New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1928, Page 3

* SOETY AVIATRIX WIL TURN ‘PR0 First New York to Miami Flier Outlines Gareer [ Miami, Fla.,, Jan. 5 (W—Miss Ruth Nichols, of Rye, New York, soclety girl who today held the honor of having made the first non-stop flight from New York to Miami, plans to #o into the flying bysiness. She sald this following a hundred mile an hour trip which began on the waters off Rockaway Beach at 1:06 a. m., yesterday and ended at 8:06 p. m., here last night. Accompanying Miss Nichols in the TFairchild pontoon monoplane were Harry Rogers, pres- ident of an air line here, an ex- perienced pilot, and Major M. K. Lee, retired business man of Rye, Washington and Baltimo.e, an ama- teur pilot. “They were making the trip and I wanted to come along,” said Miss Nichols, modestly, 8he was at the controls for five hours, and for two i other short intervals. Miss Nichols said she was deeply interested in the development of commercial aviation and admitted she planned an aviation venture in which she would participate as an executive, But she declined to re- veal her plans in detail. She is the only woman holder of an international seaplane pilot's li- cense ahd has been flying for five years, This was her second trip by air from New York to Miami. 8he once flew here with an aunt as a passenger, but the jaunt was made in short hops. Flying, she said, “is the only real way to go any appreciable | distance.” The members of the party insist- ed the flight was uneventful. In the artificlally heated cabin of the sea- plane they chatted, had tea, coffee and sandwiches, and discussed the scenery. And Major Lee even had a nap. An improvised bed in the rear of the fuselage gave him a 450 mile sleep. Miss Nichols, who is the daughter of Erickson Nichols, former mem- ber of the New York stock exchange, and Major Lee, are to return this evening to Rye by train, The plane will be put into commercial service here, CONFESSOR ADMITS Young Fiance of “Chicago May” Never in Jail New York, Jan. 5 (#—More eon- fessions made yesterday by Netley Lucas, the 26 vear old cherub-faced ‘youth whose betrothal has been an- nounced to “Chicago May" Church- ill, the 61 year old dowager queen ©of the underworld. Young Lucas confessed yesterday that his confessions were false, that e is not the Raffles nor the beguil- er of ducliesses that he has painted himself, that he has never served two terms in British reformatories, that he has not so much as been up for juvenile delinquency and that he has written his five volumes of con- ‘fessfons (three more in preparation) {altogether out of a conscience void | of offense. “I don’t know just how my public is going to take the acknowledgment that I have never actually done any of the things that I have confessed, but I could not stand the way they stared at me and snickered when I offers. 1t's too good a thing to turn down. We are wonderfully matched | in a way. S8he has plenty to confess and, if I do say it myself, there are | few who know how to confess any | better than I do. It's a kind of a partnership, but it has its senti- | mental side. She is really very charming, and she must have been a wonder in her day.” Lucas said that he and his bride ‘would probably go at once to Holly- wood, where he thought they would | make good without any trouble. In the meantime, he . said, he would continue with his volumes of sup- plemental confessions while he was | in the mood. | /" Just Kept on Confessing “I made a mistake when I started to confess,” he said, “but now that I'm in that line, there is nothing to | do but to keep right on with it. In | {Four Companies Report Total NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928 CHAINSTORE SALES BREAK ALL RECORDS of $343,671,449 Jan. 5.—(®—Chain stores broke all records for total sales last year, with December a high record month for all time, Four { companies which reported yesterday showed total sales of $213,671,419 |for 1927, comparing with $165,52 007 for 1926, a gain $48,146,412, or 29.0 I ent. the first place, 1 etarted to write my | > P°F CEN confessions as third-person fiction. That was in England. The publish- ers hounded me into putting 1t out in the first person and under my own name. It had a tremendous eale. I made £450 out of my first set. I confessed enough for two or three lifetimea in that first book, but it went 80 well that I have just had to confess, confess and confess ever since to everything that 1 could find that was interesting. “Recently I have been writing about other criminals and under- worlds of big cities, throwing in con- fessions of my own here and there as I went along. It's rather enjoyable work and the readers like it.” The public demand for confessions has been a great windfall for “Chi- cago May.” Since being sent to pri- son for attempted murder in Eng- New York, | Sales in Dccember totaled $33,- | | 215,924, against $25,782,577 in De- | |cember, 1926, a gain _of $8,133,347, of 31.55 per cent. This compares with sales of $23,158,439 in October, | 1927, the best previous month last {vear, a gain of 46.45 per cent. |” The gross sales of the J. C. Pen- | |ney Company for 1927 were $151,- 1954,621, well over the estimated | sales of $150,000,000 anticipated by | i{the company, and an increase of | $36,271.597 over gross sales in 1926, or 31.35 per cent. The 1927 figures are the largest in the company's history. Sales for December were $21,796,- | 277, a record month for all time, against $15,986,417 in the same | month of 1926, a gain of $5,809,860, or 36.34 per cent. The company operated 891 stores | | land, she dropped out of sight for twenty years. About a year ago a| brief dispatch was sent out from De- | troit, saying that the former toast of the Haymarket and the Red Mill had been found destitute and in need of an operation. The story of her career was revived and offers to con- fess began to pour in on her. Her story was printed in {instaliments last year, but these, according to Lucas, constitute a mere prospectus or atset of inferior samples of what is to come later on, after ehe has married her Boswell. ONE KILLED, FOUR HURT. London, Jan. § (UP)—One p son was killed and four were con fined to a hospital when an ammu- nitlon truck skieed down hill today and somersaulted over an embank- ment at Herkliffe. The explosions !of the ammunition lasted for three HISBADNESS MYTH, hours, at the close of 1927, akainst 747 | stores at the end of the previous | | vear, an increase of 144 stores. The | gain in units is therefore 19.8 per |cent, and only partly accounts for | {the 31.35 per cent increase in sales | during the same period. Gains made | by stores which have been in oper- |ation for two years or more amount- | {ed to 16.2 per cent in 1927, as com- | pared with the previous year. The lar; addition to the Pen- ey chain last year was in July, en the Jones system of fifty-four stores was purchased. Gross sales of |the Jones system before its acquisi tion were $1,060,485 from January 1 (1o June 30, 1927, againt $867,713 in the 1926 period, an increase of 22.22 per cent. Cumulative gross sales of | the Jones stores for the full y 1927 were $3,494,126, against 104,342 in 1926 an increase of $1.- 189,783, or 51.63 per cent. | The company took over the man- ement of the 20 stores previously W Is There Some One in Your Family ~with a Stubborn Cold? {came down for breakfast at the \Hotel Chelsea this morning, ithe young confession king in an in- terview which was arranged over ‘the telephone with his secretary, who 'has & voice astonishingly like that of his employer, The intended of “Chicago May” barely looks like & high school boy ‘and his claim to' be 26 years old ' seems to be next in the order of re- cantation. He was dressed yester- day in 8 cinnamgn-colored suit with a citron-colored necktie and hand- kerchief bordered to match. Going Through With Marriage Young Lucas - said that he had ,written his encyclopedia of sensa- ‘tional reminiacences partly from ex- periences as a police reporter on The London News and partly by reading up on the subject, and that he intended to keep on confessing as long as he found new matter to con- | Tf they have a cough or cold that hangs on and on and on, they are in constant danger, in danger from a fatal sickncss. Flu and pneumonia and their like frequently follow neglected colds. If a cold is permitted to persist, it can lead and often does lcad into dangerous complications. Don’t let them trifle with colds. Suggest fresh air, lots of sleep, a simple diet, clean intestines and—Crcomulsion. Colds are infectious. 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December and 1927 sales were both at high records for the company. The sales of Neisner Brothers, Inc., amounted to $6,452,159 in 1927, increase of $2,031,024, ov 45.9 per cent over 1926, and were the highest in history. December was also & record month, with sales of $1,264,- 063, a gain 18. per cel r! December, 1926, and $697.257, or | 123 per cent higher than in Novem- ber, 1927 of last year. . ENGLISH DAILES FORWORLD PEACE | Kellog Proposal to Abolish War, Reviewed in Detail London, Jan. 5 (A — After the evening papers had devoted most | of their attention to a discussion of | American policy in Nicaragua, the | Kellogg propo to abolish war. The opinions expressed, although none are condemnatory, cannot be The Daily Mail was an exception. !Under the caption, “A Message of Hope,' it describes the Kellogg note to France as having the advantage of bringing forward a definite and concrete plan which makes it a culminating point of a great cam- aign against war, The Daily Chronicle gives the American proposal a favorable wel- come. Tt urges the British govern ment to give it all possible support existing between the members of the league of nations. The Daily News, while expressing pleasure at the United “talking so straightforwardly in the Iumuon comes rather unfortunately jat the moment America is waging a not very creditable war in Nica- the best previous month 'described as altogether enthusiastic. ragua.” The paper says it is unable to fathom exactly what is implied by the proposal which “may have tremendous significance or none at all.” The Daily Express declares that America’s objective is noble and the proposal is based on a genuine de- sire for peace but advises the main- taining of an open mind on it. | The Daily Telegraph says, “Ker |1ogg has certainly outdone Briand {in boldness of conception. Whether =l\ut says that the American scheme | equalled him in appreciation of | Wwill add nothing to the bonds &l- \hat is practicable is another ques- tion. x x x In what respect the The Morning Pest. Whish 8 ways avowedly skeptical of pense pacts, aseerts it 1o Bepe for much of & result frem the pre- posal. 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