New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 20

, Little Reck, Ark, Oct. 3 UP—En- placed on the ballots. W behind many years of u-{ democratic presidential democracy In Arkansas and Missis- slppt 18 actively defending its su premacy in the present presidential Ncw Yurk Buvelbor oampatgn. | with ‘The uncommon i tors in the political Yayout this year & real fight for the first | time in decades between republicans and democratis in Arkansas, home | of the democratic vice presidentias nomines, Senator Joe T. Robinso Mississippi's solidarity as a purel ic state appears threatened scontent over the party nomi prohibition stand. But Arkansas democratic leaders | profess to find no cause for worry | over possible defections from their ( ranks. and are planning an inten- | sive drive to arouse party mwn-x'w and get voters to the polls to make ; sure of the state’s nine n‘lvctonfl! votes Republicans are also waging & campaign expected to surpass in intensity any other in the past 30 or 40 years, especially as some ne- | gro republicans may turn to the 8mith-Robinson ticket because of esteem for Senator Robpinson. Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s opposition to the present prohibition law is per baps most responsible for democrat fc defections. | A state-wide “anti-Smith demo- ' ierat” organization has become active ‘'under the leadership, largely of /Protestant ministers and other pro- hibition workers. Heading the group is Dr. A. C. Miilar, long a Southern Methodist leader, who withdrew as a candidate for the democratic nomin- ! ation for lieutenant governor be- | cause he said he was not in sym- pathy with the national ticket. Another factor giving republicans hope is Hoover's popularity in Ar- kansas, particularly in sectious | ‘stricken by the 1927 flood, becauss of his participation in floo: But democratie leaders ar ‘dent they can overcome thes ing difficuities by getting executive commiltee was chuige lin committee, county democratic which also mittee members announced would vote tor Hoover. |the party intact state tee, which plans to use conciliatio and persuasion as its wcapons. Boy Ransom Is Paid | the normal certainty of success. The chieftains wa that bolters would not t to participate in the recer or the one two years henc ever, comparatively few cl were reported in the primary ‘ready completed. In Mississipp democratic pres tive commi “rumblings’ bolting will help give the repul largest presidential vote tory, poli wiil not affe ‘which will go to the rominee, “White supremacy” is the issue upheld by dyed-in-the-wool deivo- | crats who are exerting every eftort to keep Mississippi in line Bolting democrats are pianning coalition with the ite win republican party in Mississippi | ch George L. Sheldon. former a governor, is chairman. “white wing"” has filed 4 'ist of prosidentiol electors with the secre. | Though his fury of state, as has the fuctim of Honolulu, I-ad+d by Perry W. Howar republican natfonal commfttee nnd an attorney general’s decision is vending as to which st «hail he | the v Burean id $4.000 Jamicson was slain before: the boy was abducted. W. L. Hatch Co. An agency that has stood the test of time. 40 years of honest and successful business opera- tion in New Britain has made the Hatch Agency one of the leading financial institutions in the city, as well as the largest insurance agency in this vicini- ty. Our motto (which is like- wise our advice to the public) is Be Sure When You Insure Insurance Real Estate Mortgage Loans John R. Tally of Hancsburg, elector, est tnvariable triumph at the polls, (ST Ny Coimation to the state ause of | Smith's probibition views, and n::‘, Get lm “flouting the party policies” in ations and fac- ' a resolution adopted by the Frank- executive praised | | Hoover for his flood work. Ten com- |the steamship they | vealed today whem London papers A militant campaign to preserv: is occupying the democratic executive commit- | Slain After| ROMANCE REVEALED Francis Lee Higginson Il to | London, Oct. & ®P—A romance that began during a world cruise ou Franconia was re- told of the engagement of Francis lee Higginson, 111, son ot a Boston tamily socially and financially n prominent, to Miss Dorothy Lucas, 23 year old Enghish girl, who was a wimming instructor aboard the ves- sel. The marriage will take place on October 10 at St. Nicholas church, |Blundell Sands, near Liverpool, where Mias Lucas lives. Miss Lucas, an attractive brunetts n\ct Mr. Higginson ycsterday af ! Liverpool when he landed from th Franconia. Reporters from London | papers questioned the Boston youth, | who said: | | “Our romance has been a closely | guarded secret, but as Miss Lucas | has quite made up her mind to have | |me for life there is no further need | | | of concealment, “L first spoke to her last winter 'after she had given a swimming ex. ibition on the Franconia and the | length of the cruise gave me more than sufficient time to decide that {she is the only girl for me. Miss Lucas’ tather i8 an engineer- ing superintendent with the Furness | Withy Steamship Company. She is the same age as the bridegroom-to- | e, whose six foot figure is known in financial quarters in London where he spent some time in con nection with Higginson and com- pany, the London branch of his father's firm, Lee Higginson and company, Boston, Fe was a member !of the class of 1927 at Harvard Uni- | versity of which his tather was | formerly an overseer. His grand- | father was prominent in financial | circles and his great uncle, the lat. | Henry Lee Higginson, was chiefly | responsible for founding the Boston ! Symphony orchestra. ! | Australia Leads In Movie Enthusiasm | Washington, Oct. = (B — Austrul nt movie ‘ than Americans, say C J. North, chief of the motion picture | ~ocuon of the department of com- merce. American \ol(h de film intercsts, Mr. o8, estimate that Aus- | tralia spends $1.14 on motion pic- | | ture admissions to every dollar spent | {thus in the United States, popularly | | supposed to have the highest pro- | | portion of rilm funs. ! In proportion to its population, | | Australia is the best film market in the world. Amicrican films command more than 90 per cent of the entire | Australian motion picture business. || | Chin: the the hest potential market in Far La althy banker for the 10-year-old Gin Hitl by kidnapers. Thiy picture was taken a few days BY LINDON PRESS est. Larger than the United States and with three times its population, China has only 106 theaters. Amer- an pictures are popular there, their chief rivals being pictures Chinese-produced almost entirely for local showings. Most Railroad Income Goes to Meet Expenses Paris, | Oct. 2 (—One-third the money received by European rail-- roads is used for payrolls and one- eighth to pay the coal bill. Stock- holders reccive the takings of only four days out of the 365. according to statistics published by the “Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer.” Comparison with American roads follows: European roads work four months to pay wages. erican roads five months. Europedn roads work two menths to pay interest on invested capital, American roads one’ month. Aneerican roads work three months to pay for matérials and | supplies, a half-month for taxes, a alf-month for dividends and one month for fuel. European roads work a menth and a half for fuel; month and a half for sundry expenditures; ene month to buy material for right-of-way tnl s*ationa; one month for state funds: |three weeks to repair and renew ' {rolling stock; and one week to pay taxes. Electrical Ship Can Be Run by Single Man Greenock, Scotland, Oct. 3 UP—A 9,000 ton ship which one man could take acroms the ocean has been built here for an American firm. It is an all-electrical ship, Brunswick, built by Scott, Limited, for the $tlantic OH Shipping Co. of Philadelphia. At its trials on the river Clyde. |one man at a switchboard operated the whole ship. The vesssl steers automatically, does not require en | gineers to start or stop the Dtuli | electric engines, Once th> course | set the steering does not require: further attention. 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