when- ever selling resistance looked threat- ening. This rapid churning about of prices lifted more than a score is- sues to new peak prices for the year, or longer. Easy credit conditions, reports of | {improvement in the automobile trade last month and the recent stiffening | |of crude ol priees, together with the | usual crop of merger and dividend | mergers, all Lielped to maintain bull- | ish enthusiasm. Professional “be | traders continued to put out short | their lines in various issues, but appearcd i anxious to test the character of the current buying before attempting to regain control of the price move- | ment. | With dividend action on General | Motors common less than a week away, and April sales of cars by sev- leral” of the leading companies re- Iported at a new monthly peak for |the year, little difficulty was experi- |enced in attracting a following in |the motor shares. Mack Trucks and Hudson each reached new h ground, and strong upport developed | for some of the sory issues. | several stronz spots developed in the rails, Chesapeake & Ohio and ! Baltimore & Ohio being among the |first to break into new high ground. | Public utilities were hid up in antici- pation of the announcement of sev- eral new super-power projects with- {in the next few months and on re | ports of large current earnings. Talk |ot a recapitalization plan accompan- ! 1i':d the rise in Lacledge Gas. | THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by P'utnam & Co. | High Low Close | [ Al Che & Dye 13 | American Can 487 [Am Car & Fd 105 {Am Loco .... 110% Sm & Re 151 Sugar ... 914 Tel & Tel 16 Am Tobacco . 13 Am Woolen . 2 | Anaconda Cop 45 Atchison 18 |Bald Loco ...192 |Balt & Ohfo. 1213 | Beth mteel ... 51 Calit Pet . Can Pac |Cer De Pasco 613 !Ches & Ohio 1747 CM&SP. 24% CRI& Pac 1004 {Chile Cop B i,\m {Am |Am % ICh Coca Cola . Colo Fuel Consol Gas Corn Prod . Cru Stecl [Dodge Bros ’l)u Pont De A 10% 24 RR. 4.« 1st pfd Players sk Rubber Genl Asphalt Genl Elee ienl Motors . 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