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

6 New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Issued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg. 67 Church Street SUBECRIPTION RATES $8.00 & Year. 2.00 Three Months 6. & Month. Entered at the Post Office at New Brit- | aln as Second Class Mail Matter. TELEPHONBE CALLS Bustness Ofica ... 925 Editortal Rooms .+ The only profita City. Cireul i’:m;‘".mi. open to advertisers. of the Associated Press m"fll‘&fh:m Presms 1o exclusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or mot otherwise Sredited fn thie paper and also local news published thereln. Audit Buresa of Cirealation is & national organization newspapers and adver- y honast analysis of tion statistics are Thie tnwures pro- ate- &nd mber The A B. C which furnishes tisers with & atrictl circulation. Our circuia ased upon this audit toction against fraud in mewspaper tribution figures to both mational scal advertiser The Herald York et Hotallng’e square; Schultz Grand Central, e a woman Newsstand. 2nd Btreet. Overheard coming from on Church street: “Well, the police need a razz once in & while, else we wouldn't know who they are.” The presidential nomination bally- hoo gives the impression of a dozen | volcanoes going at once, each s Ling lava and gas. Untke real vol- canoes, however, all becom: stinct at the same time. What seems to make the not will movies vopular is that it does make mueh difference if one arrives late or leaves early. The best show in for voungster is to sce a double-hee {reight train pass through the city.| There are at least 4,000,000 per- <ons in this country, according to the Democrats, who are not remote- ly interested in the income tax. e Every new motorist with the time should take a spin thro 1gh Walnut Hill park, in order expericnce «hat the washboard pike between New Britain and Berlin was like. News from the spring _amps: Locating political ssues an: then dodging them. w training SLo BN LEEE Fvery ugly sign, if not a perfec julsance, is at least dangerous—to the eyesight. It would be easy to explain Why {hat Indiana man thinks the Cath- olics are in control of the Ku Klux Klan were it not for theh fact the IToosier commonwealth is the driest of the dry. Although primarily a mawufactur- ng city, New Britain holds to the reputation of being a conservative community. Tt does not speedily take up with a new idew without thor- ough discussion, weighing of the other instance of this was the refusal of a councilmanic com- mittee 1o favor movies. A less conservative commit- and An- alyzing possibilitics, Sun afternoon tee would h: been impressed with the signatures of those favoring moving picture shows afternoon; instead, the on Sunday committe seemed to o present that the petition signaturcs vere the result of an orgamzed fort and showed only one side of the For the e the clergym thousands o zations, hall. issue. For sccond time, ore, n, representing souls in their cong von a resounding victory ir ity The who want Sunday o afternoon movies in this cit vol Low happens to st Until a xactly att vho ud ¢ ind Sunday eve to have them open toong; many of t of churches may public sentime obtained wnduir the tapis As 1l thos: P beli The Commor ter is munity. by councilm sevin 1o in of ti that they lin. their respective all, it is tr ficials that ha far that ¢ They ble advertisiug medium | lation books and prest 1s cn sale @aily 1B New Times | Newsstands, Estrance | given in | with the elergymen | | flocks; most all of them are church | members themselves and are not in- | clined to go counter to the church | leaders. Those of them who are poli- tic probably figure that th are more votes to be lost by acced- ing to the demand for Sunday mov- ies than by accepting the view of the churches. Leaving the | whether there shall be Sunday afte 100N movies to the towns and cities concerned re determination of when ad- was at least once the Legislature recognized the vantage of home rule. The munities throughout the state been having a merry time wrestling with the issue nd per- haps no city in the state has provid- cd more of a surprise than New ever since; Britain. There were many observers | | in the city who belfeved that in view ! of the this city would 1 have working population here Sunday afternoon shows. | stead of that it looks as if we will | be one of the last. BACK TO FIRST CIPLES not hesitate to with former | Mayor Paonessa that some or ! lik erstwhile scting board, 1 authority to amend or re- ial programs coming from agree an- city ization, the |a ltln‘ Wit | ject fi the Common Council, The elimination of the city meet- | ing board has been no I'to the city. When an important fi- nancial issue was before the city no forum was as likely to weigh it as | carefully as this board. It is true ! that attendance had been haphazard { for several years before its demise; but fn the cstimation of many citl- zens that was due to a paucity of ‘:Y\l‘l‘ihg issues rather than a delib- | erate desire by hoard members and | citizens generally to neglect their | duty. | her of the | meeting board Is needed, or there | should be provision made for refer- return endums | tures. Those | ence of apathy towa by citizens should od that will stimulate them interests, | on large public expendi- who lament the exist- rd public affars e avor any meth- to such HIGHWAYS HE COST highways MAINTAINI AND | Constructing costs | money; keeping them in condition | also costs money. Connecticut spent 24,335, in 1! 20 to keep its highways ar ending last June 30, the highway commis- and the net dis- rything during totalic order during the fiscal y sioner announces; bursements for ev the sald fiscal year 10. Most of the lay nioney this out- the com om gasoline tax, motor vehicle fees, and motor ve- These Gasoline hicle fines, three items run as follows: $2,344,- 426.04 9.04; 780,50, taxes, otor vehicle fecs, T vehicle motor fines, B2 A total of In consiructing new highways and mauintaining old ones the state is running up a total that is getting beyond its income, It was last Jul the the plan for completion of the The total of i 13,346 mil | it will be remembered, when | governor hegan 1o oppose to issue hond state’s road system, | highways i the st is ; miles, of which only 2,610 w time additional work has but the surfaced last year. Since that total of surfuced roads is unds miles, Roughly, state's would less than a quarter of the lighways are what autoists all passable in wet weather, cticut st the inproved Cont nds in t of states with From od this onc gets a rather notion of the the high more than nobil citizens 1o realize the 1 forcing e 1our state 1s not 100 per eent por- | ith regard to its state trunk of 350 around and tem, whicl s remain unpaved around s of sta are der paved. Sma en computed t 2,000,000 to complets stats ding attention will o0 1oy i Not half or a or e paved with STATE'S FARMERS | motor but through- agricultural it and local contribut of th countics, col r orzunizations in rmers and t | com- | : | leader, an assistant state leader, and one of the first to | In- | Many eitizens in New Britain will | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1928 This type of aid to the agricul- | from tural industry has been going on for years. Farmers give no signs of be- ing fed up on it. They accept the in- formation, advice, pamphlets, bro- chures, lectures, and what not, with thanks, “Experiments” on the soil must interest them at least mildly— | it somebody else makes the experi- ments | We have boys' and girls' clubs, which occasionally make con- siderable of a stir in the rural com- munities, and to keep the boys and girls interested there fs a state a for reasons over which party poli- tics have no control, Six bad e hom bits with legs attached farm s Originality. A new audience hear- ing the old stuff. Doorn: |by a reformer who wished to modi- fy the usual “dam” of nomenclature, eight county agents, The state also has 18 specialists, two farm mana ment demonstrators; altogether, 48 workers engaged in showing the farmers how to farm. Even so, the demand is greater than the supply, two counties which desired county |open plumi home demonstration agents hcmr!»‘hih without unable to employ them on account | 1OV of lacking federal and state funds. | A dollar DLill 18 worth only 73 the grease accumulated at the fill- ing station. It's a frank age: Open covenants, turning the All of which is deemed eminently necessary, As previously noted, the | farmers themselves value the work so0 highly that they contributed $14, 500 themselves. In spite of all this effort to maks two blades of grass grow where only | | | | She is content with her husbanad debtor to a creditor nation Facts and Fancies Dutch for “darn.” Named Holland's cents, unless you count the value of short skirts, court- lights Earle: “Yes, T just trotted a cou- | ple of heats with her: —Bertha Ferguson No, Tom, a flaming jane t nestles in your arms all cuddled up is not a curling iron! | Heavy Consumer! | “Do you think this young | Send all communications to Fun shop Editor, care of the New Britatn Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York Smily: “Oh yes, Daddy. He has a consuming passion.” ather: “I'll say it's ‘consuming’ | by the way he eats when you invite him here to dinner!” —Rev. E. A. Moody 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) save And Nobody Dreads Keeping That Appointment! ‘The dentist's sign is on his door— The fun-tist’s should be even more | He treats stern jaws and makes ‘em grin, Ah the fun-tist's chair's worth sit- ting in! Copyright, Her Old Refraint | Mrs. Garner: “This book | that Croesus was the richest |in the history of the world.” Garner: “And I suppose you could | have had him if you'd wanted him 2" sa man It Well-Known Slogans Were Hlustrated QUESTIONS ANSWERED a mill race at Sutter's Fort near Shcramento in 1848 when he dis- covered gold dust in the sand. The news spread quickly and soon reached the Atlantic seaboard so that in 1849 a rush to the new gold field began. Q. What do the names Elizabeth, Ellen, Kathleen and Margaret mean? A. Elizabeth, “God is her oath”; en, “light”; Kathleen, ‘“dear to my heart” and Margaret, “a pearl”. Q. Are nephews of soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil war en- titled to a federal pension? A. No. Q. What is the address +Johnnie Walker, the motion picture actor? A tion, Calif. Q. Is the United States public or a Democracy ? A. It is a republic. Q. What do the names Alice, Anna, Blanche and Mae mean®? Alice, “a prince Anr e"; Blanche, “white”; N born in May™. Q. What Columbia Pictures Corpora- 1408 Gower St., Hollywood, a Re became of Doran who started to fly to Hawaii? | the Lake region A, She was lost at sea with her pilot and navigator. They were never heard from or seen again after they disappearcd from the Oakland airport. Navy vessels and other planes searched the ocean routes without success. Q. Who is the present governor of Pennsylvania? of | ae, | Atlanti Mildred | coas and the soles of the feet are hairy, fitting it for life amid ice and snow. Observations On The Weather | Washington, March 7.—Forecast | for Southern New England: Cloudy |and warmer, probably light rain or | snow tonight, Thursday fair and | colder, increasing south and south- west winds becoming fresh to strong { west or northwest late tonight, Conditions: The area of high | pressure diminished rapidly by moving eastward over the ocean and a well-defined disturbance over- ! spreads the Lake region and On- | tario this morning. It produced nows generally throughout the ke region and in upper New York | state districts. Pressure i3 high over the Canadian northwest and a ridge of high pressure extends over the Mississippi valley to the south states. A storm area is near the north Paci Temperaturcs are higher but no material 11 centered | changes have occurred elsewhere. | Conditions favor for this vicinity rain and armer followed by fair and colder Temperatures yesterday: | High |Atlanta ...... 5 Atlantic City . oston should exist in the | advantage | city | £10,- | $5,884,- | * | without been done, | ondition | country over, with | anly | | one grew hefore, the value of th principal farm crops of Connecticut declined in 1927, The | £30,556,000; in 1926 the value was more than a milllon higher; 1the value a averaged nearly $34,000,000, The more the farmers are educated the less value seems to come to them from the crops, although be it added quickly and unequivocally that the crop values have nothing to do with how expert soil tillers hecome ;1n garnering them. | Senator Willis of Ohio the other | day announced he was “unalterably onposed” td foreign investments of American money, which, hs said, should be employed at home. By being employgd at home, OLio | senator Amer] money would give employment | Americans, which he was of { opinion should be the duty of all | American money. averred, to The argument sounds slick, But thoss of us who are not much | younger than Senator Willis remem- | ber the day when it was claimed | that too much British money |invested in the United States, | pecially in the form of owning rail- road sceuritics. It used to be quite |a common incident of finance, deed, for American railroads to look for British money when they needed too. was es- in- it. This was because there was quite enough money in this couni | to finance its rapidly expanding rail roads, this at a time when the great: est outdoor sport was the construc- | tion of railroads and trolley lines. At that time London was the cen ter of the world’s moncy market Today, largely as a result of t war's turnover of established insti- tutions and a change in conditions, the United States “points with pride” to the self-evident fact that New York has taken the place of London as the world’s money mark- ket- Will Senator Willia or somchody cqually learned tell us how a nation harboring the worl financial cen- ter is going to continue as such loaning money to ments and industries all | wortd? govern- the over Renator Willis cannot answer, supply the { financial center—which means world's loan center Either we are world's the or we are not; ind in the latter case it would mean we Jacked the means and could not the W b where in loan out money, would back we wer the years before e war, Comes to hand & ment of the Fa spe gn Policy Associa- ial supple- tion, t entitled Dollar.” It | pages, and is eramn e Asce dancy of is & brochure of 12 d full with the American ments made abroad during 18 ba the prodigious. detailed lists of invest. LW do not suggest it enator W would be Thi read by ause mental shock annual turnover foreign loans has risen from the instead of 000 be- war 1o almost $300,000,000; 19 for: floated 1914 in one n loans during g lars are would we now absorb that m month. American dol- v deniand everywhere, How Senator Willis stop the . or the miand, flow? By havi law passed? Or another 1 to the imendment tacke Constitution ? The total net Ametican forc vestien during 1 this figure, of course, of refunding operations s inciude publicly offere ivately placed loans, as well rial loan. is brings the total of our for- izn holdings to approximately $14,- exclusive of the so- “4 political obligations the Befe forcign ons § he oweld at that ditt ence betwoen what we d what is owed 10 us at the 00,000,000, nator is think we are that much worse off or hetter off? s it and a matter of faet, Senator cted ttempt 16 do We have evolved was | value during the previous five years | s | the and her home if she has begun to wear shoes large enough. | | Some men “take life | others are overworked because they | require fourteen hours for a five- hour job, A principle isn't like a prejudice. You can discuss a principal without Dbating the man who uses the word | “logic. { e | Prohibition a failure? Depends on | ||/ { whether you compare it with saloon | | days or with ultimate perfection. z | | Americanism: Hiring a servant to { do the work; fretting because it isn't | |done right, and thus consuming | more nervous cnergy than the work | would require. fl | —_ : | State rights are those sacred things a candidate stands by if he's wet and afraid the country isn't, Nothing Takes the Place of Leather’ in the con The Fun Shop Filling Station Overheard by Louis R. Fanning Fair Driver: “You're fp carly this morning, Attendant: “Yes, the he worm. What No fraud Is is tolerated | cept, of [livery stamp. *special r]“-i 1t there’s nothing in Heaven to! get mad about, Jim Recd isn't going to enjoy it bird you oily { will ‘ sh you'd pack xle greasele cream, and will you kindly powder |the hubs? They're so shiny. And crankcase.” Attendant: I'm sorry, but I can’t | drain your crankcase. This is a fill- ling station, Miss, not an cmptying station. How about a quart of rcal pre-war oil, hottled in ponds?” Fair Driver: “No, I don't want ¢ car to get the oil habit. 1 gave ! it a quart once and it got so dizzy it lost ifs bearings.” Attendant: “Wouldn't you like little alcohol in your radiator?” Fair Driver: *} thanks, you might put some in the ca Have you some real high-test gaso- line? Attendant: “T should say we hav I This is the best ethel on the market, and all the aviators use it!" Lair Driver: “Is it the kind Lind- bergh used 2" Attendant: “Yes, Lit “hamberlain used it—th A wife is @ person who interrupts your funny story to ask if you want another cup of coffee. he any a In that cas will be no more dungerous in than in marines | | g 1 . won't | Navy but wartime, Nature designed us to carry bur- dens, and you can't trick Nature, In as much as you dodge other bur- ens, so much does she burden ou with fat. | -gas by The old-fashioned wife looked \mi to her husband. Weil, well; remen- her how calf seemed you we fellow? 1 s collateral (m! use 1, v all used big a when | it a little Fair Driver: “Well, if you'rc it's really the very best, high test VIl fake some. Attendant: lons 2" Vair Driver: “Oh, T just to fill my cigaret lighter, so much!™ sire A watch serving a loan is said to be oaked.” Which explains the saying: “The automo- bile industry has reached the sat-| uration point ‘ | ‘Fine! How many gal- wanted " s only a captain, took her out in a major suit! Correct this sentence he spends - her d idleness,” said th sip,” feels sorry 20 ut ¥s in but she herself 25 Ye 'ea.rsw;dgo Today Date) never A LULLABY Ronald Peters daddy man, sleep— daddy man, sleep; By Sleep, litth Dear little And go to the he can 80 hush-z-bye, daddy, lie calm and coatent, Later on Buby T A office and do what (I'rom 1o . H inck Paper of high jump. junior coni- | vent; yesterday. ! g0 sleep, have been | Dear little legis! Woss 1 finish jumped in the with springhoard, in the petition at the ¥, M. C. A The local undertaker: notified to appear hefore tive committee Wednesday of the bill which provides for licens- ing undertakers, The state bocrd| There's no one that's ringing of health has proposed a sim telephone bell Ihill which would also give it con-|Jor all the world's perfectly hap trol over the undertakers’ activitics, | and well, and the morticians are preparing So hush.a-bye, doctor, lie | and still, | And when you wake up all the world will be ill; S0 sleep, little doctor man, sleep— ir little doctor man, sleep. N will help with the little daddy man, slerp— Daddy man, slecp. in belb Sicep, little doctor man, gleep— Dear little doctor man, sleep; the v peacetnl U. ternoon and us follows: Atkinson: [0 H. Wood; treas- ; correspond- Wells; re- AL Mills 1sing feature present- potted plant 1o each of It was reported that o number of children have been inst alcohol and cigar- cp, little lawyer man, slee Dear little lawyer man, Lemember And try to forget all your horrible derd; S0 hush-a-bye, of a land Where tairies ma Caaun ep, littl little e larg: lawyer, and dream pl » laws that crstand, lawyer man, sleep— wyae man, slecp. ; Mr. and Mrs, Tyson Hancock have [ been named on the music committee So the First church Y. a0 B I Ne¢ Britain masons are demand- for hours' work claiming also after of T W 34 Sl AT | The 1 lings Investigated the' And life is stion hospital tod and 1 not; jitation, so hid cven if things don’t come smallpox paticn the end 4 o the new building as its We'll run and find Mother cupant. The chief said he ! three pretend; L't expect @ do fo live in the So sleop, little daddy house in winter All you dear daddy coqlPresident Frey of the Nation- folders” union conferred with 1ot Howard £ Hart of Russell | win today the molders’ | 1t s that the fac- s 0 agreement little daddy men, sleep— dear daddy men, sleep; a blanket, the world is a cight carriers a da hod n Yo painters arc ky cot just a dream Britain's on i jreme and all first i old Ji5 qal M | & men, men “RED HOI nt to The Fun Shop) Is that vour flaming Jane Aress?” Yes, wh “Well, sh a tire (As Danicl ved Harols Danicl porch havi other guy! on Claimed in the viot The applicants for tf rural mail incinde Charles Andr 1 bour, €. W. | | Clark Hannah Judd. s out drill with some o year ago, 1 position of | ‘ —M. D. T. Mis, w i As Viewed By Other hop Contributors) Fun 10 on the lines of | are bein eririnals part of prints, taken finzerpr iden wher Russ flan it at's red dress over a tor fyi at i ng Jane in the uiation gors oot et Thanks | { Baby will some day grow into a man | A pillow-case always suc- | yeu as likely | vight | on the some | [ fou can get an answer to any question of fact or information by | writing to the Queetion Editor, New | Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, | 11322 New York avenue. Washington. | D. C.. enclosing two cente in stamps | for reply. Medical, legal and marital { advice cannot be given, nor can ex- | tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- | not be answercd. All letters are con- | | fidential.—Editor. | Q. What is the nationality and meaning of the names William and Buerger? | A, Both are Teutonic, the former meaning “defenee” and the latter | “one who lives in a castle”. Q. Did President Coolidge sign the Child Labor Amendment to the constitution ? A, An amendment to the tution is not signed hy the pr | The amendment passed the { of Representatives on April |and the Senate on June 2, 19 Q. On what date did the Chamber of Deputics pass the providing the death penalty for {tempts on the life of the Premier nd members of the royal family of | Taly? ] oA | @ consti- dent. Hous et c ian bill Novemher How old is Al Jolson? A. Me is in his 420 year. Q. How large is the area drained | by the Missiesippi river? A, The Mississippi arics drains an arca ext Allegheny Mountains to Mountains and from the s Lawrence basin to the Gulf of Mexico—1,240,050 square miles or {41 per eent of the mainland of the | United States cxclusive of Alaska. Q. Where will the next Eucha- Cor held? At Sydney, i Did Will K a night at the White A. He spent the tembe 3 1626 ! resident Cool House Q 1626, nd its tribn- it nding from | the | Roc! St ristic A, sress e s o Hou nig s the at or spend of Sep- guest of t the White Where 12 . Guul wa name given by the Rom to that portion western Europe which in the main is identified with although extending heyond the bounds of th | modern stats Who were to write a deseriy Falls? A ar rtier was ancient Gan thic n of cxplorers Nia riv The first deseription of Ni- Falls was written by Jacques i Champlain in 1604, They the falls. | The first to leave us a description of the Father Hennepin whose weas | | during the winter of s0 far as is known, he was the white man to sce the Falls. Q. What'is the value of a T | nickel five cent piece dated 1560 A. ¥rom 5 to 15 cents Q. Docs the phr A life for {11t oceur in the Bible? | A. Yes, in Deuteronomy 19:21. “ Where was gold first dis- | covered in California? A. James W, Marshall was at the | head of a gang of Mormons digzing | « na not s did eye witne and | first | a | Chicago of the silver | Demr 4 | Detroit . silvered or | Los Angeles to many of | Miami . with white; | New Haven . white tip | New York . A. John S. Fisher. Q. What is the color ox A. Black with a hoary appearance dug the hairs being tipped the tail is black with a WHAT THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT DOES S Government that comes most closely in S. s the Post Ofiice De- of the U an end child in the U. The Department touch with every man, wo partment. The story of the postal service fs as interesting as a novel. How it started fn colonlal daye, how 1t was developed unier the Conatitution, when postage stamps wers fi 4, bow it got its name, the story of the “Pony the Universal Postal Union, what to do protecting and expediting mall, the information e ali contained in out il out the coupon below and send Bxpress;” prosent postage about egularitie: interesting bulletin. T - - - - CLIP COUPON HERE New Britain Herad, < Washington Bureau, Avenue, Washington, D. stamps or coin to cover postage and handling c NAME Steam Fittings; Forgings; Emery Wheels. I'rom 2.777 of the total value of steam fittings and steam and Yot water heating apparatus manufactured in the United States during 1900, Connecticut increased her production in this in- dustry to 4. of the total in 1925. Connecticut's output for 1900 wa lucd at $595,220 and for 1925 at $10,968,706, while the countr for 1900 was $22,084,860 and for 1925, $22 5. An average of 2 wage earners were employed in Connecticut during 1925, Their wages totaled $3,736,211. Illinois, with an output worth $56,767, led all states. New York was sccond; Pennsylvania, third; Obio, fourth W Jersey, fifth; and Connccticmut, sixth, During 1925 Connecticut also stood sixth among the states in the value of her production of forgings, iron and stecl (not made in steel works or rolling mills) and of emery wheels and other jve and polishing appliances. of the forgings turned out in Connecticut was $7,« 5% of the total of $134,510,682 for all states. Ohio with an output worth $3: 7,991 led. Tllinois was second. About 1,600 wage carners were employed during 1925 in Con- necticut, their pay amounting to $2,310,538. The value of emery wheels and allied commodities produced in the United States was $25,780,434. Connccticut'’s output, worth $764,940, was 2.9, of this total. During 1921 Connec! cut's output in this industry was worth $401,488, or 3.1¢ of the total. lLess than 100 wage carners were engaged in this indus- try during 1925 abr he value 441,223, or H Tomorrow—40 Fairs Attract 200.000. | | | ‘ IN “TooNERVILLE i | | | | | | i ! (“Fontaine Fox, 1926, The Bell Synd The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains. By Fontaine Fox. THE NATIVES, ALWAYS SAY “ASK THE SKIEPER” Wi.? | ANYONE ASKS WHY THE ‘TRACKS WERE LAID oUT ZIG ZA@ oN MAIN STREET " How LoNaG pip 1T TAKE YoU To FIQURE ouT THIS MYSTERY P