New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1927, Page 5

SSNNNNN I bt N \‘1- gty TR ';"- ,-v !Lll = - = S ~ TR AN ST TS T SRR I T TR AT T R TR T UNT AR l‘f'l'!“'“ |l!|| |nuI| it 73 Unuless otherwise fndicated, th-tfl:l. Botices and reviews fn this column are '+ written by the press agencles for Tespective amusement company. EESSAS AR ARSAASAARIAANAN AR A A A A AR A S AL A LA AN SN LA “SPANGLES"” AT CAPITOL Tonight is the last showing of Delores Costello in the drama “A Million Bid"” at the Capitol. Tomor- row the entire program changes and brings a double feature bill par ex- cellence. be *“Spangles.” a tale of the circus and with Al. G. Barnes’ circus form- ing a background for this mighty drama of circus life. The co-feature will present Olive Tell and an all star cast in “Slaves of Beauty,” a fast moving, peppy comedy drama of women's quest for the fountain of youth via the mod- ©m beauty salons. On Frfday night Gold Night will again be offered with $50 in gold pleces being awarded lucky patrons in the audience. Beginning Sunday night for four days the management announces the showing of the super special comedy “The Callahans and the Murphys,” the big joyfest of laughs with Polly Moran. Marie Dressler, Sally O'Neil and Lawrence Gray in the leading roles. AT THE LYCEUM “For Ladies Only” is a sparkling | tale of a young nilice manager who valnly tries to prove that there is no place .for women in a business office—this screen story, with com- petent players and a host or genu- inely funny situatlons, is as pleasing entertainment as one could desire. In “The Winning Oar” starring George Walsh we find Romance! Thrills! Mystery! Neglect! Murder! 3rd Degree! Disgrace! Hopelessness! Sensation! Miracle! True Love! = | Thursday, Friday and Saturday the feature “The Thrill Hunter” starring Willlam Haines, 1¢ billed as| a “super-speed comedy drama.” Wil- | liam Haines s well known and well | liked here and deserves it as he is a versatile star of considerable pe sonality and ability. | The companion feature will he “Tn the First Degrec” with an all star cast including Bryant Washburn Gayne Whitman and Alice Calhoun. PECULIAR ATTIRE | Bill Tilden Removes His Shoes and . As- | Plays in Stocking Feet to sure Better Footing Seabright, N. | liarities of tennis tined to rank with the famous ey shade of Helen Wills have made !their appearance on the Secabright tournament courts. Most revolutionar: vation of “Big Bill moved his shoes stocking feet to have ‘on a rain wet rmlql. Another sartorial novelty was a hlue beret affected %y George Lott. the sensationay young Chicago play- er. Seeing Lott start play in the foreign looking bonnet, half the gal- Jery thought he was one of the mem- | hers of the French Davis Cup team. was the inno- Tilden, who re- | and played in}| surer footing To Guard Legionnaires With Heavy Insurance | New York, Aug. 3 (P—Existence of an insurance policy protecting the | American Legion Paris convention against anything short of a universal cataclysm was r ed today. A policy for $175,000 has been jssued by Lloyd's Tnsurance syndi- | cate of London agreeing to pay in full any losses sustained due to m rine perils, severance of rlmmm:m(1 relations between the United States and any other country and Fr’\x\(‘t“ and any other country, a fm\n(‘nl’ panic in the United States, war per- | ils and strikes. ‘rank B. Hall, Jr., a broker, who said he was the agent who arrang- ¢d the policy, declined to name the | amount of the premium. The policy, | he said, was taken out 18 months ago. Compulsory fnsurance also has | been arranged at a low rate against \ aceident, sickness or death for those | making the trip. Charging Horse Pushes Little Boy From Road New Haven, Aug. 2 (A—One of a tcam of fear maddened horses yes- terday showed the same instinct that leads a cavalry charger, in the heat of battle, to leap over the human | bodies that lie in his path. | Running away with a, milk deliv- ery wagon, while the driver was at 2 house on his route, the team came upon a 9-ycar-old boy playing in| the street with his “express wagon” | cart. | One of the horses pushed the lad | to onme side with his nose as the | team swept by, to plunge into a iron railing soon after, The boy was knocked down, unhurt. “Where is my express was his first worry. The express wagon was found to | be intact, but the milk wagon was not so fortunate, and one of the horses was badly injured. but | wagon?” ARTFORD ALL THIS WEEK POLI PLAYERS Mat. Tues., Wed., Thurs. R-L. 2:15 Every Evening “DANCING MOTHERS” The Event of the Stock Semson MISS ANN MERRICK MR. VINCENT COLEMAN and FRANCES WILLIAMS AT THEIR BEST The main attraction will [« city, |the entire s {of the Post road which has been | | designed to devise fof the sidewalk proposition. |way is controlled by | Pierce. AT THE STRAND The final showings of “Ten Mod- ern Commandments” will be given tonight at the Strand in conjunction with the excellent vaudeville bill which opened last Monday. The new program for Thursday, Friday and Saturday will bring to the "Strand another vaudeville bill that will very likely prove:one of the flmest arranged entertainments seen here in some time. The vaude- ville will be headed by the famots Tyler Mason better known in big| time Vaudeville cireles as “The| Southern Breeze” who with his in-| imitable songs and chatter made him ong of the most notable figures in present day vaudeville. Other acts for the weck-end bill will ! include “Dance Flashes” with a company of six stars; Olmeyer and | Baker; Morse and Glenn, and Dunn | and Baker Co. Next week's film attraction at the Strand will be “The Tender Hour' starring Billie Dove and Ben Lyon. This picture will begin a four da; engagement on Suhday evening. TURNPIKE PATROL NOW EFFECTIVE State Police to Round Up, Racing Fiends New Haven, | policemen, under the direction of Trrooper William Schatzman, of this last night took up the task of main turnpike from $ in the afternoon to €ight in the morning in an effort to | ries of acci- | bring to a close the s dents in which 21 have lost lives since the opening of tc lendar y Schatzman, the patrol eS roopers Kenneth Ring- Thomas Murphy, Edward Fo- ley, Charles Phelps and David Aus- tin. The officers are to work when the second will take up the ta The state troopers will be on duty seven days a week and will cover X milés of that portion their pres- mmpx | rose, dubbed ‘death pike. The move is the latest of a scries some y of de creasing the mortality which the 36- foot width of smooth cement, tretching from Allingtown to Mil ford, complete late in 1926, has {brought with it. of the vietims have heen pedest sidering putting in sidewalks along | the fwo and a half mile stretch in | that town for the protection of those traveling the road on foot. The owners of property on the stretch recently voted almost two to one, as an expression of willingness in favor While {it was said that the state would not be willing, because of the precedent it might set, to grade the roadsides | for walks, the opinion Xpress- jed that no objection would he of- fe by the state West Haven ed to do the grading and put in the walks. The entire right of the state, ROTARY LEAGUE Y. M. C. A. Team To Battle Boys' €Club While Nathan Hale Clashes | With Burritt. ¢ Two games scheduled to be played this afte the Rotary Boys’ baseball league at Walnut Hill park. The M. C. A. team will meet the Boys' club in one while the Nathan Hales will with the Burritts in the other. The Y. M. C. A. and Boys' Club QMHN have both had their ups and | | downs in the league so far and it will be an interésting thing to sece which team will come out on top in the league. Both are e win today and a good battle is ex- | pected. Nathan Hale will try to get into the win column again by defeating the Burritt team but the latter crew | declare that it is ready to step out and win all its remaining Both contests will o'clock. SUMMONED FROM CHINA. Peking, Aug. 3 (A—3ohn V. MacMurray, American ministe | China, has been summoned to Wash- ington to consult with Secretary of State Kellogg on the situation China. He expeets to leave Peking August 12, sailing from Yokohama on the 18th aboard the President He expects to return to China in November. LYCEUM — Always — 2—Fine Features—2 Now Playing Also ——— “THE WINNING OAR”| HORGE W " THURS, — FRI. HE, THRILL HU in "THI-‘ FI LADIES' SPECIAL MATINEE This Coupon and 10¢ Will Admit] A Lady To Best Seats | DEGREE have | '8 | Aug. 3 (A—Six sl’lln: ning a patrol of the Milford | and West Haven is con- ! noon at B o'clock in | clash | in | #EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1927. % SOUTHERN LEADERS DISAGREE ON ‘CAL “A Bigger Man”, One Says, “Playing Game”, Knother Feels Memphis, Tenn., Aug. .3, P—Poli- fical leaders of Tennessee, Arkansas | and Mississippi commented on | President Coolidge’s statement yes- | terday that he did not “choose” to | run for the presidency in 1928. Senator L. D. Tyson, democral.l Tennessee, declared “It would make Mr. Coolidge a bigger man in the eyes of the nation.” Senator T. H. Caraway of Arkan- | sas, ‘democrat, declared that the sident’s announcement would be ailed with delight, but, he added, “there will always be the fear that there was a mental reservation that he might consider becoming a can- | didate if he ig drafted to do s0.” “President Coolidge is merely playing hide and seek with the American people, rison, democr: ippl said. [ “The president’s statement means | nothing. I President Coolidge ever winked his eye or had his fingers I(rosmrl he must have done so when | he said, ‘T do not choose to run for | president in 1928 If he really wanted to toke himself out as a | presidential candidate why did he | not say ‘Under no circumstances will I seek the nomination .or ac- cept if it is tendered me.” I Commenting on the president's | announcement the Arkansas Gazette ! | (Little Rock) takes the attitude | | that the president meant that he | would not accept the nemination and sail, “That so sure did Mr. Cooifdge secm of the republican | nomination and so favorable were the prospects for his re-election,— barring things now unforseen—that he will be accounted to have declin- ed a term in the White House.” LITA MAKES CHANGE (‘llnplin's Wife Engages New Law- I | vers In Fignt For Divorce and | Part of Comedian's Wealth, Los Angeles, Aug. 8—Lita Gray | Chaplin today switched lawyers in | her fight for a divorce and a part | of the fortune of her husband Char- lie Chaplin, film comedian. | Lyndol L. Young. Wiliam K. Young and Milton Young, who w | associated with Mrs. Cha plin's un | cle, Bdwin T. McMur n Fran- | cisco attorney s counsel for the comedian’s wife announced they had | withdrawn from the case. | “Difterences in the matter of pol- |icy and procedure have caused us to withdraw from the case.” Lyndol | L. Young said. “We are out und | the substitution of other counsel fvill | meet with our approval.” Shotly theveafter McMurray an- | nounced the retention of the legal firm of Bradner Lee, Jr., and Ken- | von Lee to represent Mrs. Chaplin. “The change in attorneys will be ef- | | fected formally Monday. | The sudden change In counsel | marked the second time Mrs. Chap- | lin has swapped attorneys since her | nsational break with the comedian November. | | R List of Suits Filed ! For City Court Here An action In forcclosure has been yrought by Rackliffe Bros. Co., Inc., against Salvatore Scalise and the | | Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, through Edward | A, Mag. The writ is returnable in | the city court the fourth Monday of | *August and the plaintiff seeks fore- closure and possession of liened | property on Belvidere Extension and | !3450 dumages. Constable Frank | Clynes served the papers. P. C. Melntyre, through William ! F. Curtin, has instituted action for $300 damages a; nst George Ratner | of New Haven. The writ Is returna- ble in the city court the third Mon- | day of August and Constable Clynes | servea the papers Five actions have been brought by Michacls Jewelry store, through Attorney Monroe S. Gordon. All five are returnable in the city court the third Monday of August and Con- stable John Recor served the papers. The defendants and the amounts of William $60; ; Joseph Tod- Grzesczyk, $30. | ‘ 1 | attachmeént are as follows: Delaney, $90; Sam Balfore, Touis C. Burdick, $3 sla, $25 and Stanle ger to| Quick, safe, sure relief from painful callouses on the foet. ‘Atall drug and shoe sores {| Tonight Only—Dolores Costello in “A Million Bid" AL G. Barnes' 3-Ring Circus transported to the screen as a setting for this great drama of cireus life, with Pat O'Malley — Marion Nixon Hobart Bosworth Bring or Send the Children! Free Crackerjack, Peanuts and Pink' Lemonade to the Kiddies At the Matinees! Co-Feature “SLAVES OF BEAUTY” With An All Star Cast FRI. NIGHT IS GOLD NIGHT - Begins Sunday ‘The Callahans and the Murphys’ { will use it td deliver | Must Apply for State Road hid| FREIGHT PLANE LEAYES FORD PLANT Will Fly To New York on Test Flight—Coming To Company In Hartford Later Detroit, Mich., Aug. 3 P—A giant tri-miotored transport plane, one of the largest type of airplane now built in America, fitted as an aerial delivery truck, took off at the Ford ! airport this morning for New York for delivery to a company which products to purchasers. The plane was the first freight carrier of its kind to be built for service outside the regular. Ford alr lines. The plane will fly to New York on a test flight, and from New York to Hartford, Conn., from/where it will start on the first' delivery trip to Havana. | The plane with a speed of 120 miles an hour and a cruising range of 500 miles, is constructed to carry a load of 2730 pounds. OCTOBER 3 LAST DATE FOR TOWNS HUGE Prince To Share In Dedication 0f U. S.-Canada “Peace Bridge” by That Time Announcement was made today by | State Highway Commissioner John A, Macdonald that Connecticut towns and cities desiring to take ad- vantage of the state aid road appro- priation act passed by the last Gen- | eral Assembly must take action on the matter prior to October 3, inas- much as the statute provides that such action shall be taken on or be- | fore the first Monday in October following the date when the appro- | priatiod became avallable. The an- | nual $1,000,000 appropriation be to the highway dc- partment on July 1, at which time | all towns in the state were notified by the department that they might fake advantage of it to the extent| of $10,000 for one year or $20,000 for two years, the maximum amounts allowed to any one com- munity. At the time of notification, all towns were furnished with a full land complete description of the | State Aid Act. The state aid road act passed by the General Assembly recognizes two classes of towns; i. e, first,| towns “having average annual re- ceipts from taxation of thirty thou- sand dollars or less; and second, towns “having averagé annual re- | ceipts from taxation in excess of thirty thousand dollars.” The firet class of municipality is required to | pay one-eighth of the cost of road | construction, while the second class must pay one-quarter of the cost, | the balance in both cases being| taken from the annual appropria- tion, | Under the state aid statute, those | municipalities desiring to construct | roads with financial assistance from the state, are required to act upon the matter at any regular or special town meeting and to appropriate a | sufficient amount of money to pay s pro rata share of the construc- tion; and the selectmen in those towns are required to make appli- cation to the commissioner for the balance from the funds appropria; cd. The statute also contains prov sions for unfinished portions of road and for anticipated appropri- ations, Buffalo, N. Y. (®—Where forts old stood a century ago, a Peac idge tands today. It is a symbol of grow ing friendship between two great nations and the heir apparent to the | British throne, the Vice president of the United States, and other high-ranking representatives of the United States and Great Britain will | army post after meet on the Buffalo- pan on! The de iility Sunday, August 7, to dedicate it. | structure stand The occasion, inciden will { the century of |give the American public its first | United es and Canada was opportunity to hear the voice of jurged, and in conscquence the the Prince of Wales broadcast|name “Peace Bridge” was given through American radio stations. e structure. Built by a private Jesides the Prince of Wales and |company of Caunadians and Ameri- vice president Charles G. Dawes |c it wil ated as a toll such figures as Premier Stanley | bridge until huilders are re- Baldwin of Great Britain, !romwr‘ paid, and then it will become the W. L. Mackenzie King of Canada, | property of the Governments of Secretary of State Frank B. Kel- New York and Ontario logg and Premier Howard Fergu-i{ At the dedication and thanks son of Otario, will delive® addres- giving cercmonics the parties rep- ses at the ceremony. vesenting the two nations will meet Significant was the choice of the at the middle of the bridge. After ite for the Canadian end of the courtesics are exc ed, symbolic bridge, for the terminus is at Fort ' ribbons will be cut. Then the Brit- Erie, only a mile from the site of ish and Canadian party will be Fort Erie where American and Pritish troops, fighting on this onticr in the War of 1812, clashed r the last time. the ge rests on Amberican end of the site of abandoned a half a century. of having the a memorial to peace between the that bri Porter, ort. an as he the ns, o it Loges Reserve Nights Except Sat., Sun., Holidays BEGINNING THURSDAY They’re Off! | 5—ACTS—5 | [ . father killed The Big Time Favorite ! a down now the s same sad- dle—TEARING along on “BLACK BESS" —amid FLYING, STEFL- 3] hoofs—holding TIGHT—a in the LEAD—and then, one HUSH. Youwll hold your 0 Coolidge’s Choice :Not To Affect Democnats Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 3 (®—1 » not think that the announcement ven out Tuesday by President Cool- idge to the e:ect that he did not choose to run for president in 192 will appreciably affect the démo- cratic situation,” said Finis J. Gar- reft, minority leader of the house of representatives. “It appears to me that the ex- pression, which evidently was car fully studied, in cryptic and capable of different construction,” Mr. Gar- vett said. “But it evidently opens the way for other republican aspir- ants to become active contestants in the presidential race with the feel- ing that the president himself will make no effort to ‘secure another nominafon.” the | “The Southern Breeze" ADOLPH ENGEL presents DANCE FLASHES “Just_as You Like 1 Ohlmeyer & Baker “A Study.in Rags” Glenn Co. NOSE TENSE breathe. The Prize Race Track Story ‘DOWN the | STRETCH’ Dirceted by King Baggott Dunn & Baker (0. iy TO\I(-HT 1 \;1‘ TI‘WF\ M Manny ]\'ing Co, — Others PHONE 79 WEST MAIN STREET For THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY August Clearance Our Semi-Annual Dress Sale of Exceptional Values IN TWO GROUPS Dresses at $9.50 | Dresses at $22.50 Sizes 14 to 46. Sizes 16 to 46 Including all our Printed Crepes | Including all our Chiffons, Georg- and Wash Silks in all High Shades. | ettes, Flat Crepes and Satins. Values Formerly to $22.50. in this group formerly to $49.50. ALL SALES FINAL larrested the same night, Of equal significance is the fact | the | conducted by the Americans to a stand at the Buffalo terminal where the dedication and thanks- giving ceremony will proceed. At the conclusion the party will proceed to the Canadian terminus of the bridge for brief exercises. T0 MEET CHAPMAN Tony Canzoneri Abandons Bantam- weight Division and Will Fight as Featherweight New York, Aug. 3 0P — Having failed to win the championship, Tony Canzoneri has elected to try his luck in the feather- weight division! Canzoneri signed articles here yes- terday to meet Red Chapman of Boston over the 15-round route at 14, Brooklyn, Scptember The New York State Athletic |Commission has agreed to recognize | {the winner as the champion. Twice Arrested Same ght in Southington Southingfton, Aug. 3 (P—Twice once for driving through the center of the town at a rate of 50 miles per hour police say, and the second time, one-half hour later for driving while intoxicated, when he came back to argue about his first arrest, is a record which D. Baird Lanning of 218 Washington street, Hartford, holds on the police blotter here. Lanning was arrested the first time at 8 o'clock last night by Con- stables Thomas Murphy and T. J. Foley after he had been chased as These are the day: and sterilized cleanlin Dairies play a big part i hot weather because their milk comes from the UNITED MILK COMPAN UNITED MILK in the marvelous Miller-Hydro Sterilizer—and ours is the only one in New Britain. 35 Woodland St. New Britsia Conn Means bantamweight | far as Plainville where he was stop- ped by Constable F. W. Furey, of that town. for the Southington po- lice. The motorist tailed to stop when signalled by Officer Foley, who was doing traffic duty in the center here when he drove through town about 50 miles an hour, ac- cording to the police. “No Black Cloud Over Next Campaign Now” Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 3 UP— The Birmingham Age-Herald (dem< ocratic) in commenting on Presi- dent Coolidge's announcement, says in part: | “The nation is saved from the ne- cessity of declaring itself on whether {the third team tradition shall be {broken. A black cloud is driven {away from the next campaign. The | country no longer faces the issue of | abandoning one of the fundamental principles of our political system and the situation 1is infinitely more wholesome than it was before the president spok | Mischa Elman Reported Losing in Business New York, Aug. 3 (P—The New York Times says a venture by | Mischa Eiman, violinist, out of the | world of art and into the realm of business has cost him $225,000 of his concert stage earnings. He lost that sum in real estate mortgage investments, and a group of attorneys alleged to have mis- represented investments to the mu- sician are to be investigated by & | grand jury. Complaint that fraud had been practiced against the mu- sician and his father, Saul Elman, has been made to District Attorney Banton. (UNTLLRU LA AL ARAAARAA LR AN S s when the glass tanks ess at UNITED MILK n protecting health. Are you one of the many people who feel secure in bottles are washed Much to Business Men The modern taxicab has became a daily and hourdy necessity to thousands of business men who formerly consumed much time and suffered much inconvenience walking to and from the ordinary, and often remote, lines of transportation, weather for trains. The taxicab has every-minute vehicle. direct to the door of door of the office. and waiting in all kinds of no schedule. It is an It is called by telephone the home—direct to the 1t follows no fixed route. In using street cars you've got to go where they take you. where you want to go. The modern taxicab takes you just Did it ever occur to you how much time and labor this saves the busy business man? Time is reckoned as money in this bustling world, and comfort and convenience are the foundations for good work and clear thinking, Crowded platforms, dusty trains, stifling atmosphere are unknown to the modern taxi- cab. It is a personal and individual vehicle, subject only to your desires—shared with no one—clean as a whistle—well ventilated. A great many business men have standing orders for a YELLOW CAB at a certain hour in the morning and a certain hour in the eve- ning. To all intents and purposes, it is their own private car. And the cost is nothing com- pared with the benefits derived by its use. Hail Them Anywhere Yellow G Phone 231 Pay What the Meter Reads