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szlél'/ AT Cnless otherwise indicated. theatrica) o written by press neles for the = = i m LM-L L | f - "PORT OF Ml G GIRL Ripping, tearing to shreds the cur- tains behind which lurk the dangers and pitfalls that lure so many thou- sands of girls of our best families whe never return; who ignore the : frantic appeals of friends and rela- tives; ‘The Port of Missing Girls vhich opened Sunday at the Strand la with a tremendous sweep of drama this leart-rending condition which is eating its way into the vittals of many American families. *“The Port of Missing Girls" | proved to be one of the mostdra- matically entertaining screen attrac tions that has come along in son time. It will be shown azain today and Wednesday with a pretentious five act program of vaudeville. Thy vaudeville includes Chester and Leona Farle; White and Tierney; | Bingham and Meye Castle of Dreams and the Irma Powell Revue. HILLED FOR HATE ANOTHER FORLOVE Woman and Man Meet Death, in Chicago islubech ke AV o - g *~ S otices arnd reviews in this eolump espective amusement company. ahadiin] AT THE CAPITOL Characterized as the companion picture to “Wings," Paramount's great cpic of the -air, *The Lagion of the Condemued.”* another story of the war from the standpoint or the aviator, iy at the Capitol today and Wednesday. Here is a story that differs en- tirely in story content from the fa- mous road sliow, but in color, r mang characterization and down- vight thrills, “The Legion of the Condemned” lhas taken its place right up alongside the production which i3 still standing them up in y the tale is from the pen of Johu Monk Saunders, a member of the United States air corps during the war, and is direct- ed by Willlam Wellman, service with the Lafayette squadron and who is credited with the direc- tion of “Wings." The photoplay deals with an un- attached flying unit at the French front, composed of men who, be- cause of thelr dark pasts, wanted to die. Their daring exploltd were the talk of the war. Nothing was too hazardons as an undertaking. Into this group of men who wel- comsd death comes Gary Cooper as the young American newspaper- man, betrayed by his sweetheart. The high spot shows Cooper forced to carry his ex-sweetheart across who saw | e L2 coman 'he German lines as a spy. hicess, Nay 30 WA FREAR T 05 Tnupsdar the prosrass changes and o e . the ottier |00 Drings & double feature show ‘m‘ sy apt R aN |offering Myrna Loy in “The Crim Larue Leonardi, 26 year ofd 800 CILy" and Coustance mother, was found dead in the |!d "Dreakfast at Sunrise. basement apartment of Morris P - x Zimm, 40, a vegetable peddler. The sonked' elothes, after relatives had‘ 0 received telephone calls from a man who said he was Zimm. | “I killed my sweetheart,” sald the voice. “Now I am going to kill my- | self.” Was Deserted C h s ury o g s maneparerss 001 AlCher Speaker at Ro said she had been deserted by her | : Musband several months azo,” was| OlUD Meeting Tomorrow slain by a blow upn the head. She | L had gope te Zimm's place after be- | 5 ing told on the telophone. that he| Colonel W. G, Archer, globe trot- o ter and former military adviser to Joseph Cavarctte, 42, was the | 'he King of Arabia, will addrem the other victim of killers. He was shot | N¢W Drituin Rotary club at the to death by supposed friends who | | Mureday noon luncheon on “Sanita- pollce believe desired his death fn | o0 and Civilization. oVl ; 1 svrone | sl i ";\:O:’Irg“:gn"fl;’:"“"‘; [hefore in New Britain, scoring a blg Which officers sald Cavarette was | it both times. The last time he engaged. Taken for a Walk The Cavarette killing introduced & variant of the murder technique used among Chicago gangsters. Heretofore victims who were to be “put on the spot” have been “taken for a ride.” Cavgrette was “taken for & wal Three or four men (police were not sure how many) engaged Cavarette in talk and fnduc- «d him te walk with them. Reaching the shadow of the Church of God on Milton street, the slayers drew thelr guns and dropped Cavarette with half & dozen bullels In his ody. JUMPS TO DEATH. Hartford May 16 (UP)—A few | sy before she was to have been | committed to a hospital for the in- sane, Mra. Mary Clinton, 37, jumped to her death from the third floor of St. Francis’ hospital here in sight of more than 100 boys playing in a s #choolyard. REWARD FOR SILENCE COL. W. G, ARCHER. was lore he addressed a gathering of Kiwanians and his talk was the subject of much discussion. The colonel will compare anclent ideas of what constituted living com- | fort with the {deas of today. “Dirt has killed more men than bullets Paria, May 15 (P)—Keeping ahead | and modern ideas of cleanliness have ©f an annoyed public, motorcycle | done more to perpetuate our clvil- enthuslasts offer prizes for the|ization than anything else” is the quietest motorcycle and the quictest | theme of his talk. exhaust. Ripe scholarsliip, combined with ! the viewpoint of the practical man | has made Colonel Archer one of the | most. sought-after speakers of the country. He fepresenty the Nation- ial Trade Exteasion Bureau of the Plumbing and Heating industries— whowe object s to elevate the status of the modern homa through the use | of modern plumbing and heating equipment. Plans Ocean Hop CENTRAL JR. H. S. NOTES | The clubs of the Central Junior | | ITigh school met this afternoon dur- | !ing the last period for the regular | weekly perfod. The Athletic elub | {under the direction of Mr. Brewster | |and Mr. Zicgler has organized sev- ieral soft ball teams to play in the school yard during the club period |and two hard hall teams to play on [the Walnut Hill park dlamonda. The ninth grade of tha Civic Ileague met in the home reama vea- terday afternoon for the rcgular | business meeting at which the reom business was taken np. The guid. ance topic under discussion thia week was “Personal Health.” The {tople for next week will be “Oceu. pations.” JUDGMENT FOR $793 A judgment for the plaintiff for $792 was rendered today in city court by Acting Judge Harry Gins- burg in the actien of the City Coal and Wood Co. against BSebastian Gozzo. The defendant was also or- dered to pay interest on the princi- pal from Beptember 28, 1927, at € per cent. The amount of interest is $29.70. Edward A. Mag represented the plaintiff. ARRESTED AT CHURCH. Mexico City, May 15 (UP)—Seven persons, including four priests, were arrested while attending mass, it be- came known today. One of the priests, a Spaniard, will be deported. Il THURSDAY - EVENING St. Paul's T. A. B, ||| Kensington, will Miss Thea o viatrix, Rasche, daring German ' expects to take off from New York soan on a iransatlantic night. She is shown shov Colonel Archer has spoken twiee | IGIRL SCOUT CAMP Duties Assigned and General Preliminary Activities Plann The Girl Scout Camp cemmittee met at the Scout headquarters yes- terday afternoon to further the plans and ideas which were comeiv- ed at the all-day exploration of Camp Sprague last week. Mrs. Leon A. Sprague, camp chairman, has delegated the respon- sibilities for providing adcquate camping opportunities for the Girl outs of this community as follows: Mr. Jrederich Teich, architect, is 1esponsibe for ths plans for enlarg- ing the dining known as the Rotary house, and for planning a new porch on the recre- ation lodge, which was built last year with a fine open fire place Mr. | Teich hae planned a develogment | that will cover a five year period. Mrs. Ired Gross of Maple Hill, former captain and swimming in- structor at Camp Sprague is re- {sponsible for the water-front pro- tection and field sports development. Mrs. Willis Savage of Berlin, mother of two Girl Scouts who have jattended the mérs, und a member of the New Britain council. will assist with plan- Mre Willam Marsland is plan- | ning some new dining room furnish- |ings and other camp equipment, {some of which has to be renewed cach year. Hiking Planned for Non-Campers William B. Ressberg is giving his (asslstance as consultant for nature {subjects, forestation of the now |permanent ette, and planning day hiking. Mr. Rossberg has to werk jwith him Mrs. Roy Miller, captain of Troop 10 of Maple Hill, and a person of considerable experience. {1t is the aim of this séction of the Talmade® | committee to plan day hikes from | !New Britain for Girl Scouts not fn camp, and te develop a technique in | biking suitable for girls, with cer- |tain requirements as to sensible dress land equipment. Mrs. Willlamy Collins, the cook iu-ho understands nutriton, and who |In the winter time cooks for the {Commons elub of Middletown will return as camp cook. Miss Irene Koerber is returning for the third season and will act as “eamp housekeeper” in charge of Ithe “kamp kapers” in the mornings {an@ will he in charge of the hand- crafts in the afternoons. Dorothy Deane, for first clasa work, is a Golden Eaglet and has attended the natfon- al Camp Andree Clark both as an honor camper and as a counsellor. Marlon Bauc nature counsellor, | lot of new ideas with which she has been fortifying herself during the winter. Miss Baucue is finishing her work at Smith College. This 18 the first year that printed camp clrculars have been afforded and the organization has been very proud of {ts neat green folders which contain all the information about Camp Sprague and the needs of the girls applying for admission. Eight Week Camp Season Camp Sprague will open on June 30 and close on August 25. Girl Scouts will enroll for no less than two weeks and may enroll for a month or six weeks or the whole season. During the first two weeks { the program will be especially adapt- !ed to the younger Girl Scouts. The | greatest emphasis will be placed jupon outdoor activities including {nature trailing, swimming, rowing, singing. handcrafts and other featires of the Girl Scout program. For older Girl Scouts remaining in camp four to six weeks, @& progrossive program cmnphasizing primitive camping will be offered, Following the issue of camp cir- culars many applications began pouring in from all over the state from Girl Scout councils where no camp is furnished. Appreelative lot- ters have been recelved from moth- ©rs of campers of former years from other citles in the last two weeks, As applications will be considered tn the order of their application the local Girl 8couts sheuld do well t get their applications in soon. Miss Cline Going Away The camp director, Miss Gladys G. Cline leaves for Camp Macy the natlonal Girl Scout training eamp on Thursday for a two weeks period under such nationally known people as Dr. Willlam G. Vinal, Mr. Fay Welch, Dr. Bertha Chapman Cady, Girl Ecout naturalist, Miss Carol Preaton, educational director. Miss Cline will be at the Girl Scout hradquarters from June 1 to June 20, when she goes to Camp Sprague for opening the camp. M C‘line axks that the local applications be tn before June 20. I saw your ad In the Herald, is often said. LAST TIMES TONIGHT D Don’t Miss This Pioture! 5 STARTS WED. “THEIR HOUR” LADIES' MATINEE This coupon and 10c will admit any lady to best mat. seats. — DANCE — and CARD PARTY TUESDAY, MAY 18th—8 P. M. at the ELKS' CLUB Given Town Hall at 8 o'clock. i"irieh Koenemiann, her navigator \Dancing will follow. #nd co-pilet. They will use a Stin- son-Detroiter monoplane. - FAFSIR GIRLS' CLUB Admission 50c. SCHEDULE READY hall and kitchen, | camp for several sum- | ning the camp diet and food supplies. | City Items Verne C. Braddon, former Boys' |secretary at the local Y. M. C. A., now boys' secretary at the Y. M. C. {A. at Troy, N. Y.; his brother Paul | Braddon, formerly assistant phyaical | director at the local “Y” and now | physical director of the “Y" at Co- Ilices, N. Y., and their wives, were | visitors to New Britain yesterday. New Method Laundry, Phone 6185. —advt. Miss Agnes Talbot, of the Moody |Secretarial school, a recent winner |in the state typewriting contest, has accepted a position at the New Brit- |ain Trust Co. Miss Anna Lyons of |the Moody Secretarial achool i now |with the Paterson-Chevrolet agency {of thig city. Tune in on WTIC at $:30 o'clock. |Hear Seiberling Singers. Come in land we'll tell you about a year's i protection on Seiberling cord tires | tree.® Rackliffe Ol Co.—advt. White Rose camp, Royal Nelgh- 1 bors of America, will hold a regular ! neeting this evening at § o'clock in Red Men'a hall. Shades, table or bridge, $1.00, to- y {morrow, at Burritt Art Shop, 85 W. | | Main.—advt. i | The police were notified last eve- | | ning that an automobile had been { on West Main street, near Corbin | { laver all day. Tt was found to be | ! Iregistered in the name of Walter | | Burrell of Beach Swamp road, Ken- | { fery in Smith St. Garage Burritt Art Shop, 85 W. Main. advt, | Members of Unity Rebekah lodge | Wil be entertatned at the home of | I Yucien Bienkowski, aged 19, eof |60 Booth street, denied in police i Mrs, John Radil, 31 Liberty street, Thursday evening beginning at 8 {oclock. | court today that he had atolen & bat- | New Method Laundry, Phone 615 | tery out of an automobile owned by Alexander Bentg, in a garage at 110 Camp, United snmith strect, on May 8, but Judge | =advt, | A. G. Hammond ans will hold a1 p. Roche found probable cause | regular meeting In the camp meeting {and after & hearing lasting almost | | | return to ARE AWARDED DIPLOMAS | Coats Guard Cadets’ Graduations At- | tended By Admiral Bullard and Asst. Sec. of Treasury Lowman, Loudon, 15 P—Ten Coast Guard cadets of the Co. Guard Academy here were pres ed diplomas by Rear Admiral C | Bullard at commencement exerciscs here at 11 o'clock today at which | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | Seymour Lowman delivered the main address. The exercises were held at the academy auditorium | within the historic walls of Fort Trumbull where the academy is lo- cated. A host of Coast Guard offi- cers, relatives and friends attended the ceremonics which opened with honors to Assistant Secretary Low- man in the form of a gun salute { from the academy battery of 13 guna. Tonight the annual Coast May I A Gripping Scene From “The Port of Missing Girls' Which Is | ow Creating a Sensation at the Strand. the corner of Park and John streets | after a car in his charge had figur- | ed in a colliston with a car driven by | Clarence Londin of 64 Newington | avenue on April 28 about 10:80 o'elock at night. Attorney Thomas F. MeDonough represented Unwin. A fine of $10 was suspended on | . pasment of costs, in the case of || Padded Ironing Boards Archie J. Sharp, aged 41, of 124 | Stratford Road, on the charge of speeding. Motorcycle Officer Alfred Tanguay testified that he followed Bharp on Stanley street from Hurl- burt street north, about 12:20 yes- terday, and his speed was 42 to 45 miles an hour. Sharp pleaded guilty and explained that he was in a hurry | to reach home and get his mail and | Middletown during the | Ha did not endanger fety, as there was only | For dry noon hour. anyone's Pease Clothes Trees (White) ing clothes indoors. Reg. $10 Set of (3) Wearever Aluminum Ssuce Pans. Reg. $2.35 ... | Guard cadet dance will be Beld at | the academy. The cadets who were diplomas today are: Watson Archibald Burten of Lock- port, N. Y., appointed from Connec- tieut; Walter Clark Capron of El- mira, N. Y., appointed from Rhode Island; Dale Trudo Carroll of Texi- co, appointed from lllinois; Samuel Francis Gray of Baltimore, Md., ap- ointed from Maryland; Wilbur Clifton Hogan of Kansas City, Moe., ppointed from Missouri; Kenneth Paul Maley of Hopewell, N. Y., ap- poipted from New York; Leon Har- «th Morine of Lindaborg City, Kan- sus, appointed from Kansas; Carl Raker Olsen of Fort Collins, Ohio; appointed from New York: Karl King Rhodes of Benzi: county, Michigan, appeinted from Michigan Thomas Milligan Rommel of Balt more, Md, appointed from Mary- land awarded Shoes that lace Instead of button protect and strengthen baby ankles. Wednesday Specials $2.95 $7.95 $1.38 wlil return to Camp Sprague with a I} room at the etate armory tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Arrangements |will be made for the camp to take {part in the Memorial day parade on May 30, $1.00 specials tomorrow at The ! Burritt Art Shop, 83 W. Main 8t | —advt | At 3:20 yesterday afternoon the fire department was called by an |alarm from Box 67, to an ash fire 'on property of B. Dubowy, 31 1- {Hurlburt street. There was slight damnage. Victor Cascana complained to the police last evening of the theft of a wrist watch valued at §$25, from the box room at the Corbin Berew |factory yesterday afternoon. | New Method Laundry, Phone 615, | —-advt, | Complaint was made to the police | P p DE Il Jiew counsellor | last night that firearms were being | the battery before the court was the |CONCEPN 30 far, and the prospects for {discharged iIn a |street, 2 ghort Célumbia, also that boys congregat- |ing at Columbia and Linwood streets | were making a disturbance. yard on Linwood bitten by & dog yesterday, according to complaint to the police. Miss Marian Sorrow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C, Francis street is a patient at the {New Britain General hospital where {she underwent an operation for ap- | pandicitis Monday. George H. Hamlin of Camp street has gone to North Woodridge, N. H., Ifor two weeks, Porters’ Cellar Abodes f Condemned in Geneva Geneva, May 15 (A —Geneva stil] {forces its apartment house porters, or concierges, to live {n cellars. Now, thanks to the women of the lelty, an outery {s being raised | against the custom, a rellc of the iearly centuries of Geneva life. | | due to establishment here of the League of Natlons and other inter- national institutions, {s causing frenzicd construction of new apart- ment houses to meet the growing housing demand. Women leaders | have selzed the opportunity to urge that concierges be lodged on the ground floor, as fn Paris and other cities of France, and not obliged 1o lve and slecp in rooms which are three-quarters burled in the mould. Pick o' the Pictures! CAPITOL TODAY and WED. 2 DAYS MORE i { | Everyone “'rh & Legion OF TRE Condemned”’ A Tale of tho War-Fliers Whaose Sweetheart Was Death. With the New Screen Lovers Gary Caoper Saye W's Great! Fay Wray, Children After School 100 THURS, FRI, SAT. distance west of ' A child at 61 Franklin street was | Sorrow, of 121 | The influx of people into Geneva, | | ground, recking with humidity and | ! %panish War Veter. !two hours, ordered Bienkowski held | light trafie along the street, he said. | jfor the June term of superior court | Judge Roche warned Sharp that | [ $200 bonds. The charge wWas laccidents often result from speeding {burglary, Prosecuting Attorney and it pays to be careful. | Woods bringing out that Bienkowakl | Prosscuting Attorney Woods | autemabile in one stall while | nolled the case of Israel Wexler, aged car was in another. with & | 46, of 21 Hart street, echarged with | vacant stall between them. and the | speeding. Motorcycle Officer Tanguay {chicken wire partitions had been | made the arrest. |torn open sufficiently to permit vlm‘ B Annual?l:eting Held By J. E. Cecere Co. Monday evening, in the Ttalian hall, at 2 Walnut street, the stock- {holders of the J. E. Cecere Co., met | for the election of the directors for ! the coming year. The president of the corportion J. . Cecere explained (o the share | holders the progress made by the | passage of a person from one stall to the others. ' | Sergeant P. J. O'Mara testified | | that he recovered the hattery in an automobile owned by Adam Okula of 90 Albany avenue, who told him | Bienkowsk{ had loaned it to him. | There was considerable testimony by | M. W. Bannan and Nelson Wells of | the O'Nell Tire & Battery Co. rela- | (tive to metheds of identifying ba | teries, but they could not swear that | | one their company had sold to Bentz, e ‘:‘;‘;‘ h“l'al‘“:'“‘;‘?;“:,‘q‘:,;""’;'":; The following directors werc elect- | | pert knowledge and could only say ° unaaimously,or, e foaming ) [it resembled . the stolen battery, |!°fm: J. E. Cecére, Fauno Cecere, Carmina Revello and Jerry Desslo. Cross-caamined by Attorney Harry “370V0e (L0 0 Wihtn: ot fthe M. Gingburg, representing Bienkow. | Gt & SUbsfar J s ski, Behtz admitted that to him bat- °ftice o 18, caorporation, SRR it all Took sile Church street, the directors elected | Bienkowski claimed that he pur. [N following ofticers: James . | |chased the battery from Kennedy's | Cecere, prtfi}.drnl; F.- Cecere, viee- | | Auto Parts Co., but had no witnesses | PFosldent: Carmine Ravello, treas- | 10 substantiate the elatm. Attorney !réri J. Dessio, secretary; Miss An- Ginsburg contended that the etate l'fr';“ ‘;l“""f- W]‘(“:';}{;fl"’"fl?- 3 [nad failed to prove that the battery |, The difectors voted div Ll {1n question was the atolen article, but | ‘OllOws: "‘ik £rsanh 8 sty | Prosecuting Attorney Woods nsisted | {_::'"“r"’::, "y:'"_ A s Pl ::‘::Mf:" m;:‘";’;’:fl:’ .n:"{‘.fl'[‘: praterred stack, also at the rate of |indicated very clearly that the bat. ' !7 Per cent per vea } [tery recovered by the sergeant wan | _SHOT!IY after the election of direc- {the one which was taken out of | 178 0 the hall fn Walnut street, the | | Bentz’s car. Regardiess of the valye | *hareholders were entertained with | of the battery, which was saiq to be | MUsIc and refreshmenta. {about $20, the statute concerning! s > T | breaking and entering had been vio- | DEMURRER IS FILED lated, Mr. Woods contended. | _ In the action of Rackliffe Brothers | Fined $100 for Drunken Driving ' Co., Inc., against the Equitable Life Tawrence Unwin, aged 26, of 39 | Amsurance society of the United Whiting street, pleaded gullty to the States, tried before acting Judge charge of operating an autemobile Stanley J. Traceski in the city court, | while under the influence of lquor the defendant has filed a demurrer |and was fined $100 and costs, with to strike out plaintift's complaint, |a suspended jull sentence of 10 days, |stating that it is invalld on numer- (on recommendation of Promecuting | ous tcchnicalities. The demurrer | | Attorney Woode. A nolle was entered | was overrulad by the judge on the on the charge of evading reaponsi- |first and second count and sustained | bility, Mr. Woods explaining that be- on the third. Fdward A. Mag rep- cause of Unwin's {ntoxicated eondi- | resented the plaintiff and the firm tion he could not be presumed to | of Gilman & Marks of Hartford act- have deliberately driven away from |ed as counselors for the defendant. the future that appear to be more than promising. TONIGHT and WEDNESDAY Loge Scats Reserved 75,000 GIRLS Reported Missing Every Year! Where Do They Go? Why Do They Leave? SEE This Daring Picture Lay Bare the Pitfalls and Dangers Facing the Girl of Today N ON THE STRAND SYAGE 5 SELECT ACTS Including VAUDEVILLE “THE CASTLE OF DREAMS’ Get Ready, New Britain! Another Great Show Starts THURSDAY fi ELEANOR BOARDMAN OCONRAD NAGEL GWEN LEE and L. GRAY And & Great Stage ailnment BOSTON CLOTHING STORE 63 CHURCH ST. Partnership Sale Installs a Gas Water Heater in your kitchen. These special terms for 10 days 95¢ only. A. A. Mills PHONES 5100—5101 66 WEST MAIN ST. Plymbinz — Heating — Sheet Metal Work The Wise Housewife makes a point of asking, not for just “A quart of milk, please,” but for “A quart of SEIBERT'S milk, please.” Our milk is clean, safe, pure pasteurized; milk that you can always depend upon, Ask for it by name. JE SEIBERT& SON 433-433 PARK ST. CONCERT by the South Congregational Church Quartet MAYBELVLE R. STEVENS, Soprano MABEL FINLEY ARMSTRONG, Contralto FREDERICK WELCH, Tenor RURTON CORNWALL, Bass ROMEO TATA, Violinist South Church Chapel, May 8:18 P. M. Tickets 15 MAY 15s¢ W J COOK PRESENT MENELLYS < VICTOR RECORDING » ORCHESTRA HEADLINING WBZ {17+ VAJDEVL. AN A Y. M. T. A. & B. HALL WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 Admission 75¢ f