New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1928, Page 6

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Entered ain he Herald ta on sale dally in York Hotaling's Newsstand, T Gquare; Schultz’s Newsstands, Entrance tirand Central, THE NEW BUS LINE The new bus line from Farming. on enters the city rather ostenta- tiously. The Center, regarded as ~illed to overflowing with buses and trolley cars, will experience no ad- Jitional traftic' problems on account of the new line, The mayor's idea that the center of the city should e spared such additional onslaughts nas prevatled and the New England rransportation company, evidently cager to please In this instance, udopted a roundabout route With alaerity. The entry into the city through lorbin and Shuttle Meadow avenues, Rockwell avenue, Franklin square and Eim street, eventually reaches the railroad station; but as buses | iravel fairly swiftly it is doubtful | whether the schedule is much long- or on account of the greater distance | traveled; not more than five min- utes, anyway. The service Is not remarkable for its frequenay, but if residents of the | Farmington district utilize the new | line frequently enough an Increase | in service no doubt will be willingly provided. | | IMPROVING TOWN HOME A report of almshouses recently made spoke very well of New Brit- | ain. The mayor and the public wel- tare board followed with an inspec- tion of the town home buildings on Rocky Hill avenue and with com- mendable foresight and a desire v | make the lot of those fn the home us comfortable as possible, will ad- | vocate that the board of tinance and ' taxation provide money to improve the male quarters. This is a move that will receive tlie approval of all citizens. It is the duty of every community to provide ~dequate quarters of this nature. The city some years ago provided a modern bullding for the female in- mates of the town home, but the male quarters have not been simil- larly looked after. It probably is necessary to make considerable im- | provements in the male quarters and the finance board no doubt will be | auick go include the necessary ap- | propriation—which probably will be a small one compargd with other appropriations — in the Ludget. In this, as in all things, the should take oride in doing a neces. sary job properly. annual city FEDERAL RAIDS Again it has been necessa judge to call attention to the fact y for a that home is a man’s castle and that government agents—in this case prohibition agents—have no right tc cnter without duly authentieate documents of search Judge Dunn in logical thing in dismis: ugainst a housecholder shown that prohibition agents it w Haven did the a ch after it form of policemen enter without 1 om the warrants. terence whether liquor contr judge in cffect ruled; th illegal found in act and could viet with it In thes zents days when and policemen her begun have of N 4 practice premises on the Carri ciple, When plices are out warrants, and whe are extorted from prison istreating hem while it Is refreshing {o civie violate the the publi Placs nts, ture and equipn personal dun which pro are no zood in conr BRINTOL To talk to favorite amus TARES ACTEON ment with axes to public schinol I ot Tow propag: ing the 1 |ganda in the schools, and that it is I principle of companionate marriage | Boston clergyman | comm them proper soil for prohibition lecturers. People have a right to lecture on prohibition to their hearts' content, or any other subject. But there are halls and buildings in every city which are available for such pur- poses. Lecturing before school children, of course, has the advantage of pro- viding a ready-made audience, one bound to attend and bound to listen. For this very reason school authorities need to be careful about the lecturing done. Educational topies having a bearing on knowl- edge, holidays that are observed in the schools, patriotic discourses— these are legitimate flelds; but the schools need to be kept tree of dis- courses upon controversial subjects. 1t may be held, of course, that prohibition concerns itself with a vital subject that embraces the wel- | fare of pupils. But this is a matter of opinion, and so long as it is not an opinion held unanimously, it is better not to permit the schools to be utilized for the purpose. Temper- ance and self-control is more or less directly embodied in education, and dditional knowledge on the subjact can be imparted by parents, in church schools, and through legiti- mate propaganda not identificd with the chool system, Prohibitionists have this to con- sider: That prohibition as we have it was brought about without propa- not an essential of law enforcement that at this late day the schools should be utllized for a purpose not found necessary earlier. COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE A clergyman in Boston recently stated it as his conviction that the | is receiving altogether publicity; that regardless criticism launched ‘modern™ conception too much of the against this of the mar- riage relation, “knock” be- s0 much additional adverti every we have come | halt a dozen dissertations about companionate marriage in the Since that time across public prints—and we make no pre- tence of reading miorc than an in- finitesimal total of the publications printed. The Associated Press the other day carried another smashing ob- jection against companlonate mar- | viage, an item that no doubt was | printed in thousands of papers, in- | cluding our own. If the thesis of the is correct, then that was so much free advertising for the new idea. A candid appr contrary 1 leads to a conviction. If those who | oppose companionate marrlage can | project worthy ' arguments through the public prints it is reasonable to suppose that the public will have graep them, If sons to give com- | age a black eye it | to best sense enough to there are good rea panionate mar can through would done, e done advantage And it this is being fhe newspapers. appear that THE NORTHEND $CHOOL When the school building pro- gram city was etarted the Northend school, although even at that time on a par with the old Lin- coln school in gencral la and in the k of etjuip- ment convenienc was net for the need of improvement may have e overerowded. Agreement isted, because of the better ac- tions at the orthend chool the others were given relief while the Northend school had to wait, Meanwhile the new school, the It school, the Robert J. Vance scheol, and the ad- | Lincoln Roce: dition to the Nathan Hale junior high have n built, and the lin s These struc Jenjamin chool is under construe- ires accommodate pupils in the northwest, north- | =1 Northend st west, east of the and southwest se ions sehool aceomine While t res were built 11 a steady orthend 1o us- portable lded t the time tions for ind f for the North- | for state office, | ideas on public guestions. | ting—the & "1 More mittee, which in the face of a huge problem has valiantly endeavored to bring the school system,up to date, is not finished. The petition is time- ly and can be expected to bring about some, if not all, of the im- provements and enlargements that clearly are necessary. BECK'S PECULIAR POSITION Representative James M. Beck, said to be of Philadelphia, is in a peculiar position. The former solici- tor general, who latterly became the attormey for Senator Vare, may {be able to prove to inquiring con- gressmen that renting an apartment in Philadelphia constitutes residence there, although in his own words “public service of various kinds has kept me from returning to Philadel- phia to live.” Beck is a citizen, but his home port is the question that is agitating those congressmen who are funda- mentally concerned that a repre- sentative should be a citizen of the | gistrict he represents. The people in the Philadelphia district elected him, it is true; but they would have done | so regardless of the apartment he rented there so long as Bill Vare let it be known he was his friend. That, by the way, is a peculiarity of politics in Philadelphia. A NEW SENATOR Sronson Murray Cutting—that is his name, the mnew semator from New Mexico. Considering how sen- ators, willy nilly, get their names into the public prints and how par- ticular they are about their prestige and power, it is well to get ac- Guainted with the gentleman who is succeeding the latc Semator A. A. Jones. Jones was a Democrat. Cutting 1s classed as a sort of independent, ex- copt that Tie has become an ardent | admirer of President Coolidge. Per- haps nobody knows exactly: how he will vote, for seldom has a gentle- man of more diverse political his- | tory reached the upper house. He was a member of the Progres- | | stve party in the old days and clung to it even after Roosevelt ditched it. Report has it he was one of the last to 1ot go the ship. He was active overseas during the war and ported the Wilson administration, and voted the Democratic ticket in 1920, From then on his political leaning has been glightly in doubt, sup- { although it is knowny that in 1924 he supported the Democratic candidates although .at the same time he swung towards Presi- dent Coolidge. Tn 1926 he used his newspaper—for be is a publisher— | against the re-election of Governor A. T. Hannett, a Democrat, and he probably was the deciding factor in ! Hannett’s defeat and in the election of Governar Dillen. It was Dillon who named him to the Senate fol- lowing the death of Jones. An easterner by carly training— he was born on Long Island and studied at Harvard—he is a west- erner by adoption, and is credited with posscssing the ‘usual breezy That is one of the peculiarities about Cut- doesn't be administration know whether he is going to a “stanch support of the Norris type; and the Demo- ‘rats anticipate he will vote on their half the As arly evenly divided side more tha the Scnate is n Senator Cutting siderably | time, Il be wooed con- the opposivg factions, and is destinad to be a power in the upper body by dint of the situation there appertaining. Only one thing is certain about nator Cutting—he is going 10 vote New Mexico's way in the Dam controversy, Boulder 25 Years Ago Today (I'rom Paper of T Date) Up to date none of the factories have appealed to the hoard of relief, dls in the but it is understood that several of | them intend to do so. The CCorbin assessment has heen £400,000, ths £174,000 $168,500, und American Hosiery 50,000, City Clerk Thontpson that during the year ty owners paid off li ity on their property. of the best year's records sinee ity clerk has been in offic Residents in the ern parts of the city are the Jochtion of postal sub-stations. ion in one of the stores op Wi nostreet, near Lincoln strooet L& 1id today held by the the A i1 prove a great accommodation he people in that scetic Tonti club had Al evening in Holme Hoffman's hall. The hall was zantly trimmed in red and gr ral places were fitted up o5 € the p being a ne - introduc ors w t the office of the Juck Moore MeGrail tr v of prople rs o . Josep hn mar th St sarry shal, Jo. annual 1 Matthew G chureh had a prospe r Rev. Willizm Mo A went nd put rfornier Thomas ¢, An § inel and udd, W. Slate than four million cone YA P " rfoet Day or a Republican | 2 60 proper- This is one i west- agitating t Iast night to the | \Facts.and Fancies 1890: Hitch your wagon to a star. 1928: Try to ape a movie star. Why shouldn't an employee try to seem busy when the boss ap- | proaches? The boss tries to seem busy when an employee approaches. Among the palms you see at a | winter resort are banana, sago, date and itching. Conservative: The man who paves the path cut through the wilderness by & radical. In the old days guests were v.nkenl in by means of a drawbridge fnstead of draw poker. | A steam heated apartment is a place wheic you nave gooseflesh be. cause the janitor wears wool under: wear., Well, wearing a codnskin coat and leaving the head unprotected shows a nice sense of valuea. How to get a reputation for wis- dom? Oh, say undisputed things in a ponderous way, How vicious: and undemocratic | college fraternities seem to the man who never was asked to join one. Americanism: Thinking modern | kids are going to the devil because they don’t sneak as kids did in your tme, Note to Nicaragua, the Philip- pines, et al: Fights for freedom are noble only when white colonists gre fighting the mother country. It wasn't the eloguence in the orator that made the old-time poli- | tical speech go over big; it was the | hooch in the audience, Professionals trying to develop | Presidential timber look for budding | | genius, but' they have their minds |on grafting. | ‘lf ~ 1 Shop Editor, care of the New Gritala and letter will be to New York. ‘Hard to Teach Old Dags Now Tricks! 0 birds in last year's nest,” they "y, But, Folks, how many times a day ‘e 6till write “7" instead of *‘§ On this year's mall put last year's date! Let's Make Up! Geraldine: “Well, I'm giad we quar- reled, so there!” Pete: “I'm sorry your glad.” Geraldine: “Oh darling, forgive me! I'm glad you're sorry I'm glad!" —Mrs, L. R.‘Hirac! The Fun Shop- News Weekly From an old cook book: “When this is done, sit on a very hot stove and stir frequently.” W Who wouldn't? . » > ioal Although no weather prophet, We forecast, little dears, The worst February 29th We've had in at Jeast four years! .« s . Governmental Since the gnnouygement that the Mint is busy preparing new .and smaller paper currency, several per- sons have written to ask for a few free samples! . L ) Home Economica Christmas bills weigh heavy _Upon your purse and soul, In three or four months, friends, Yoy won't need any coal! o .o dear Criminal A small bag containing bottles of. poison was stolen from a doctor's automobile in Detroit the other day. It ‘was ‘the more inexcusable in view of the fact that they were labele@ “Not To Be Taken.” | It must be nice to be important, $0 the salesman won't insinuate that you can get into the upper class by buying his car. Words mean litle. Once the bride was endowed with worldly goods and i didn't get them; now she isn’t and does. A philosopher is a man who feels | as different about a prize he can't win as he would feel if he had al~‘ ready won it. ! What’s the 1f a wife knew {what her husband’s stenographer veally thinks of him, she'd still be | mad. | Ly There's this differcnce: An outlaw | frankly robs you of money, an in-law | promn s to, pay it back. Corrict this sentence: “His wife | s much better educated than he.” | said the gossip, “but he never cor- rects him in public.” | Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate R TRRIL TN ’F:‘!Afl TYATICETED IN WEE (PR AN {Vobrag of Offerings Smallast in Hore Taan Year - jiaY 7 (B—Ncw bond ofiorings totaled 1,000 in the anded v against $66,- 3,000 last week and $129,243,500 in the corresponding week of !year, The current week's total was the smallest in more than a year the nearest approach to it having been in the week of August 5 lust cn mid-summer dullness held the ings down to 33 000, Following @ the offerings, of thix and last week: "'his 1 Woek Wee LOtn & 100,000 300,000 New York, Jan, we by srops, utility . 1 fivities this week Were late in rted owing to the New and investment more oceupied with year's supplics out new offerings. the first k in many that state and municipa Jias furnished the large the new offerings, T Rochester furnished the’ T with the and made By li- caring out in bringing 15 we months tinancing Hem among city of issuc 4 ol(erines we N. Y. the East district of « 1 Utility Hudson River in the %public up of $2.- utility group bon enrporation, : aller offering: “FOOTNOTES" ocLow NOT YET! Passenger: “DPorter, ‘through’ train?" Porter: “Nawsah, she's just commenced, sah —Florence Rothman. is this o done ‘;rn‘:) S FROM _THE DARKTOWN NEWS | Edited by Onyx and Florian (Supervised by Paul 5. Powers) . Locals Weary Ooze is laid up with water on de knee, according to Dr. Thorax Pustule. Mr. Ooze claims dat de Doc |am mi | dat his knee hasn’t been exposed to . any water since last Spring. PR | Rumor has it dat Adenold Fuzz' |am dying by inches. o far, de disease has worked down as far as Ihis cars. i .. Agonius Wheeze talked in his |slcep Monday night, his wife ex- plains. Dr. Thorax Pustule reports dat he am still asleep but he isn't [ talking. ¢ o0 . Mr. Chinny Gibber-am a fast talk- er. When he discovered dat his house v:as on fire Wednesday morn- ing he went out and sold it beforc anybody clse émelled de smolke. P Ajax Bibby came home from a !beer party Jate Thursday night and wrecked the wreck he has been driving. Mr. Bibby explains dat he saw two steering whecls. and not | knowing which to take hold of, he | compromised by not taking hold of | any. | | | | « o Mr., and Mrs. Delirius Lovey have | returned from their honcymoon and | will be at home to all except to | whom Mr. Lovey owes money, PR Advertisements Tor Sale! Canceled stamps, used razor bla calendars. Kee me for szing Bump. . . 1 Notice! I"ortunes told at reasonable fecs. 1 tells you what |your past husband looked like and | what alimony you get in de future. |1f your face you what T think of it! See me today |Africanus Wizard, Doctor tune Tellery. postage es and 1 bargain of For- Big Reward, for name of gal who | ter Works American company Works & San An- Three out, lis \ Witey and th i3le th i Telephone cam road * “or issi ver industrial Activitics 1 T n oniy issue, i k. 1l financing w1 with the t st important he year will be ef ing of ' At Trpor i utility offerings re on resuimed | 1 was running around with my hus- band while I was at home celebrat. |in& my golden wedding anniversary? | Mrs. THolly Toot. of Backwardne Ev New ¥ 11 their bills, ‘How the dickens can to civilize & nation Heig! | Marcuse 1 Chinese pay r hope ;llkv that 2" i — Lillian Tefrt. SOTCH EMBARRASS: T . ! for whom ‘there {8 no hopc: aken in his diagnosis, saying “ostracized completely because m your fortunc I tells |! Iw plas —THE OBSERVER— _ Makes Random Observations On the City aso Its People Although the democratic national convention is still months aw: democrats of New Britain are al- ready giving thought to the question of who will be thelr representative at the gathering which is to aelect & presidential candidate. The local wing of the party i§ 100 per cent for Governor 8mith o head the ticket. New Britain's delegate will be so instructed, if only for the formality of it, because New Britain has not deviated from the course it followed four years ago when it held out in favor of a Smith-instructed state dclegation. Those who direct state democratic policies did not concur in the view, but that did not interfere with this city's stand and when it was finally voted that dele- gates go uninstructed, New Britain was alone in its negative vote. ‘While {t is possible there may be a larger number of candidates for delegate when the time for select- ing one rolls around, the names of Edward O. Kilbourne and John J. Walsh are now being most prom- inently mention:d. Both have dema- crats of long standing, and have been assoclated with the municipal governmerit,” Mr. Kilbourne - has been an assessor and he was for 14 years on the school board, Mr. Walsh, a Main street businessman, wag on the building commission un- der A. M. Paonessa as mayor. As far as is known either would accept the position on the delega- tion but neither has come forward as an active candidate, Now that they—~whoever “they” are—are talking again about re- vampiug the calendar, let’s have it done right. Our platform plank for this week is a demand for a 30 hour day. We shall present a resolution at the na- tional conventions of the republican, dergocratic and mugwump parties to have such a day incorporated in the law of the land. A day lasting only 24 hours s not long enough. Time was, when cveryone lived on a farm, that 24 hours was sufficient. Folks worked from before dawn until after dark, filled up on home cured meat and hopped into bed. They worked 0 !late and got up so early that it was no strange experignce for a man to enter his room to go to bed only to meet himself dressing to go out to milk the cows. But now that sharps have discovered that we are an urban nation, the day must be lengthencd, The work-sleeg program was all right back on the farm but when people live in cities it will never fit their needs. There's plenty of time for work but what we need is mare time to play. An eight haur day for work, that's all right, That's plenty. But suppose a fellow gets through his daily doz- ing at 5 o'clock, that leaves him only a few hours to play. Fhere .ro three or four movic houses around the town which should be visited regularly. One could dally at each Just long enough to see the feature picturc. Then there are night clubs and road houses on the outskirts where the very best deck varnish is obtainable in the guise of palatable liquor. Dashing from night club to night club takes time. “Parlor par- ties™ are held nightly all over town and one won't stand in long unless | onc stops occasionally for a cigarette | or two. Then there are the bridges , whith must be patronized. Reading hbooks also occupies a fair part of the evening if one is to keep posted on what the post office authoritics are barring nowadays. Not to be able | to discuss all the latest novels is to stamp one as a dull fellow, indeed, 3 it actu. ally results in"a lo8s of social pres. tige and an iInstance has been known of an old fashioned person being he could not offer an opinfon on a book which had come kot off the press the previous day. Once in a while it is necessary to maintain friendly diplomatic relations with the sets in other towns and a .whole evening gocs by the boacd. Now if the calendar tinkers would only be rcasonable and establish a thirty hour day, all would be rosy. A person social obligations and get home at | what is now six o'elock in the morn. ing but which would be equivalent to, say, midnight under present con- Gitions. ‘The objection might be raised that there only twelve months in the year. Well, shorien the year to elév- cn months. That will make for a longer day and will o result fn another boon to humanity—we shall receive monthly bills only eleven tjmes during the course of the ys Our weekly peeve is directed against the gentleman—or mayi was a ludy—who invented 1} now generally worn men's neeks. And we're doubly peev- ed if that scarf happens to be the same dimensions as a bed shect. To begin with, the thing cannot’be folded properly. In ‘order to pre- pare for this procedyre it is neces- |sary to select o broad expanse—an airplane landing field will do or if you do not happen to have a field {of this type in the house, a floor in a room from which all furniture has been removed will answer the pur- posc. You grip the scarf by oppo- te corners and let the tip of the ngle thus formed fall of its own ght. Then when the scarf is hav- nwoment of ('Ahw'"‘ mindedness, you lay it‘more or less gently on the selected for the attempt. Two That unless T listen real carefully 1 lose the thread Of what she’s saying. The other night this happened And J eaid, “Wait a minutc. T dow't follow you." She got up, went to the kitchen, And reiurned with a bottle Which she gave me. Tmagine my chagrin When T saw that it was a bottle Of Keteh-1p! —Henry Schmidt. (Dear Editor: I My sweetie talks so fast (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) the population | could discharge all his | to one it will mot lay flat. But, sup- posing you succeed, you then try to fold it .over. Having accomplished this—men have been driven insane by tribulations of less moment—you neak the scarf gently up in the air and over your head. Quickly and deftly you attempt to place it somewhere peir the nape, of the neck. Just as you utter a sigh of victory, the scarf will most likely un- fold. Then it is necessary to go through the same procedure. With patienge. gnd increasing skill you may be able to do the trick by the middle of April and by that time you can place it away in mothballs or send it to a foreign-missionary- so- ciety. In the latter case it will prob- ably become a Sunday gown for a dusky blonde in the fastnesses of the illimitable forest. But going back a bjt, Imagine— if.yolir imagination can be stretched that far—~that you do succeed in get- ting it on the back of your neck. You reach for your coat and the thing falls to the floor. Again, if you succeed in getting your coat on, you discover the scarf has work- ed its way up around your ears. But {do not lose your mental equilibrium. Remove it carefully and with firm control of your temper, and present it to the coachman, | Radio - fans are hearing the great stars of stage and screen and are hearing the big events of the coun- try, but the usual thorn is found wherever one tunes. Grand opera advertises a brand of washing pow- der, prize fights advertise a. certain type of of stove grate, foothall games ladvertise climates of other sections of the country, dance orchestras ad- vertise pest exterminators, etc., etc. That stuff {s all right as long as it isn’t carried too far. What we mean is that as long as the fan hears the program he'il listen to that stuff, but the minute the advertising be- comes s prominent as to crowd the music or entertainment out of the spotlight the listegers begin to howl that a bad taste is creeping into their mouths. ‘Will Rogers, on Wednesday night, |took a subtle ride out of Graham McNamee for his enthusiasm ever the California cimate last Monday during the Leland S8tanford-Univer- sity of Pittsburgh foothall game. Will became immensely popular with thousands of radio fans then and there. Of course, Graham may have been enthused over the climate, but it seems to us that he has shown ! himself, in the past, to be too much |interested in the welfare of the fan of balmy atmosphere and pretty flowers. Whether or not there was {a methed In his madness, we shall never know. The only thing is that Mac-didn't ‘do right by the fans and he has suffered, as a result, Wil said, in substance, that he knew what kind of flowers adorned jone of the floats, but that he never {found ot who won the game. He was right. McNamee was s0 much occupied with telling about Califor- nia and an airplane ride he took, that he forgot te pay much atten- tion to the game and it lagged econ- |siderably. He used to-be quite in- terested in the various shades and | hues of the trees on West Rock, New Haven, but he never became 50 en- | thusiastic regarding the surrounding landscape that he neglected the de- | tails of the Yale footbal| games. | 1t the National Broadcasting Co. wanted to present a nature program, why didn't it select some native Cali- fornian to describe the surrounding flora and fauna, 50 to speak. He could have handled it much better and with much more pep. Honest: 1y, we thought McNamee was going | to lapse into poctic phrases at any jminute. Seldom does such a condi- |tion as last Monday's exist and it's| {well for radio that it doesn't. The public doesn’t mind subtle ad- vertising; in fact, subtle advertising | is rather pleasant and the firms that present programs really benefit the | radio audience because with their resources they are able to secure better than average talent in many cases. But those firms scldom men- {tion thelr products except as a side issue and the f8N is not bothered because he hears the program and the publicity hints without the one iinterfering with the other. That's “good will"” stuff, but the other is something eclse again. Maybe MeNamee was genulnely enthused, but he chose the wrong time to describe his feelings. With thousands of football fans listening for reports of yardage gained and touchdowns made, it's all an an. nouncer’s life is worth to start de- scribing nature. I | { i Occasionally the Observer pauses for a moment in the hurly burly of the day to say a good word for & de- | serving cause. This is not geing to bea s0b story, o read on. It {s a simple plea for a group of men who, the writer belicves, deserve a greav deal at the hands of their employers, the public. Reference is to the mem- bers of the New Britain fire depart- ment, who have applied for an in- crease in pay of fifty cents a day. " The Observer has always liked firemen. Ever since the first fire | f he ever knew took him for a | ride in a rubber tircd wagon in the | days when horses were de riguer, hie has had an affection for firemen. But Tie wouldn't care to be “on ths department” because there are meny | things conne with the work which are decidedly disagrecable. But there is more than sentiment in this appeal. It is a question of what the writer believes is ordinary justice. We are all apt to cheer for the firemen while he is itting as- tride an fcy ladder on a cold night directing a stream of water on a raging fire. But we are fickle mind- ed and within a few hours, the | picture of heroism fades and we vis- ualize the fireman as a good fellow who sits around a card table to while away the hours or spends his time polishing the apparatus. The fa that he way be called out at any | moment while the rest of humanity sits n comfortable homes to scale | |an icy ladder again and risk his lif~ | to save others does not appeal ro strongly. That s something which |every fireman has constantly in the lto waste valuable time in speaking | call to duty, even though he the "off” shift. " New Britain's history is resplen- dent with the deeds of bravery per- | formed by her firemen. It is pos- sihle for the city to repay in part for those acts of sacrifice. The least the community can do, it scems to the Observer, Is tq increase the pay of the firemen 0 it will be more nesrly equal to the'scale in. force elsewhere. EX-CONVIGT SOUGHT INACTRESS HURDER Mrs. Havington's Coat and Letters of Friends Found New York, Jan. 7.—P—A general alarm was sent out by the palice yesterday for the arrest of Fred W. Edel, an undersized ex-convict, as & suspect in the murder of Mrs. Bris- walters Harrington, an actress, in her apartment at 617 West 190th street, The body of the woman was found in the bathroom of her home on December 22, six days after ul\x was belleved to have been _beaten t death. Four diamond rings, a $500 fur coat and about $200 had dis- ppeared. She had obtained an in- teflocutory decree of divorce three months before her death from Guy Harrington, Jeading man in a Wilkes-Barre, Pa., stock company. The clue to the suspect, was learn- ed yesterday, was obtained through the discovery of the missing fur coat in a room occupied by the ex- convict up to five days ago in New Haven, Conn. Detectives under Chief Bmith of the New Haven police had searched the room last Wesdnesday night and uncovered the coat and letters addressed to Mrs. Harring- ton by friends. Then a telephone message was sent to the police of this city requesting that detectives be sent there to takc up the trail of the suspect. < | Detectives Winkleman and Roge of the homicid: squad went to New Haven early Thursday morning and later telephoned to Deputy Inspector Carey, head of the squad, that the coat and the letters had been turned over to them by the New Haven po- lice and that a quest for the suspect in New Haven proved fruitl Hunt for Suspect Widens Through information furnished by the New Haven detectives the iden- tity of the man was made known apd » copy of the Rogues’ Gallery plcture of Edel was furnished carly yesterday to every detective in the city, Other copies were sent to heads of police forces in New Jerscy, Connecticut and Loug Island. Neither Deputy Inspector Carey nor any other high police official would reveal the location of the rooming house in New Haven wherc the slain woman's coat and letters were found. The New Haven police were equally reticent. Then man, it was known, was geen |about New Haven about two days before the coat and letters were found. It was sald that he was a waiter, and was secn last boarding a bus or a car going in the direction {of this city. Information about his “nrn’loun criminal record was with- {held by the police. It was learned, | however, that the suspect i3 § fect |5 inches tall, and weighs about 120 pounds, Observations 'On The Weather | Washington, Jan. 7 — Forecast: | Bastern New York: Generally fair today, somewhat warmer in south portion Sunday, increasing cloudi- ness. Northern New England: Mostly fair Baturday; somewhat warmer in Maine; Sunday cloudy. Southern New England: Fair Sat- urday; Sunday mostly cloudy; not much change in temperature, Conditions: Pressure continues high over the south Atlantic states and eastward to Bermuda; it is Jow along the northern border. The indigations are for fair weath- er over the Atlantic states and in- creasing cloudiness over western portions of the Washington forecast district Saturday with a continued moderation of temperature over much of the district. On Sunday there will be considerable cuoudiness with some risk of lizht local rainsg over the western _:ition of the dis- trict. Winds: North to Sandy Fresh southwest; Saturday. . Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate to fresh southwest; mostly fair Sat- urday. Hook: partly overcast BEGINS JAN. 30TH Enlarged Faculty Additional Space to accommodate about twenty students ENROLL EARLY and avoid being on the waiting list. PHONE 207