New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1927, Page 2

i i oo 29, STATE CHANBER " HOLDS SESSIoN i~ 7 day's Convention Hartford, Conn., May 26 (P —| Men distinguished in various phases | of industrial, commercial and civic life were the principal speakers at the 28th annual meeting of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce which opened in Hotel Bond this morning Wwith members and dele- gates present from all parts of the stdtg. The day's program began with the election of 11 directors after which the auditor's report was read showing the Chamber to be in sound financial condition and the year's accomplishments were reviewed by Secretary Clark Bel- den. President Ernest E. Rogers presided, and addressed the dele- gates briefly. The organization has| a cash Dbalance of $4,441 and a/ separate sinking fund of $5,094./ The operating expenses for the year | were reported to be $28,487. The! Dishgesbed Spokers at T&i —Photo by Johnson & Peterso: ELEANOR M. CARSWELL Roosevelt School MISS Miss Eleanor M. Carswell of 548 pany, and “The Nurse in Industry” by Dr. Leonard Greenburg of the U. S Public Health Service. Music will be rendered by the Orpheus Trio, M. H. Fleitzer leading. On Saturday, the nurses will hold a business meeting from 9:30 o’clock until 12 o'clock at the Hotel Burritt, closing the convention. The Assoclation is an outgrowth of classes in factory nursing under the leadership of Mrs. William E. McNamara. It was established in 1917 at Boston University through co-operation of the National i"ederation and Dean Lord of the University. The president, who has held the Jffice for the past two years is Miss loan M. Kirby, R. N., of Lawton \lills, Plainfield, Conn. The objects )t the association are to promote he welfare of industrial nursing; to stablish standards® in industrial nursing technique; to promote the st interests of both employers and mployees and.to provide for the study ‘and discussion of questions pertaining to industria} nursing. | NOW YOU | NE Chamber spent approximately $700 | West Main street is completing her | ASK 0 on legislative work during the year | in which it expressed conclusions before varlous legislative commit- | tees on 48 bills. | The directors elected today to| Succeed those whose terms expired are as follows: General welfare directors, all| new members of the board: Champsa 8. Andrews, director of sales, Na-| tional Fdlding Box company, New Haven; C. L. Campbell, treasurer, Connecticut Light and Power com- pany, Hartford; Horace B. Cheney. | vice president, Cheney Brothers, | South Manchester; Judge William | C. Hungerford, New Britain, and Robert W. Perkins, president of Eastern Connectict Power company, Norwich. Group directors, all re-elected: Agriculture, Wilson H. Lee, presi- | dent of the Wilson H. Lee company, | New Haven; banking, Leroy W.| Campbell, president of the City | gugrial Nurses will hold its 11th | Bank. and Trust company, Hart- ford; industries, Frank H. Lee, president of the Frank H. Lee| company, Danbury; insurance, Wil- liam Brosmith, vice president and general counsel of the Travelers | Insurance company, Hartford; pub- ' lic utilities, Samuel ' Ferguson. president ; of the Hartford Electric | Light company; trade and com- merce, Samuel C. Parker, vice president of the Howland Drygoods company, Bridgeport. The annual banquet will begin | in the ballroom of Hotel Bond at | 7 o'clock tonight with Governor | Trumbull as toastmaster. There | gljl Pe three outstanding speake: Merle Thorpe, editor of the Na- | tlen’s Busifiess, will speak on| “From the Bottom Up or From tie | Top Down.” Robert L. O'Brien, edi- | tor of the Boston Herald, will dis- | cyss the “Characteristics of Our Bay State Neighbors,” and Dusty Miller, _humotist of the .mid-west, Wit -make -his first appearance in Qennecficut. His subject is “Ex- plosions.” America to Philippines Flight Now Is Suggested Manila, May 26 P—Jacob Rosen- thal, president of the Times Publish- ‘ng company here, today started a movement for a flight from America to the Philippines by pledging 1,000 pesos - ($500) toward a purse. second year in her teaching career | which began after graduation from tha New Britain State Normal chool in 14025, Her education, previous to her entry to Normal school was galned in the public schools, including the New Britain High schoal. INDUSTRIAL NURSES WILL GONVENE HERE Leaders in the Profession to Be Among Speakers The American Association of In- annual conference in this cjty on Friday and Saturday. During their stay the nurses will be the guests of the American Hardware corpora- tion, which will provide for a ban- quet to be held at the Hotel Bur- ritt Friday evening and a tour of the city, including an inspection of the large manuracturing plant. The members of the assoclation will assemble at the Hotel Burritt at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning and a tour of the plants of the Ameri- can Hardware corporation, the Cor- bin Cabinet Lock company and the P. and F. Corbin company will fol- low. Luncheon wil be served the visitors at the Business and Pro- fessional Women's club. Following luncheon the nurses will visit the Corbin Screw corpora- tion and the Russell and Emvin corporation. Tea will be served at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon at the American Legion club rooms as the guests of the leglon auxiliary. The banquet program at the by George T. Kimball, president of the American Hardware corporation, as toastmaster; an address on Message to Nurses'™ by Miss Anne Goodrich, dean of the Yale School of Nursing; “Mental Hygiene” by Dr. Lloyd Thompson, of the Sterling Hall of Medicine of Yale University; “The Industrial Nurse and Compen- sation Cases” by Daniel G. Campion | of the Aetna Life Insurance com- the Straw that's - just right for you Connecticut Hats are for the men who know any hat won’t do. For the men who know a straw hat must re- flect their individuality. They find at the Connecticut Hat Co. store the exclusive styles, smart shapes and distinctive bands that are the mark of the well dressed man. Panamas — Sennets — Leghorns $2.00 to $8.00 “Your CONNE Hatters” CTICUT HAT COMPANY 6 R. R. Arcade | Today's ten questions have a few puzzlers in them, but if your mem- ory is good you should answer them 1—Who invented the cotton gin? 2—What is the principal use of helium ? 3+-What was the real name of O. Henry, the author? 4—What does the nineteenth { amendment to the U. S. Constitution provide? 5—How many times dore Roosevelt married? 6—O0f what material s the |dome of the national capital at | Washington made? = | 7—What is the approximate gross area of the United States? | 8—What is a “tin wedding?" was Theo- | 9—What is the name of Austra- | lia’s new capital city? 10—What made Floyd Bennett | famous? i —— | The postage stamp had its origin {in Great Britain in 1840. The first | stamps made in the United States | were in 1847. | £ Special Notice Barber Shops will be closed all day | Monday, Decoration Day.—advt | | Ask Your Doctor Civic | VETERANS CHOSEN * FOR SCHOOL TALKS ' Schedule Arranged for Patrioti Speeches to Children Memorial day exercises will be |Reld In the local public and paro- chial schools tomorrow, when the | schoot children will be addressed I by veterans of the Civil, Spanish- | American and World wars. This is |in accordance with the custom of | past years, allowing the pupils to |learn the meaning of the day from those men best qualified to tell |them, the men who went through {the wars in which the dead hon- {ored on Memorial day served. The Ischedule of speakers was announced today as follows: At the Washington school the | exercises will be held at 9 a. m., |when J. F. Burns of the United |States War Veterans and John | Johnson of the American Legion |will speak. E. J. Kinderlan of the Spanish war veterans and Robert |C. Vance of the Legion will ad- |dress the Valentine B. Chamber- |lain pupils at 10 o'clock. At 10:15 lo'clock W. E. Latham of the G. A. R. and W. W. T. Squire of the Le- gion will speak at the Smalley school. Harry Wessels, Leglonnalre, | will talk to the Elihu Bueritt chil- dren at 10 o'clock. At the same {hour the students at the Roosevelt ischool will hear W. W. Bullen, | Spanish war. veteran, and N. C. | Avery of the Legion. W. J. Dyson, who served in the war with Spain and Fred Fleischauer, a World war | veteran, will speak at the Rock- | well school at 9 o'clock. | At 2:45 o'clock W. J. Rawlings |of the U. 8. W. V., and Harry Wes- [sels will spcak to the Camp school puplls. The exercises at the Bart- |lett school will be -held at 10:30 | o'clock, with J. F. Burns and How- ard Knapp, a World war veteran, as speakers. Roger Whitman, who !served in the World war, will ad- dress the Levi O. Smith school stu- dents at 2:30 o'clock. Another Le- glonnaire, Maurice H. Pease, will address the assembly at the Lincoln school at 10:45 o'clock. | D. R. Ogren of the Leglon and | W. J. Dyson will be the speakers at the Northend school exercises, which | will be held at 1:45 o'clock. At the |Monroe school the Memorial day assembly will be held at 8 o’clock. |when E. J. Kinderlan and Legion- !naire Edward Johnson will speak. dress the Stanley school ' pupils at 2 o'clock; they are W. E. Latham, W. D. Mas- sey of the U. 8. W. V., and Rev. R N. Gllman, representing the Ameri- | can Legion A. H. Petts of the Le- glon will speak at the Israel Putnam school at 2:30 o'clock. At 9:15 o'clock E. E. Ogren of the Ameri- can Legion will address the Walnut Hill school acholars. Two assemblies will be held at the Central Junior high school. At 10:30 o’clock Harry C. Jackson of the Legion will speak, while Theo- dore Johnson of the U. 8. W. V., and Mayor Gardner C. Weld of the Le- gion will be the speakers at 1:39 o'clock. W. W. Bullen and W. W. T. Squire will address the two as- sembles to be held at 2:15 and 3:15 o'clock at the Nathan Hale Junior high school. At the Senior high school assem- blies will be held at 8:156 and 9:15 o'clock. The speakers will be Wil- liam F. Sternberg of the G. A. R., W. J. Rawlings, and Rev. W. H.| Alderson, representing the American Legion. H. C. Ginsburg of Eddy-Glover | post will speak at St. Mary’s schqol at 10:30 o'clock. At 8t. Joseph's school Legionnaire Frank Dugan will address the pupfls. The Sacred Heart school children will hear Emil Schaal of the Legion at 2 o’clock. The many veteran organizations in the city have been invited to at- tend the Memorial Sunday services in the Trinity M. E. church Sunday morning. These include Stanley Post, G. A. R.; A. G. Hammond camp, U. 8. W. V.; Eddy-Glover Post, American Legion; L. D. Pen- fleld camp, Sons of Union Veterans; |Stanley Woman's Relief Corps; | Lovisy Moore tent, Daughters of | Union Veterans; A. G. Hammond | icamp auxillary; Eddy-Glover Post | Ladlies’ auxiliary; the Sons ot Unlon : Veterans® auxiliary; and all other patriotic orders. i | 'LINER MALOLO BEING | TOWED TO NEW YORK (Continued from First Page) of the engine room and that water ' , had extinguished the boiler fires, crippling the power unit of the 22,- . 000 ton craft. o B | Detalls of how the collision oc- | curred were unknown here. 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It is the fourth largest ship in the world in polnt of first class passenger carrying capacity and is the first vessel ever bullt in the United States that completely com- plles with requirements of the 1914 London meeting of the internation- al convention for safety of life at The vessel carried complete crews | sea. in every department and had on board a’large number of shipping officials. In addition to Mr. Rqth, those on board included: J. Harry Mull, president of the Cramp con- cern, Chiet Engineer Anthony Marple, also of Cramps: F. D. Ten- ny, chairman of the Matson board; Wallace Alexander, executive com- mittee member; J. D. Tomlinson, vice president of the American Hawalian line; Captain Peter John- son, commodore of the Matson line fleet, who will command the Malolo when she {lies the Matson line flag. The accident is the third to be- fall the liner since its keel was laid. On June 1, 1925, a red hot rivet fell into the pine acaffolding while the vessel was being constructed, and the resultant fire caused $200,- 000 damage to the liner. Two weeks ago she was aground for seven hours across the Delaware channel after being warped out of her dock. With a group of government offi- clals, headed by Secretary of Com- merce Hoover attending the launch- ing ceremonies last June, the giant liner quickly . assumed recognition as the pride of the merchant mar- for every room SPINET DESKS $19.50 $24.50 FERN STAND $9.00 TEA WAGONS SHIP MODELS The Malolo, s 582 feet long, has an 83 foot beam and a displacement of 22,000 tons. She will have a speed of 23 knots. The vessel will be the largest liner ever operated in the Pacific and wjll cut four days oft the round trip between San Francisco and Honolulu. Radio advices picked up by the Independent Wireless Company from the Malolo shortly after 7 o'clock this morning sald the Fisher had the Malolo on a tow line, but fog continued to delay movements. The Gulfland and several other 'vessels whose names were not given in radio measages were still stand- ing by the liner. \ Dispatches from the Malolo add- |ed the craft was still at anchor | and ringing its bell constantly. The | Fisher, the advices sald, was blow- ing three blast signals instead of two so that the identity and the po- sition of the disabled ship might be | known to other vessels in the vicin- ity. / Captains of the Gulfland and the Malolo talked with each. other through megaphones during the \nlghL Leonard F. Wolfe, Jr., wire- = less operator on the Guifiand was at his key through ' the afternoom and night flashing bulletins on the progress of relief operations. 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