New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1928, Page 5

12 Fir;Department Veterans Get Stars and Bars for Long Service Presented With Insignia by Mayor Weld at Tes- timonial Banquet Ten- | dered hy Commission. the fire recipients o members of were the of © their in the department, held in the Fyiee at a nonial banquet \onor evening in otel. The awards Mayor Weld in the re commissioncrs Rurri made of the who the, last were were s or more | their | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1928 CLERKS TOIL LONG HOURS IN STREET Work Night ad Day During| Feverish Trading ! New York, March 28 (®#—T1t was | midnight in Wall Strect and a weary clerk raiscd his eyes from the sheet | over which he was working trying to straighten out the mass of which a record-smashing had brought down upon his shoul- ders. “Where you ' asked b oing this summer, | man at the mnext | desk. “I can't make p my mind. The tirm's expenses; trips to the theater whenever they can be spared for a few hours; .rooms at hotels near their work and the right to aign dinner checks on the boss when they can take a few moments off to get something to "eat. Estimates place the bonuses given in Wall Street last year at $50,000,- 600 and the figure will be apprect- ably raised during 1928 because the present bonuses are in. addition to the usual vacation and Christmas | checks handed out. Show Appreciation. | It's big money in the street these | dayvs and big commissions and the traders ahow their appreciation for the work of faithful employes. The flagging spirits of the traders, who have borne the brunt of the | sixteen hectic sessions, are being re- | vived by invigol of 1 air which are being poured |into the trading hoom. | Seething Mob. his innovation took effect veater- italiz night sent in orders to sell. When the first block of these shares hit the market, the price sagged and the frenzied selling was on. The first sale was 3 points down from the close of the day before, and as eager speculators rushed to unload many others were caught on their stop loss orders and sold out before they had a chance to change it to a lower figure. The speculator outside of | New York, in Chicago say or Denver (who had bought General Motors at 195 with a stop loss order of 10 points or 185, found himself closed out. whether he wished it or not, | while he was eating his breakfast. Stocks Recover. The recovery of the stocks hard- est hit in the early selling such as | General Motors and the smaller mo- | tor 1ssucs, Sears Rocbuck, Montgom- |ery Ward and others indicated to | | the street that the big operators had | merely sat tight and when the flurry | was over had started to work to send the prices back up. Radio Cor- poration climbed 22% points from its low of the day and New York Central went to a new high. The selling fever of the morning also spread to the exchange seats One going at $360,000 at which price the record was broken last week, but yesterday that was a drop of $15,000 from the all-time high of the day before. Although man other offers were reported no fur- ther sales were announuced. Fight to Keep Feather River Within Its Bounds Sacramento, Cal., March 28 (®—|! The residents of Nicolaus. 25 miles north of here, today were fighting to kecp the swollen waters from the Foather river from break- ing through a levee protecting the town, 200 5 Reports last night that the levee had broken, isolating the town and ending a flood down the wide val- | v toward Sacramento caused some arm over the countryside befor was determined that the water 1ad not raced out of bounds. | Reinforee were being ap- plied to the levee in the hope that the threatened overflow could be stemmed. A section of a 1,600 foot pproach to a bridge across the riv- ver there was swep! away by the | water. | Elsewhere in C: the swollen stre lifornia most of | < which have har- cd scores of communities since| Sunday were returning to normal | EGYPT BUYING CEMENT Cairo, March (PI—Lack of | stones and lumbe ombined with plentiful supply of s: and gravel, | ha. increased I o S ment, and imports show: stesdy-ond rather rapid growth. Most bought iin' Jugoshuvia, Belghum, many, the United Kh France. Underground eteflars, tofore impractical becaus: sf the damp climate, have been-made sat- isfactory by cement and - water- proofing materials. Lou Gehrig, of New York. and Joe Sewell, of Cleveland, were the eonly two American lcague baseball play~ who played in all their teams’ imes last season. hoss said to pic the trip was ‘o . choose Paris. Elon ot J - Toil All Night. 4 liachnii i The foregoing is hypothctical con- of the depart- p ; i : 2 : : | versation but might well be an ac vems oldovalle and tual one in scveral brokerage oifices geitad where the clerks and Cooley—the i of New e ema = in's fire alarm system. It set haye tellenalsnifalianinighy DUl 0 s est i ik arlavart ot aviline {hinking, but upon talking with IRE WheSidnvs g xecord ""fl“‘f‘“i,,\(h“,. SR Bl chairman of fire eommissioners ! markets. Getting dl'\'r\.: on a fow | more. 1acking the proper crec e Y panier | hours of stecp. a bite to cat now and | FI2%% ERAE SO RIORE S e e {o|then and an occasional visit homa | * out a|Cooley the muyor paid high tribute | fOT @ clean shirt or a SR e clothes, the reward of m. hoard. | fow 1 a vacation 1m Europe ot lof ser penses paic ,,"g( : “‘,\ Practically In the | figured the causcs in CmbersliTe al: ihat, thanks to Mr, |Street has either given or promiscd | A large of speculators RIRIL o |Cooley. Now Britain has one af the | POMUSSS FASING from a woek 10 10n | fearing prices hd gone as high a: 10 do|finest alurm systems in the i, weeks pay; vacation trips at the |they would fo > &penty After the presentations, each member of the fire hoard as well as {the recipients of the awards were {ealled upon hy Toastmaster €. 1. ‘ ® | Delin. chairman of t hoard, to i3 b of the growth of the fire depart- | You have i P b POl nent from a hand drawn appara N ol ""‘"”" |18 to the present day system and | weeneerrn, Real Quality Malt Syrup called. A silent tribute was paid to members of the de- | Qut the plact Al day. Wifh the gallery packed by a | ) y | record crowd of 300 spectators and {the floor sa seething mob of 700 | traders it is pelieved the turnover | of over 4,700,000 shares could not | have been accomplished as efficient- | {1y as it was without the extra sup- | "‘"|'f | ply of fresh air. The 500 visitors was msors of the idea ations Mayor months our fire departmen L member Fifty Tn presenting Weld said: COOLEY Senior Member of Uire Department Hundreds ntials attaches aid. | - about used car allowances {he 1 found thinking o0 planning and working F 30 vears. the presentation - change of v is to be | all ox- | checking up today | drop in prices i the Experienced Wall Stroet ohserve on the sudd early trading this way. there who can boast in any department and his devotion and loyalty. are method so that in, throu, L show thy and v drsplayed the departm 10 this to you me tie cit very s with i appreciation at n every house ovalty service wra ] I L number a time, during the come quet y years (o b service W vour ity vou to ory ene of you al to wity nt yonr vou liave devoted you to duty of lives and prop heen the m ithenl fo the vou hav the departed partment and these who had give heir in preserving the nd homes of others Other members of the fire com mission pro were John Mika M. T. King and T, 2 Clerk T, ). Meskill was attendar DEPUTIES ARE BJECTED I do ot S hose ideals. There mu anl reman w Shanahan lso in o HOP #1 AVORED ucicci Y MALT STV MECSER Buscn ™ YOI MO L er so much ea ty. 1o 1 fanlt with tto let of 1 and ey that your record lse do v am prow o say of each v oone of vou i sed the S an e have na Wild Disturbance Marks Opening of bRl New Polish Dieg A in Warsaw Yesterday OST new ecar sales now forcibl T properties ies marked Polish dict The choice of those who have tried them all < Plain and hop flavored - Strictly union made ANHEUSER-BUSCH, St. Louis STANDARD PAPER CO. Distributors Hartford, Conn, I You your home know wh Tor : involve the trading-in of a buyer’s used car. More and more people 1l presider v ah idski onter i subst ity v hat e von | wpon or prosidential d munists are asking: “Why should my used ear seem to have several values? will your ! cree §n hig hunds, coir ane men wians shouted terror! Down tion challen auint .+ . . Why should dealers in different makes of cars offer me allow- gl and w onor 1o your volir depd were | The deputics ances differing materially? . . . . Does the largest allowance offered Conld e Continmed it 1<kia g Hed ont sey rown ont uproar s signal from Pil I 07 police entered and - | mean the best deal for me?” who were This and ave 1 fo your city \lga felt that there sho ati given o eact dict tory nnme GROWING WITH REASON Start NOW! PAINT UP! CLEAN UP! THERE'S ONLY ONE PAINT TO USE nolice in the first time ately arous- The reading of the and the swearing | ou for ) or t Pt el Rnb o A wan who has perforne Here are basic facts: Your used car has seemingly different values because competitive dealers are bidding to sell you a new car. hey have 4 honor ot e Wl gold rried out in e wphere, The session bars the ? 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