New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1927, Page 8

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York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Newsstands, Entrance pro- entirely Calling cards used by ¢ hibition agents scem to be blank. The institute of liamstown scems able to handle in- ternational questions the League of Nations lcaves off. where James Dole, donor of the $35,000 airplane race to Hawaii, is a pineapple dealer. There must be money in pineapples. in prizes for ti public golf course ily b All they e experts. The mayor's committee may not neces: perts golfers. s to act li composed of need to do One supernumerary officer is not to have known the name of the street he was patrolling. That seems to be an argument for more street signe, college co-ed acconnt of One 20-year-old committed on overstudy. The post-mortem indicate that most students will not have a similar fate. cide would One flogger in Georgia was sen- tenced to prison for 3 to years; showing that the state is op- posed to further development of the midnight marauding industry. When Chamberlin got back to his home town in Towa, there no doubt were many residents still living who thought Mrs. C would never amount to much. amberlin's little hoy Haven having approved e the capital stock by issuing more pre- ferred, it follows that all of them fully understand the situation. New stockholders the plan to incres the the wings of a cap- but done with the A dispatch Chinese handed back tured British says plane made no mention of what w The to engine. ion is they will it chine. 1ssumy use operate a washing ma- debating team e The Bates college to make a world tour for promotion of international good will pre moved by and friendship. This is presumi statesmen can be colley ate debaters, With the in Ci the camp,” the have arrival of Jack Demp- suy city has taken on of a t Ivised, This lead all th we ar, to tmpression completed the kil if cacl other and fight industry has changed. The doesn't seem with department of a 1ture glove to run hand i administration policies, we tind one of the is members of government ti department ca for an s tariff for all or a tariff eifective he benefited. for none Only in that way, said, c b But let th one good crop year vote as onld the farmers customary crop once in four presidential THE AIR derby RACE The alr Hawaii but it would | il the was an ex shock it of those upon it 1 ed for lacking confir Suspense althouz found. The tant day s when oceanic void of all dang participate in such adveniy certain or rer The Honolulu rac: s risks n d as no which scientifie know ould is primarily sporting event prizes hung up 1 v Hawaif, magna the background, perlaps, i pincapple politics at Wil- | bandits | fruit. The course of air derbies can just as readily be over land. A non-stop air race from California to Ne York or Boston, for instance, would serve the same purpose and offer less risk to the ambitious con- testants. i REEN want A NUTMEG GRETNA municipalities as Gretna me to “shine” couples who {red tape. Tn Connecticut a en for dislike publicity and we have | Naugatuck. The town | having refused [1aw that five days of publicity must Naugatuck the clerk of to obey accompany ma intent of quite an industry | record of marriage 1 age issuance intentions has in that place wses jumped remarkably during July. The an state has no further to “call ugatuck to the law, I {the sweet will of the town clerk to fit. H manufac- gone | the attention” abide as he or not, sees fit not to | turing Greta doubtedly will last until the sees ide, thus C This un- a en law is | tinkered with at the next legislature $—S—8 is reported that It J. Ogden mour, at the time of his death, approximately $20,000,000. | refused $130,000,000 for his interest in Armour & Company. People who like to speculate about figures hav- Ar- owed Once he ing dollar marks in front of them | hereby have a plenitude of oppor- tunity to stir the imagination. Other | opportunities are at hand, however. | Arthur T. Walker was reared in a small town in Ontario and when he emigrated to New York became the f Edward F. known When the short | private secretary the recluse of Methuen, Mass died Walker inherited and period, he also died, and one of his | brothers to divide the fortune is em- o | searles, once widely rles | fortune; then, after a jployed behind a meat block in a Naturally the humble brother is suffering from a |loss of breath. Li {is concerned, scems to be one pecu- Detroit meat shop. e, where money | | lar thing after another. POLICE ABSTINEN is related & 1t that the poli partment of New age of total absts a Britain coutains larger pe ainers Ithan the departments in most other Indeed, it is reported on reli- that nearly all city helong to the ‘L‘lVir S, | able authority the | bluecoats in {he | total abstinence ranks. Yet it is what This is good news. one in reason has 4 right to expeet. |1t the thing at all it sho offics prohibition law means mean that the who help to enforce it them- ples. all in is to [ selves should be shir That ities as it ng ¢ the ca Bri this is not se in s in New It is a h tion, thercfore, that most of the offi- {be deplored. | cers in this city can point to their |abstinence records as proof that |they do not sympathize with furtive law-breaking. AVOIDING FARMINGTON New Britain seems likely to gain m autoists passing through the city campaisn b to | 1:1.4 the result of the | wi to induce drive avoid | Farmington and its wide-awak | constabulary. This campaign is par- Wate have ticularly many pronounced in 1y, of wh citizens heen complaining that the and re sad joys or ri to Hartford rn have rned to throug crbury | to has been on and West Hart- rom Watcrbury, o through The made ford. 5 north turn up the Farmin r passin hrof Ame rbury rican bhe the I lary, has published tion can quities of wrmingt n co a map showing alternate routes, with ternate ville to New Britain and thence Hartford. Another alte to Meriden rna turns from Milldale Post along the Boston h Ber numerous ¢ ment of costs torbme RAILROADS AND AIRPLANES lurked a |destre to advertise Hawall and its| of | ing it to | ~ ATW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1927. !showing an interest in air pus.s'iblll-[l'nlr weather and not much change ties would indicate that the day is mr‘x’r:"l:r':":'r';i S not far distant when air and ra road transportaton will be co-ordi: nated. The railroad at least is alert enough not to be caught napping. In New England there are present 37 airplane landing fields, i Atlanta Atlantie City . | Boston | Buffalo . at| | and some of these are under process Io‘ cnlargement. Many New Fngland in making Detroit Duluth Hatteras . Jacksonville Cit s Angeles engaged | industs st transconti- are aivplane parts. The fi nental airplane express service will t September 1. The post office new air- | Nantucket New Hav New Orle | New York Norfolk in | Northficld | Pittsburgh o | Portland, Me. . ity 86 56 the rail- | ¢’ 1 v Washington . department is giving out mail contracts almost weekly. i lirplanes will never supplant the railroads in mass movement of peo- ind but teveloped ple zoods as air servie and experience operation is attained prices may be brouzht to a point where roads will feel their competition in of st 60 fast wgers | —— transportation pa sertain classes of goods. i i e s | Faetsand Fancies | gement is the first BY ROBERT QUILLEN Being old-fashioned is not a crime. It is merel joke to the young. ind It is worthy o ton & Maine ma in the country to take airplane de- velopment seriously into considera- ! ! tion UNWINDING A LITTL When the government | new post office or any other public ! 5 TAPE erects Taith is a simple matter of believ- ing what we hope is true. a The man with only $10 thinks a | building it usually is million is enough for anybody. | structure. We learn, however, Heon Why run to catch up with crowd? It always turns back. the costs have 15 per cent the | higher than private , have paid. And we learn at the same | !time that the costs will be reduced | {in the future through the unwinding ‘of a bit of the red tape which has builders would R Free speech is of no advantage to tiie man who has nothing to say. caused the hig is v reason why the ! government should exercise care in he bestowal of contracts; but when [they ar ed and filled asonable requirements that | so compli | '\\H") unr actors feared to accept them | An honest man is one who doesn’t try to conceal his irritation when he {imust change gears on a hill, cont unless the price was high enough to take care of the exigencies made possible by the complicated contracts | Reserve s that indefinable some- | ing that makes a girl reluctant to kiss until you see her the third time. Let's get at this thing right and hold a conference for the limitation of budgets. it is evident that reform is essential. The educe the erially. new form of contract should st of government build- | As the governmental building program con- ings mat five-year templates the expenditure of $165,- e ) i sy v this Nature insists that men exercise » o ne 7 pie s mm", NS nd sends the mosquito on duty at least $24,750.000. when the fly knocks off for the day. { reform will save Americanism: Assailing the law ELECTRIFIED RAILROADS wailing for its protection to- takes Electric rouncing 260-ton General pride constructed company | in that it the electric | Fashion parado . ; {the best dressed. locomotives used on the 655 miles of | ! clectrified right of way on the Mil- waukee How however, is ther The less dress Doc Dempsey lifted § railroad. much eco- in connec- The | times nomy, tion of an electrified railroad? e enjoined take o it of tomorrow. But it won't |work if the note at the hank is due. | to electrie nes cost many what an org locomotive costs, and the overhead power distribution ! system is very costly. If el e railroads more lines wou Th n started 15 or 20 years ago and rified by this time so far only a handful of lines, after figuring the costs and the upkecp. clectrificd more than inconse-{ The college man having his first short stretches within and [acid test in salesmanship isn't easil persuaded that gentlemen prefer bonds. ! | have quen contiguous to large cities, and this erely to meet public demand and al N of The tw 1s have the right of way not going the wrong Pedestr when they ay. laws regarding the elimina- the smoke nusance. New Hav v Yo n is electrified by and New Haven the .1 Because they travel tinie on their thumbs, hikers do not get sore most of the long-distance feet. and anyone knows, carlier plan to eleetrify all the wi Most divorced film stz ot well recommended by former husbands. to Boston has heen a 1s a result of its electrifica- 00d as aban- T onten Ane What the Haven has iy their saved tion docs to the ot seem to be noticeable Sometir it is easier to ra money to support a wrong than it is to nce the right. naked eye. DANGEROUS EXPLOR! The entered Correct this sentence: “I like men who can feel at home with their feet cn my office des explorer geolog Nick was and running ck cave in Ken- tucky a greater risk 1927, Publishers Syndicate Copyright | | ground | s sty ot WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTO | BRINGS SUIT FOR Sto 0 than people not intimately acquaint- ed with the enormous unde s in Kentu generally re Most of en wholly explored, Mammoth itsclf coming under this cate- Irs. of Hilda Cziko for a man, even a vmtnr-’ Wallingford E such an exploration Brings Action Against Edward of ring will ilone. In this age conqu apparently Krause of This City. mankind, which £10,000 a t int H Suit mages ward Krau street, this city, Cziko of Wi until all hitherto {, " 1O 5 ons of the globe are | o kable that 1to the b could ke South more by Mrs. Hilda Picrec {lingford, a minor acting through her next best friend, Mrs. William Ko- Uski, The action is a result of an North Colony street, in which the plaintiff been struck, knock- injured by an the defen- is counsel table Fred or years, I severely operated Manireda plaintiff and Con rved the papers. t ts forth in her com- ¥ 26 about was Qbservations On The Weather itomohile by Josey the last at ning she ford thorough- endant's ims that the c L with defective brakes, proces at a rec | dangerous of speed, failed to roper ind kept cquippy New! York - e Kewy n to north storm center to a s rations, and internal in- lost considerable ire the s | At contusions, prev ul\“} southwestern | influcr L to Aug. 14 i w dam L sumn hoted, $10,000 Jast night A to the nber elp pla ates | ir ind ar of <injured mostly | York rason in all|driven out cast of the Rocky moun- their belon B ormals most ons 0 one w | baggag Cziko that | jok | Mrs, entered her auto I heard her say to him, ‘Ohm, James!" " —Roslyn Jonas He Misunderstood Mueller:, “I vish you could go down und got me some batteries for der radio.” Maid: “Dry? Mueller: “No, zwel s —Mrs. Carl 0. Baur PR The Captain Flunked At a Night Club recently a few of the feminine guests were misbe- | having themselves. The hostess I could do nothing with them, so she asked one of the waiters to tele- phone to the police station. “Hello,” shouted_ the waiter, when he had the Precinct captain on the wire, “I wish you would send a coupla cops right up to the Harmony Club.” “What's the trouble? . Send all communications t0 Fun shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will he forwarded 1o New Vork An Opening Right 1 Line, Folks! Antique shops with queer things on tap Dot cvery corner of the map, But antic shops. with cheer things, | jokes, | Police Captain. WHY can't we start some of 'em, | “Coupla belles out o' order Folk C yelled the captain, is a station-hou not an | trician’s shop! Your Own asked the his elee- Gilt-Edged! Banker: “I'd like to lend you the money, Sam, but how am I to know that it's a safe investment?” ~ Sambo: “It'n yo' don’ think it would be a safe 'vestment, boss, ex- amine dese heah dice!"” —Hazel Lawrence (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden) WHEN BLACK IS READ It Didn't Work! The judge he rapped upon beach: “This tumult MUST subside! the The next person who interrupts Will be sent home,” he cried. A silence fell upon the room, And quietness held sway, And then the prisoner stood up And hollered out, “HURRAY!" —Lloyd B. Fitzgerald e e The Old Soak’s Lament Roses arc pink and yellow white, And so were the elephants T last night! —Charles Ryerson P QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can geL an answ r to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue. Washington, D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive g perscnal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor Q. What is the tallest building in New York city and is there one in contemplation of building that will be higher? A. The Woolworth building is the tallest building in New York city at the present time; the Larkin Tower, which is to be built in New York city will be 416 feet higher than the Woolworth building. Q. Who were the first combatant and saw . Logical The blacksmith's helper flames Until the steel was red, blew the And then he got his hat and coat— “I'm walking out,” he said. “Vot's dis? Vy should you kvit ven you Haf red de iron got?” he proverb says a fellow should Strike when the iron’s hot!" —>Mother R. Sad Case Dr. Pearson: “I speak to you about cough. It's very seriou Davies: “Yes, it's just ruining my | golf!” Td wife's thought Four the world war? A. Members of Company IF, 16th Infantry, November 3, 1917 near Artois, France Gresham, Evansville, Thomas F. and Private Ellston, Towa. Q. What is the General Pershing? A. John Joseph Pershing . Q. How old Alice Terry motion pictur Q. How many time Pickford been married A, Twice. He whom she divorc Moore, one of the brothers of the ser the wife of Dot Q. What is approximate price of rough diamonds at the diamond fields and how does it com- pare with the price of the cut stones? —William W. Glaister Indiana; Pri- — Enright. Pittsburgh, Foresight Merle D. Hay, “Bobby, why are you bur that broken glass for mother. “I ain't burying it, mother, planting it,” answered Bobb; “Planting it? What for? I can raise windows in summer,” replied Bobby. “harles ing all asked full name of I'm | the Hermann hushand, was Owen amous + Moore is now 1K, In the Baggage Coach Ahcad By Paul C. Harris On a dark and stormy night, as train it rattled on— The young man was clad in sober black, and his fellow passengers could not help notice that a tear often escaped his averted eyes and rolled down his pale cheek. At times a long and drawn-out sigh—more like a moan than anything else— passed histrembling lips. His bosom A, Before the war the price of rough diamonds in the ficll was slightly less than $40 per carat. The price of unset stones is low com- pared to that of cut stones hecause it is practically impossible to tell the grade of carbon until the rough stone has been broken. and the pur chaser is required to assume all risk regarding the character of the rough stones he purchases. Iiroken car- bon of good quality was selling In 1923 for $100 and $125 per carat, which was not an excessive price in yiew of the loss in breaking and the uncertain quality of the stones. In the fall of 1922 the hest grade stones retailed’ at $115 to $135 per carat. Q. They heard him whisper: “In the coach ahead. At last one of the passengers, more Kindly perhaps than the oth- ers, took the seat heside him and asked him his trouble “In the baggage coach ahead,” whispered the young man, through lips clenched in agony “But tell us” questioned his new 1, “your wife? Some dear on shricked the weeping pas leaping wildly to his feet. I've got botiles in my trunk and if those idiotic baggagemen What has been the member- American troops killed in action in | Corporal James B. | ship of the American Federation of Labor for the years, 1924, 1925 and 19262 A, 1924—2,865,979; 1925—2,878,- 297; 1926—2,803,966. Q. Does the noun “politics” take 2 singular or plural verb? A. It is plural in form but singu- lar in meaning and takes a singular verb, Q. Are most airplanes guided by means of a steering wheel ? A. Some are guided by a steer- ing wheel but the most common method of controlling planes is by means of a stick called “joy stick” which is stuck in a socket very much like the gear shift on an auto- mobile. Q. the I |ll chosen? A. The headquarters are at | Geneva, Switzerland. That city was chosen as the headquarters of the league at the time of its formation after the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. Q. How long has Marcus Garvey been in the penitentiary? When will he be released A. He began serving his five year term in the Atlanta penitentiary on February 9, 1925. Allowing the commutation of time for good be- havior, he should be released in ! June 1928, Q. For used? A. Litmus paper is bibulous paper dipped into a solution of lit- mus and is used to test solutions to | determine whether they are acid or | alkaline. Litmus made by fermenting certain coarsely | powdered liches. Tt is turn by acids and returns to its o [color when heat Q. What is A, A lubricating and illumin ting oil expressed from lard. | Q. Are Brussels sprouts of cabbage family of vegetables? are they grown? A. They are closely related to the cabbage or caulifiower and may be grown in th me manner. Tnstead | of a s 4, Brussels sprouts form a large number of small heads in the axils of the leaves. the Thousand Islands. He whl also spend some time at Saratoga, Que- bec and Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hastings are spending the month at Alexandra Bay, Thousand Islands. The prohibitionists of this city will meet at the residence of F. G. Platt on Grove Hill next Monday evening to elect delegates to the conventions. The state convention of state congressional and senatorial the party will be held here next month. 8. H. Shaklian's fruit store in Creans’ block on Main street was en= tered last night and robbed of $17 in bills and small change. It is believ- ed that the burglars waited until Officer Bamforth, who was on the !beat, was making his call, and then effected their entrance. The health committee had the gar- bage collector on the rack again last night, and Alderman Curtis was once more the chief inquisitor. Attorney Gaffney appeared with the collector and made good defense. Chief Raw« lings said that people were not pro- viding proper receptacles for garbage and wondered if some way could not be found to make them. Mr. Curtis told the collector he should get a team and follow his men around in order to find out their methods. The collector lost his patience and asked. Low he could follow six teams with Mr. Curtis thought he could way. The Henry H. Caswell Piano Co., advertises ‘popular music at 19 cents per copy and classical music at 10 cents up. Father Bojnowski saw Bishop n Hartford last evening, and the hishop asked him to withdraw |his resignation. He said he would | the matter under consideration. A little girl picked up a roll of 71 in bills on the floor of W. W. Walker's grocery store this morning nd turned the money over to the ranagement, A short time ater Mrs. C. B, Stanley came in and asked if the money had been found. She r ed her property and in de- left a reward for the finder. Q. Wlhat was the date on which PROSPERITY SECURE name of the House of Windsor ini“"“""“' Feohing: “hindy Peoaperify place of its former name “House of I Saxe-Coburg and Gotha”? | e stntred A, July 17, 1917, States, Q. What makes the colors on the | | clouds at sunrise and sunset? Are Chicago, Aug. 19 (A—"Prosperity the clouds colored on the portions | iS here to st said Charles M. not visible to the human eye? Schwab, chairman of the board of Colors of clouds at sunrise and | the Bethlehem Steel Company. t are due to redcction of the| “The west never has looked so sun’s rays on the masses of vapor | abupdant with crops,” said General which compose clouds. Tn regard | John J. Pershing. to the colors of the portions of the| With these optimistic expressions, clouds not visible to the human eye | Mr. Schwab and General Pershing the answer is that in the absence of | loft for the east last night after {an eye to see. no such thing attending the funeral of Elbert H. color exists. Color is the effect pro- | | duced upon the retina of an eye by the transmission to it of light rays. It cannot be said that clouds exhibit color on the sides turned away from an observer, but if an observer were present, (for example, in an air- plane) they would appear colored. | 25 Years Ago Today | Butter will be the next product to | feel the effcets of the rise in the pub- lic markets. It is now retailing at cents a pound, but it is predicted [that by winter it will have ascended to 40 cents. W. J. Simpson and son John, have |gone to Litchfield for an outing. | Charles Dig the popular as- | sistant at the Plainville express offic ile s tonight for a vacation trip to Where is the headquarters of gue of Nations and when was what is litmus paper take the How sneral Throughout General Pershing was returning from a visit through the west and a conference with President Cool- idge. He said evervwhere he saw evidences of prosperity and abun- dant crops with the west never look- ing so well as it did on this visit, ‘I don’t care to discuss politics,” however. he said, “as I never was a politiclan.” Mr. Schwab declared the steel |business was fine and “as steel | ®oes so goes the rest.” He attributed the favorable outlook to the ex- traordinary demands of the home | markets, Prospect for an international steel [“war” as a result of a combination of forsign firms were not consid- ered likely by Mr. Schwab who said American firms were inclmed to vor ¢he foreign combine as a sta- bilizer of distribution and as a nieans of avoiding overproduction. STATE MOTOR LAWS The 4S states of the Union have varying laws about which every me- wi ¢ crosses stato lines should know. Our Washington Bureau bulletin summarizing state automobile laws, arranged ring speed laws, driver's license requirements, reciprocity required signals, etc. If you want & copy of this pon below and mall as directed: CLIP COUPON OFF HERE = == == == EDITOR, between bulletin, states, 1l out the ¢ -—-—— - | avToyonyL hington Bureau. New Britain Herald, York Avenue, Washington, D. C. of the bulletin, STATE MOTOR LAWS, and enclose in loose, uncancelied, U. S. postage stamps, or I a_copy esesemsoas T am & reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD, break them o On a dark and stormy night, as the train it rattled on— (As it flashed into The Fun Shop Gil “There's a lot of electric- ity in my hair.” Florine: “No wonder—it's connec- ted up with a dry cell!” . P Pitzer (And how other Fun Shop con- | tributors got shocked with 1t)— She Had the Proof! Murray: “I think tk s chauffeur is an electr lton: “What makes P t Mrs. Fin iif Mrs, Wi | think s0?" Mrs, Murray: *“I heard her talk- you Conditions fayor for this vicinity a the house. ing to him in electrical terms. As she Guw 819 wnoaus (Copyright, 1927, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)