New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1928, Page 11

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mflm—__———— n(%l En-'u [ =5 2Ty |l£ln ,L|,,,_l| nfin [l L% Unless otherwise indicated. theatrical n. written by press agencies for the r Vo e “THE WARNING” AT LYCEUM ! Two very good entertaining pic- | tures are shown at the Lyceum theater today and Friday. The main | atraction offers Jack Holt in “Thc Warning." The companion feature offers a great comedy—Phyllis Haver tn | “The Wise Wife," a picture with - plenty of thrills Starting this Satur- | day for four days, an inspiring story | of youth, ambition and love, produe- | -d with the co-operation of the United States government and the | West Point military academy with licautiful scenic shots and spectacu lar settings of time-honored build- ings, parade grounds and cadets, at our military college will be shown 1t stars William Boyd in “Dress Tarade.” 165 NILLION USED INNEAREAST WORK Board of Trustees Chairman Re- calls Expenditures New York, Jan. 5 P—DMore than $105,000,000 has been used by the Near East Relief in salvaging the lives of probably 1,000,000 pcople during the lagt 12 years, Dr. James L. Barton, of Boston, chairman of the board of trustees of the organi- zation, said last night. Addressing the annual meeting of the trustees, he said $87,581.04 had been collected and expended during that period. To that sum, he sald, should be added $12,800,000 worth of food and aid from the American relief administration and $5,000,000 furnished bl local governments in transportation, building and lands. Dr. Barton was reelected chair- man of the organization. Other of- ficers elected included John H. Fin- ley, New York, vice chairman;| Cleveland E. Dodge, New York, treasurer; Clmllefi V. Vickbey, Montclair, N. J.,'general secretary, and E. C. Miller, East Williston, N. Y. assistant treasurer, | 1 | Co;npanionate Marriage Denounced by Doctor Battle Creek, Mich, Jan. 5 ®—| Companionate marriage damages the race, Dr, Alfred Scott Warthin, president of the National Association of American Physicians, declared in an address yesterday befére the race betterment conference.s “A proper marriage must last at least 25 years for the child needs the care and counsel of its parents | for that length of time,” he said. Heredity is an overpowering foree in the determination of a child’s character, Dr. E. M. East, professor of genetics at Harvard university, | said., “Nature cannot be changed in | any high degreo 'through environ- |headquarters for the Aicllo geng, | ment,” It is highly desirable, how- over, he said, that every child be | dropped to the floor and made no ey given the best surroundings in or- der to develop his natural equip- | ment, Will File 25 New Charges Against Connolly | New York, Jan. § (®—Henry H. IKlein, counsel for Alderman George . Harvey, who Instituted the Queens sewer investigation, an- nounced today that from 25 to 30 new charges against Borough Presi- dent Maurice E. Connolly would be filed . with Governor Smith next weelk, “The new charges will be 8o worded,” Klein said, “that they will be applicable to Connolly’s acts dur- ing his entire 16 years of adminis- tration of Queens affairs. They will 1ot be confined to sewers, but will take in paving and many other kinds of public works.” LYCEUM —TODAY—FRIDAY — 2—GREAT I Jack Holt “THE WARNING” ‘Blake of Scotland Ylld'——» Co-Feature l’llyllis Haver “THE WISE WIFE” " STARTS ; SATUF RDAY Groat West Point Picture William Boyd “DRESS PARADE” LADIES' MATINEE This coupon and 10c. will admit a lady to matince best scats. PARSONS' Hartford THURS, FRL, SAT, JAN. §, ¢, 7 Matinee Satarday The New York Theater Guild Succem “THE SH.VER BIIRD" NEY Im\\ ARD ‘Ivv Boe. Pln! "tax. t Nan AN Last Seasom in New York | | tion the { Gorilla’ ! recently ~s¢‘ ‘? 227 otices and re in this column are euncctive amuscment company. TOCETINICIITIETG | “THE GORILLA” AT CAPITOL Today, Iriday gnd Saturday a great program of double feature is being offered with the main attrac- famous production “The adapted from the noted stage play of the same name. called the greatest of mystery dra- mas, the antics of the two detecti Mulligan and Garrity, as played b Charlie Murray and Fred Kelsey, keep an audience in laughter, as they try to unravel the cateh the Gorilla, and show general dumbness in deteetive work. The companion feature presents Virginia Valli in *Ladies Dress,” a delightful comedy drama with an u lu*\m") fine story. Sunday night for four s be able to show to the public of New Britain so fine a photoplay as West Point” and Joan Crawford. ST. STEPHEN'S MASQUERADE ] Secetiesecsresvess 1t is | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928 CAPPELLI T0 SING : lor(}onwtl’mgnm Mario t‘mpem who is to sing at [Trinity Methodist Episcopal church |tomorrow _evening. 18 one of the world's outstanding tenorsa Born in | the United States of Italian parents, " he is thoroughly American in spirit, a manly man and a devotee of sports, | s well as a truly al, he possesses heritage of Ereat artist. the priceless musical genius, vocal Not that it {s all mystery, as | uproarious | Must | | days the r.m.ecn 1s mighty proud to | with William Hair es | The annual masquerade of St. 8te- | phen's society will be held at 0dd Fellows hall,” Arch street, Saturday | January 14. Prizes will be awarded as follows: first group, not under 24 persons, $18.00. Second group, $10.00. First ladies’ costume, §5.00. First gentleman's, $5.00. Most comi- cal costume, $5.00 costume. CHICAGD SCENTS NEW GANG FIGHT | Shooting in Bakery Heard as Gall to Battle Chicago, Jan. 5 (UP)—A renewal of Chicago's gang warfare was b lieved inevitable by ‘police after last night's shooting in a bak cry owned by the Alello Brothers, notorioug gangsters, Police started a round-up of all known gangsters in an effort to avert, the threatening warfare, Bmergency squads toured. the city in automo- | biles all night, arresting known characters. Although no one was injured, po- | lice said the shooting significd the | signed truce between the Aiellos and Al Capone, rival-faction leader, was over. The truce was reached several weeks ago after an | extended series of bombing and kill- | | ings- for control of Chicago's gam- | bling syndicates. Two men with sawed-off shotguns entered’ the bakery and Dominick Aicllo. Upon learning he was absent, the two gangsters emp- tied r guns into the wall near where Aiello usually sits, They fled in a waiting automobile. The bakery, which also serves as was occupicd only by a baker. He leffort to return ‘the fire, The bakery has been *attacked |twice before, each time presaging a | |new outbreak in the warfare. Last {May a machine gun attack was made | {tn which more than 200 rounds of bullets were fired into employe, were wounded. In the recent warfare ended by the truce, Al Capone was understood to have agreed not to molest the Aicllos as long as they stayed out of the “racket.” Pelice believe last night’s shooting indicated they had | violated the agreement. PALACE —TODAY— Ralph Graves and Mary Carr in WELL HEAD” Also ‘THE GREAT MAIL ROBBE —FRIDAY— Shirley Mason, William Collier in “STRANDLED” Co-Feature Al Wilson in “AIR PATROL" ESTHER The Vaydevi THE MU today | ked for | the store. | !Tony Alcilo and Charles Dello, an | MARIO (‘Al’l'l-‘,l‘l.l rower and personal charm derived from a lineage of ancestors repre- senting social and artistic rank in the land of his forbears. | Taken to Haly at the age of threc fyears, his talents were manifest in | childhood. At eight, he began s | ing operatic selections, and two years |later was awarded the prize at the | Musical Academy of Caserta for his delightful rendition of Jtallan folk songs. Unusual among vocalists of \ L‘l‘u‘i 1s Signor Cappelii’s introduction {of lecture work in gonnection with his forcign songs. ~Their story is told in English of simple but chole- | est diction by this artist. By means o( graphic description and anecdote, ! ne is doing a notable work in the !agvancement of American public appreciation of the best music of the old masters and modern composers. | follows: | Where'er You Walk . Total Eelipse .. Questa O Quella . (from Rigoletto) Signor Cappelli . Ireland Burleigh . Manney . Handel Handel * to Shou! Signor Cappe { Ballade G. Minor | Dream Visions . Mr. Cook “Le Fleur” (from Carmen) sung in Irench Bizet Hmmr “Love's Sorrow” Kreisler-Rachmaninoff | (Old Vienna Waltz) Kigoletto Paraphrase ... Verdi-Lisat Mr. Cook Ttalian Folk Lore Songs | *Comme’ se A'Napule” | Com® e Pioveva ... . . Gin| {Don Coco (sung in Sicillan Dialect) | Composer unknown, re-arranzed by | Cappelli . Chopin Schumann Aria, { ; - vy national Unions Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 5 (® — | Thirty representatives of interna- tional unions affiliated with the | Amerfean Tederation of Labor will confer here today, formulation of @ program of as- sistance for the striking bituminous Masquerade St. Stephens Society Odd Fellows’ Hal Arch Street Sat. Jan. 14 Prizes For Best Costumes Tickets' 50c¢ Always & Good Show RALSTON “THE SPOTLIGHT" e Headliner Verncn Rathburn nnd_Company. l \\~ ll:mll AMERICA'S PRI Vlll.cl luflrfloflfl Celin Weston | The Orantes 1Y and THOMAS TLLIE “TH HALL FSALEY & CO. Starting Sanday DOVE in "LOVE MART” ¢ ATTRINITY CHURCH American Born Tenor Engaged his | The program for his concert here | . Verdi| . Cappelli | Confer in Pittsburgh | looking to the | ing was authorized at an emer- zency conference held here in No- vember and attended by 250 ex- ccutives of the A. F. of L. “Our first aim is to co-ordinate | |the union labor forces of Pennayl- M'nnia behind the union coal miners in their strike,” was the announce- ment made today by Willlams Col- {lins, field man for the A. F. of L., lin Pittsburgh for the conference. \THREE MASSACHUSETTS STUDENTS WIN PRIZES Six Students from England and | United States Comprise Winners in World Essay Comtest. | Boston, Jan. 5 UM—Six students' {including one from England, two om Masachusetts and three from | comprise the roster of | winners in the 1sth annual |world esmy contest under the aus- | ipices of the American School Citi- | ‘Lmnhly league, It was announced |nere today by Dr. Fatinie Fern An- ! |drews, secretary. In the normal school and teach- college division all three prizes, | were taken by women at State Nor- mal university, Normal, Ill., as fol. lows: Miss Elizabeth M. Ashford, first, [$76; Miss Annis Clark, sccond, $30 and Miss Vera L. Guthoff, third, | | $25. Secondary school contestants who wongvere: Miss Katherine L. Pond, | Gi Latin school, Boston, first, $76: Gilbert H. Skinner, Queen | |Elizabeth’s hospital, Bristol, Eng- ‘land. second, $50 and Arnold D. |Finley, Somegville High achool, {Somerville, third, $25. The Missea Mary B. and Hehn Scabury of New Bedford are the| !donors. The purpose of the contest is to promote the study of interna- tional relationships in' academic schools. |18 TUGS TOW NEW AIRPLANE CARRIER (Giant 880 Foot Lexingfon Safe in Hull Bay Jan. 5 (A—Eigh- I, 8 8. ington, the navy airplane rier, safely from the Fore river ard of the Bethlehem Ship Building {corporation into Hull Bay tod The feat, regarded by naval offi- | {cors ‘as & g)moult maslgation prob- lem, was accomplished without inci- | dent, except that the Lexington's| overhanging hull squeezed a tele- graph pole near the draw on the |Fore river bridge and kmocked it lover to a 45 degrec angle. The tugs fixed their lines on the carrier at 7 l | | Quincy, Mass., 7:30 o'clock and an hour later had pulled her through the | drawbridge. A thousand feet from {the bridge there is a sharp angle in ,um Hull Bay channel but the tugs {navigated the Lexington about the {turn easily. Naval officers had con- sidered this the most difficult part {of the operation, during which the | Lexington was favored by exception- lal tide and wind conditions. At 9 o'clock, in a tide near flood, [the Lexington was started for the |South Roston drydock, the largest in the world, where she will undergo additional work on her hull and ' take on equipment and stores. &h is expected to be ready for active service on January 15. With a population of enly 55, the ' island of Tavolara in the Mediter- ranean is an independent republic. | | {18 commander ite {the past seven years. | fore tha was later affiliated with ! vember, WAR NURSE WEDS | ToseanAiAimec LEGION POST HEAD "=, o | bergh, to Attempt Crossing of | | Atlantic. Bv",y Fetzman Bride of Windsor . vinacouviay, France, san. s om— er-Navy Man Culminating a romance of two nt De Tro; years' standing. announcement was alone to pay made today in Hartford of the mar- turn visit. |riage en Tucsday, December 27, of The sergeant first became Miss Betty Fetzman of Hartford and |quainted with the American Oscar Hallgren of Windsor. Both when Lindbergh made his New York are prominently identified in Ameri- {0 Faris flight, the sergeant person- {can Legion circles in the state. Miss ‘ally meeting the American at Le Fetzman is a former commander of | Bourget. Sergeant De Troyat accom- panied Lindbergh on the latter's surprise flight over Paris a few days after the landing and the French flier's acrobatics caused his air com- rade to pay him the highest com- pliments us an aviator. De Troyat's plane, an all metallic “Avimeta” is powered by a 230- horsepower air-cooled Samson motor and has already undergone test flights at Villacoublay. De Troyat belicves that he will be ready when the first settled weather comes. The planes is a single-seater, and is something like the famous Spirit of St. Louis in appearance. #westbound Atlantic flight in 192§ | probably will be a pal of Colonel {Charles A. Lindbergh. t who is e Lone Eagle a re- ac- flier Farmington Bus Line In Operation Today Operation of the Farmington to Hartford bus route through New Britain began today over a route agreed upon between officials of the New England Transportation Co. | and the city of New Britain, and ap- | proved by the public utilities com- mission. The bus enters the city by way of Plainville road and traverses I Corbin and ‘Shuttle Meadow avenue, oue of | Rockwell avenue, made | EIm street, around the ns of Ereen, and goes to Hartford by way of Stanley street. Two trips are be- ing made daily, the bus from Farm- |ington arriving about 8 a. m. and returning at about 5 p. m. MRS. OSCAR HALLGREN Jane A. Delano post, the two posts in Cor up entirely of women veto the World War, while her hushand ¢ of Gray-Dickinson post, No. 59, of Windsor. Mrs. Hallgren is a native of Britain where she spent her and is the danghter of Fetzman. At the ontbreak of the . she enlisted in the United ates forces as a nurse and saw active service in Prance as a men ber of a branch of the air forces She has been one of the most prom- ! inent women members of th®Ameri- can Legion and has attended every national convention of the order for She made the Wbher, No. 7. Externally TuAT's why modern moth- ers prefer Vicks—it cannot upsct delicate stomachs. Rubbed onthroat and chest, it acts two ways at once: (1) Iis healing vapors, released by the body heat, are ihhaled direct to the air pasgages; (2) It “draws out” the soreness like an old-fash- ioned poultice. trip to Paris She was instrun ng the 1926 and she st Sep ntal in reorgan- | . Delano post in | rved its com-| der up to last Novembor. Shei s connected with the Nartford | Visiting association and was | head of the tubereulosis department |, until her resiznation saturday. | She todk up her tence in | artford scveral y go but be- t. sh a Legion | Nurse stoin New ) 1y-Glov- er post of this city. Mr. Hallgren is a veteran of the| 5. navy. He enlisted at Newport, .. on January 15, 191K, and was ationed there for several months He was later transferred to Hamp- ton Roads, Va. llo s yeoman aboard the L. and the T . Harri discharged July, 191 he was elected commander of the Legion post Alier the we and Mrs. Hallgren fact to their familics and intis cnds. They left on a wedding trip | | Sunday for Virginia. On their ro-| "urn, they will be accompanied by Mrs. Hallgre sister, Miss Lillian | zman of Wheeling, W. Va. They expected home this week and | will reside, it is said, Collins | street in Hartford. OVER 1R MiLLION JARS USED Yeamy on Fve. 15-25-35¢. ystery plays . our ribs with laug| MURRAY Virginia Valli in “LA 10 present a picture that we beli o T..... WILLIAM H Co- ANNOUNCING A PRODUCTION IT 1S AN HONOR TD PRESENT TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW BRITAIN: Beginning Sunday Night for Four Days we e the honor tion from a standpoint of ctcrisinmena. of | of historical worth, of citizenship-building ir:fluence that the . h ES and JOAN CRAWFORD Mat. 10-15-20c. 16 will chill you—ihrill you— he with and FRED KELSEY Feature DIES MUST DRESS” eve 10 be the greatest produc- interest, v years! POINT” MARIO CAPPELLI WORLD CELEBRATED TENOR Friday Evening TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCII Admission - One Dollar Tickets on sale at Crowell’s 8:00 o’Clock and Reffelt’s Pharmacies Franklin Square, | railroad | He is Ser-| going all | deaths from alcoheliom had falfem off, he mid, the total in the latter year being 98. The rise since then has been steady. Alcoholism Is Fatal To 770 New Yorkers New York, Jan. 1§ UP—Chronic alcoholism caused the death of 770 | gtatisticlans in the hesith depart- { persons in New ork city last year,|ment have figured that in 1927 13 1lne highest death rate in 18 years, 1»,"0" per 100,000 died of alco- |fisures made public today by Health holism. Commissioner Harris said |Commissioner Harris showed. Ithe deaths mostly were due to long- A graduai rise in the alcoholic |continued or chronic drinking. The first French birdman 10 try the |death rate, he said, started in 1924 when the deaths totalled 513. Inl When the Maharajah of Patiale 1925 the total was 682, and in|goes visiting, his wardrobe is car- 1926, 759. From 1918 to l?:fl,lrlcd along in 200 trunks. rinkTea- §At JSocial Functions~ ou will find . t an ide everag et to serve ai brég e re: 0 etc. l/sg 5 "SALADA" That Christmas Money Given to you to be spent ies: Here are just a few of the pleasure- giving things that it will buy for you FLAT RING MOUNTINGS BROOCH MOUNTINGS STERLING FLATWARE | 1 i | | | STERLING HOLLOWARE WEDGWOOD CHINA, Ete. The Porter & Dyson Co. Jewelers and Silversmiths 54 MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN SALE FLORSHEIM SHOES ALL VOGUE SHOE SHOP 236 MAIN STREET OPP. MONUMENT

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