New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1928, Page 13

“Ien |I||p|||| | Vllll Unlows otherwise indicated, theatrieal Sotices snd reviews in this colump are Tespective amusement company. written by press agencies for the AT THE CAPITOL Tonight is the last showing at nm Capitol of George O'Brien and Es- | ; Taylor in “Honor Bound Beginning Thursday for the bal- | ¢ of the week a double feature photoplay program of excellence will be offered presenting Monte Blue in “Across the Atlantic” und Irene Rich in “Beware of Married M “Across the Atlantic,” Monte Blue's | latest starring vehicle, reflects the nation-wide interest in aviation. Blue as Hugh suffering from amnesia as a result of his war | experience, and regaining his mental | faculties only after he has stolen a glant airplune and is winging his way over the Atlantic en route to Paris, where his fiancee, bhelieving him dead, is about to marry his brother, gives one of his best charac- terizations, Edna Murphy, Robert Ober and Burr McIntosh are principals in the aupporting cast. Leginning Sunday | for four days Georgs Bancroft will | be offered in his new underworld ' picture “The Drag WOMAN FAILS T0 PROVE THAT SHE IS HEIRESS Mrs. Sophia Mildred Pillsbury Lin- ten Loses In Effort to Claim Share of Estate, Roston. May (UP)—The fig of Mrs. Sophix Mildred Pillsbury Linten to prove that she was the legitimate heir to the $20,000 estate of the late Samuel 1. Pillsbury, end- ed against her in Middlesex probate court yesterday sonfession, signed by Pillshury, h he said that, by agreement with his wife, he had abandoned his | own doug n hour after he birth; had traced her whercabout and finally had adopted her, was de clared a fraud by Judge Charles ) Hari The judee stated that the confes- | sion, upon which Mrs, Linten hascd Yier claim as the flesh-and-blood heir 1o the Pillsbury estate, had been prepared by Mrs. Linten’s husband, Arthur H. Linten, who had obtained he ercion, | The estate will revert to the hlood | yilations of Pillsbury. BERLINNEWS (Continued from Pagr program will be held this evening at 8 o'clock &t Community hall. A re- wort of the play given last week will | e made ot this time. Although it | J1a% not been announced it 1s not be- licved that the club will meet next \\ dneeday evening it bLeing morial day. Tomorrow evening the Totary club shad dinner will be held | at Community banquet hall. Mr. and Mis. R, 0. Clark will be host to the | Totarians, The address given by § P. Merritt in 23 Seven) annnual nator Alice New Britain last was | attended by several from Berlin and | vicinity. The local attendant was Miss | Winifred Barnes, The Fife and Drum corps will | meet tomorrow evening at St Gabriel's Episcopal church. Every member ot the corps is asked to at- tend. Next Monday evening the teyans will hold a box social at the home of Mrs. Gustav Pettit. A bus- iness sessfon will be held preceding the soc On Tuesday ¢ Wes- | ning the Wesleyans will hold a birthday social in the Methodist church social rooms. In- vitations have been to those whose birthdays fall within the period eligible for the event. There will he no praver meeting at the Methodist church this eve- ning. Another whist sent party will be held at Sacred Heart church next Mon- y evening at § o’clock. The whists this year have attracted the largest vrowds of any whists held in the past. The principal sport among the sounger element of the town is box- even basehall running second. roungsters now have their own and every evening and late ternoon many bouts are run off. ven the girls are engaging in the eport, Last night a 13 year old girl put to rout one of the best boy boxers in the town. She literally wwarmed all over her opponent hit- ting him with everything but the ground. Sl Is a match for any boy her age possessing some skill in the #port not resorting wholly to hit- ting pow The junior baseball squad held a practice last evening at the school grounds. The grounds were not in the best of condition but a good practice sesslon was held. The next meeting of the Parent. chers’ association will be held ¢ in June. This will be the final ng of the organization until Among those graduating from Yale Divinity echool in June will be Rev. A. L. Burgreen, pastor of the Metho- dist church. A number from here will attend the graduating exercises, Rtobert Cole returned yesterday from a week-cnd trip to Providence, ., where he visited relatives, ADD BE CHURCH SCHOOL ME The boys and girls of grade 17, “ United Week-day Church achools, will be addressed at their assembly perfod tomorrow by Rev. Dr. J. L. Klingberg, founder and superinten- dent of the Children’s Home in this city. Grade 8 girls, continying their study of the course “And Who is My Neighbor?" will hear the sccond in a merles of talks bearing on this subject when Mrs. Richard White will gpeak to them on “Contributions TINGS |"'i‘l 'Iill' A\- | pitcher, |transportation are requested to mno- signature of Pillsbury under co- |, {Grace hospital in New, | caped causing the I den of Other Nations to Art,” ously affected by the disaster, is still being summoned at various times to care for newly discovered victims of gas poisoning. The Hamburg parliament is pre- paring to investigate the catastrophe |and the question will likely come up {some time today. 'WILL ROGERS IS NOW A GANDIDATE “Boom” Is Launched for Noted Humorist Today ew York, May 23 (UP)—The “\\IU Togers for Presigent Boom™ Woods, 10. - was launched here today. Dulac, rf. ..., y| He was presented by “Life.” na- Stevenson, ss, ., i tional known“magazine of humor, as Joyce, 2h. he candidate of a “bunkless” politi- Yacobellis, ] | rl!ll nllnn & PLAINVILLE NEWS | (Continued from Page Seven) McDonald, 3b. Tucker, c. Freigau, ef. 0 A he would be the first o | President in 62 years who was funny iintentionally,” Life quoted his spon- |sors as saying in Rogers hehalf. The sponsors who “drafted” Rog- ers are listed as: Henry Ford, Harold Lloyd, Nicho- las Murray Butler, Tex Rickard, Wil- liam Allen White, Babe Ruth, Gen- cral William Mitchell, Clare Briggs, Judge Ben R. Lindsay, Roy W. How- tard, Glenn H. Curtiss, Charles Dana | Gibson, Grantland Rice and the Rev. Francis J. Duffy Rogers has yielded to the mendous pressure thus brouglht bear upon him and agreed to ac- |cept the office if elected. Do Work of Both In accepting, however, he declin- ed to have anyone named as a vVice- | presidential candidate. “If elected,” he said, “T'll do the work of hoth president and vice- president for ane salary. When I ain’t busy at the White House I'll go down and ride herd on the sen- at He specified that it would be the presidential salary of $75,000 an- {nually that he would accept and he would save the government the vic presidential salary of $15.000. “This nomination was not by a large mob of tired delegates in convention assembled.” the ment of his sponsors said. made in the usual manner, by a small group of influential citizens gathered together in a hotel room. Thus, the enormous expense of hir- ing a hall, brass bands, press agents and professional cheer leaders, radio hook-ups, etc., was eliminated. “Will Rogers is an American. Equipped as he is with a generous supply of genuine Indian blood, he is a lot closer to 100 per cent Ameri- can than most of the people who brag about it. Peck Spring Standerd tsed Two-base hit, Joyce. balls, off Yacobellis 3. by Schur 9, by Yacobellis 3. Hit by by Schur (McDonald). The Rusinessmen will play the Trumbull Ele am tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock. M. E. Church Notes The Ladies' Aid society the Plainville M. F. church will serve | a public supper in the church par- lors at 6 o'clock this evening. The regular midweek prayer | meeting will be held tomorrow eve- nlng at 7:45 o'clock. Jongregational Church Nofes « fathers’ and mothers' dinner will be served in the Congregational church parish house a?12:30 o'clock tomorrow noon. Those desiring Struck out, tre- Miss Julia Barnes or Mrs. Don- ald Benjamin. Miss Louise Andrie will entertain the evening group of the Woman's Federation at ler home, 56 East Main street, at 7:30 o'clock tomor- row evening. This will be the last mecting of the year and all mem- | bers are urged to make a special ef- fort to attend. The affair wili be in the form of a lawn party if weather ptrmits, Auxiliary Celebrates Mcmbers of the Legion auxiliary | and post last night observed the ghth anniversary of the auxiliary with a birthday party in Legion hall. Miss Josephin Bosco, Miss Anna Grabam and Theodore Fanion sand solos. Miss Marjorie Fisher gaye two readings which were much edjoyed. A big birthday cake, baked by Mrs. .. B. Graham was quickly disposed of by the Legionnaires and auxiliary members, On Sunday afternoon the regular | county meeting of posts and auxil- iaries will be heud in Southington at 3 o'clock. Members of the Plainville organizations will leave Legion hall at 2:30 o'clock. Pythian Temple Mecting Pythian Temple, No. 29, P. §. will meet in Odd Fellows' hall to- night. As fmportant business is to be transacted, all members are re- quested to be present. Home for Vacation Miss Rowena Birnbaum, who has | heen training as a nurse at the | Haven, is spending three weeks with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, I. J. Birnbaum of 117 Broad street. At the end of that time she will bhegin training at the New Haven General hospital, to graduate next May. |elocted a president for no other vea- perience as a public servant than any man that has ever run for any oftice. up in politics, (he has mayor of Beverly Hills, Cal.; he has been designated ‘congressman at large’ and he holds the commission of colonel in Kentucky a veteran of 13 campaigns in the Ziegteld Follies, which is a lot more than can be said for Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover or even Al Smith, “Will Rogers has seen something of the world. He knows more about our foreign relations than the 18 august members of the _senatorial foreign relations committee. He was internationally famous as an bassador of good will when Lind- bergh was still toting mail between St. Louis and Chicago. A Good Scout *“Will Rogers is a good scout—and lit's just about time that the people of the United States of America served as GAS SHIPPED T0 U. §. 10 Tons Sent to This Country An-|son than that.” Nicholas Murray Butler, in join- nually German Manufacturer Sa¥S |y, the sponsors of Rogers' candi- |dacy, advocated Lindbergh for vice president. “My judgment is that this ticket would aweep the country,” he wrote. “One legalistically-minded politician objects to it on the ground that my candidate for president, when elect- od, will either die or resign. How- ever, this objection is typical of what must he met if one cndeavors to guide his countrymen aright and aloft.” Rogers has promised to give out an address of acceptance next week and thereafter will wrje his own | platform, make his own campaign | pledges, expose what he constders to {be bunk, and tell how he proposcs to run the country—if elected. —Hamburg to Investigate, Hamburg, Germany, May 23 lflr—«i Dr. Hugo Stolzenberg, liead of the plant which was the scene of Sun- day night's poison gas catastrophe, said today that forty tons of phos- gene arc shipped to the United Ntates annually. Previously it had been stated that the gas which es- deaths of eleven persons was destined for the United States, Dr. Stol berg named the Heye- Chemical corporation and the Northwestern company as consignees of the plant. He did not give the ad- dresses, It is now proposed to dump the remaining stock of phosgene in the 5 North Sea in order to remove any| Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is replacing possible further danger. 1"1 cobblestone and mud streets with The fire brigade of the Wilhelms- | asphait. Tonight Only GEORGE O'BRIEN #i Pick o' the Pictures THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY 2 — PHOTOPL \Y\ OF UNUSUAL MERIT — WARNER BROS . prasin? Monte Bu cross THE TLANTIC"" O0-FE ATURE A MERRY FARCE OF A FLAPPER WHO DARED BEWARE OF MARRIED MEN wm axve coox Ivene Rich wicasro ruexer berg district which was most seri-| to | made | “Will Rogers has had a wider ex-| Not only has he been mixed | he is also 5 | he sought his seat am- | EW.BRITAIN DAIL 77 L Y HERALD ESDAY, MAY HARD WORKERS' CLUB SEEN HARD AT WORK The accompanying shows the members and the work C shop of the Hard Workers Wood- |1 working Junior Achievement Evidently the members were tent upon their employment they failed to face the camera, they are to identitied cIuh,\ so0 in- | that but be ding |i | photograph | fr{ om left to right harles Steve the noty( as Ernest Weeks, | belt on pulley Willie Westerman i“h‘] be The club cade W (leader), Howard| ., iye ang Joseph Kitson. i many other of taking tl 100! lustrate | ompanying invention of op the end tabl wheel by bicyele an acroplan | ns, zed 15 among the wall in t hoat larold Swanson s roducec article rack shown on the ture, the near. n the picture and tlso exhibited, andall and The object ph was to on's ng photo- Swan- | a grind- | The 1o rating power. COMBINED KNACKS o WIN FOR SPELLER . (Continued from be “campanele.” crowd who knew what had happen- ed, shifted their feet, and the others scuffed theirs when the judges pass- | ¢ ed the word to Pauline Gray. It w the crisis. Probably even Pauline does not know why she also spelled it “c-a-m-p-a-n-e- but she did, and the battle went on, There grade school dents from as many different entered. All did well for Anna Murphy, of New Conn., sitting down first magic.” laric of stumbled over First Page) | v hose of the o ( stu- ¢ cities time, Britain, when she wer a W w Youngstown, | g “occurred”; son, of Milwaukee, fell |« “admiring” and Aram Be- first of the six boys to we, spelled “Middy” He w red-faced as and the girls |1 giggled. ! The judges assumed the solemn look that presaged “jaw-breakers.!” Those on their feet bent forward as words that might be spelled in two, | & or thrée different ways, or strange words that seemed to have no place on the English language, were pro- | nounced. Nash, of Worces- ter, Mass., left the ranks. Marie Waltz, of Lancaster, Pa. spelled | ol “saxophone” with an * Marcia 1 Tibbetts, of Indianapolis, through ¢ there ‘was a “i” in “gist.” Webster | h Haight, of Binghamton, N. Y., went down on the word “valet.” Misplaces One Ietter Another bhoy. Ellis Walker. Del., misplaced a lot- A momentary aberration caused Joseph I1. Murick of Bridgdport, Conn.. to spell it “aboration.” Elsie Drexler, of Erie, Pa., missed “charfvari.”” and there was no wonder, Glenna Ackerman, of Springfleld, Ohio, was defeated by “counselior,” which was a triple- | catch. | Ohio, v with an “ie.” o fi 1 n of |& 4 Many gifts will be awarded to our patrons oN 'rm, SCREEN vo-feature “ROARIN BRONCS" Thursday Lionel Barrymore, Aileen P ngle in “BODY and SOUL" co-feature *THE GIRE OM GAY PAREE' FREE! 4 More Complete Rooms of Beautiful Furniture, One Each Day This Week, Come Afterncon or Evening, tonight BEAUTIFUL MAPLE 3 PIECE BREAKFAST SUITE 5 ELEC ACTS “clairvoyance “ehrysalis, alaurcate. to be is her second tim & v reputation | Washington = Bergen suceumbed to Botty's cdge, “deart Myrtle Frank could and M Conn., st the crown. not spell | | Twenty-four Chandler, led thousand students | participated in the ling contest | sponsored by the South Bend Ne Times. Prizes were awarded to the champions of each room and grade, trom third to eighth, and to cach school champion—49 “juniors” and 16 ¢ Haftrord, clientele.” The going was hard dickinson, Des Moines, Towa, Memphis, Tenn., Mary Louisville, Helen , and Ethel Cook, o t.. encountered stumpe rder, after previously pelled such words as * “eeleetic? over 5 and Norma | Frances Sherwin, Jericho, in rapid having connoisseur,” and “bac- even rural schools, nine public schools of Mishawaka and pub- lic schools in South Bend sent their champions to the final spelling bae, [ which was lield in the high school uditorfum, before 1,500 people. May Be Public The obvious f spellers seem e fright when immense audience in brought home fact that it will be ture con ts ) spelling ad of club lun der scliools, By the Herald Staff Cor A Gruclling Conte Washington, D. C., May The ontest was the most gruelling that ny group of spellers ever faced in national contest. Miss Murphy visibly nervous, misspelling a ord with which she is thoroughly illar. She took her defeat in 0od sportsmanship and seemed not t00 deeply affected by her dis- ppointment. The winner, an in pondent) t they licted face with the Washington forcibly the ssary in fu- ake th public SRR Herald has b nee cre to uor held T Th n- ic has un- st e “heon, liscu: matehes Another r cal poli the (s we - ion &pelling Robinson contests, in three is a This years to and barely | somi 1S public auditorium. 1 for this chang now heing uest by parents and fricnds 1148 others interested that the contest be made » public. I 0 to Washingron nissed out last year, which would | 1ave made the present trip her third. She s 13 vears old and a student f St. Joseph's parochial school of | outh Bend. She represented the outh Bend News-Times and North rn Indfana in the contest. She for being *cool un more Miss Anna M & chamyion, s w tphy, the city spell- who is in Waghington ci as the guest of the Herald, having the time of her life, ac- re. Retty n 1926, when si Id and a sixth | Capital City in the eighth grade.! "1 4 1oq10r was but 11 vears | which came by mail ie student late for complete ot only won the St. Joseph county | vays: “T am hampionship, but captured second | Washington v onors in the national contest at|<he and her Last year she was run- | Sunday evenir er up for the county championship, | Wain, hich she lost to Anna Marie n, a school mate. This year. knowl- going down on the word " and Retty once more wears LYCEUM WED., THURS.. FRI. 2—GREAT FEATURES—2 Jacqueline Logan —in— “Broadway Daddies” BUSTER BROWN COMEDY Co-Feature Hoot_ Gibson ‘Wild West Show’ s coupon lntl |lk‘ ul" admit a lady 1o mat. best seat. Ao, from Miss ind publication, enjoying my trip ¥ much.” She says chaperone had a visit from Donald P, M- national spclling contest di- Murphy 8T st sh she to IT STARTS SUNDAY For 4 Days At the CAPITOL with George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent ARTS TOMORROW MILTON SILLS tears the mask off all underworld. revealing its gyp joints, its gang wars—its secrets—and a most beautiful romance that blossomed in its midst. Never before has the underworld been so daringly exposed as in ‘THEHAWK’SNEST’ with DORIS KENYON The Rose & Moon Revue An Extravaganza of Color, Song, Dance OTHER BIG ACTS! NOVELTIES! MUSIC! T that New Brifain | | cording to communicafions from the | arrived too | seven | lacal | grace, hut seems to feel that more a plan to hold future | this morning was most interesting. | | | |ed | W {ident Calvin Coolidse {shopping with 1 | of the I them the|German, and Argentine embassies, the department of agriculture, and the Red Cross headquarters. We saw @ great nany other bulidings 100 numerous to mention. ‘A 10 minute stop at the Lincoln emorial gave us an opportunity to see the 150 ton statuc of our 16th president. rector, who cxtended to official welcome. McWain told them there was | a possibility of changing the prizes| Xt year and of giving the five| lighest a trip to Yellowstone Na- | tional park, for the summer. Other | prizes would be in cash. This of | course, has not been decided. | One man has suggested that the winner be given a trip to Europe, but this suggestion has been reject- ed at this time becau “You already know the returns on the spelling b 1 certainly didnt 4o very much for New Britain and I'm sorry because people expected so much and I wanted to do well, jbut 1 guess the fates were against and |me. T feel pretty badly and I al- the | most wish that 1 were 1,000 miles away from everybody, but losing |isn't half bad when you get $25. “I hope New Britain will do bet- | ter next vear. “Yours lruh NNA G. MURPHY.” The Herald this afternoon sent a telegram to Miss Murphy congratu- lating her on her sportsmanship and suggesting she proceed to have a g0od time, bearing in mind that only one person can win the big prize. Miss Murphy tells with enthusi- asm of her visit to the U. academy at Annapolis Monday the opportunity of witnessing cadet drill. Monday evening before the comin, anquet she spellers had ning acqua somie good frien vo vaudeville entertainers, edian and a ventrdoquist ned them after dinner vening More s are by A0 dispatch rald staff correspondent, wel- d the other opportunity of he- d, and she says she | i al i enter- Monday | recent recount from the received | a spec ‘ashington ltseeing started §: > stops at the Pan- 1ding, bureau of printix old National museurn, the | “mithsonfan institution, and the | ington monument noon m spellers will - White Houss and en- | by Jus. After luncheon today's program | includes a visit to the embass and | iie tomb of the unknown soldier, a | irip to the zoological gardens, eorgetown university and Arlington cemeter ! This evening the party will be en- | tertained at a theater ty at the Fox theater. Doring her Tuesday few hours of leisure afternoon, Anna went Youngstown O., | party. ! At the contest lust evening one DIX the visitors was Mrs. Henry N. Lee formerly of New Britain and now of | yy. a > Washington. Mrs, Lee's husband, | NINE PARTY, Who is a former business manager | of the Herald, is a direct descendant | e Colonel Isaac Lee, one | early pioneer settiers and | of New Britain, and Rev- | ry War hero. After the bee, | > visited with Anna and me a while and we had a great discussing the changes in New | ain and the growth of the Her- | Lee asked about many of lier former friends in New Britain, Anna is a little disappointed at ing out in the contest, but is tak- | ing her defeat like a good sport. | She is looking forward cagerly to the rest of the program and wishes she could stay here a month, hat the young woman from New Rritain was disappointed that she did not win the contest s indicated in a letter received late this after- noon. She takes her defeat in good m There’s the air mail — {with news of the BIG af 1he tounder olutiona Mrs, 1 or quit ime Keep on the sunnyside by using the Classified Columns of the Herald. It is a great Directory for Demand and Supply. was expected of her. 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