New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1928, Page 4

JEWELERS OF STATE - WEET HEREMAY 10 Bartley J. Dogle Will Be Princi | pal Speaker Again Bartley J. Doyle, Philadelphia millionaire and philanthropist, will be the principal speaker at the GEORGE H. DYSON state convention of the Connecticut Jewelers' assoclation which meet in New Britain May 10. The sessions of the convention will be held at the Shuttle Meadow club, beginning in the forenoon and concluding with a banquet at night. BARTLEY J. DOYLE While nothing has been an- nounced as yet, it is likely the meeting of the Rotary club that day will be held in connection with this convention. George H. Dyson, state president, is a prominent wember of the Rotary club. His ron, Sturman 8. Dyson, is secretary of the state organization. Mr. Doyle is editor and publisher | of The Keystone magazine, the na- Snap Into It Fellows It's time for a new spring suit with lots of pep—and WE SURE HAME THEM ! Top-Coats, too, AND HOW ! Bome beautles at 24.50, 29.50, et. You Can Pay on the 10-Payment-Plan It you like just a wee bit down and a lit tie each woek or each pay for the rest. Come on l:t's show you how ! Near E. Main Britain 413 Main St. will | |tional jewelers’ magazine, and is | noted for his live wire talks. He | spoke at the convantion of the as- |sociation held in this city last sum- imer. | \“Cryptocosme” Name Given “Sixth Sense” | Paris, April 27.—A—“Crypto- cosme” Is the new name given the “sixth sense” by Charles Richet, | eminent scientist and member of the | Institute of France. | In his latest published justifica tion of this uncanny power Richet | conviction that some persons can read the writing within sealed cnvelopes and reproduce drawings they have never seen Richet reminds pcople they al- ready admit the existence of pheno- mena that can not be perceived di- rectly by any of their five senses, such as wireless waves, ultra-violet and infra-red rays, and magnetisn. Why then, he asks, deny the p bility of other unknown vibrations? reaffirms his ILM STAR WEDS Santa Barbara, Cal., April 27 @] —The Donald, Christian marriage of Katherine Mc- former film actress, and R. Holmes, Montecito, Cal, millionaire, yesterday af noon in San Luis Obispo was nounced here yesterday. Holmes is & nephew of Mux Fleischmann, wealthy yeast manu- facturer. He operates the FKeather- hill ranch, in connection with which he has a private zoo which is rank- |ed one of the show places of the Pacific coast. Originally it was started as an amusement for Holmes' two children. Mrs. Holmes has been married twice previously, each marriage ending in a divorce. NN X | \ N 74 BIG CHA Remarkab) Unusual NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928 LOREE SELLS OUT 'WABASHR. R, STOCK Gives Up Dream of Filth Great ; Trunk Line New York, April (®r—Surren- dering his holdings in the Wabash nd Lehigh Valley railroads, Leonor | Loree has cleared the decks for nal agreement on castern railw consolidation involving 50,000 mil of track and property worth billions | of dollars | Yesterday Loree relinquished his {dream of a fifth trunk line between t st and west and sold his stock in the Wabash and Lehigh to the Pennsylvania railroad for $63,000,- | 0060 | The deal was closed after weeks | of bargaining hetween Loree, W. W. | Atterbury, head of the Pennsylvania, lana other railroad inte The amount of Loree's holdings was not disclosed, but the consideration he received was one of the largest paid by one carrier to another in many years, The sale of the loldings was for cash and free of all incumbrances. | 1t leaves Loree a free hand in the disposition of the Delaware & Hud- son, of which he is president, and which he may keep or throw into any merger he sees fit. Consummation of the deal follow- ed closely upon the disclosure that Otto Kahn, banker for the P. R. R, and the D. & H. had intervened in a deadlock which threatened when Loree refused to give up his fifth trunk line scheme. 1ts sequel may for | be a contest NCE TO SAVE! COME! le Saturday Attraction Brilliant DIAMOND See ‘them in the window and then come in and see the greatest diamond bar- gain in many months—gorgeously full of color, finely set, a wonderful buy at {territory between the now strongly entrenched Pennsylvania and other great eastern lines. The B. & O, it was believed in some quarters, may now acquire the Wabash holdings from the Pennsylvania, since there xist friendly relations between the two road: With Loree out of the picture after three years in which he balked « forts at consolidation, it was predic ed in railroad circles that the “big four” comprising the Pennsylvania, B. & 0., New York Central and the Nickel Plate, would now go ahead with plans to amalgamate the east- | ern carriers into four groups. As a consequence of transaction, the 1. & H., fit of between $28,000,0 000,000, leaving it with cash on hand of about £125 a sharc on its stock, as well as large coal properties and railroad lines. It was expectdd that special distribution either of stock or cash would be made to stockhold- ors. nets a pro- “Through acquisition lioldings, the “big four” now control the Wabash and the Lehigh Valley, two vital links In the consummation of the four-trunk-line chain. Details of the consolidation have been in tentative form for months, and rail- road officlals believe that the final merger plans would be presented to the interstate commerce commission I for approval before the end of this year. But Loree still remains a factor to be reckoned with in the railroad world. The T. €. C. now is consider- ing his plan for merging the Kansas City Southern, Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the southwestern rail- roads. The D, & H., with the smaller lines it controls, will have to be taken into consideration in the four- trunk-line plan, and in some quarters be oifered the presidency of one of the four greater systems. vesterday's | and $30,- of Lorec’s | What the “big four” will do with the lines in their territory is not yet certain, but the I. C. C. has been in- formally notified that the line-up is somewhat as follows: The New York Central would re- ceive the D. L. & W., Buffalo, Ro- chester & Pittsburgh, and the Wheel- |ing & Lake Erie, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chicago & Alton and others. The Pennsylvania would receive the Lehigh Valley, either the Chica- go & Eastern Illinois or the Chicago Alton, and a right to use the Nickel Plate or to parallel it along | Lake Erie, the Norfolk & Western and part of the Virginian and others, The B. & O. would get the Read- ing, Jersey Central, Western Mary- | land, Wabash, part of the Buffalo, | Roghester & Pittsburgh, the Monon and others. The Nickel Plate, controlled by the Van Sweringens, would have the Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Valley, Pere Marquette, a half interest in the Lehigh Valley, part of the Virginian, the Erie, part of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the Pittsburgh & West | Virginia and others, | 'AD HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | (there wis a belief that Loree would | Event in Many Months! TOMORROW IS ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING DAY, with thrilling diamond values! 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Careful observation are being made of the health ac- tivities which have affected these children, such as dental, nursing {and medical service, and health in- |struction, The results of the tests \and fourth, information which will | HOSIERY results of ! |are expected to disclose what phases | of school health work are proving {most practicable. | “It seems time for some general |agreement as to what types of health | education yield the most profitable |results in the health of children,” says Dr. S. J. Crumbine, general executive of the association. “School boards are spending vast amounts of money for education in general. Isn't it time to find out whether the pupils for whom these expenditures are made are in a fit physical condi- tion to respond to the instruction, {what are the surest means to keep them fit, and what are the most ef- fective methods of building a better ‘med and more virile citizenry? 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