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FARM FOLKS STAR IN UNCLE SAM’S NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928. “MOVIE” STORIES OF AGRICULTURE Pan of Beans Calls Out Fire Department New Haven, Feb. 24 UP—Smoke | poured from the windows of the home of David Ring at 15 Lawrence strect today as a fire engine drew up before the door with a clatter and clash, The firemen jumped off beforo the engine had come to & halt and ran into the house, drag- g£ing after them three chemical lines. Once inside the house they made for the kitchen which seemed to be the source of the smoke and—pulled from an oven, & pan of beans, smok- “|ing lUke a furnace and burned be- \ Movies produced for rural audiences by the department of agviculture teach lessons in farming . while telling a story too. Casts aro gathered from real farmfolk. ‘ameramert above are filming a lesson by a county sgent in the fields. Below is a husking beet scene, of the sort which adds human interest to the agricultural Hessons of the films, Feb. 24 UP—When Uncle Sam’s new scason of ‘“farm movie starts in May, rural folk again will play the leading roles. In 300 films on agricultural sub- jects now in circulation, more than 95 per cent of the character parts were played by real farmers. Ray- mond Evans, chief of the office of motion pictures, department of/ag- riculture, expects to send his cam- era crews to the far west for the first work of the year, where native | residents will be cast for finishing *“shots” in a plcture on grazing in | the national forests. | “City bred talent, even if profcs- | slonal, has heen unsuccesstul in por- | trying rural types,” Evans declares. | “There seems to be something about the bearing and gesture of the real | farmer which cannot be imitated. | Theatrical characterizations authen- | tic on Broadway, are laughed to scorn in the Grange hall where every | observer knows precisely how true | farmers look and act. They will not accept the antics of professional ‘ereators of ‘rube’ types. Made purely for educational pur- Poses, the films range from micro- scopic studies of organisms that caude plant disease to panoramic views of work on improvement and conservation of land, trees and| streams. Most of them are one reel in length, although tremendous pop- | & Wiar Gomand ba clatmed for the twa | ChicC of the United States, and three reel pictures ‘in which STVt urges that on both public there is just epough dramatization |nnd private lands no greater amount of plot to finsure continuity and|©f timber be cut yearly than the visual explanation. Washington, Col. W m B. Greeley ‘Washington, Feb. 24 (#)—Resign- mercial lumber interests, Col. llam B. Greeley, for eight Wil- years |through natural growth. New Britain Herald ceed to Colonel Greeley's post on May 1, has expressed the colonel's view. officer says, “is the underlying idca and We shall not have solved our na- a whole is on a sustained basis, with timber production yield bal- List of Patents Issued To Connecticut People Patents lssued by the U. 8. Patent over ’ Office, February 14, 1928, to Con- | b % Clll('l:;trr’::?:::rsérflg ‘IflGtoTt):“:d da]ly average:hieomm of Harold G. Manning, | Manning Bros. Shoe Co., 211 Mai 5 z {St, New Britain.) circulation last week Fred W. Barhoff, Hartford, and | W. C. Brooks, Meriden, assignors to The Hartford Battery Mfg. Co., Southington. Salt for electrolytic rec- tifiers. Willlam H. Bristol, Waterbury, | assignor to The Bristol Co. Valve. | John F. Carpmill, New Britain, assignor to North & Judd Fastener. John A. Doane, Hartford, a: to Pratt & Whitney Co,, N. Y., Full automatic thread-hobbing ma- chine. ‘William 8. Dwyer, Devon. Flexible coupling for rotary member. Maurice F. Fitzgerald. Winsted, assignor to The Fitzgerald Mfg. Co., Torrington. Current connector. Willlam J. Gagnon, Bridgeport, assignor to The Bead Chain Mfg. Co. Pull-chain pendant. Fred and 1. Himmel, New Haven, assignors to The Himmel Bros. Co. Store-front construction. Warren F. Kaynor, Sllding caster. Carroll Knowles, Hartford, as- signor, by mesne assignments, to The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stam- | ford. Sealed padlock. Solomon Manheim, Bridgeport. Self-winding clock and the like. John Robson, Waterbury, assign- or, by mesne assignments, to The Waterbury Tool Co. Fluid-preseure device, Charles T. 8mith, New Britain, ar- signor to Landers, Frary & Clark. Electrical attachment plug. ton O, Smith, Worcester, and C. Booth, Danbury, as- s, by mesne assignments, to Cincinnati Grinders Inc., Cincinnati, | Ohio. Centerless grinding. Willinm W. Trinks, Bridgeport, a%signor to Pullclean Mfg. Corp. Laundering machine. Gustave E. Villaret, Leonia, N. J., assignor to Scovill Mfg. Co., Water- bury. Canopy for lighting fixtures. New Britain’s progres- sive newspaper has a proven circulation of over 15,000 printed and dis- tributed daily. The Herald is & member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a national set of circulation auditors who check and re-check the circulation claims of the newspapers that belong to this associa- tion. Circulation is of paramont importance to advertisers, for they wish to know the distribution which their advertisement will receive. The Herald stands ready to prove its reulation and the circula- on books are always open advertisers. This is proof positive of good faith. The Herald has over e times the circulation any other newspaper published in New Britain. ignor ‘Waterbury. b ing to accept a position with com- | unit from which it is taken replaces | Maj. R. Y. Stuart, whd will suc- | essential aim of all forestry. ! tional problem until the country as and Mfg. Co. | .|to the visit of THEY UKGE CONSTANT TIMBER YIELD | (left, and Maj.- R. Y. Stuart, who coeds him May 1 as chief of the U. S. forest service, {ancing current use.” Colonel Greeley declares that |progress in farm forestry, helped Iby the stimulus of the Clark-Mc. forest Nary law, is relatively more rapid | and pronounced than in indlstrial forestry, and insists that in many ways timber production is taking more definite form as a farm or form community enterprise. Among the difficulties which now |stand in the way of private forestry himself as practice, he says, are the cu |decply interested in carrying out :epm Pl s sion in lumber markets, the financial obligation imposed by ex- “‘Sustained yield,” the resigning istihg investments in plants or tim- |berlands, the uncertainty as to the course of future taxation on mer. |chantable timber and young growth. the hurden of raw material | wastes still carried by most forest |industries in the United States. ! Trade-Marks Registered | The American Brass Co. Water- | bury. (2 registrations). Copper and copper-alloy pipe and tuhes. | Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. | Hartforg. Machinery packing. | The Crofut & Knapp Co., Nor- | walk. Felt hats and caps. Langrock Clothing Co., Inc., New Haven. Top coats, overcoats, coats, | vests, and trousers | The Star Pin Co., Shelton. Toilet | pina. Co., Trade-Mark Applicants i Eugene E. Beadle, doing business as The Pickett Drug Co., Waterbury. Germicidal inhalants for nose, mouth, and throat affections. Carl H. Hemming, doing business The Sta-Brite Cutlery Co., New Haven. Table-cutlery handles. Gertrude H. Heyn, Westport. | Wire-stapling machines. and wire- | tacking machines, Posem & Powers, Inc., Danbury. | Hats. | _The Russell Mfg. Co., Middletown. Elastic and nonelastic web. The Woodridge Orchards Co. Inc., | Woodridge. Farm products. | Polish Newspapermen Guests in Boston Boston, Feb. 24 (UP)—A delega- tion of newspaper editors from Po- ‘lnnd‘ headed by Edward A. G. Chwatcznyskl, editor of “Kuryer Poranny,” will be the guests, at luncheon of the committee on for- elgn trade of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Monday. In addition to Mr. Chwatcenyski, the delegation includes Joseph J. | Akston, editor of *“Tygodnik Hand- {lowy;” Bronislaw E. Milynarski edi- tor of “Kuryer Poranny,” and Mar- jan L. Pisarek, economie .research | expert. This group is making an ex- tensive tonr of this country to study | American industry, commerce and | finance, Export interests locally are look- ing forward with particular interest the Polish delega- tion because of the exceptional op- | PBetunities for American business in | Polund. At the present time leather cxports to Poland already form an important elemept in New England foreign trade, | yond recognition. Ring, a restaurant owner, had put the beans down to bake and had for- Botten to take them out when they were done. 4 Court Imposes Penalties On Bridgeport Burglars Bridgeport, Feb, 24.—UM—Joseph Bablan, 18; George Vertucct, 18, and Joseph Havencik, 18, pleaded gullty in superior coyrt here today to burglary charges. Judge Newell Jennings sentenced Bablan to the reformatory but suspended sentence; Vertucei was eentenced to 60 days in jail and Havancik was given a four | months sentence. King of Spain Gives ! Recipe for Own Bean Dish Washington, Feb. 24 ° P —The recipe for an elaborate dish of 8pan- islr beans, as dictated personally by King Alfonso of 8pain, will be in- cluded amang the favorite dishes of some of the world's most famous {men In the' congreasional cook book being compiled by women of the Congressional club. The recipe has been forwarded to Washington by Ogden Hammond, American ambassador to Spain, and {will be broadcast from Radio Sta- ition WRC, at 11 a. m. Saturday by Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the secretary of labor. 15 to 18 Reported Dead In Mine Disaster Forth Smith, Ark., Feb. 24 (P— Fifteen to 18 men are belleved to have been killed by an explosion in Mine No. 3 of the Mama Coal com- pany at Jenny Lind, Ark., near here, at 8:30 a. m. today. Approximately 125 men Were in this and connecting mines at the time of the blast, but | more than 100 of them are believed {to have escaped. iGovemment Party Wins | More Seats in Jap House | Tokyo, Feb. 24 UP—The selyukal }or government party obtained 221 iseats in the diet and the minscito jor opposition party, 214, in Mon- {day’s election, final returns showed i today. This leaves 31 seats scattered |among various independent parties and the two major parties are now /busily bidding for the support of it}m independents, SUBPOENAS ISSUED ‘Washington, Feb. 24 (®—The fed- eral trade commission today issuc subpoenas to power companies all oveér the country for information on which to carry out the senate order for an investigation of their financ- | ing methods. As soon as sufficlent Information has been received, the commission announced, it will begin public hear- ings in Washington. Commissioner Edgar A. McCullosh will preside. Robert E. Healy, chief counsel for the commission, will direct the inves- tigation. No date was set for the hearings. SIX FOR AL SMITH Manila, Feb. 24 P—The demo- cratic territorial convention today instructed the six delegates of the | Philippines to the democratic na- |tlonal convention to vote for Gov- |ernor Al Smith, of New York, for the presidential nomination. To the music of a Filipino band, the hundred delegates sang “East Side, West Side” 15 times after pledging thelr support to New York's | governor. Four Youths Held Over For Superior Court Bridgeport, Feb. 24 UP—Four youths, all with court records, ar- rested February 16, in possession of a stolen automobile truck, in which | was found a kit of burglars tools, iwere bound over to the superlor |vourt today by city court Judge Al- bert J. Merritt. These held are, Antonio Lampag- i nale, 27; Thomas Vastano, 19; Frank | Matnero, 24, and Fred Scinto. | DIES OF HEART FAILURE Little Falls, N. Y., Feb. 24 (D— After a plunge backwards downhill {in an automobile, Watts Bullock, ! well kiown Mohawk Valley auction- {eer, died today of heart fallure. | When the car slid backwards down ' steep hill it crashed into a motor bus at the foot of the grade. TO RUN SERVICE | Queens Village, L. 1. Feb. 24 (UP)—Children under 12 years of age will have full charge of the morning service at Queens Baptist chureh here Sunday, with Rev. J. Farle Edwards, the pastor, occupy- ing a seat with the congregation. SPECIAL R. R. POLICE Hartford, Conn., Feb. 2¢ (P — Governor Trumbull appointed the following special rallroad policemen for the Central Verment railway: Cortland F. Brown of New London; Dewey H. Perry of Essex Junction, Vt.; Willlam A. Tooles of Burling- ten, Vt.; Willlam A. Leach and Gile bert L. Hodge, both of Bt. Albans, vt . BANKER ARRESTED Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 24 P— Accused of speculations approximat- ing $175,000 from various sources, Stanley Lee, fromer vice-president and director of the Arkansas Na- tional bank here, was arrested today on a federal warrant charging him specifically with the embezzlement of $20,000 from the Arkansas National bank. STEAL HENS Clifton, N. J., Feb. 24 (UP)— Two thieves who stole considerable equipment and cight hens from the food experimental laboratories of the Takamine Corporation returned the equipment but have to confess that their experiment with the hens had proved mouriehing. 1 Tllegal Police Force I In New Zealand Arrested| Against Newspapermen Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 2 Greenfield, Feb. 24 (UP)—Bossy UP—A wireless message from Apia, |Gillis has turned against the news- 8amoa, says white and native 8a- | papermen—and some of them are so moan police covered by naval parties | ill-mannered as to suggest he has bit fro mthe Australian cruisers Dun- | the hand that fed him. edin and Diomede, have arrested 150 | Reporters were still steaming to- members of the illegal police force. |day over the searing denunciation of The illegal force was organized by |the fourth estate which hizzoner the “The Mau” or League of Samoans. |mayor of Newbyryport delivered last There were no disturbances but night at thc Greenficld automobile the prisoners waved wticks and|show. chanted tribal songs en. route to the police station. The cruisers were sent to-Samoa as a precautionary measure after the administrator advised the gov- | ernment conditions were serious and any action taken by the officlal po- lice might be regarded as a signal for general retribution by “The Mau.” Porto Rico American Tobacco Omits Dividend New York, Feb. 24 UP—Directors of Porto Rican American Tobacco company have omitted the quarterly dividend of $1.76 a share on the class “A" stock. Luis Toro, president, said the compuny's operating re- sults for 1927 were up to expecta- tions as far as its investments in & controlling interest in Congress Cigar company was concerned, but operaflons in Porto Rican were af- fected during the year by the clgarette price war and the clgar | makers' strike. | “Bossy” Gillis Turns are insincere—the whole bunch of ‘em, and nine out of ten are low down pikers. ! Fordham Seismograph | Registers Earthquake | New York, Feb, 2¢ (P—Instru- ments at the Fordham University observatory for 256 minutes today re- corded an earthquake of moderate intensity which appeared to be the culmination of a series of slighter shocks occurring during the night. | The earthquake, Fordham authori- ties sald, appeared to have been centered at a distance of about 3,000 miles. The large tremor started at 9:40 o'clock and lasted until 10:05 o'clock. Falls Off Horse and Is Kicked in the Eye | London, Feb. 24 (A—While hunt- ing with the Quorn hounds in com-.| pany with the Prince of Wales, the| Duke of York and Prince Henry, the | Honorable Frederick Heyworth | Cripps had a spill at a fence today |and was scriously Injured in one eye | { by a kick from his horse. | "Mr. Cripps is a son of Lord Par- ‘moor. who was a labor peer in the Ramsay Maclonald cabinet, has a | | distinguished war record and has| | been prominently identified with ef- | forts to reopen commiercial rela- | tions between England and Russia. | I Clark F:;, Illustrator, ik Being Sued for Divorce Bridgeport, Feb. 24 (P—Buit for | divorce Avas filed today in the su- | perior court by Mabel Augusta | Briggs Fay agalinst Clark Fay, illus- | trator. Mrs. Fay asks allmony and custody of their three children. Mra. “ay who is known in tfe art world! as Nancy Fay, charges her husband with misconduct on varlous occa- sions eince December 1, 1927. Fay | moved to New York several months {ago. He fs now living at 16 Wost | | Tenth street, Greenwich Village. H The Fays were married on March | 25, 1917, | in RIRGER MUST HANG. Springfield, I, Feb. 24 (M— Charley Birger, gunman and gang- leader of southern Illinois, lost his last fight today when the Iinois su. preme court affirmed his conviction for murder and set Friday, April 13, as the date for his hanging. iy A ea—————— wspapermen remind me of ; Atlmtic Skippeu w.“ « last being the bad boy mayor's | idea of the last word in insults, he | finished his speech and sat down | amid applause from the second row ! back. | PHILAD Philadelph DIES , Feb, 2¢UP—After a 'long illness, J. Rutherford MeAl- | lister, well known Philadelphia ,banker, died at his home today. He was president of the Franklin Na- | dcr the name of Franklin-Fourth | |Btrect Nation, he became chairman lof the board. He was 65. ractically eve (hwnnm&%flg HERALD Sixty thousand is a lot of readers. To Look for Airplane New London. Feb, 24 M—The coust guard basc here, reports that Atlantic shipping haa been notified by radio to keep a lookout for an airplane, leétter GO reported missing from Fort Farewell, Hudson Mraita The plane was last heard from by wireless when effecting a {anding on ice. An unidentified -steamer has re- “Newspapermen are worse than 'tional bank and when it was merged | Ported the sighting of a mast in bootleggers,” bellowed Bossy. “They 'with the Fourth street National un- | latitude 43.43 north, longitude $0.12 west. The steamer said- that the mast may be part of a sunkep: ves- A%h&hflmmkfi The Assoriated Which has a News Press agent This is an ewspaper Pmeans Truth told interestingly a night will see your “Classified Ad” in the Consider the axpense and time it would take to reach that number tn any other way. You can bring your Classified Ad to the Herald 4 office, or phone it to 925, before noon daily, and it will appear in print by 3:30 P. M. Before sundown, thousands of people, who dally watch the Classified Ads as a megns of filling thelr needs, will have séen your message. { “Nothing Takes the Place of a Good Newspaper”

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