New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1927, Page 3

e DIAON FIRST FLIER T0 GROSS ELROPE New Britain Man Made Passage in Three Hops It is generzlly conceded that the recent Atlantic flights have given aviation a tremendous boost ig the United States. Credit comes to this country for having the first aviators to 'cross the ocean, but it is not generally kncwn that to New Brit- ain alone goes the credit for having the first American aviator who ever tlew across Europe. First Licutenant Carl A. Dixon of the 118th Ccnnecticut aviation squadron, now connected with the rew municipal air port at Toledo, O., made a famous. flight from Lon- don to Cairo, Egypt, a distanee of over 2,900 miles during the war. Lieutenant Dixon then was with the British Roval flying corps. It was not a non-stop flight, but was made | in three jumps. The longest flight was from Tarento, Italy, to Athens, Greece, during which Dixon stayed in the air 12 hours and 15 minutes. Probably the greatest thrill of the whole trip was when he landed in Graece. As the ship settled down to the Grecian airport near the Kking's palace, hoth motors stopped dead and investigation revealed the fact that there was not a drop of gas in the tank. Regardless of previous plans a forced landing would have been necessary and had the engines gtopped in mid air, a crash would have resulted. Flying for 10 Years During the 10 years he has been flving plancs, Dixon has flown 64 different types of the 200 or more makes of airplanes now in existance. | He has carried thousands of passen- gers and has flown almost a half | million miles. Of the 64 different makes of airplanes, he includes his own private Hispano standard. He has had scveral narrow escapes. in- cluding one at « Brainard - field in Hartford and one last Good Friday when a ship load of fireworks ex- ploded while _he and Corporal Charles Arnold of Wethersfield were in the air, He has been as high as 26,200 feet over a town in France, nearly | five miles up, so high that he has been able to see the entire south coast of Dngland. He says “It is all bunk about the need of an oxy- gen tank over 15,000 fee stating that he climked the 26,200 feet withont the aid of an oxygen tank. This was in February, 1919, and was done in a Bristol fighter with a Rolls Royce engine. He has flown in Europe. Asia, Africa and all over the TUnited States. He usually does about 75 miles an hour with his own plane, but has flown much faster. He has owned his own ship for the past three years TLike many aviators Lieutenant Divon is superstitions. He had a premonition of disaster when he went up on Goed Friday. It is a common superstition among avia- fors that bad luck always follows fiying on Giuod Friday or Easter. As proof of ‘thiy theory he points out that friend of his, J. P. Anderson, York the same day he and Arnold had their accident in Toledo. Major Willlam Lenninger, with whom he is assoclated in Toledo, 18 the man who trained Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.' Dixon and Major Lenninger are developing the Toledo municipal field, which 1is expected to have a number of hangars and two separate air com- panies, one of them a camera com- pany. It is hoped to have a U. 8. army squadron locate there also. Little Danger In Flying “Is there any danger in flying to- day?” Dixon was asked. He replied as follows: “The | Wright Aeronautical corporation | had one forced landing due to me- | chanical difficulties and two due to | poor gas connections out of 1,750, 000. miles of commercial flying. This is one forced landing for approxi- | mately every 600.000 flying miles. | due to mechanical defect. The two | due to broken gas connections could be eliminated by extra gas leads | from the gas tank to the engine. Supplimentaty oll connections also should be installed. There should | be three of each. thus eliminating all danger of trouble in this line.” That Lieutenant Dixon is a skill- {ed pilot 1= attested to by a Herrid { reporter who one time went up with him while he competed in a | stunt contest with eight other | planes, taking second prize in the | contest. |~ Lieutenant Dixon admires Col- onel Tindbergh's feat in his one man flight to Europe. “The public | misses tlie big thing about that I trip,” he sayz. “It wasn't the fact | that he flew to Europe. Pilots | know how far their planes can go. | The big thing that tried Charlie | Lindbergh's nerve was when he left | Newfoundland. that last sight of | vanishing land on the coast of New- | foundland, the realization that there | was before him an indefinite mo- | notonous flight, nothing to be seen | ahead for hours which seemed like | ages, nothing to be seen on any | side but the fading horizon and nothing below but the Atlantic Ocean. “That was the test that tried Lind- | bergh. It is nothing to his discred- | it that he says he felt like turn- ing back.. It wasn’t the fce on the | wings that bothered him. No man | alive could make that trip for the first time and not feel something | grip him as he saw the last vestige of land fade out of sight. “Lindbergh knows now just | Columbus must have telt.” 'Comb 900 Years Old Is | Unearthed Near London London, June 25 (A—Nine hun- | dred years ago when London was a | Danish colony. some Viking's lady lost the beautiful comb with which | she adorned her long hai: after the ! fashion of King Canute’s court hack home. It has just been excavated at |the corner of Cheapside and Law- rence Lane. The comb is made of bone. and since, for the sake of strength, the {teeth had to be cut in the direction of the grain it is made up of a num- ber of plates, each about an fnch wide. There seem to have been nine of them originally. They were held together by a cross-bar of bone on each side of the | {comb, the whole being fastened to- sether with fron studs. The comb is cight and a half inches lorg. how | ALL TYPES FOUND "IN CITY SERVICE Reaction of Election on Office Holders Interesting Study In the conduct of municipal af- fairs, there is offered the public an | | excellent oppcrtunity to observe the | characters and qualifications of the { men who hold public office, and their reaction when they find them- lves removed from the midst of the large number of private citizens {and placed in a position, however |important or relatively minor, | among the “powers that be.” Of | course, the great majority of resi- | dents of New Britain, or any other | city or town, does not take the time | which | | to make this observation, actually is a study in psychology, but those who are posted, either through necessity or hobby, on the | mattets affecting the public, are authority for the declaration that | election or appointment to seats “among the mighty” does not have a stereotyped effect on all who are chosen. Some councilmen, for instance, go about the business of the office with | great importance and dignity. They | have probably been elected after | contests in the primary of the par- |ty with which they are registered, }av.d have therefore the opportunity | of noting their comparative standing | with gther candidates in:their ward. | Possibly they took occasion, during | the campaign to declare their stand on certain measures in publc ad- dresses or through the mails and | therefore™ feel that the voters are | watching them to note with what | degres of consistency they are re- | maining clos to their recent declar- ations. The reports to the common coun- | errors or examples of qu policy an the part of comm | committess. Bills for $3.48 $0.62 must be stioned. amounts, true, but if someone fis wasting the public funds, it is the business of the common council to find out and ping the leak, and these new members are duty bound | to attend to 1t A $200,000 bond is- sue? Oh,” well. say nothing about ! that. Know what it Is about? Well, no, but nona of the older members lare questioning it. and if a new member makes himself conspicuous asking an explanation, someone might snicker and, well, let it go. The rest are keeping quiet about it, and anyway, the newspaper tomor | row will prohably have something to say about the money being voted d then the reason for It can be learnad. Without overdrawing the picture, it is saii to be a fact that many council members serve term after rm in the manner described, and know slightly more about the af- fairs of the city on stepping out of { the council than they knew when Loriginally elected, but their dignit; | they never lessen and their feeling of importance mnever leaves them. Small | They enjoy, bing referred to hy the |title of their position. and if they do nothing else in their offic : : NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 25 1927, a brother pilot, was killed in New | capacity, they see to it that nat a | part of the city government unas- penny of the publc funds goes into an undeserving pocket, unless, of | course, the penny is accompanied l'g; few hundred thousands of its nd. On the other hand, there are members who, while possessing the | qualifications of competent public officials, flee to the protecting cover of private citizenship the moment their period of membership ends, and, having arrived there, thank | their Jucky stars their term of of- | fice did not have longer to run. Ask {them why they did not seek re- election and they will probably have | something to say about “press of | private business,” “like the work but | have not the time étc.. when, as a | matter of fact. the real reason is that they were so taken back by the attitude of certain other merbers that they could not bear to continuc in their company. Some members are said to show !1ittle concern about matters in gen- eral until there is mention made of the salary question. and then they lare very active. They know to the penny the hourly rate of every city | employe, and they,either lean over backwards to point out how nig- | gardly 1t 1s, or they shout from the | housetops of the “days when” such- and-such an official was glad to be paild much less salary on some oth- er position. Often, however, mem- bers who fear criticism for their stand on the salary or other mat- ters, remain quiet while the discus- cion is being held, and then vote | with the chorus in the hope that | thay may be unobserved. There have been councilmen and | aldermen in New Britain who were | so interested in the welfare of the | city that they neglected their own | business to a large extent. possibly | to their sorrow in later vears. Men | of this type. actusted only by mo- tives of an henorable and unselfish | nature, have given much to the city | without expeeting anything in re- Uturn, the while they exercised great | restraint and control of their angry | passions as they looked on and gaw ; their afforts being defeated through picayune politics. | Investigations have been favorites 1 with certain of the eity fathers, ac- | cording to the records of common { council doings of the past decade, { which show that at meeting after meeting, committees were appointed {to “look into the advisability” “take up the matter,” all of which | caused great flurries of excitement out city hall at the time only to | peter out as the committees labored cn in the shadows of other :vents of more interest and importance. | Meetings at which a few members | made practically every motion and in every other way dominated the gathering are recalled by citizens whose Interest kept themy close to the council for years. Hardly a council has been in existence {in this city in ars but had cne cr more members who could be de- pended on to provide most of the verhal firaworks, while it is also a fact that practically every group of fathers since consolidation of the town and city government has ‘hnrzn featured by “silent” members | or groups. On the whole, the calibre, tem- perament, and general type of ¢onneil personnel does not' change from year to year. In years ,one by there have been leaders who practically earried on the legislative sisted, that is. so far as important matters were concerned. Men who later became mayor have attracted public attention as council mem- bers, while others have come and gone with such little acclaim and have displayed such a slight degree of qualification for membership in the body, that others who ‘erved with them might be required to con sult the Municipal Record before being positive of thelr membership. Men who serve on commissions atfer having been in the council are, as a rule, greatly chang:d In their attitude towards the ‘att - body after a brief period as com- missioners. The reason is zaid .0 be that while they are members of the council, they are so far removed from the workings of the var -us departments in contrast to the nearness which commissionerships bring them. that they are inclined to look with skepticism on major recommendations, with the result that in many Instances’thcir argu- ments are not as intelligent as they would have been had they been in possession of infcrmation springing from a reliable source. The history of the government of New Britain, i written in detafl, would be incom- plete unless it contained record of the many Instances of criticlsm of the councll by conimissioners who, as council members, took the self {same stand and would probably have done so again had not the | change from “councilman” to “com- missioner” given them their reform- ed views. CITY COURT JUDGMENTS. The following judgments have been rendered by Judge Willlam C. Hungerford of the city court: Katherine Yaros agalist Jerry Yaros, for the plainuff in the amount of $2,230. Lawrence J. Go- lon for the plaintiff. Alcide J. Dery et al against Simon Koplowitz et ux, for the plaintift in the amount of $786.16, foreclosure. Donald Gaffney for plaintiff. Charles Laflamme. et ux against Giovanni Sarra, for the plaintift in the amount of $407.86. A. W. Upson represented the plaintift STOECKEL NAMED |B. Stoeckel, state commissioner of | motor vehicles, has accepted the in- vitation of Secretary of Commerce, Hoover to serve on a national com- | mittee which will study city traffic | problems. - The committee will hold its “first meeting in Detroit, Michi- gan, on July 6. J Commissioner Stoeckel has played lan eminent role for many years in Ihis work of studying traffic prob- {lems of Connecticut and in effective- Iy planning ways and means of re- ducing accident hazards on the state highways. IN GUILFORD ACCIDENT New Haven, June 25 (®—Caught lin the wreckage of his automobile {which was overturned when it col- {lided with another machine, Ray. {mond M. Sarles, 40, of this city, a | salesman for Bronson-Townsend C | was killed almost instantly in Gui ford last night. The second ma- chine was operated by Charles IFra- ier of Middletown. Sarles suf’ered a fractured skull ! and a broken neck. None of the | |other occupants of cither car was Ihurl. | i i { does, the money of the people, investing it in accord- ance with the laws of this state and paying interest as its earnings allow. Qlts investments are of the best class, and includes expenses. (This bank is fulfilling a public necessity, taking, as it $900,000 U. S. Government bonds. utual Savings Bank Our semi-annual statentent as of March 3lst, 1927, showed increase in de posits of $579,988.36, increase in surplus of $50,000 after paying dividend of 2V4 and V47 extra for the six months period. We have been paying this liberal rate of interest for the past two yearsand expect to continue it while the present rate of earnings is maintained, depending largely on the continuance of the present 6% Harttord; June 25" (P — Robbins | GIRL GOVERNMENT AT NORMAL SCHoOL Students Enact Own Laws at Teachers’ Institntion To most of the public, activities at the New Britain State Normal school have been a mystery and have re- mained in that light for years, but behind the portals of the magnifi- cent structure there is a beehive of activity. Instead of the usual method of controlling activities through facul- ty direction, the school's associations are under the control of a student government.. The faculty cooperates in such a manner as to best serve the interests of the school and the individual student. Like all good democratic govern- ments there are the executive, judi- cial and legislative branches. The executive department consists of the president and vice-president who are seniors elected by popular vote fror various training divisions; the secretary, elected from the junior class; the chairman of the house of representatives, a senior elected by members of the house: the chairman and vice-chairman of the judicial board and representatives of two student committees. The house of representatives con- sists of 13 members of the senior class, 12 members of the junior class, the dean, and three other faculty members. The house works in con- Jjunction with the conference com- mittee composed of the principal of the school and the members of the faculty. Measures passed by the house are submitted to the confer- ence committes for approval or re- | jection. Thus far the committes has nevér. found it necessary to reject any measures proposed by the house, The third branch, the judical dee partment. consists of the chairman, vice-chairman, the dean, and one member from each training group of students. 3 Some of the many activities plan- ned by the students are the art club, the glee club* and athletic associ- ation. Others are under the direc- tion of the library committee, the committees on assemblies, and the lunch room committees. Of greatest interest is the work done by the lunch room committee. It aids the caterer in planning new menus, in securing the names and recipes for the girls’ and faculty’s favorite dishes, and in facilitating order and ease of service in the luneh room. . The lunch room is conducted en- tirely at the expense of the school. The state gives no financial support. 20 well is it managed that it is self- supporting. the service of four wom- en and the entire equipment being paid for out of receipts of the lunch room, The student may secure a whole- some, ‘satisfying lunch, including dessert, for 25 cents. The training teachers from the schools close by the Normal.school. as well as the Normal school students and visitors to the school, ‘avall themselves of the opportunity presented by the| lunch room. rate for real estate loans. Total deposits March 31, 1927 ...................... $6,739,376.81 “/alue of securities above price carried on books about $500,000.00 it in this good bank, knowing that it is safely protected to use it The above showing emphasizes the desirability of having your money with a Mutual Savings Bank. In a Mutual Bank, the depositors get the benefit of all earnings above We have no stockholders to consider. Qlts loans on real estate are made at not exceeding 507 of a conservative value of the property securing same. ' What better can you do with your money than to put and can be drawn at any time you may need it or want for other investments? TRUSTEES James E. Cooper W. E. Attwood F. G. Vibberts Walter Meyer A. N. Abbe ..Reuben J. R. Andrews William H. Booth William E. Latham James S. North Ernest W. Pelton C. Twichell Surplus ... Total inventory surplus $800,000.000 J. E. Cooper, President W. E. Attwogd, Vice-President and Treasurer Frank G. Vibherts, Secretary Walter Meyer, Assistant Treasurer In the election held during the last week of school, a New Britain girl, Miss Alice Murphy, was elect- ed president of the school govern- ment association and another New Britain girl, Miss Irene Haigis, was elected vice-president. MMiss Martha C. Furey of Hartford was elected chairman of the judicial board and Miss Anna Synnott of Portland was elected vice-chairman of the judicial board. THREE KILLED IN & Bedford, Ind.. Juns 25% persons were killed early y-utz; afternoon when their automobile wag struck by a Baltimore and *Ohie passenger train near Huron, Ind, The automobile was demolished and the bodics were badly mangled. The dead, a young woman and a elders ly couple, have not been identified, but it is belleved they were from |Robuuon. nL % —— 1IN FONT S r ©1827 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. q K veveeeen.. .. $300,000.00 4 OFFICERS