New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 21

20 P, C. INCREASE IN PARCEL POST | Shipments Mount Higher Than in 1926, Erwin Reports | Holiday better t business in New Britain an ever before, according ster M. B. Erwin, who tes that a checkup on outgoing ourth class mail matter, which parcel post, is nearly 25 per her than the corresponding | 1vs of last year. | rwin states that the Christ- ling has started earlier this | an herctofore and that the cms to be heavier right | stra helpers are being put | as rapidly as they are needed. > of the things which s both- the postal clerks in these busy is the large amount of mail its way into the “soup.” © there dozens of letters amps or addresses, as was esterday's Herald, but ndreds of post cards with enly one-cent stamps are being recelved daily. Since there is no more, one- cent postage except on government vrint rds these cards are d in unsealed means nlong. without stated in cept them with a cent and a halt ta Those with only one-cent on them will be sent to the | ffice and destroyed. Not class mall, the depart- | s not even permit for-| m under a due stamp. | o have forgotten to send fo fricads at dis-| N nce, ac rwin, | the air any- before | cople W nted ont today th: s etill can deliver letters United States e of how rapidly this s told by Joseph Wal- | nce man. M. an air mail order for so to Cleveland, letter last I'riday 1 required 0., mail- | ¢ the Plans To.'r St%mship Piers lwith the Mrs. Lindbergh's Path and Pilot | City ltems | : MEXICO CITY With Harry Brooks, veteran { Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh is on her way to M spend Christmas with her son. from Detroit is shown above, with an insct of Brooks. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNE! Wall Street Briefs The Erie railroad system reports a 83 for November Mrs. Joseph Young of 56 Sexton sireet complained to Captain Kelly | t police headquarters today that | ral windows in her chicken were broken yesterday f s for th S November, 1926, > kid- 131 Total inc from $3,47¢ There was a sur- lus of $4.112,529 for 11 months of after charges, against surplus |of $8,972,703 in the corresponding | 11926 period. ‘he steel Industry of the country made a sharp recovery in its on's clean coal is good coal. Coal & Wood Co. Tel. 2 | City was born at New Britain | hospital today to Policeman William Politis of 432 Park |Weeks ago. The Chiet Hart of the police depart- about 67 1-2 per cent of capacity {ment and Chiet Noble of the fire de- | against 63 1-2 to 64 per cent the partment today received boxes of |week before, and 61 1-2 cigars from mith Sons, for two weeks ago. Ingot production of stribution among the members of United States Steel corporas wo departments, | tior bsidiaries increased nearly | Bennett and L. W. Vogel of per cent in the week exceeding Union Laundry Corp., will leave per cent of capacity compared ss trip to Newark, |jth 65 1-2 per cent the preceding “k and 63 per cent.two weeks Independents are running at DIVER MUCH BETTER il G lhw nflornoon,‘(h:‘l\o. Naval Hospital Heads Re- ght dama At press time | were not available but|{ Port Man Hurt At Provincetown wore investigating. Bay Biot oot L) me Iorester: 1g of Pride will be held o'clock 77 Main street. Rev, Stephen A. in a collision with Circle, La orrow ¢ cd Men’s hall at A car driven by | Gron ol figured dy |the police Ro\"hesler W.CTUIs Boston, Dec. 21 (A—Chelsea naval | hospital today reported that L. 8. Giving Liquor Advice | wichacts, navy diver, was “deing + N IL. Dee. 20 (UP)— | nicely” and that he might return to of Rochester is going 10| the salvage flcet at Provincetown poisonous Christ- | within a fow days. T. U Michaels developed calsson disease ' are fol- | or “hends” from being brought to | the surface rapidly after his air he l"mrh ra- lines became fouled, on TONgZ | night, while attempting to attach a @ | house to the alr line of the wrecked (ruit| submarine, $-4. He was at the bot- | tom three hours before his rescue was effected, ‘ReEnlists to Help in |No resident die from mas ¥ cheer S e Ford flyer as her pilot, Mrs. xico City to Lindbergh tal nt substi- W The path Mrs. th APOSTLES CHOSEN FOR SERVICE GLUB. (G, 6. Nichols Says Idea I Nearly 2,000 Years Old “The man who is a liberal in !|v~‘ t home is a| Lhurlh and & bigot ‘ ch- fraud,” according to Clinton G. |ols of Hartford, who is state highway depa utive dept ment 15 ex: | grand marshal of the M el at Hearing | 21 ()-—General | : Fort ing con- onel Robert cer of the | | , plan ex- 1 to oper ten ves and the sible s sat trains mon]- land railvroad. After various p the com- nd site as nd it is expected ion of piers unless location is found. AKS BOY'S LEG wil Dzeikowi better suffercd nd wl antomobile driv- 112 Pruises face n s Str en by Stanley “Tno0! John press in Exile Ireferring sician with a card announcing that | Three of the six pontoons rushed from the Navy Brooklyn to.the scene of the sinking of the submarine (NE Mari Wil the Rus- photo on her he celebrated it Denmark. posed for $0th annlversary. n exiia fn C | socicties” lis almost 2,000 years old. Ihappiness out of life painful | i Canal in tow of a naval tug. Veiled Prophets of :3 ha Realm, and is national president of change clubs. He spoke on the subject of serv- ice clubs, saying “‘service is a word which often used carelessly by many people.” He said the real ofinition of service is *Performancec of labor for the benefit of others. Raps Sinclair Disciples He t6ok a verbal fling at writers speakers who characterize scrv- ice clubs as “mutual s adm and said the service He de Apostles as hav- me as th wely sclected the modern service club, “a sherman here, a politician there, etc and claimed that after forming his club, Christ said: “Now find a_ place to and we will have a I heon.” He spoke of how men can obtain by entering into the spirit of things as the civic clubs do and said he man w cannot play is dead—not phys but spiritually.” has seen civic clubs take bus competitors who were antag nostic and make good friends out of them by inculcating in them the spirit of cooperation instead of com- petition. He said civic clubs things which cannot be done either by the churches or fraternal o ganizations, and that they are dr veloping boosters cribed the ing been meet are doing “The man who has only pocket is not happs to the el lighted Christmas tree hung with toys for needy children, the local Kiwan- ians had provided. * who gives with a smile gets the most out of life."” Mr. Nichols referred to the value of a civic club council now func- tioning in Hartford, which is similar to one organized here but which failed to functior Christmas " Distributed 1t was the Kiwanis club annual | Christmas party and provided for the members, the mifts were especially for certain individus voked laughter. A resembling a Cu machette with a blade four inches wide and three feet long, was presented to a phy- gifts W Some of selected and pro- arving knife, connected | club | ! = Mr. and liam Bskus almflrmg Sunken Sub Dee. 21 (P—A. ster, former na SCOTTSMAN-CLARK DIES 21 (P—-George or and illus lit would do for and adenoid tongs wer while a dead clectzlan, The toys to William send them PA] YEARS | Ludwig connection the sub- His re-enlistment was ‘requested last night by Rear 1 Plunkett, “When can I lra\e"" Grube asked the r~ruiting officer. He served on submarines in the world war and was one of the rs who assisted in raleing the 5 ich sank a ith the steamer lat Cov to needy f THS and ———— 1 E)eaths:” Ulrickson Andrew Sarotick Presented With Gold ('1'\‘ of Rome. s ol \‘\'m navy only a i nost | Watches in Recogni Service 0 of terminate when °d at the scene Ludwig Ulri Surotic Market \bsmbe (.1eat pleting York, Dec. 21 (P—New cap- at nearly $100,000,- 0 American business than $50,000,000 of the to absorb the ngs of securities, which 00,000, Famous Big Game Hunter Is Killed in Africa Kenya Br st e, 21 (P Wi portsman, known world ing 1 1 Nairobi, ica, 1« African the big & ess in the hun fallen a vietim his favorite s |them suces | While hunting nfuriated wounde mangled him vainly to save him Judd finally Killec d beast, but the ve dead when his son re side. “ ru.‘.l at was floated in the form of 6 per These were quickly dealers who in turn will s them on to fnvestors. An issue of $42,000,000 bonds of the Si ir Crude Oil Purchasing | Corporation, carrying & 6 1-2 per cent coupon, also was quickly taken and res each of con.mon rtible preference sfock of Woodworth, Inc., producers of cos- metics, found ready buyers. to the ort af Ma Mas Moustoulas Castas s Cast at the 1 sud- 1 elep his wi ttlea s son 1 Pr. rm- and pro- | e | “Wild West” Dance in e Frat House Is Scanda Mol stanford University, €al,, Dec. 21 4 by | (P-—An alleged “wild west” dance |at which liquor was declared to have {been served in the chapter house of S gma Chi, national fraternity on the Anna Iiivery i unford campus, has caused Pres A8ySIodnIEIRE ot t Ray Lyman Wilbur to cancel Dimitry: Diwen ot lease of the house. Nine mem- bers were barred from registering at the university again. ‘raternities at Stanford lease the Burial will be 0 fground on which their houses are built and the leases may be can- celled if rules of the faculty are not | observed. o rel 1 exammer ed the rem uins St. Allnm v t., I nder D»op Snow Blanket ns, Vt., Dec. 21 (P- ted to fall in northw around noon Mot this n v y thr of wind i to maint as there is little Alh which s Vermont still falli is now nd trains schedules, » home t 9 o'clc SIX GRASS FIRES TODAY Fairview cc 1 six Iriftin orrow morn- met for grass fires tod un- occurre or December, Be- sides the fire at 421 Allen street at |9:14 this forenoon, there was onc Ten Acre road and Corbin avenue, on proprety of Sherman Avery, at | 10:20 o’clock and Co. No. ¢ wa call ed, and at 11:21 No. 7] was called to Lyle road where 11 was a grass fire on prope S, Jones. At 11:44 company went to Coolid at the same time, No, went to 43 Harding strec o'clock, Co. No. 7 went tock street near the Stanley Quarter park. fires were serions 'Six Persons Drowned as Skiff Suddenly Capsizes IL nton, Ala., Dec. 21 (P-—Six per- ere drowned here tods Giff overturned, plunging them in- tc the rising waters of the Alabama viver, The skiff, carryving Jim Nichols, a saw mill operator, and five negroes, two of them children, overturned it was caught in a swift cur while attempting to cross th m at a ferry. All the bodies were recovered, SULD TOR $500,000 Chicago, Dec. 21 (P—Albert Pick. Funerals Charles ( Tuneral Sirom of Strom o'clock Co. ot, who Thyioflout room Monday | No. and o'clock [ officiated. | ront metery. Bl Cylinders of Hope for the S-4 Provincetown are pictured here living men entombed in In them lay hope for rescuis were held | t An Sr., yesterday was named defendant of a $500,000 aliena- tion of af n suit. The | was filed by Archibald L. Lynn | whose wife the former Pauline Pic! sued for divorce last Saturday. Mr, Pick is head of a hotel supply busi- Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. James Larese Jan os Larese died in | on, held Funer: PE EKS RAISE Plumbing Inspector Olaf A. Peter- <on will petition the common coun- cil tonight for an increase in sz from $2,700 to $2.000, and E | [nsp'mnr Mason P. Andrews will ask an increase from $2,300 to $2,700 !.mh petitions will be referred to | committee on salari FIRE ON BUELL STREET | At 3:10 this afternoon the fire de- partment was called to the home of | Policeman Michael Meehan on Buell | st by an alarm from Box 227 at South Main and Roberts street. /day morninz, will e St. Joseph's e ing at 9 o'clock St. Mary's eemeter vill be in seph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone Opposite Residence 17 Summer St.—1625-3. — ) MRS. LINDBERGH IN TEXAS “an Antonlo, T Dec. 21 (Pr— Evangeline L. JOYOUS GIFT ‘ "0 YOUNG OR OLD A Gay Little Bird in o Beautifal Colored Cage BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP W. Main St. Prof. Blig. Tel. 886 Telegraph Llorist of New Britain” [ M Yard at { off Cod g the | “Lhe bergh, alighted at Kelly Field here o'clock this afternoon en rr)uln to Mexico City to spend the Christmas | with nim. passing through the Cape holidays the sunken submer: SDAY, DECEMBER 21, ntrast to surplus | operations from the low record two ! average is now | | [burst of strength was featured by per cent | Sunday | Ad- | fter a collision | e N SRR i Amount of Offerings loan. ag- | action | Lindbergh, | mother of Colonel Charles A. Lind- | where she is | 1927. | MARKET STARTING - UPLATEINDAY (Renewed Activity Follows Ir- ' regular Dealings New York, Dec. 21 UP—Frequent |shifts of speculative sentiment im- |parted widespread rregularity to to- day’'s stock market. An opening out- |the heavy accumulation of the cop per shares, nearly a dozen of w |attained thefr highest prices in y {Several of the insurance and su {shares jumped 5 to 15 points. | Marking up of the call money rate from 4 to 4% per cent coincident ith the calling of ab in loans, started a broad scllin movement just before midday which viped out many of the earlier in: |and sent a number of issues crash- {ing 2 to 11 points below their car- lifer high levels. Tho stiffening of ‘mo).ry was attributed to the usual {heavy withdrawals of currency in I preparation for the holidays. By early afternoon the market started upward again under the |leadership of the oils, buying of | which was influenced by the unus- jually large decrease in crude oil production last week. A substantial increase in steel mill operations also had a cheerful effect on sentiment, but the sharp drop in freight car |loadings fn the week ended Dec. 10, |compared with the corresponding weeks of the two preceding years aroused some misgivings as to the actual trend of current business. Greene Cananea Copper was the hardest hit on the reaction, breaking 11 points. Radjo, Du Pont, Ameri- can Machine & Foundry and several | others dropped 3 points or more. Losses of 1 to 2 points were spread over a broad list and Included such | favorites as U. S. Steel, Motors, New York Central and ison. \ THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (¥urnished by Putnam & Co.) } High Close | Al Che & Dye 15 1528 American Can 7 Am Car & Fd Am Loco .. |Am Sm & Re Am Sugar ... |Am Tel & Tel Am Tobacco - Am Woolen . Anaconda Cop Atchison Loco Ohio. General Atch- Calif Pet Can Pac |Cer De Ches & Ohio CM&S8P.. 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