New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1928, Page 22

INIIS FIREWORKS hflm Giboey Says Ta- payers Do Not Favor Increases ‘ The salary committee of the com- men council was in session last eve. aing at the common council cham ber and will meet again tonight to #ive hearings to applicants for| salary increases. The final meeting will be held next Tuesday evening to ‘prepare a report for presentation to! the council at tht meeting January | 18. The achedule of hearings was followed last- cvening with the ex- | ception that Prosecuting Attorney J. | G. Woods and Assistant Prosccuting | Attorney W. M. Greenstein will. be heard tonight. Hearings were held on the fol- Jowing petitions: H Miss Cora M. Beale; health de- partment request for increase from $4.500 to 00 in salary of Dr. R. W. Pullen, superintendent; board of Bmsemors, requcst of Miss Lena E. | Xranowitz, first clerk, for increase 8 salary from $1,350 to $1,500; pub- welfare department, request for icrease In salary of Mr. and Mre. Walte Palmer, superintendent , d matron of Town Home. from | 1,800 to $2,000; Supcrintendent ohn L. Doyle, from $2.500 to $2,- B00; Miss Grace D. Rellly, clerk, $1,300 to 61,600; Walter Koss- . investigator, from $1,800 to §3,000; building commission, request Por sulary increass for Mrs. A. L.| Bahrey, clerk, trom $1,300 to $1,400; for Mason P. Andrews, electrical in- Spector from §$2,300 to $2,700; fqr O. Peterson, plumbing inspector, | $2,700 to $3,000. All members of the committec | Were in attendance with the ex- ot Councilman Samuel ab- | . and the representatives of fhe departments were quizzed rela- tive to the duties of the petitioners. F'he enly indication of the attitud /B¢ the committee members relative . %0 the requested increases was given | * whem Oounclimen W. G. Gibney told Chalrman Thomas Linder of the mlm ~ mh T8 that the latter ear the comments of the faxpayers about the ity on the oalary question. Chalrman Linder e did mot urge salary raises he wanted the committee to Snderstand that if any of the female mployes in City Hall were favored, * Do folt that those in the office of the (asessore should not be forgotten, GIRL ASKS T0 STAY WITH FOSTER PARENTS | Ross Imccesss Asks Oourt Not to | Géve her 10 Mother Recently in Retreat for Insana. Now Haven, Jan. ¢ UP—Rosa Luc- cease, 8, took the stand in superior court today to testify that she pre- ferred life with her foster-parents, Mr, and Mrs. William J. O'Brien of | Marlboro, Mass., to living with her own mother who was for several years an inmate of retreat for un- balanced persons at Gardner, Maas. Ross was given to the O'Briens by the Massachusetts board of chari- , Hes when three years old. Her . mmother was at that time, committed $o the retreat. The O'Briens cared | Gorthe little girl as if she were realiy » thelr ewn. Bhe was tutored in danc- ng, learning to play the piano and , eat te private school. Reoently the child’s mother, now & vesident of this city, appealed to - -_chlllfl-tl board of chari- 49 have her little girl sent here @ visit. Mr. O'Brien brouglt o ehil4 here with instructions to for Bor In & few days. Now mother, who has remarried, re- te give up the girl and the have resorted to the [N Becond Fire Menaces %, HUGH ALLAN-PESSIE LOVE & WILLIAM LYCEUM — SAT,, SUN,, BOVD ar"ORESS MARADE” MON., TUES. PATHE' VIENNESE ACTRESS PLANS OCEAN HoOP ‘Would Be First Woman o Span Atlantic Mile. Lillic Dillenz, Vienn s, who as far as the Azores on her first | transatlantic fiight. hopes to be the first woman to start from Amer on a flight across the \!Iul( C (lns' spring. Mile. Dillenz plans to come to! New York to buy a Wright a )|l:\|mi to attempt the flight from th Paris. She said she will take on the first favorable day in spring. Besides Mile. Dillenz intends fof get a pilot’s license in the United States so she can take a hand at the stick herself. “I have only one ambition, Dillenz said, “and that is to he the | first woman to fly the Atlantic. 1 have been an enthusiast of flying for two years.” Mile. Dillenz was in the Junkers | airplane which flew fram Norden, Germany to the Azores last Ocf ber. Ehe fntended to Peach New | York by the southern route but the | weather conditions prevented it, “The flight from Nordeney was | Mile NEW in All the New Colors and Trimmi Yesterday’s Yale News ¥New Haven, Jan. 8§ UP—A second of fire for yesterday’s Yalc was just averted by firemen, News revealed today. of the Van Dyck Printing plant Bn whose presses the News haq been ited for 23 years was the first, which gave a baptism. Anether firm reset copy and the e Color Press close by Van k's printed the belated issue. Beut at the latter place a lighted mateh dropped on oil soaked rags $nade & smother which drove steno- @raphers and others to the strect @ad brought in firemen from the king ruins of the Van Dyck plant | put eut the fire. The edition went %0 press without further trouble. John McCormack Has Short Stay in Ireland New York, Jan McCormack is going to shorten a holiday visit in Ircland to arrive here in time to xing on the i 20, The tenor will s week for New York where he will take part in the second Victor honr with Marla Jeritza, Viennese prima @onna of the Metropolitan Opera. The concirt will be broadeast by associated stations of tional Broadcasting company’s network headed by WJ DEMPSEY'’S San Francisco, Examiner says that Elsie Demp 21, sister of Jack Demps heavyweight champion, barked here on a st der the name of Elsie Dawn, has taken a minor part in a stock company production Miss Dempsey appearcd in sey- eral moving pictures in Hollywood in the role of extra. ON STAGE Genuine “0ld Company’s Lehigh” The Shurberg Coal Co. Phone 2250 55 Franklin Street § (UP)-—John ! ’ COATS For | Juniors Destruc- | Fur Trimmed Coats 14 RY CLEARANCE PRICE | $19 { For Coats Tlut Were s 5 CLEARANCE $49 Coats That Were Up to §75 PRICE For FUR COATS PRICES IN YEARS AT L $149 SEALINE FUR COATS January Sale Price In Large Sizes, $179 SQUIRREL TRIMMED SEALINE Large sizes FUR P 1o 52% with pary Sale Price 8 FUR COATS January Sale Price $169 Misses Muskrat models, Furs; very sma {as nearly perfect [tempt a | person COATS Coats of Tony an [my first long jump.” she said. “The cw York-Paris hop will be my nest.' 1 intend to buy an airplane of my own and hope to be second | pilot. “I don't know who will be chief pilot or navigator, 'can find them in Americ While at the Azorcs, M met Ruth Elder who had be The start from New York will be | mzulw possible,” shi ‘It would be stupid te at flight in said. weather."” City Items Overcoat—$22.90 Tel. 454 Nash McCa Suit or . 49 Wainut 8t. an coal is good coal. Wood Co. Tel IVENING CLASS Steno; y and Typewriting will | start T 17th. Moody | Falling Plaster Hurts ‘Twenty$Two in Hall New n. 6 (P—Twenty-two v jured, none seriously of plaster about seven eIl from the ceiling of when la; | Police said most of the injuries were suffered in a rush for the exits, HARTFORD Saturday at Center Booth—Main Aisle Four Hundred New 10 and *10:2 Dresses Handsomely Styled Models $5 All Sizes 16 to 52 ings THERE’S JUST ONE MOTIVE FOR THIS January Clearance At Second Floor ‘ ALL COATS MUST GO ALL RACKS MUST BE CLEARED Drastically Reduced Prices Will Do It . LOATb F'"‘ For Misses Wom JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICE $24 For Coats That Were Up to $49 JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICE $69 or Coats That Were Up to $89 LOWEST COATS $300 FUR COATS January Sale Price : $200 rt Coats of Marmink, very handsomely marked ekins But I believe T| when weather conditions are | unfavorable | The Materials Include New Printed Satins, Heavy Flat Crepe and Fine Woolens $298 NATURAL OPOSSUM FUR COATS Aibrime e~ $198 RS BLOWTO CABARETS Die-Hard San Francisco Night Lile Unoasy San Francisco, Jan. 6 (UP)—The hard night life of S8an Francisco, which has withstoed the attachs of prohibition law enforcement for | eight years, faces curtaliment or ex- {tinction from the new “no set-up” rules, The proprictors of three cafes, the | Yior D'Italia, Apollo and Follies, were charged with conspiracy to| | violate the prohilition law by fur- nishing ginger a |a New Year's Eve celebrants, 'l‘belr | conviction was asked upon a recent upreme court ruling that practices constitute conspiracy, | It was indicated that abatement | proccedings will be instituted if | {they are convicted and that similar | “ action will be taken againat all oflu' such pl | There are scores of “places” in the {North Beach district where anyone can take his own liquor and be serv- |ed with all the necessary auxiliary devices. Some are elaborate cabarets, some iare called restaurants and cafes, and | ome are just plain joints. Tt has ! always been considered quite “arty” | to patronize the institutions and 8an | 1s have been proud of the places, Most of the liquor is not served but the ginger le consumption is like a lpl‘lnl; flood. Judge Daniel 8. O'Brien, before | |whom the casea were brought, con- | |tinned them until January 12 so he may check on the supreme court | ruling on which the federal authori- [ties base their cases. President Ciaudo Davideon today as the date for the anawal meecting of the New Kngiand baseball - league which will be held at Thetelay house, Nahant. The meeting will opep at 7 p. m. Officers will be elected and the | 'maakeup of the league for the com- ing season will be determined. MAY.FULLY RECOVER Decatur, Ili., Jan, 6,—UPM—Loren Murchison, the sprinter. * who has been quarantined in 8t. Mary's hos- pital suffering from cerebro spinal meningitis, has a very good chance for complete recovery, it was an- nounced today Ly his Murehison will remain in the hos- pital for at least two weeks longer, his doctor said. v—}_——fl 1,700 Persons (-l‘ll? " Pres. Coolidge’s Hand Washington, Jan. € P —Presi- dent Coolidge’s right wrist attracted the curiosity today of persons whe last night watched him shake hands | Em with about 1.700 persons at the Ju- diclary reception. The bandage that appeared’ after the New Yoar's Dl' reception. vheujen taly, on Monday, werd has: grasped the execu-| been receive The buriat will be. 3 persons tive's hand, ‘was absent last might. There was 2o indication whether the | ordeal brought a return of the awell- ing of the wrist that has frequently bethered the president after shaking hends hundreds in a brief space ot time. | New Haven, . 6 lh—m- fly Allison - Townsend, sister of the late’ Dr. Joseph H. Townsend ! secretary of the Connecticut -+ LEA MEETS ON 15TH | | Toston, Jan. 6 UM — Thuraday. | (January 12, was announced byi Headache? Inetead of dangerous heart depres- sants take safe, mild and ly NATURE'S REN and get rid bowel poieons that ceuse oo treable. Hothing like NR for biliousness, sick hesd- rches, and constipation. Asts pleasastly, Never gripes. Only Ze. \ Meke the test tonight— NEW COATS!n Larger zes JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICE $39 For Coats That Were Up to $59 JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICE $79 For Coats That Were Up to $110 $95 AUSTRALIAN $325 FUR COATS Jdanuary Sale Price $200 (Coats of Natural Muskrat, full furred pelts. Albert Steiqer. Inc. “The Store of Specialty Shops” Main at Pratt St., Hutfoxd Board of Health died in l"lor-l 'vherc by expressed desire of Mia Townsend. Miss Townsend was a member of a family long identified with thiv eity. N SCULPTRESS IN PANAMA Balboa Panama, Jan. 6.—(UP)— Mrs. Harry Payne Whitpey, Amer- ican aculptress who was commis- sioned to design the Canal sone monument to the late President Theodore Roosevelt, arrived yester- day afternoon from Havana. Tomorrow—Exceptional -Savings in the Store-wide JANUARY SALE " Women's $1.50 Silk Hose $1.00 Fashionable, full fashioned Silk Hose, all first quality. . Strengthened with four-inch lisle hems and soles. Black and smart new gray and brown tones. Steiger's—Main ¥loor $3.75 Imported Kid Gloves $2.69 Perfect fitting Gloves, smart- ly tailored of fine imported kid. With novelty flare or turn back cuff, embroidered in contrast- ing colors. Steiger's—Main I'loor $5 Marvelette Corsettes $3.95 Made with the famous pat- ented inner belt which controls the abdomen and makes this an indispensable foundation gar- ment. Of rich figured silk bro- cade. 3 $2.95 Sample Silk Vests $1.29 Special purchases of a well- known manufacturer’s sample line of Glovesilk Vests in tail- ored styles. Peach, nile, maize, orchid and white—1-3 to 1-2 less than regular. Steiger's—Main Floor Gitls' Slip-on Sweaters $1.45 Of medium weight soft wool yarns in attractive plain colors or with novelty jacquard stripes. With student or V necks, 8 to 14 years. Pumps and Oxfords $5.95 Formerly up to $10. In strap, step-in and tie models. Patent, black satin, with Cuban or Spanish heels, sizes broken. Steiger's—Main Floor DOWNSTAIRS SHOP New! Featherweight Wool Crepe ‘Frocks . § : Special 1 0 200 Frocks s These are imported all wool half hose, formerly selling for. $1.50 terns servative color eombinations. Spring Colors Rose Green Lido Blue Navy Sketched Left — O'Rossen type of tailored Coat Dress with vestee of imported novelty fabric and suede belt. Style'No. 591. Right — Wool Crepe Frocks with new shaped yoke copied from Vion- net with erepe de chine tie and pleated skirt. Style No. 590. A special purchase of entirely new Spring Frocks—the very models you see advertised in the January fashion maga- zines. Copies of authentic Paris frocks—sizes 16 to 46. HUBRITE _ Steiger's—Downstairs Shop Broadcloth Creepers 89 Exceptionally good quality broadcloth in white, blue, pink and other colors. Trimmed with handwork and white collars and cuffs, 1 to 3 years. Steiger's—Socond Floor Including some priced $1.65. Made of genuine Amoskeag flannel in one or two piece stripes, 4 to 18 years. Men's $1.50 Wool Hose $1.00 to $2. Exclusive pat- in the preferred con- Steiger's—Main Floor Boys' $1.45 Pajamas $1.19 formerly styles, pink or blue