New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1928, Page 24

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| MRS. SMITH HAPPY OVER NOMINATION Sister of Governor Smiles Through Tears Houston, June 29 (P—Duscribing herself as “the happiest woman in the world, Mrs. Alfred L. received the tumultuous and spon taneous greclir thot convention hall last husband had n presidential nomince cratic pational coniention Throughout the 1ol cull, Mrs. Smith was obviously nervous al though she succecded remarkat well in concealing that those around ler. For a 1 after the result & poll was an noun; tixedly act from spac trying to back which wer gling the surface John who sat 1ears that not b repr Kisses Mother Then Altred E. Smith, jr. the oldest son of the governor, bent forward andakissed his mother. Ar- thur W. Smit poth Francis and his wife, son-in-law and da of M Smith, did the same. Then oth daughters-in-law and Miss Itose Pedrick, confidential secretary o Governor Smith, followed s Roar Shakes Hall Before the exchange of vmbraces had ended a roar shook hatl from cvery part of the sections re- erved for delegates and alternates rowds pressed toward the box in which Mrs. Smith and her party ware seated. Crowds in galleries in the movement and in short time the nearby aisles wers hoked in front of the hox tiad previously been roped off to icep throngs in check and police and firemen on duty had their work cut out for them in holding back the joyous cheering multitude. All three bands joined in parade and strains of the familiar lewalks of New York” were taken up by the musicians and singing thousands Hoist Donkey A small donkey was hoisted up over the box rail. Tt was decked in red, white and blue ribbons with the Lone Star flag of Texas and the Stars and Stripes fived in its bridle The donkey's foothold was insecurs and Arthur Smith took the animal in his arms to kecp it from falling back onto the floor. Mrs. Smith was afraid the donkey would be injured in the crush and it was finally low- ered to the floor again. By this time all the state standards were ma in front of Mrs. Smith and th crowd was cheering thunderously The New York state standard was passed over the railing and Mrs Smith stood holding the standarl in one hand and waving her greet- ings to the milling throng with th: other. The crowds surged against secor Quillinan 1 the ropes and some tried to break'| through but were hurled hack. Vinally the guards recognized Mayor “Jimmy” Walker and he was al- OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL Close Saturday at 6 p. m. R R AR B S <. son, and | lowed to get through and offer his sersonal congratulations to Mrs Smith The cowgirl leader of “The Old Gray Mar band mounted upon the marc herself and followed by the band rode in front of the box and exchanged salutations with the wife of the nominec. Finally after many minutes the lemonstration wore itself out and order was re- stored in the hall Those in the box with Mrs. Smith Mrs, i and Arthur W Smith with their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Quillinan, Miss Pedrick, John J Raskob of the Geners Motors company, Dr. ymond P. Sullivan physician. William 1%, Patrick Kenny, James ate Comptroller Mo Dennis Harrington. “tz. William Roy, Mor on und Eddie Dow During the roll call 10d on the rail of the box. ke the vot and was able the to Mrs. Smith before it was generally th rest of the conventic New York Happy York delegates had a For cight nting Governor Smith's sidential rancisco kuown to ars, since candidate at convention of 1 ey had worked un to make him the party non president and their realized at last Decision of the delegation re- garding the vice presidential candi- date was held in abevance pending the nomination of Smith himself Tt was expected that the de gatien leaders after conferences with party leaders from other states would recommend the candidate for the vice presidency to rest of the lelegation prior to assembling for today's session. Ser Robinson of Arkansas, permanent chairman of the convention, seemed to be the most favored in informal discussions; Louis A. Cuvillier of New York the wet eru er” of the state assembly, was busy trying to work up sentiment in favor of Senator Tyson of Tennessee, veteran of the World war. Cuvillier sent Governor Smith a telegram yester- day urging Tyson's qualifications for office to which the governor wired in reply: “Your telogram received Take up the matter with the men at Houston asingly wee for hopes wer Married for 30 Yea—rs, Receive Their Friends Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Dolan of {1310 nley strect observed their 30th wedding anniversary at their home last evening. A reception was | held at which many friends and relatives were present. They re- ceived many beautiful gifts. hey were married on June 2%, 1545 by Rev. Father Mulvihill of St. Mary's church. They have five chil- dren, Mrs. E. J. Ahlgren, Henry Agnes, Kenneth and Cecilia. Mr. Dolan is employed by Landers, Irary & ¢ rk. Among the guests was Thomas Corridan, an alumnus of Holy Ghost college in Pen. sylvani | The poultry and egg industry | ranks high in British Columbia, and the total value of eggs and table | birds commercially produced within |the provinee in 1927 is estimated at $6,200,000, tor Joseph T. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1928 ACCIDENT IN 1921 BLAMED FOR DEATH Howard Bronson, Hit on Head With Ball, Dies Today What 1s believed to have been ar attermath of an accident seven y Howard Bronson s ago when 14, of 59 Francis street was hit en the 1d by a baseball occurred this morning when died of con- vulsions at ti hospital at 10 tain G v rval o'clock, 10 1in- utes after he was?admitted He felt il this morning and he i to leave his duties Mi- chael's fowelry store, where was nanager, and veturned home. Short- v after his arrival home he was n with convulsions and Dr fford M. Cooley ordered him 1o 10 hospit Dr. John Purn xaminer, \viewed has reserved his decision us fo th of the death until b matter further. e n 1t the erident of en years may have had a bearing on the I deputy medica re Lns HIGHER CALL RATE " SLOWS UP STREET Stock Market Sees First 8 Per Gent Money Since 1921 BY STANLEY W. PRENOSIL (Associated Press Financial Editor New York, June 28 (®P—Eight per cent.call money, making its first ap- pearance in Wall street today since June 2, 1921, checked a promising upward movement in prices on the New York Stock FExchange today. rly gains of 1 to 5 points in the standard industrials and ¢ to 12 points in a number of specialties were quickly cut down in the selling movement which followed the high- er rate. Fixing of the renewal rate of call loans at cent provided a temporary checl, but offerings were quickly absorbed and the market lieaded higher. Banks called $30,- 000,000 in loans the rate was marked np to & per cent about 1:1& [p. m. The drop of $110,000,600 in brokers' loans last week was the basis for the carly bullish demon stration. Outside of an advance in Corning Crude prices and the announcement that there had been an inerease of nearly 900 in the stockholders of the United States Steel Corporation during the second quarter, there was little in the day's business news to influence the price movement Weekly mercantile reviews continued to report irregulavity in business, with the weather an important fac- tor in many leading lines. In the early upswing, Dupont Isoared 12 1-4 points to 382 1-4 as against the week’s low of 348, Radio |Jumped 10 1-4 1o 159 as against the week's low of 168% and Wright Aeronantical advanced S points to 1473, or 17%: points above the 1o xtreme gains of & ‘o 7 points were recorded by Curtiss Acroplane, Detroit ison, Savage Arms, American Republics, Indian Refining preferred and Texas Pacific, the last twe reaching new high | round for the year. Atlantic Re- | ning also attained a new 192 | cak | City Items Miss Agnes Erickson of 47 Mil- rd street will leave on July on the tsholm™ for a two months' tour rope The annual picnic of the Plain- ville M. ch school will be held at Lake Compounce tomeorrow. It start will be made from the church at 11 a. m. Dinner will be served at 1 o'clock. Howard M. Fuller, eight year old Mr. and Mrs. ward Fuller of 106 Willow street, is a patient at New Britain General hospital. The quarterly meeting of the Fire- men’s Pension & Relief association will be held July § at S o'clock at the central station Mrs. Stella Sieremta of 4 Union reported to the police last night that her husband had gone out and failed to return Liked Her as Girl Pal But Not as His Wife Declaring that Louis E. Meisner liked her as a girl friend but after he had married her in Hartford on IFebruary - he did not care for her as his v Esther J. Meis- Iner was grante divorce in the ' supe riogr court v.sterday on the | erounds of desertion son d STICKS BANNED FROM POND The practice of owners of dogs who throw sticks into the wading pool at Walnut Hill park for the animals to chase has been called to the attention of Supernmmerary Of- ficer Charles McGrath. Much of this sort of nuisance is committed in the evening, when the officer's attention is diverted to another section of the park | City Advertisement ! NE STATION HEARING | s hereby given that a hear- ! ing will be held in the olfice of the | Board of Public Works at 6:30 P. M.| L. S. T. Tuesday, July 10th, 1928 |relative to the application of t Texas Oil Co. for approval of appl catlon for permit for gasoline filling station to be located at 330 Park street, (on site of present station same being a transfer) in accord- | ince with the Public Acts of 1927. All persons interested are request- ed to be present at said hearing, if | they see cause, and be heard In r lation to the above. A. M., PAONESSA, Mayor. LEGAL NOTICE | Notice is hereby given that I,| AMr. Leon McDuffee will not be re- sponsible for any debts contracted by my wife Rachel McDuffee, as she has left my ned and board Dated at New Britain, this 28th ' day of June 1928 | LEON MeDU fi?arker Parker u?'-?‘ We Will Offer An Exceptional Opportunity New Britain Gonnecticut For the Purchase of High-Grade I Merchandise at Drastic Reductions Up to 30% Our Summer Clearanc In Effect Tonight at Seven O’clock, for One Week Only! o COATS B DRESSES $12.75 $19.75 $29.75 HATS Se\;e‘tnl s 5.00 JACKETS sa7s 31275 SCARFS $2.95 $3.95 $4.95 COSTUME JEWELRY SILK HOSE Several $3.00 numbers now $2.00—~Two Summer Shades Values extraordinary which you cannot overlook! SPORT HOSE $1.00—Two Pair $1.75 O'CLOCK $29.75 .. $45.00 = = N of th fra ea wi o th g ha eo ple to eig er tw by poi ert L1 lis ers ing for for mi of lax $19.75 h no wh pos po! wh $6.50 2 mi! tial ing he bla ed tab he Pair $3.78 ) firs my ma isir ad col ng ter am pre leg del | aty bul | tu his de ca; jau rec an th spi | et for he | fov on! of et 1, & E1 bel sai thil to to i i his tiol pul his f dos 1y get rie wh m Aar: dre

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