New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1928, Page 25

r 3 3 ] y#4und Neil Hamilton in her support. | ‘ d .!:!Iliiu“pulh h. Tt e e Tl ' ~ o 'nless otherwise indicated. theatrical otices and revi written by press agencies for the AT THE CAPITOL An excellent double feature Piotoplay program is now playing tlc Capitol and delighting patrons With its entertainment. Togping the program is Marry” with Lois Moran featured «L Yicre In an excellent story of flaming £ ~ youth, of a modern miss who chang- ¢ wan of her choice. Fy The siory abounds with delightful sceues of ynrestrained Miss Moran is more ci wver in “Don’'t Marry.” The co-feature is an photaplay, “A Thief in the Dark,” a creepy, sneaky, aky, story of cpooks and croo! with a vein of comedy that makes it well liked. Beginning Sunday nightN the “sature attraction for the first four | days of ‘mext week will present Ramon Novarro in “A Certain Young Man." “THE NI RADE” The new show at the Strand is full of entertaining units including the screan hit, “The News Pa ring Sally Phipps and Nick the pair who scorcd so s fully i “The High School Hero.” Th vaudeville is headed by the Mangean Troupe, one of the mogt sensational novelty turns that has been seen here this season; Master Jay Ward who is featured with Ward and Dooley scored a decided hit at ea erforni- ance yesterday in his little cowboy togs. This hoy proves to be a etellar comedian in his own right. Other acts include Krugle and Robles; Wade Booth and Louise and Ross. Next Sunday's feature attraction will be “No Other Woman" star- ring Dolores Del Rio, fresh from her triumphs in “Ramona.” youth and arming than unusual Stuart, No Comment Officially In Church Controversy Mexico City, June”s (UP)—No official cognizance had been given vet today on the report circulated through the United States and abroad that a settlement of the Mex- ican church difterence was ne 8ome sort of official statement had been expected yesterday but of- ficlals informed the press they had | no announcement. Rumors of an impending settle. ment galned headway here. One re- port eaild that Archbishop Miguel De La Mora of San Luis Potosi, now in hiding in Mexico City, had been informed by cable from Rome that the end of the dispute was expect- ed. Newspapers have printed no news of the situation save for the labor paper El Sol, which printed a dis- patch from Rome telling of the con- | ference between Archbishop Ruiz y I"lores and Cardinal Gasparri. City Must Pay $62,000 Due .on Obligations Payment of charges on the city's financlal obligations will be recom- mended to the common council at| its next meeting by Hanford L. Curtls, who Comptroller lists the following as now due: Five school | 7 fire | bonds, $5,000; note on No. . station, $10,000; note on World War “memorial, $33,000; interest on sewer ! bonds, $13,260; interest on school bonds, $752.50; interest cn tempor- ary loan, $744.44. SMITHWICK APPOINTED John J. Smithwick of Stanley street, has been appointed play- ground supervisor which will open following the close of schools. torg for the various grounds was de- ferred to allow the commissioners to make a study of the heap of ap- plications before them when they met last night. It was voted to contract for fire- works in the amount of $800 for the | Band concert | July 4th observance. Aates were fixed as follows: arf@ 18 and August 1 and 15. July 4 New Britain WED., JUNE Tiekets on sale Cirews Day st oit's Drug Store. gronnds. DANCE RIALTO BALLROOM SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Music By Tmperial Club Orchestra GEORGE WESTERMAN Teacher of Violin Wianer of Kote Stamley Scholarship “Don't | «d from flapper to prude to win the | for the season Appointment of direc- | ‘row Same price as om | Al u'- nlnl 'u 5-" in this ealumn are tespective smusement company. 0 | .“COUNTRY DOCTOR"—LYCEUM | “The Country Doector” with Ru- dolph Schildkraut and a great cast is the main aftraction for “The Farewell Program” that will play at the Lyccum theater two days only this Saturday and Sunday. The management has sccured only the Lest photoplays for the last show- ing. “The Country Doctor” is con- ! the season—and it would pay every- hody well to see it. The companion feature, another picture well worth its name is “Hellship Bronson,” | starring Mrs. Wallace Reid and Noah Beer: ALABAMA FLODD WATERS GO DOWN' Homes in Devastated Area Are Being Reoccupied Montgomery. Ala. June § () — Homes in the lowlands of four southern states, hastily abandoned a weck ago when flood waters from a score of streams threatened their destruction, are being reoccupied as the excess water found an out- let in the Guif of Mexico. Communication facilitles, vs and rallroads, serfously dam. aged by storms and the high water, were being brought back to normal- cy by emergency grews of work- men. Crenshaw county, probably the hardest hit section of the storm | area, presented a herole picture as national guardsmen, alded by eiti- zens, went about the work of re- habilitation. Ten cities, hastily set up, offered shelter to more than 100 homeless. Crops in the affected area, in- | cluding portions of Georgia, bama, Mississippl and Louisiana, | already set back from two to three weeks by the floods of last April, were badly damaged, and in some | sections. a total loss. Damage in the four states from the flood and storms over the last | tew days than a million dollars. | Liquor Charges in Boston Statehouse Discarded | | Boston, June 8 (UP)—Charges {of alleged dquor parties in the state house on the night of the prorogation of the legislature last Year were discarded by a senate investigating committee late yester- | day after | stantiate the charges preferred by several other witnesses called by the committce, falled to produce suffi- |cient facts to warrant a further in- vestigation, members of the com- mittee sald. FORECLOSURE ACTION, A foreclosure action was brought today by Rozalla Pierzanowski of Meriden agalnst Helen Niedalejko ef Wallingford and Steve | Anthony Petrauskas of this through Attorney L. J. Golon. The plaintiff claims foreclosure by rea- son of non-payment of a promissory | past due. Deputy Sheriff Matthew ! Papciak served the papers today. ! PICK O' THE PICTURES! |CAPITOL TODAY AND SAT. Continuous Don’t Miss These Two Great Pictures! LOIS MORAN “Don’t Marry” with NEIL HAMILTON A Tale of Flaming Youth! AND “A THIEF IN THE DARK” An Unusual Story atdlh out for W P AMON sidered one of the finest dramas of | high- | Ala- | was estimated at more | evidence falled to sub- | Speck and | clty | NEW BRIT:AIN BEN FOX, HUMAN LY, DISAPPEARS { While Bnllns Wait and Gnash Teeth, He Flies | | | Chicago, June § (®—Ben Fox. the | human fly. has flown. He disappear- {ed sometime yesterday from his |perch on the Masonic Temple flag- . | pole, much to the chagrin of many persons. It had been presumed when he started Muy 19 he was out to smash some flagpole sitting records, as has become something of & vogue. It ppeared today, however, that Fox may have ascended the pole in self- | defense, decming it & spot of com- rarative calm where he might pon- der numecrous personal problems | white several creditors, a bailiff with |a writ, and others remained below, bolding the sack. Another thing became known to- day. Flag pole sitting is an occup: | tion that whets the appetite. Fox's | taste ran to strawberry shortcake at !a time when strawberry prices were |about as high as the flagpole melr 55% For Food | “He ate $55 worth of food a week, | at our expense,” lhe promoters com- plained, * “and pald $10 a \r« nt for the flagnoll o Which explains why the promo- |ters were among those who kept | | vigil at the base of the flagpole, | waiting for Fox to get tired and | come down. Then came word that Fox had | been married to a nurse in licu of paying a $700 hospital bill, this be- ing complicated by information that there was another Mrs. Fox. These several circumstances made the hour of Fox's descent a matter of |concern to a considerable company. | Pug Not Paid An ex-pugilist was employed to sit at the flagpole base and keep certain disagreeable persons away, {1368 piving Bosts chano o hurcsns the ex-pug had joined the general | wail, for he, tgo, had not heen paid. It had been planned for Fox to turn his adventure into currency by | broadcasting by obtaining theater | contracts and through a *“cut” on the earnings of numerous telescope ‘ners. These latter individuals, for he small sum of a nickel, a half a dime” turned their lenses from the moon to the pole, giving to all who wished a glimpse of the flagpole sit- ter {n action. All the money-making | plans, however, evaporated. | He Flew ! While the promoters were won- dering where the human fly's next meal was coming from, he flew. At any rate, he has departed, The tableau at the base of the |flagpole was of bailiffs gnashing their teeth, an ex-pugilist shadow | boxing himself to a knockout, and | the promoters. pocket turned inside | out, gazing wretchedly at a big plat- ter on which could be discerned just the suggestion of a vagrant straw-| berry. {Fighting Anln Breaks | Out in Chinese Zone Tientsin, China, June 8 (A — Fighting broke out this morning on the banks of the Paiho river above | Tangku, to the northwest of Tient- |sin, The firing was continuous and | severe. All river traffic was stop- | | ped. Two Japanese steamers, escorted | by & gunboat, on their way to Tient- sin from Tangku were compelled to turn back The Chinese police at Taku, a pilot town, fled last evening, and a detachment of Italian marines was sent to Taku to protect the foreign pilots’ families. note for $2,940 which sum is long READ HERALD (TAASSIFILD ADS the fce pack. DAILY HERALD, |MAYOR RENAMES BOARD T0 DIRECT CITY GARAGE | Kenney Will Succeed Brown as| Chatrman — Zimmerman Reap- pointed to Board of Assessors. The entire garage comnmission was reappointed today by Mayor Pao-! nessa, but there will be & shift in the chairmanship, Walter J. Ken- ney, democrat, succceding Brainard W. Brown, who will remain as @ | ommissioner. Frank logers and Harry P. O'Connor, the former a republican and the latter a Memo- crat, also were returned to the board. The terms of all commission- | ers expired June | Frank M. Zimmerman reappointed to the boasd sors today. There is no chairman- ship change contemplated in this hoard, the mayor aunounced. Zim- merman, a democrat, was chairman for threc dev former admin- istrations of Paonessa, and he was succreded by Thomas Linder, re- publican, who now holds the office. OPPOSITION HAS NO PERSONALITIES Ii Hoover Is Nominated He \'Illl Be Supported was also of asses- | YOArs 1 Kansas City, June Ruth Hanna McCormick, directo publicity for the Anti-Hoover cmm tion, declared today that the cami- paign of the opposition was nm |based on personalities and that |Hoover is nominated all republicans will support him. The plan of the coalition, she said. was t6 bring as forcibly as possible | hefore the delcgates the availability of Lowden, 4 | ! Curtis that the republican party be placed in a better position to carry the cleetion. | Hard Fight This campalgn to show that Hoover's nomination would mean & | hard fight for the party in Novem- ber will continue, Mrs. McCormick added, in the hope that the dele- gates will realize the r\'nuhlk‘ans‘ will have an easier time next No-| vember by accepting someone else than Hoover. “There i8 nothing sinister about | our campalgn,” she said, are in no way to be considered as Lolters or with the intention of bolting. We will do all we can to nominate someone we think is bet- ter for the party nationally than Mr. Hoover, but if he should win the nomination all republicans will sup- {port him. There are no personali- |ties involved in this movement.” Coast Guard Cutter Is ! Going With Medical Aid | St. Paul Island, Alaska, June 8| (—Answering a wireless call for medical aid for Mrs. T. 8. Ecup- | holm, the only white woman in the | Eskimo settlement at Sevoonga, !'.{ Lawrence Island, the U. 8. toll(; guard cutter Northland was plow- | ing through foggy fice ficlds loday‘ on an errand of mercy. Mrs. 8cupholm is the wife of 'hl' !United States bureau of education representative at Sevoonga. Her | husband, who radioed for help, has been following instructions recefved | by wireless from physiclans at| |Nome and aboard the Northland. The nature of her iliness was not learned here. The Scupholms are isolated eon {the {aland all but a few months of the year whon vesssls can plerce FEATLRES LYCEUM FE&TLRLG — NOW — MARY CARR P — “A MILLION FOR LOVE” with REED HOWES Co-Feature RANGER The Wonder Dog in His Latest and Best SATURDAY and S “FAREWELL RUDOLPH SCHILDKRAUT —in— ‘THE COUNTRY DOCTOR’ NDAY PROGRAM” Co-Feature MRS, WALLACE REID —in— “HELL SHIP BRONSO! With SALLY PHIPPS DOLORES DEL RIO M of Carlos Hessellbrink st Institute Musical Art, New Yeork City PHONE 4038 - in — “NO OTHER WOMAN' SELECT ACTS LADIES’ MATINEE This Coupon and 10c will admit a lady to best mat. seat. ow Playing TONIGHT AND SATURDAY and NICK STUART THE MANGEAN TROUPE Next Thursday GILDA GRAY - i - “THE DEVIL DANCER” l‘l" \‘ Modern City of Sydney, Goal of Southern Cross Sydney, largest city in Australia, is the destina tion of the Southern Cross, across the Pacific from California by w: ay of the Hawaiian and Fiji Islands and B , flving the long trail isbane. The million inhabitants of the Australia metropolis, shown here from the harbor, are planning a rousing welcome to the plane and its crew. ANDY Winner of $25,000 in Bunion: PAYNE OFF . o—o:| FOR HIS OLD HOME Derby Leaves New York New York, superior | Payne, Oklahoma farm or ' fiying feet carried him trate on his flagpole sitting. Taday Watson over Hoover for the nomina- | ang {tion {n erder derby. is fame June 8 (UP)-- boy, in C.C going back and home folks how he did it. Andy has a mission. ! Charles A, Lindbergh made PALACE —TODAY— IL\\IO\' NOVARRO in 'ACROSS TO SINGAPORE" *Madge Bellamy in VAUDE! Added Feature ~SATURDAY— LLE REVUE On the Screen RICHARD DIX {n “QUICKSANDS" Added Feature ESTHER RALSTON in “SOM FTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS" i} bilt hotel (suites $39 4 Andy whose to wealth Pyle’s bunion tell the Just as Col. . the “Stik Tegs” | country “air conscioue” by his na- tional airplanc tour, so Andy is 0ing to extoll the bencfits of cross- country racing. vlo, who recer 000 as the wi passed out told of bunion derby is said to e Pyle on the brink of financial disas From his rooms in the Vander- ) to which he nioved from the Biltmore hotel (suites $60 a day) after paying off the runners, Pyle outlined an educa- 1w of the derby av 00 more in pri nal campaign for Andy. Children in Oklahoma are crying to see Andy) Pyle. “His stride is so marvclous that when he demonstrates it, people will want more try foot races. Ko Andy > g0ing to tour every town in Oklahoma. At each town Andy will run a bit, then lecture a it. His subject will be the joys of running across the United States, “We leave in ahout a week for the tour, which will he backed by public spirited men fn Oklahoma who are anxious to advance the cause of —AUCTION-— We will sell for ESTATE 1939 Stanley Street, Saturday, TWO HORSES OF Mowing Machine; Hay Wagon; Iron Whesl Wagon: Sulky Plow: Hay rake; Teader; THOMAS June 9th at 2:00 P. M. AND FARM IMPLEMENTS Including—MacCormick Corn Harvester Reaper and Bind Bottom Dump Single and Double Harness; Har- TRACY, New Britain, Conn (daylight time.) Blower; Manure Spreader: Fanning Mill; Corn Sheller: 10 Loads Manure; rows and many small tools and implements, The late Thos. Tracy did a great deal of custom work for nearhy farmera and the farming implements are all p Sale takes place regardless of weath condition. will be sold without yeserve. ctical and in good r and everything THE GERTH co. Auctioneers Telephones 2034 4-4596 Live Stock Department. Hartford Office 38 Pearl Street | competition today when J. bunion ‘derbies. They furnish the money, 80 no admitsion will he charged to see Andy."” Andy, who is stili aleorbing the sights of New York, s ao fmhied with the idea of pubilc serviee tha® he hax agreed not e sigm veudevilic | contracts or take screen testa for the moy Creat Britain Again Winner Over Germany Birmingian Gr Britain second straight victory over Germary in the third round of Furopean Devis cup Colin Gregory dafeated the veteran Teuton Otto Kroitzheim, 6-4, 4-6. 0, re- tired. Froitzheim withdrew Lecause an injury to his right feot. Britain now needs snly one more victory to clinch the serias and ad- vance to the fourth round. Fdward Higgs won the opening singles mateh yesterday from Hans Molden- hauer. of BRISTOL Fireworks SATURDAY NIGHT June 9 $1,000 worth. Our new exhibitor is New England’s largest. This exhibition won sev- eral first prizes last year at Italian celebration. DON'T MISS IT! BILL TASILLO and His Orchestra. Sunday Free Band Concert GOSHEN INN SUNDAY CHICKEN DINNER At $1.30 Served From 13:30 to 8 D, 8. Time Board and Room Ry Day or Week Phone 167-8 5. VIOTOR MOSSBERG We're Here Again Brockton Shoe Sto 284 MAIN STREET (In the same location.) -In a new store in a new building, but with the old purpose. TO BE KNOWN AS “The Home of Good Shoes for Men and Boys” "Our new store, equipped with modern facilities w:ll enable us to carry a more complete stock of shoes which will more than ever appeal to new and old patrons of our 30 years old establishment. Formal Saturday, June 9th Opening The New LEONARD BUILDING 284 MAIN STREET BROCKTON SHOE STORE OPP. GRANT’S