New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1928, Page 17

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(e written by pres agencies ter the % GREAT SHOW AT STRAND 5 The sw at the Strand this week- §end proved to be a winner with au- | diences yesterday afternoon and eve- ning. The feature picture, “The Magnificent Flirt' etarring Florence \idor ie delightful entertainment # while the vaudeville bill included Bert Collins and Company in an “ claborate dancing and singing revue; O'Rourke and Grebs in smart talk ‘.nd song which scored solidly: W. Rarnes and his Girls; Miss Patrice with her syncopate violin and Geral- dine Miller and Co. The feature photoplay attraction for next Sunday, 1 »y, Tuesday and Wednesday orma Tal- madge in “The Dove.” Coming at- tractions include ‘The Garden of Eden” with Corinne Griftith. “The Vanishing Pioneer” with Jack Holt and Esther Ralston with Gary Coop- er in "Half A Bride." PALATS ROYAL In Palais Royal, Hartford's ball ome ¥ 100 mde luxe, there is tonight his § ctarting at midnight the dance event ccent K of 1928 in form of the inter-city 24 hour champion dance marathon. Dancing will start for the public at large 8 o'clock tonight to the world v six § famous Charles Kerr and his steps }. Pioneer radio broadcasting orches- often @ tra—direct from Young's Million s of @ Dollar Pier, Atlantic City. Public open @ dancing will continue until 12 room @l o'clock, when the contestants will hairs @ start the marathon also to this| fold- f famous band. Noncontestants will pro- B e allowed to continue dancing for Ons M 2s long a period as they desire at a kit- L an very small additional charge. There 1s no doubt that this event will at- run @ tract large crowds and tomorrow rner when the public will be able to tha @ dance in the afternoon from 3 un- and o 11 6 p. m. In Capitol Park all nd a f§ the Fun of the Faire reigns su- sions §8 preme, including all the new and old ‘avorites and many new games all and J of which have been sensations at bun- Coney Island. mes, ——— sther LAKE COMPOUNCE They Tn an cffort to please its patrons, their 8 the management at Lake Com- sucst QR Vounce has extended every effort to present the best to the public. Last Sunds the first display of fire- works brought out a record crowd, one which has never been seen at the grounds before. The display was [ 2 81,000 exhibition which won o many first prizes at the Italian cele- bration last year. This week, a duplicafion of last week's spectacular showing will be had with additional gala attrac- fions added. Holding to its policy, whiéh always come first, the offi- cials at Lake Compounce promise{ that this event Saturday will be ex- ceptional And as to dancing the well known Tasillo has charmed theusands with his orchestra, Wherever his orches- tra is advertised you will find the select seeking recreation of the finer type. Just try dancing to Tasillo's music and you will look no further than the dance hall where he plays thereafter. 5 St. Joseph's Circus now 0gra- 1 de- rvice that con- t be- onfi- Closing iums men re- hene- She 1 al- narry izen- Postponed Until Monday (4 Compounce June 23 June 23 Fireworks Saturday Night Again the management at Lake Compounce will present a display of fireworks which duplicate prize | | winners at [talian celebrations. Also dance to the strains of Tas- illo's Orchestra for perfect en- joyment. RAND CONCERT SUNDAY Direction of Ernest A. Becker. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNERS $1.00 — $1.50 — $2.00 — PALACE — TODAY DEL RIO in AY ‘of the MOON" Added Feature JACRIE COOGAN in ‘BUTTON SATURDAY VAUDEVILLE REVUE Eleanor Boardman-Conrad Nagel in “DIAMOND HANDCUFFS" Added Feature BUZZ BARTON in “THE FIGHTIN' REDHEAD", Unless otherwiss indicated. theatrieal Botices as Tespective amusemest company. | Junior High school on Orange street. | Britain High school. Mr. Ginsburg V.H also a graduate of New Britain High school and of Fordham col- |lege. He i3 one of New Britain's | well known % S ‘7.— reviels 1n this column are GIFT NIGHT AT CAPITOL Tenight is Merchants Gift Night at the Capitol.'a distribution of valu- able gifts from the stores of lead- ing merchants. The main gift being a one hundred piece dinner set of French China. The photoplay pro- gram for tonight and Saturday af- ferds excellent” entertainment in a double feature show. The main at- traction will present Mary Astor and Llovd Hughes in “Three Ring Mar- riage” a romantic drama of life be- hind the scenes of a large circus. It has a very interesting plot and was well liked at the performances yesterday. The co-feature provides plenty of laughter in offering W. C. Fields and Chester Conklin in “Fools For Luck™ a comedy that is full of mer- riment and affords not a dull mo- ment while these famous comedians cavort around for your amusement. Beginning Sunday night for a four day engagement the management announces the showing of the pic- ture with a silver lining “Happiness Ahead” and featuring Colleen Moore and Edmund Lowe, CLOSING PROGRAN AT POLISH SCHOOL 65 Pupils Wil Enter New Junior High Grade About 2,000 children, the Sacred Heart school, part in the school closing excrcises | which will be held Sunday at | in the cvening at the Sacred Heart school auditorium on Gold street. There will be no diplomas issued | this year as the pupils of the sev- enth grade will continue their &tu- dies in the higher grades of the new pupils at will take | About 65 pupils will eighth grade During the exercises pupils different grades who have excelled | in behaviour aud studies, will be presented with prizes and scholar- pass to the of | { ships. The complete program is as| follows: | Song. “Lovely Night," hy Grade | V11 Glee club. Selected Song, girls of the pre- paratory grade. Good-Night Drill, girls of the I grade, Song of tha Boat, boys of the 1 grade. | Butterfly Drill. girls of the 11T| grade Minstrel Show. pupils of the 1 grade. Song. “The -Boy and the Bird," boys of the 11T grade Maypole Dance, girls of the V grade. Dalogue, boys of the VI grade. Rose Drill, girls of the TV grade. Spanish Dance, girls of the VI grade Selected Song. boys of the IV grade | Virginia Reel, pupils of the VII| grade, Miss Sleath Is Betrothed | To Atty. Harry Ginsburg and Mrs. James leath of | Burritt street announce the | ement of their daughter, Mar- to Attorney Harry Ginsburg va Ginsburg of 519 Sonuth Arch street Migs Sleath is a graduate of New young lawyers. Graduated With Honors By Harvard University fohn Milten Slade, son of Princi- pal Louis P. Slade and Mrs. Slade of Maple street was graduated magna cum laudi from Harvard university. | This is among the second highest group to he graduated from the uni- versity. The highest is summa cum laudi. Mr. Slade was New Britain Se graduated from nior High school in 1924, He will enter the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. em- ploy*in September. AIR MAIL PIIOT KILLED Emporia. K June 22 (P— Wavne Neville of Kansas City, pilot on the Chicago-Dallas air mail route was killed today when his plane ran into a severe wind storm and crash- ed near Lebo, Kas. 20 miles east of here PALAIS ROYAL Hartford's Ballroom De Luxe $100.00 in Cash! Starting Midnight TONIGHT! Inter City 24 Rour Dance Marathon!! Finishing Midmght Tomorrow! Charles Kerr And His Pioncer Radio Brosdcasting Orch. Direct Fram Young's Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City, N. J. fan elopement FORBIDS SALE OF By the Amsoriated Fress London—Weuld Rudyard Kipling dccept $1.25 a word? “I never write to order,” he replied, The incident was revealed by Gilbert Frankau at the annual luncheon of the Kipling society. New York—In the Harvard library at Cambridge, Mass., are 83 books taken recently on a train from New York by twe armed men. The hooks formed the last great collection of Shakespeare in private hands and were given to the university by heirs of William A. White, ‘63 The value is $420,000, Tokyo—Sale of alcoholic bever- ages 1s forbidden in the town of Takatmura, population 1.300. The town comncil so voted. The pur- pose was to have an orderly cele- bration of the emperor's coronation Also the town's sentiment is against liquor. New York—Hollyw ood-hpund with Mary, Doug Fairbanks thinks he is getting fat pounds, but friends say it is becom- ing. Budapest—Would Count Stephen Bethlen, prime minister of Hungary, fight a duel” He accused opposi- tion deputies of regretting they got no graft. Two of them sent seconds to him. He apologized. New York—David Belasco believes actors are made, not born. There- fore he is confident Jack Dempsey will be a big success, having mental fitness and reasonable adaptability for a fight role. come air brakes for airplanes. Louis Brequet. airplane designer, thinks a machine that would normally roll 375 yards after landing can be stopped in 50 if a reverse propeller and little wings create air resistance. Paris—Now New York—In the opinion of State Supreme Court Justice Tiernvy many theatrical people live in a | false paradise of their own construc- tion, are entirely insensible to what goes on about them and regard themselves as superior beings. He made the remarks in deferring till fall the alimony suit of Pauline Bush |Dwan against Allan Dwan, movie director. Lrie, Pa.—Johnny Raid, and his |beagle, Jiggs, have had thrilling rides. Jiggs disappeared in a tun- nel under the city that drains a creek. Johnny went hunting and flood waters carricd him three miles beneath the ground into Lake Erie. Jiggs was found later swimming in the tunnel, which is 1§ feet in di- ameter. Bucharest—King Michael is to lose three little American playmates. They are the children of Ambassa- dor Culberton, terred to Chile A % New York—Florence Goodman | Isaacs, 22, wishes the courts to an- nul her three marriages. They all were to the same man. There was Her parents insisted on a religious ceremony. ‘Then af her husband’s demand that the thing be done right ceremony No. 3 was performed by the mayor of Bergen. N. J. Now. she avers, she has learn- ed her hushand was divorced and forbidden to remarry. New Haven—After 32 years of | service, Professor Benjamin W Bacon of the Yale diinity school | is to resign July 1. Marlborough—Harry Quigley of \Oth Allentown, Pa. is inctantly Killed when two trucks crash, pin- | ning him underneath, faculty, Eastfori—Four gypsies roh Leo Crepau, 80, of $80 on state highway, escaping in automobile, bearing Cali- fornia markers. Meriden—While being brought to the Cheshire reformatory, I'rancis Cosgrove, 17. a prisoner, escaped from a Hartford policeman. Hartford—A charter is granted by state Bank Commissioner Shippee to the Sons of Italy Industrial bank of New Haven. New Haven—Amos B, Moore of Madisonville, Ky.. is sent to jail for 190 days on «hnrgea of lashing two | boys he hired for not selling enough | magazine subscriptions. Hartford—The 16th annual con- vention of the New England stat | necticut State Association of power engineers opens at the | hatl. —_——— TONIGHT and SATURDAY FLORENCE VIDOR L) “THE MAGNIFICEN FLIRT” 5 5 SELECT ACTS STARTING SUNDAY Norma Talmadge —in— “THE DOVE” Enter At Once! Two Shows Sunday He's put on about five | who has been trans- | | association combined with the Con- Foot Guard | ALCOHOLIC DRINKS NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FLASHES OF LIFE: JAPANESE TOWN Mirs. Lyon to Join in JUNE 22, 1923 which recently completed a mile flight from Oakland, Calif | Svdney, Australia, expects to 78,000 | July to | here Join | 12, and that he would proceed | immediately to meet his wife. Celebration for Son Paris Hill, Me, June 22 (UP)— the celebration for her son when he| The burning of coal in London Mrs. H. M. Lyon, of Paris Hill, mo- | return here. was a punishable offense in the 14th ther of Captain Harry lLyen, navi- Mrs. Lyon said today she expect.|century, one man actnally being Worcester, Mass. — George O.|gator of the plane Southern Cross, {ed her son to be in San Francisco | executed for disobeying the order. Bridges, 59, treasurer of three co- i l operative banks, held in $100,000 == = — - —— bail for alleged thefts of $51,000. Sanford, Me —— 1 state police and deputy bloodhounds pursue & marines, heritts with two escaped desperadoes from Portsmouth, N. H., naval prison Northampton, Mass, — Edwards’ Congregational church, where Cool- 1dges worship, extends call to Rev J. N. Armstrong. of Utica, N. Y. Pawtucket, R. 1. — R. D. Mason | company, oldest dyeing. bleaching and mercerizing company in coun- try, announces permanent suspen- sion of business in near future | Lowell. Mass New airport | opened in presence of Captain | Emilio Carranza, Mexican good will flier. Boston -—— American Airport Cor- poration of New Eugland formed to stimulate construction of fields in six northeastern states. Cambridge, Mass. President A Lawrence Lowell of I ard ports gifts for year of $5,445.000, ENDS ACTIVE CAREER AT WORCESTER TECH Salvatore Frances Marino Has Been > Prominent in Class and Extra Curricula Work. Salvatore Franeis Marino of this city who during his carcer at Wor- coster Polytechnic Institute estab- | lished himself as one of the chool's most active students, has been grad- uated this week. He took a mechanical engincering course and his standing won him membership n the lonor society, Tau Beta Pi. He has been active-in extra curricular In|t‘|\i'fv¥s He won his “W™ in haseball and has played on the fooiball and soccer teams. He was president, vice-president and treasurer of his class and was a member of the Tech Council In his junior year he was junior editor of the Aftermath and was Lusiness manager of the Peddler in his senior year. These publications are issued annually by the senior class. He was Ivy orator at com- mencement. e was also a mem- ber of the Newman club which is composed of Catholic students at the institute and he scrved as president He was also a member of the stu- dent branch of the American society | of Mechanical Engineers. Byrd to Be Given A Farewell Dmner public Tife, will be given Commander { Richard E. Byrd July in honor of his departure on his South Pole expedition Virtually the entire world will be | able to listen fo the events of the cvening through a radio hook-up which will extend to Europe and South Americ BAKERS TO STRIRE Berlin, June 22 (UP) — Bakers today voted fo strike. The city's bread supply would be imperilled if ia strike lasted more than a week. | TONIGHT | [0 MERCHANTS' GIFT MGHT “ at the 100 Picce Dinner Set and Many Other Gifts Free to Patrons TONIGHT and SAT. 2—CGircat Features—2 MARY ASTOR LLOYD HUGH —in— “3 RING MARRIAGE” A Romance of the Sawdust Ring and Chester Conklin w. | New York. June P)—A | farewell dinner, to be aftended by a | gathering of figures preeminent in Ronaro Couram Antonio MoreNo Conway TsarLe NORMA TA e and her new leadingman GILBERT RoLAND a scene from The Dove® OPENS AT THE STRAND SUNDAY EVENING ‘ G Fox & Co.Inc HARTFORD Store Closed Saturdays at 1 P. 1. During July and August Free Telephone Service from New Britain—Call 3500 Many Wonderful Furniture Values Remain— | SATURDAY | f OT PURCHASERS | Most everybody knows about this time that we are | altering portions of our store extensively. Many also know that to make room for this work we have cut prices unmercifully on our entire furniture stock (so that it will'move out at once). EVERYBODY WHO HAS A POSSIBLE FURNITURE WANT SHOULD BUY NOW! ‘ ~ The Alteration Sale Will Save You | | 209% 10 509% | | Thosze who are not aware of this drastic mave on aur part are herehy | notified and invited to attend tomorrow—the bargains are quite worth while and plentiful. All Fumiture Purchased | Must Be Delivered! Nothing Held for Future Delivery. We Need the Room! Furniture—Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Floors 17 Furniture Co. \ STREET 300 MAID Piece Parlor Suite 98 YOUR CHOICE OF MOHAIR, FIGURED OR CU VELOUR OR JACQUARD DOYLE FURNITURE COMPANY 00 MAIN STREET

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