New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1927, Page 11

ARATTAITULSUUR VR A SANARINN \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ %IIII!E!'?'iiil!!flff.lig?s,C ATEDS |\ XXXXXXXNNEN AT THE STRAND Tonight the final showings will be given of “The Tender Hour" at the Strand. featuring Ben. Lyon and Billie Dove together with the splen- did program of vaudeville hits which opened Monday. An entire new program of enter- tainment will begin tomorrow after- noon with Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon holding down the feature portion of the bill in “The Blonde Saint.” while the vaudeville bill will be toplined by Bernadine De Grave and her cyclone steppers with the famous Carter Brothers in ona of the most pretentious extravaganzas in vaudeville. Others acts on the week-cnd bill will include Dave Har- riss and Co.; Hoer and Minel Four Singing Misses and Hart, ner and 1 Next wee c si'.'/_" AT THE CAPITOL 4 “The Callahans and the Murphy still aftord plenty of laughter at the Caplitol where capacity audiences again witnessed this great comedy yesterday. It's a howl, a scream of hilarious laughter and all caused by the Irish humor and wit of Mrs. Callahan and Mrs. Murphy and their respective families. The story i good and well told and Capitol patrons will find real comedy and enjoyment watching the “Callahans and the Murphys” at the Capitol today and al Thursday and Friday, as the management has de- cided to hold it over for the two ad- ditional days. Beginning on Saturday instead of Sunday, the management announces the showing of the big super special “Twelve Miles Out” with John Gil- bert, Ernest Torrence and Joan Crawford featured. Acclaimed by press and critics as one of the best dramas of the year this photoplay comes here at the regular Capitol prices, and will open at the Saturday matinee this week at special bargain prices up to 3:30 P m. : 's attractions will in- clude stage and film features that should make it a red letter week at the popular Strand. The film feature which will begin Sunday is “Smile, Brother, Smile” with Jack Mulhall, while the stage attraction for ) day, Tuesday and Wednesda be the famous Radio Minstrels Station WGBS, New York, with company of 20 stars. On Thursday of next week, the Strand Kiddis Re- vue will be presented with other vaudeville acts feature photo- plays. AT THE LYCEUM “Snowbound,” which is a merry cocktail of laughs, takes you from a quiet, mid-winter quiet to a house of frenzy, as the result of the ch of a broken-hearted swain for the girl PUBLIC WORKS HAS r a proposed new street vashington and from opposite were submit The need the iblic works. 1 out the care for with six 1o thesbuilding line. the board to hold i rested wre to obtain titles in for ne \l year's budget H. McAlcon of the Connecticut Orasic and Power company appeared ion to lay venue fr West om Main lands plac of the in- of a n Middietown, so- | Bristol and Meriden and will not be i in this ity cases when Li the company will be from the Conn Power compan {next meeting of the ho m pending turther investigation by the gineer and a suit, city en- o gov- do- dtported as follows upply company, homas Trant and Brother, McMahon and T: $3, : Clinton Hills 4'uv'yml‘.llion and Underhill, Britain $3,83 $3. s ss he loved. It is one of the funniest the year. “Sealed Lips” is the companion Cullen Landis, with Lincoln Sted- man. “Enemy of Men” wiil be shown. It | 1s an appealing fim drama starring | }ouIld RUH From washmgwfl 0 Pla ns {to run | High :n fr] by (C | Williams r pointe Bequests N\ ‘[Or such a t have a : | foot sidewa New York. Aug. 10 (P—The dis- 4 ¢ It was voted an agad Indian's wealth of more = it =T than $1,000,000 has been haited by a g | time trict Court. [liss Revoking reputed gifts of Je & of Oklahoma, to Bacone Uni of Okyahoma, and to Mrs. Bar dered the fortune nett in Oklaho terior for admini Barnett, once the occupant licited and importuned for donations, Kidnapped and n 1 by an ad- by his attorneys,” Judge Knox said. zfter discovery of oil on his prop- |t ty cents a day into a fortuue. The decision was made in ernment Iquitable T the Baptist Home of the money involved in the nation to the univers Barnett was Elmer & Dailey. Barnet alleged incompetency sion. “Here is an illiterate India raid Judge Kno the neigh- who, until he became Ithy, was allowed to shift for himself and to and laugh-compelling comedies of feature, starring Dorothy Revier and Thursday, Friday and Saturday | Dorothy Revier and Cullen Landis | the Washir U. §. Court Halts Rlch Indian’s o e Soura o 5 ol children tribution by & mere thumbprint of {irom the curb decision of the United States Dis- | s 10 00 by Jackson Barnett, Light Federal Julge Knox vesterday in care of the secre humble cabin in Oklahoma. wa venture: and h - 1 annoyed erty transformed his earnings of f started at the instigation of sion Societ bank had custa made plaintiff through his guardian, was emphasized in the court deci- Lorhood of 77 or 7S yeara of eke out an existence as bhest he we est bidder, g idewilks on sides o th avenne found reside 4 of that street in favor of move ent of land ‘,"\“H | with the exception one prope time until the Pres- {00 \0ho claimed that the fresh v the buttiedore 14 |4 on his property would not hold cock In which the | {0 ah bis D It was voted by the board to rec- ommend the installation of the walks before October 1, with the s acts § deeds and % garded as his acts gnd ion of the contested portion, e held e void and of no n;;m:tb '11 v uhx)rlh(\v‘llg‘lll al- [Which was to be laid before June 1, effe e cot o leged donnor had _no real comprc " L hensation and fi\‘m\mmmg of | Action on Sewers J A ring was held on the e was induced to do, s —— |1ation of sewers on Russwin To Search for “\\1ecl\ [from Wesat Main street to | Road. The petition for th of the Hespelus“'»‘ ILYCEUM Washington, Aug. 10 (UP)—1 U. S. coust and geodetic survey —ULAST TIMES TODAY— Features—: pects to determine definitely whether | OW BOUND” the “Wreck of the Hesy famous by Longfeilow's pocmi, with Betty Rl\llu' and Others the in both on llation of Com- s did in & or less ¢ until oil was found HpLs monwen ent he has ¥ game of shutti stakes were he gifts which p been made by T t be high ort 10 have e st Slater sewer ex- a myth. 1t will make summer of Glou harbor, scene of the supposed wrock, it announcedioday. A wire drag of the waters surrounding Norman's Wo a dangerous reef near the harbor's | entrance, failed to rveveal the Hes- perus in a survey in 16916, The survey is nec: of increascd shipping. PALACE HARTFORD ALL THIS WEEK “u| Thurs, and Sat. 2:13 Every Eve. & Mr. . POLI Presents POLI PLAYERS Starring Miss Ann Merrick amd Mr. Vineent Coleman with Frances Williams in GEORGE M American Dramatic Acts, “The SONG and DANCE MAN” next the new survey DOROTHY [ in “SEALED LII THURS.—FRL—SAT. Dow't miss this great bill! becaus Mat. Tues.. Thu THE MARVEL DOG\ comans y : Qonicdriiy “ENEMY OF MEN" LADIES' SPECIAL MAT. This Coupon and 10¢ will ad- mit a lady to best scaf STARTING SUNDA CLARA BOW Four NEW STREET PLANS. running | property | the | except .in ‘ Road | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Doris Kenyon in"The Blonde Saint* AT STRAND TOMORROW WITH VAUDEVILLE was voted granted. Sewers were rec- Stanley street to Brighton street fol- {lowing a hearing among residents of that street. A petition, the before the board property, was received George's Tire and Battery co to conduct a retail gas sta at 63 Broad street. A con- tinuation of the game lay-out as is Inow heing observed was guaranteed tha present owner. The petition anted by the board. Quotations from two companies on foet of 4 inch pipe with joint was read at $11.80 per oueand feot, couplings at $101.76. h quotations were identically the and the choice was left to the | stion of the city engineer A petition for the installation of atch basin at the southwest corner n' Madison and Wallace streets was red to the city engineer with power. fourth regarding that from |sleeve i dis A petition for permission to mmm situated at 39 | a two fa Wilson ily dwelling s street to the south west side of Wilson street, of Smalley stroet, was frowned on by the city | engineer who stated that about eight ces would have to be removed to permit the moving of tha hou petitioner was given leave to with- drayw. A petition for the installation of a sewer on Foxon place was hearing at the vote of the board. ring was also voted on the instal- lation of sewers on South stréet | from Rocky Hill avenue to the rail- road bridgs for the installation be located ind Seymour for more with demolish two ymised by Main | e common atement of « sprinkling of re- nota- erning 1} - th ring and C: turned to ti {tion that |1eave to witl cts was srrr‘o‘ ed this year and in n ed of immediate recon- W pera | dition The o ne board of 1ed the pu jing snow and H he rate of |the recor |or rainfall. by Julian B. od at $182.50 | A reque public works rec chage of a record- 1 gauge which gives| vinfall together with | f th ount of snow » cost ,as submitted Iricze & Son, was sat- trom the- pol com- missioners for better light of East Main and Elm street was held over for inspection. MEN FROWA Knoxville, Tt jattempt of wor |City board of beauty parlor hools here for training terested in profession was so frowned upon hy male members ot the board that the motion has been rawn. Dr. H. H. McCamy the board members said th considered there was no more for a beauty a school for barbers. I Spillman, airman of the board declared that the board should be more interested in teaching the girls to make corn- d and to keep house. ts of three men and two Wo- 10 (P—An r the | ation to equip a vocational 1s in- | wi he need H ompounce WEDNESDAY NIGHT e Fireworks The Best Ever Dancing in Ballroom All Attractions in Operation ommended on Roxbury Road from | to come | Service | &l one of | arlor school than for | The board | 123 MEN AND GIRL RISKING LIVES .- {This Is Number Scheduled fo Hawaiian Hop Personals Miss Martha streen spent the day at \Liduol\ ;nr terday. or Miss Bernadine Walker of H rison street was a guest of the .\ns-} ses Harriet and Beatrice Reynal at Madison yesterday. ‘ | %an Francisco, Aug. 10 (P —Trwen- Miss Maude Boli of Sherman Court | {Y-five men and a girl have staked i their lives and aviation ent Madison yesterda Was & VIMtor at MAdiaon yesterday. gom ail over the country hav tributed more th: $200.000 in their at pt to win §. 000 in pri the first two planes to fly fr to Honolulu two days hence | Such was the line-up today {13 entrants in the Dole air derby « tered their last 48 hours of pr inaries. Meanwhile, other Am fliers were busy on projected flights to Rome, to South America around the world. Paul R. Redfern, who is in Br wick, Ga., the starting point of forthcoming non-stop dash to Brazi !—a 1,900 mile stretch of water in- | William Watson, son of Mr. and !°rvening—announced yester B8 |Mes. 3. 7. Watson of 78 Lineoln [WOUIA take off In & few days. street, is taking a summer course | The TFokker monoplane “old at New York university. i Flory” was kept on the ground at ew York, by | Curtiss field, | runway and test flights preg to the hop off for Rome t month were postponed until tomor- row. Lloyd W. Bertaud and James | . Hills, the plane’s . said their Itest flight would be a hop to Cleve- land The round-the-world flig ward . Schlee of Detroit ch is planned to begin in Newfoundland soon, was still in the t at Washington. Schlee hopes to cut the 28 day round-the-world travel George Garrity of Kensington and | record considerably by long hops. Frank LaHar of 23 Cedar street hag| The average investment of the 13 veturned after a few days' vaca- |°nirants in the Hawailan flight is tion in Sound View. | more than $15,000. The citizens of . ) | Dallas, Tex., put $25,000 in the fund !to back their favorite flying son, Captain Wiliam Erwin Ths funds raised come principally | from groups of business men. back- |ing fliers who have reputations for {home town endurance or stunt H hts | Rev E. E. Adams of the Scsuxhifl‘frh: et y Congregational church who has been | ma i e s 2 $10.0 spending his vacation at Newport.,heing hung up for the second pls - Y., has returned. to finish. Airport opinion here = that the prize money would Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Farley and|net worth of the flight as th Margaret and Marie Moffatt left last | tance has been covered twice night for Canada, where they Will | ously in non-stop event spend a vacation. Llittle opportunity to co == the glory attaching to the Mrs. Sturman F. Dyson of Trum- bull street spent the day at Madi- son yesterday as the guest of Miss Harriet Reynal. Miss Dorothy McCrann of 57 Lin- coln street is spending a brief va- cation at Block Island Frederick L. Fay, assistant pastor of the South Congregational church, left today to spend a few days in Boston. Wy Mr. and Mrs. C. Fred Clark of 118 | Greenwood street will leava Satur- | day for Guilford, where they will spend their vacation. Mre. E. A. Reddell who has been visiting her son, H. F. Reddell, local | optometrist at his home, 192 Fair- visw street, for the past month, re- irned to her home in Lakewood, | . today. y Ed- | | Mis: ter ss Sophie Mikalauskas, daugh- of Fire Commissioner John | | Mikalanskas of 263 Maple street [ visiting in New York and Philadel- | phia. entrant ) prize p‘ Harry Mullen and Ernest Bleau|The love of flving seemingly is Ihc {have returned from Rutland, Ver-|first consideration. | mont, svhere they spent a vacation. | Miss Mildred Doran, F — | school teacher, was the only lan left in the Dole dert day as the result of the withdrawal of Mrs. Erwin, wife of the Dallas [ fiier. Because Erwin is participating in not only the Dole fiight but also in the Easterwood §$25,000 prize for jthe first to fly trom Dallas to Hong | Kong, he must leave h behind him. The Easterwo provide that all cont > 21 years old or over. Mrs. Erwin is undc Captain Erwin expected to mak second attempt to fly from Da the coast today. He was fore return to his home field last | when motor trouble deve quit, | he covered about 250 Ogunquit, | 1 Fovercd an prevailed 7in the Hawaiian actual speed of their p Although speed may not be ti termining factor, it will rema matter of conject until~ the s nrv!:z.lh‘ get u save Jack F h will Mich., wom- The Misses Barbara and Robi s to- Blair of Hart street are spending ' | their vacations at Grove Beach, Clinton. Michael T. Murphy and Kerin | English of the New Britain post of- fice are enjoying their annual vaca- tions. Miss Margaret McClean of Stanley | street has returned from a trip to rmont. G William P. Bacon of Lincoln street, will spend the remainder of the summer season at Maine. | COMMITTEES APPOINTED | 1 FOR BAND'S APPEARANCE: Marine Corps Musiclans To Be H(‘l'\. wiles of his we crecy among project rants a Under Auspices of Exchange S et in excess of 128 miles an hour. He has made that speed in many of his try-outs and with a full load he plans {charge of the appearance in this{to make an average well over 100 city on October 23 of the U. 8. JMa-|miles an hour in the early hours of | rine Banad under the auspices of the!the flight, increasing this to more New Britain Exchange club has|than 130 miles when his 2,500 pound been appointed by President Charles asoline lightens. Lay. ry entrant is relying on tail | " General committes: W. Spaulding | Winds expected when about 350 miles { Warner, chairman; George Curtis, |Off shore. This wind, under normal Edward Irving, Ralph Wainwright, ons. will quicken the speed of Edward Christ, Phillip Pellitier, |2 plane from 10 to 20 miles | Cyril’ Gaffney, Herbert Woods, Louis | hour. | Oldershaw and Charles Law. Martin Jensen, Honolulu's hope in Publicity committee: Edward Trv-|the face, said he expected to make ing, chairman; Truman Weed. Grov-| Wheeler fleld in 22 hours. At that er Steele, Rev. Samuel A. Fiske and | rate he will have to push his craft Joseph E. Williams, along the Pacific airway in excess of | Program committee 1108 miles an hour. | tis, chairman; DeWitt A. Riley, Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, Lauren Bancroft | Otis Scripture and Fred Walker. Ticket committee: Phillip Pellitier, | chairman; Joseph Ward, Robert Smith, Russell Gold, Joseph Hance, John Lindsay, Charles Bradley and | Arthuf Benson. Box committee: chairman; _ Albert Sherwood Raymond. Advertising committee: | Wainwright, chairman; Tayntor, Fred Hausman, Robert Deming. Frank Woods, Herman [.\I:\rgargxl and Ernest Twigg. will travel Club in October The following committee to take George Cur- READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Edward Christ. Scripture and Ralph Harold ENTIRE NEW ALONE mmmmm *0d ® maddening mob. Here i Carter Brothers with PROGRAM Om an island of hating men . . . more than all others . . . LEWIS STONE and DORIS KENYON s Vaudeville's Most Elaborate Production Bernadine DeGrave travaganz, AUGUST 10, 1927. NEWINGTON NEWS IFIRE BOARD SEEKS MERIT SISTEM PLAN ‘Commlssmners Would Take Hir- ne :l i ie cement { ing System Out of Politics wtone) dasee ds nlso, s C. Gilbert | progressing 1e which 'rhn Work ‘on th road from south to th zoing alo: o., cont of t} Complyiag With the request of | & smoothly Tmmick & ' Mayor Gardner C. Weld who in -w tors, are laying a special | recent letter asked the board of fire righway, which is designed to with- | commissioners to take the «xvpoum-‘ tand the strain to which it will be | ment of firemen out of politics,” the | nbjected by the m eay |board at its regular meeting last rom the quarry [ night voted to take immediate steps 1 foundation to establish a merit system. of concrete It was voted to appoint a com- The state highw tee consisting of the chairman, of e and two members of the com- om on with instructions to study < |the matter and make a report a the next meeting. Commissioners | Mikalauskas and Shanahan were| appointed. y trucks road has a apec laye "minate the plan this stretch of and possibly have the | The mayor's latter follows to conform with the | T should like to suggest that your Amos Bridges | committee investigate the advisabil- | Joting the | ity of instituting a merit system in the town |Your department. Wil f156. have “It seems to me that ‘m\vhmx"\\(‘ \w ould take the appointments out of | { politics would be advisable.” | Immediately afte; eiving the {1stter Clerk Thomas J. Meskill wrote | | the highway town to have a + changed lines « ¢ Son, wh read on ( line of New charge he road dar Britain of this work, highw lepartment, at Selectman Gilbert, to cxtend its survey to include Willard avenue and the t end of Mai cet to Rol This is necessary at residents | stroots strect to the st of has onsented | fire chiefs in cities throughout the | United and also wrote the hief of the Montreal. Careda, fire department, asking for details of | systems ome are working | service system while merit system which is adoptable to {their local conditions, Mr. Moskill i reported Civil service is not sat- isfactory, according to most of the | replies,” he said Cities communicated the following: {ington, Ne Hartford Portland troft States sev under a civil others have a property ted plans to | laying of a side- of the Grange hall 15 found impossible to go work until the grade | n defl fixed Mr. Gil- 1 report on the 1 be ready in a few days. | ad with the in front T with were Philadelphia, Wash- | Haven, Waterbury, pringfleld, Worcester ewark, Cleteland De- Chicago, Buffalo, Albany, Bal Ends the pain and the cause znstantly Vs that the the 1 the of meeting 11 last eve Home economics night was Mre. Bessia Potts, spoke Fconomics Tts Origin Prizes were award- | examples of cakes t prize was won by AMrs. Harriet edar and second by Mrs. Ruth Howley. Mrs. le Schultz acted as the judge, The ne ting of the Granze vill be h ptember 6. regular ge was | Home ind Tts 41 for submit F cope o host was to bhe held afternoon under the aus- Ladies' iliary has poned and will he held at afternoon. reday cos of the OU will forget you ever esday evening, there will be a z of the Grange fair comr the Grange hall. All mem- committees are urged to If new shoesirritate the spot, aZino-pad fixes it overnight. Old methods of paring corns, or using equally dangerous caus- tics or liquids, never gave people these results. Dr. Scholl’s Zino- pads remove the cause—npress- ing and rubbing of shoes. That's why they never fail, and are guaranteed. Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads are in- ing- | 222 largest organ pool Cathedral, rows stops. a of keys 10,934 pipes, | and is driven Dy horsepower TOD»\\ THURS., FRI. 2:45, 4:50, 7:10, 9:10 The Joyfest of Irish Humor, Wit and Love “The Callahans and the Murphys”’ IT'S A HOWL! Polly Moran, Marie Dressler, Sally O'Neil, Lau) Gray Starting SATURDAY JOHN GILBERT —in— “12 MILES OUT” Bargain Matinee Prices i T T S financial responsibility, dustry of any descripti cessful for any length prise. second to none in this 1ze. If you will regard own cab company, and THURSDAY with the man she hated and only he stood between her that may occur to you, cally. the simplest of proposi: portation for the least cause to complain of Y is our constant endeavo highest class. Hail Them And her Cyclone Steppers In a Tuneful Those e HART, W -\G\'ER “Crawling & LELA 1o voanit 4 SINGING. Ml\\h\ \‘ “Songs De T HEER & MINETTE “Classics in the Air” "DAVE COMING = 'HARRISS Tn an Original Musical Comedy Playlet NEXT MONDAY “THE RADIO MINSTRELS” From Station WGBS, 20 FAMOUS STARS—A 60 MINUTE WONDER SHOW Watch for the Grand Street Parade & Co. New York =9 ‘umore Dover, Montreal and Boston. No Action on Protest Actjon on the report of the Na- tional Board of Fire Underwriters {was not taken at the meeting last night the board feeling that it could act intelligently on the matter til it has given it further study. It was brought out at the meeting that the appropriation allowed for the reconstruction of the interjor of No. 4 fire house was insufficient. Just a small amount is left an@ when that is spent, the board is planning on making a request for additional appropriations from the board of finance and taxation, they decided Commissioner M. J. King asked if it were possible to carry om with money left over from other appro- priations and aveid, if possible, ask- for this special appropriation. It was found imppossible when a study of the finances remaining om the various appropriations was made. The following applicants appeared before the board: William A. Greg- ery, 27, of 104 Franklin street; Con- stantin Di'Avanzo, 23, of 319 South Main stret; Ernest W. Frederick, 25, of 13 Short street; and Willlam D. Mclntyre, 34, of 445 Arch street. The atter would be 35 next April and under the one-year rule of the de- partment would never be eligible for a regular appointment. The board a:lmmx him to withdraw his appli- ation and he indicated that he ild. The only pew application was from Matthew J. Callahan, 23 years old, of 141 Francis street. The hoard voted to have him appear at the next meeting of the board. 11 OFFICERS RESIGN Ie, Kv., Aug. 10 (A—Elav- rolmen of the Louisville police * resigned yesterday as a result, some of them sald, of the dispersal of a Ku Klux Klan parade here Monday night. ~ They announced of their friends were klans- A crowd of 300 anti-klansmen nered on the line of march olved without trouble. W many men who Corns had a corn one minute after you apply Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads—that’s how quick theyend all pain. When the corn isgoneit never comes back. thin, medicated, antiseptic, pro- tective, healing. They give you quick, safe, sure, lasting relief. Get a box todayat your druggist’s or shoe dealer’s. Costbut a trifle. DrScholl’s Zino-pads Put one on—the pain is gone! Yellow Cab Belongs in this City YELLOW CAB is a local institution owned by local men and is operated solely in the inter- est of this city and its environs. vstem, organization and without which no in- on can possibly be sue- of time. YELLOW CAB has precisely the same am- bitions as any other high class business enter- We want to render a cab service that is country and one which vou will admire, respect and be glad to patron- YELLOW CAB as your give us the benefit of any suggestions for its constant betterment you will earn our last- ing gratitude and be doing yourself a favor. The public regulates\YELLOW CAB rates. Volume of business takes care of this automati- Our bid for your business is based on tions—the best trans- money possible. The people of this city will never have just ELLOW CAB rates. It r to adjust our fares to the lowest point consistent with service of the Anywhere Yellow Co. Phone 231 Pay What the Meter Reads