New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1927, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, _— Hickman’s Captors Get BOYS' CLUB PART ATTENDED BY 500 Welcome Christmas Season With Juvenile Pestive Spirit Pendleton, Ore., Dec. 23 (P—Ceci Lieuallen, the state traffic and Tom Gurdane, the chief of po. lice, today found themselves sudden thrilling capture Hickman, of already reached the two men. It was the annual Christmas party 1t the Boys' club. There could be 10 question about “a good time be- ing had by all"* It there is anything to the theory of nolse causing vibra- | tion, the brick walls of the Main and Center street institution must have rattled like loose window | panes in a wind storm, last evening. Nowhere clse in New D could there be such a gathering. | Fully 500 boys, if not more, all at | the bolsterous age, scated four and ! five rows deep on three sides of the| city's largest gymnasium. On the fourth side were parents and friends including members of the Ladies auxiliary. Entertainment was provided by a | professional entertainment bureau, | and the boys greeted the “stunts,”| especially the comedy. They laugh- ed; they clapped their hands; stamped their feet; they ¥ whistled; they howled. F kept his seat. a week for six months, and man, to reccive their reward in a theater. herds Saw Cambridge, skjellerup com mber of the so brilliance is lightir just before sunrise this have been the Star of Bethlshem and then again it may not. r system the eastern sky ery Superintendent ight Skinner, whose Landling of the immense throng of voungsters was commented upon as heing “re- E Many Tempting Offers officer, ly thrust forward as candidates for the Hall of Fame because of their Willlam E. Tour offers of handsome salarles to appear on theatrical stages have The best offer, to date, guarantees $5,000 stipu- {lates that the officers give “theatri- cal lectures” on the capture of Hick- | The two officers will g0 to Los East | Angeles, they said, upon invitation - STAR OF BETHLEHEM MAY BE RETURNING Comet Is Perhaps Light Shep- week may DECEMBER 23, 1927, Another star often mentioned | connection with the narrative of Matthew is Sirus, “Dog Star,” and 1| brightest in the heavens. It can be| seen well above the horizon at this| ! |time every year, and at midnight is | - |approximately in a southern direc- from ¢ outboard. o SUNKEN GRAFT ONLY men “who were supposea 1o nave| QWIMAl Estimates Extent of been travelling 2 | §4 Disaster from the coast (11‘ Palestine southeastward to Bethle- | hem. i Harvard authorities admitted they i B were not at all convinced that any | lof these possibilities was correct or that the luminary discovered by the Australian Skjellerup was in any better position from a historical e standpoint. There probably will i % By never be any way of telling, they | {0y ot been very ser- said. Washington, Dec. 23 (UP)—The navy department recefved a report on the extent of the damage to the submarine S-4 last night from Rear report said mothing | Turkeys Being Placed 'about abandoning operations end In Cold Storage Now |gave no indication whether he lieved there still exists any hope of New York, Dec. 23 (UP)—The sa in the torpedo supply of turkeys reaching ¢ alr 15 Dbeing York has so exceeded the demand | that many drealers have put the | birds in storage rather than take a {loss, poultry merchants said he; day. | Best grade turkevs were selling | | wholesale at from 39 to 45 cents & | pound and the retall price was from 10 to 15 cents higher. | Quotations fnclud=d: Nearby fowls { 45 cents a pound; Virginia ar .| Virginla, 44; Northwestern, 4 ¢ |sourl, 41; Oklahoma, 40, and lo% would at least. The mes: he continued for another day re follows: smmander Ellsberg 0 S-4 as follows: ure decks and fr awa re- ne about about Eix hich is in- rom Prices have dropped from two to of four cents in the past week | : pp ‘Outboard ventilation main wholly | torn from tank top propelic way of frame 53 to destroyer ut not deep. parently done ed to port and de- No damage to ) except eonning ks pos- Albans, . | Customs ge to subma- ation ot top of but ruport cot to pade ed liquor: been seized Three men hn Edward as Industrial Death Rate In U. S. Is Being Cut ¥ r will show i 1 to hs from | W e i tubercul hase the 1 on mor, Rome Ranking Dee. 23 than Fear Jach ©arrests w n Beecher Fal 0 CONGRATULATES MU p) tion * needed and used ach outhmrst wear ttself out, then blew a whistle. In a flash, there was a change from a noisy turmoil which actually made eardrums ache, to a profound until Mr. Skinner's volce could he heard the room When the bovs marched out for their gifts of candy, oranges, apples and other things, they did not crowd. push, shove or jam. They did not run. They did not even walk fast. Tn fact, they merely strolled in single file past the stand where women passed out the gifts and there was no more friction than there would have been with a dozen instead of silence, across 0 help. | There are at least five other pos- | sible astronomical explanations for * BORDER PATROLMEN SEIZE WUCH LIQUOR Assorted Drinks Were Consigned {0 New England Cities VY., Dec headquarters ounced that at least 432 bottles of = and the same ppars southern New 23 ) — today an- amount of o tly consigned ngland points by border patrol- were arrested Brown of arrestod at iTts of a nd James Kelley Mass,, when was hr o made this but first names® SOLINT e Tta today ser to Premier Mussolinl, the s h.according to the Ribl I story. appeared the shep {herds 1,927 years ago, the Harvard observatory has announced, Scientists throughont the ages have puzzled over the problem tut without success. In part their failure has been due to the fact that enly | one of the Gospels mentions the star but another difficulty has been the absence of astronomical data at that time, First In order Harvard scientist Halley's comet, first obscrved in 1532, Halley made the first prediction ever re- first to ) of say, possibilities, is gratulating him on the govern- ment's restoration of the gold stand- ard to It n currency. | “We rcjolce that the formidable | efforts of the nation have been | crowned with success through chief ar * the | satd. The Industrial Confederation numerous agricultural and | merdial association | messages, FAVORABLE REPORT ON INAUGURATION CHANGB Senate Judiciary Would Shift Day its | 1 his regime, sage o On Which President Takes com- Oath of Office ton, Dec. 23 (UP)—The ry comuittee ordered report on the joint or Norris, Neb., al amendment to { presidential ine ongressional ses- 1 today. n proposci the presis dent be inangur- following thelr terms of seue s start on election, thers | | Woman Record Thief | Caught, Makes Escape « A woman who s b T been maki phonog was ught Dowling of the she made m, - New Model Chevrolet to Be Brought Out Shortly D 2 U'P)—A new be placed on . I'resident W, et Motop d all the was one most spectaculap of all time," r, took three Dowling whao 1 they were ur shopping troubles goode from st 4 over the Herald's take 500, Besides the comedy part of the program, the young men were given a few moments of serious thought in a brief address by Rev. John J Keane of §t. 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