New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1928, Page 3

HAIN §T. HISTORY HEEPS REPEATING Same People There, Same Events | Occur, Every Day . History repeats and repeats There may be something new unde the sun, but regardless of yesterday ar will take place tomorrow. Famil- far faces are seen in the same pla almost with clocklike regularity. For example, on Main street— “Joe” Kennedy, known as the hest traific officer in the city, be found in the vicinity of the New Britain, Trust Co., where he constant vigil on the buscs in front of the First church. Leut a bus lin- gor oo long or congest traffic and “Joe" is immediately on the scene keeps a Another daily job of the officer is to | straighten out traffic signs. “Del” Veley, another officer, is generally ationed at the corncr ot Iranklin square or in front of the John A. Andrews store, watching the traffic roll by with his placid | poker facc. The monument in Central purk furnishes a resting place daily for nen of leisur with their pipes and carefree manner. Bootblacks also make the park their station to & great extent The fronts-of the First church and | the Besse store are usually Lidden from view by woman shoppers wa ing for buses. If there is a construction job he- ing done on Main street the work- ers have an audience who watch every move they make, A familiar sound heard hrill blast of the Iy is the car starter at Cen ) al park which sends the trolleys | Fon their way Main street also hears many sud- den applications of hraices as auto | drivers are foiled in iheir attempts to Leat the light Lefore it turns to red. This also works the same way on the part of pedestrians who per- €ist in being “juy walkers.” The New Britain Trust and Na- tional Bank building fronts ways lined with men who ar ing to be told to move on hy the policemen, only to flock huck the minute the officer is out of sight. The steps of the city hall are gen erally the scene of an earnest con- versation between city officials or barristers. The Y. M. C. A. is the gathering place of the younger set, especially the High school lads. A screech of the fire siren or the elanging of the bell on the patrol wagon brings a rush for a place of vantage. Another daily, if not hourly oc- currence, is the close shave from accidents at the south end of the green as autoists attempts to pass LOUIS BLERIOT IS NOW FAMED NAME Three Noted Aviation Leaders! Have Had It Paris, July 14 (P)—"The Three Louis” is the name Frenchmen give to the Bleriots, the world's most dis- | tinguished aviation family Grandfather, named Louis, have devoted their lives to the science of flying. -Louis Bleriot, the father, was the first to cross the English Channel, achiev- ing the feat in 1909, His son, Louis, Jr., hopes to flv from the Azores to New York this summer the com- panion of Lucicn Boussotrot, The will fly in a Bleriot hydroplane, Grandfather Bleriot, although not a pilot, is consi one of the pioneers of the aviation indu The second Bleriot, now is the head of the company which bears his name. He hecume a ce- lebrity when he flew English Channel July 25 1909, Great Britain gave him a prize of £5,000 in recognition of his . the most spectacular performance of an airplane up to that time When Col. Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris, the first aviator he asked to see was Louis Bleriot Monsieur Bleriot, 11., remendous development of air craft during the year. believes that ar- mored air-cru the future. T will be able to carry heavy artillery and crews of sufficient size to man the guns. he thinks. He is also hopeful of the future of transoceanic passcnger air service, and his company is experi- menting with machines capable ot | making non-stop flights from one Remisphere to the other with a score of passengers. RIDES ON RUNNING BOARD Waltham, Mass, July 14 (UP)— Unknown to the driver, tfour-year- old Doris Connelly rod. three miles through this city. sitting on the running board of a speeding auto- mobile: She was not hurt WHEN AIR 1S CONGESTED Chicago, July 14 (P'—One square -mile of air, pilots who fly the air mail estimate, can accommodate 1,- nnova- | tions, incidents which took place | taking place today und | an always | father and son. all across the who saw the are a certainty of | | Takes Back Charge That Maine Governor Was Responsible for In- | dian Reservation Rill Failure. Portland, Mc., July 14 | Bishop John Gregory Mur \Lonmn Catholic diocese of l'nrllund {today retracted in full his pre-pri- mary election statement that Gover- | ror Ralph O. Brewstar was respon- sible for failure of his executive | council to pass the Pussamaquoddy Indian wission appropriation bill. The in could ha {820,000 requested for re-building the Catholic mission destroyed by fire a | yeur ago was based upon an erron- | eons supposition. the bishop stated. | The retraction was contained in a | letter wi the Lishop mailed to ! | the clergy of the diocese. The letter | Will - be read in all the Catholic churches in the state | In republican primary Gover- nor Brewster was defeated by Sena- tor Frederick Hale, HOT WAVE RECALLS TROLLEY CAR DAY | “Electrics”™ Onoe Popular as | Means of Keeping Cool The changing times have put an ‘}‘:m to one custom which formerly | was popular in weatlier such as that | of the past week—the custom of | cooling off by taking rides on the [trolley cars. Beore the antomobile | became such a common possession, the Connecticut Co., reaped an an- | nual har from heated city cesi- | | dents who sought refuge in the ar- tificial brecze ereated by the moves ent of the “electrics.” Now each family fakes to the voad in its own antomobile, sccuring the same re 1t, but losing much of the color land sociability of former days. | | Shortly after supper. until per- | [ haps five or fen years ago. the | crowds of persons seeking respite | | from the torridity of the city. would | gather at the conter and on all | trect corners along the trolley lines | nd would soon he swarming aboard the open trollics which were then | used niuch more frequently than at present. Some contented themselyes with riding about the lines in the city, taking them in turn and look- | Ing with a_ pitying superiority upon | {the poor mortals on the hot stde- walks Others, more adventurons, sought cooler and longer rides in the conn- try, heading ont for Hartford, Rer- lin. and Plainville. Many' stopped at White Oak when the park there was | open and others went on to Lake | Compounce. Tut a great proportion | f'were just “out for the ride” |idoving the draff of air cr { the car sped through the fields, The trolley had many disadvant- J.’i:'& over the automobile in such a rvice, hut it also had balancing |advantages. One was the possibility | tor moving socials which it offered, | Groups of voung people from vari- ous churches, fraternal organiza- | tlons, and neighborhooas organizeq | | rides and were able to gather in one | | section of the car to chat, sing, and | {make merry while rolling along on | | the rails, Il One fault of the system 18 that defeated itself on many occasions, e crowds in the hottest weather iled shoord the open car in over- | wWhelming numbers and jammed them to the running hoards despite | frantic eforts of the company offi- sials to put on more and more ears. There would be one or possibly two TOWs of men standing on the steps and hanging on with spirit and pug- acity. contesting the right of any other to take a place already occu- vied. And others were wedged in be- tween the seats, standing in front of the seated passeng s and cutnngz them off from the air they were | | secking. 3 With the downfall of this means | !'of relaxation through the increasing rumber o fautomobiles, the open car | in this part of the state, at least, passed into practical oblivion. ‘H is still found alonz the shore, where the pastime of riding on the | ‘trolleys has also clung. CUBAN WEATHER SERVICE Ha . July 14 (P—Additional | sovernmental protection fo Cuban farmers has been formulated by the department of agriculture which lienceforth will advise immediate- Iy any drastic changes in weather and communicate daily weather re- rorts, wind intensity and varfance, This ork will he conducted with the aid of the department of com- munications, whose telegraph lines have heen ordered foretaoinshrdlu | have heen opened for 20 minutes a | day to dispatch the reports, EXPECTS "W BANKRUPTCIES Washington, July 14, (P—Al- | > rate of farm insolvency i - L. H. Bean, ugrieultural | | sconomist. believes a decrease in | farm bankrupteies may be expected | during the next few years, In a | printed statement Bean bases his prediction on the ahility of farm in- comes to continue improvement. ession that the governor the close accorded the Indians the gives a fair idea of What the struc- job will |rounding plot by the in sight, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928, P WIRAY T NEY ODEL HOWE READY IN AUTUM: cwr—Jones Project in Stanley Quar- ter Manor Progressing With remarkable progress being roted ‘cach week, the Jones model home in Stanley Quarter Manor at of operations ture. sponsored by many of the city's lcading contractors, will look like when completed. Conipletion and formai inspection 15 now calendered for the early days of September, and it is thec belief of the architect and builder, that the time, Thousands of motorists have jcaught a glinpse of the dwelling of old English adaptation as they have driven past, and not a few have pulled up in the shade of the elm |trees which are plentiful in this dis- | trict, for closer examination of the In its present rough stage, | h\llldll‘g L impossible 1o gain an adequate of the cool, comfortable and o e i into the plan by the architeet, and which will be carried out in the sur- landscape artist, The floor plan and the arrange- | ment of rooms show an understand- |ing of the prpper relationship of the various appointments of a model liome. Through an archway in the lining room a sun porch is discloscd. The dining room is entered from the living room and is readily accessible to the kitchen through a butler's pantry. Closet space and a pantry are added features of the first floor. On the sccond floor is & master chamber with a window seat in an alcove, flanked by two sizcable closets. Two chambers and the main bath are also located on this, l' or, over which is a spacious attie, The model home is lccated on the main highway to Hariford in the! Stanley Quarter Manor district. Tt is but a stone’s throw from the A. W. Stanley tract which has been given to the city for park purposes and on which is located the Gad [ Stanley dwelling, some day to be an historic shrine. 1t 18 also in closc ! proximity to Stanley Quarter park. |Two Are Sentenced to Execution for Murder Media, Pa., July 14 (®—William 1. Phillips, 34, and Jesse G. Parker, 1, have been sentenced to death for the murder of Norman B. Gib- son, 21, who was held up and killed near the home of his sweetheart. Many persons heard Judge Frone- ficld pronounce the death sentence and concluded “May God have nme on your soul.” he feclingsis mutual,” Phillips said in a loud voice as he looked up | to the hench Parker assumed a calmer attitude and made an effort to defend George Weir, 34, of Chester, who subse- quently was sentenced to life im-. prisonment at the recommendation of the jury. ATH “Middletown, July 14 (A—Coroner lowndes A. Smith has issued a finding of accidental death in the case of Jesse 8. Majors of Hartford, who died at the Lawrence and | Memorial Associated hospital, New l.ondon, on June 30. Majors was driving a car on an Old Saybrook highway when he suffered a sudden illness and the machine collided with a telephone pole splitting it in two. He was found unconscious at | the wheel. l’\\\l YACHT AT A New York, July 14 (A —The liner Conte Biancamano, which sterday from Naples and Genoa, orted than on Wednesday evening [sh: passed close to the Zodiac, one |of the schooner yacht in the trans- atlantic race from this country to Spain. The Zodiac was then about 700 miles out of New York and pro- ceeding rapld v PEACH CROP EXPECTED Washington, July 14. (#—If pres- ent prospects are fulfilled, the de- partment of agriculture says, the 1928 peach crop will be next to the heaviest ever produced. With & prospect of 64,186,000 bushels nod steadily improved (o tions may allow the harvest (0 ex- ceed all previous records. this noon | be consummated by that | arrived | MAY SEEK A DIYORCE Report Has It That Pola Negri Has Gone Abroad to Get !‘rmdoml from Her Husband. ‘ Hollywood, Cal., July 14 (UP)—' Pola Negri soon will seek a divored in Paris from her husband, Prince Mdivani, reports in Hollywood said | yesterday. Miss Negri is said to have re iopened her chauteau near Paris ar |the first step toward establishing | residence, Lingering love for the dead Ru dolph Valentino and incompatibility were cited by friends as the caus for the forecasted legal separation e ki S NAME COMMITTEES TONOTIFY CHIEFS \Paas Now Go Forwand lor Re- publican Ceremonies | Washington, July 14 (®—Commit- tees were named yesterday by Chair- man Work of the republican nation- al committee, to arrange for the notification ceremonies of Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis. Senator Moses of New Humpshlrt, was made chairman of the presi- dential notification committee while Senator Fess of Ohio was appointed as head of the committee to notify | the vice presidential nominee. Members of the committee for the Hoover notification include Wil- liam H. Crocker, California; Ralph K. Williams, Oregon; E. B, Clem- cnts, Missouri; R. C. Creager, Texas; | W. W. Atterbury, Pennsylvania; Mrs, O. P. Clark, California; Mrs. Charles |H. Sabin. New York; Miss Bina M. I West, Michigan: Mrs, W. E. Ken- nen, North Carolina, and Mrs. Paul E. Rewman, of South Dakota. l | The committee to arrange for the vice presidential notification !nrludfisi |David W. Mulvane, Kansas; W. Skelley, Oklahoma; Pat Wyomin Sullivan, ' : Maurice Maschke, Ohio; J. Henry Roraback, Connecticut: {Mrs. R. R. Bittman, Kansas; Mrs. {Bertha D. Bauer, Hlinois: Mrs, W. |B. Lowndes, Maryland: Mrs. M. D. (ameron, Nebraska, and Mrs. Guy ' P. Gannett, Maine, | All are members of the national committer. The two notification {committees will confer with local committees at Palo Alto. California, and Topeka, Kansas. where the ex- ercises are to be held on August 11 and August 18, FORD RENAINS SILENT er's Campaign. Detroit, Micit, July 14 (UP)— Henry Iford refused to comment on unqualified reports printed hers which stated that republican leaders have decided to urge him to take an active part in Herbert Hoover's campaign for the presidency. The republican maneuver was reparted to be a plan to counteract appoint- ment of John J. Raskob as national democratic chairman. MILK PRICE INCREASED Boston, July 14 P —The =sales committee of the New England Milk Producers’ association have an- nounced an increase of one cent a quart, from eight to nine cents, in the price to be pald farmers by dis- tributors, effective immediately. Tt was explained that the increase was | normally due on July 1 but had been | postponed on account of lack of de- mand until the hot weather set in a few days ago. HOPES REPORT IS TRUE Paris, July 14. (UP)—"T hope its true; T haven't yet got a job for next winter,” sald W. T. Tilden, American tennis star when he was asked about an offer it was report- ed would be made to him for a the- atrical engagement in Australia. SUES FOR $25,000 Worcester, Mass., July 14 (UP)— | Claiming that he worked for 20 vears as a blacksmith without com- pensation, Ernest Turner asks $25.- 000 in a sult against the estate of C F. W. Turner, his former em- ®TATI(D7$E12.Y AEW BRITALN.COMM Summer Home Supplies In Conjunction With the Better Jewelers Throughout the Country 7 orter and Commencing TUESDAY, JULY 17th A nation wide sale in which the finer jewelers everywhere are participating. set aside. A whole month Jewelry of the very finest may be purchased at substantially reduced prices. The opening announcement will appear in detail Monday. Jewelere FIFTY-FOUR MAT) STREET for Generations EW BRITAIN Pardon Us, But—May We Introduce Our Office Tenants? Supply Room When Ruth Gorman chose Room 704 in The Com- mercial Trust Company building for her beauty shop, she took a woman's pleasure in “dolling things p” in keeping with the purposes of her establish- ment. 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