New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1928, Page 4

PACIFIC STATES FACING INDUIRY Trade Commission Resumes Hearings on Power Industry Washington, Oct. 10 (UP)— Northwestern states were under the spotlight today In the federal trade commission’s investigation of power industry propaganda. Resuming open hearings after a week, the commission called R. M.} Hofer, manager of the Salem, Ore., News Bureau, to explain payments known to have been made to his firm by utllity corporations. Two other witnesses, Berkeley Snow, secretary of the Northwest Electric Light & Power association at Portland, and W. R. Putnam of Boise, treasurer of the Idaho com-| to for| mittee on relation of electricity agriculture were also called questioning. Attack Projects Evidence at an earlier hearing disclosed that the Hofer News agen- cy has taken a strong stand against government operation of such pro- jects as Boulder Dam and Muscle Bhoals. Articles att ing projects have been distributed the bureau to its client The Hofer bureau is said to serve about 14,000 daily and weekly news- papers in 48 states. ost of its papers, however, are in western states, according to testimony of ieorge V. Lewis, direetor of by ity information, & Denver organiza- tion. Lewis admitted he pays service $25 a month but said this was merely a subscription to the service, The bureau has sometimes reprinted his publi ters to its clients, Lewls testified. A large number of utility firms and organizations are subscribers to the Hofer service, 1 said, and this explains their interest in power question. s “Is most of the news they print| for or against Muscle Shoals?" Lew- | is was ed. “I believe they print mostly views of those opposcd to Shoals,” he replied. “Couldn't that be coloring the mne Colors News “Possibly,” Lewis replied, “T would not subscribe to it if it were egainst my inters Lewis was asked whether knew to what extent utilities have contributed toward support of the Hofer agency. He said he Kknew only from hearsay that the bureau has received money from groups and could not tell in detail | what money was pald. a the considered as “Isn't it true they have taken a; strict anti-public ownership stand all the way down the line you have known them?” ness was asked, Answers “Yes.” He replied affirmatively Tomorrow the comn the fon will examine H. L. Walthers, manager of utility informa- and Mrs. of the the Oregon public tion bureau at Portland, Claire K. Tripp, director Washington industries bureau at Seattle. KING GETS BACKING: OF N.B. H. 3. ASSN. (Continued from First Page.) but which was held up. He said he found the school committee was out of politics in the eight years he has lived in New Britain. He praised the former chairman. Judge B. F. Gaffney .na the present chairman, P. F, Ki King 4 xplains Roard Pollcy Mr. King, who is also a member of the association said practically the only school construction which was not anticipated during the re- gime of Judge Gaffney was the ad- dition te the Nathan Hale school and the addition to the Senior High sehool which is now being proposed. All other construction was planned years age, on Judge Gaifney's program. The school board chairman then turned to the maiter before the neeting. He said it was not pleas- ant to tell people that the board was going to spend a half million dollars. He said he was hrought up fn an atmosphere where a counted and it still him and the school boura. It was in September, 1926, when the high school question was first hrought Principal Slade in a letter to the #chool board, Mr, King continued. He told of the steps which follow- ed until last July when the mendation for the addition was ready, Tt was Mr. King's up erection of the opinion fhat the ideal plan was to abandon the Central Junior High school, use the enior High school plant 1 jor high school and build a senfor high school plant ‘would cost $2,000,00e ne He voiced the opinion would be prohibitive He then of a scheol would caest new predicted the in the mnorth approximately f00, he sgid, and with the e e Ung the present high dition, this end, $1.000 - inere of school in con would b th out of stion school committee was unant- maus in favor of ths uddition fo the plant.” Mr. King saiq Not Hostile to Mayor Chairman King said he plan for present high sel 20l which declared board chairman had declared wa on the mavor. He continned: “If T met the mayor within minutes we would be that the MAIN STREET B Here by these | (hh' Rocky Mountain committee on util- | ‘he Hofer | ty in news let-| the | Muscle | he | * power | ever since | wit- education | o | brought up at the association meet. in at. He said he was carrying | dollar counted with accommodations by recom- | jun- | This cost told of the possibilitien It put- | nlant | an wanted a recently printed statement correeted school five 1s friendly as NEW. BKI1AIN . we ever were, and in faet I did meet him & short time ago and after & friendly discussion in which the school question did not figure we parted as friendly as ever, but when we are working for something and someone else does not favor our proposition we should not lose friendship over it." Answering & question of one of the assembly as to the reason for {the delay, Mr. Hall, who was invited to speak, said that there was appar- ently a misunderstanding. He said he enjoyed friendship with Mr. King {since they were classmates at the {New Britain high school in 1900. He said there were two ways to {raise money for the payment of the | |expenses of constructing the high {school, through a special tax and | | through a bond issue. He felt there would be danger of hurting the sale | of bonds if either proposition had | bheen rejected by the mayor or com- mon council. He said he knew the mayor would not sanction any movement which would bring the matter before the common council. He favored the school board’s plan when he was a member of the mayor's special committee of 14, but dited if the mayor, school board, common council and board of fi- nance and taxation were working to- | gether on it. He continued by saying | that he wanted the parents and teachers’ association to know what the situation was, what was holding it up, and what should be done. He said he had assurance from Chair- man orge A. Quigley of the mayor's special committee that the report of that committee on the school situation would be ready by the end of this month, In reply to a question by Mr. King, Mr. Hall said that he doubt- ed whether matters would be expe- diged if the finance hoard gave the| school board & hearing on its plan | for the high school addition. J. B. Allee who was sitting near- by spoke for the first time, He said the public should be let in on the details of the plan so that they would know what is going on. sembly Applauds King {ing again turned to Mr. Hall and “I am now speaking as a member of the school committee, This committee of 12 citizens has its job and is willing to take the re- sponsibility for it if by their action | they create friction. I don't think the finance board should deny the | bourd a hearing.” The assembly ap- plauded for several minutes after ithis statement, Supt. Holmes was given the floor and he asked Mr. Hall what the new | committee §8 doing on the high school question, He declared: It is investigating the elementary schools. Is that finding seats for the boys and girls in the high school?” Applause greeted this statement. School Committeeman Day asked | permission to speak ag a prospective member of the association since he had a son who was going to enter the school next year. He said he was reconciled to the fact that the boy will attend school in the coal bin, He hit at the announcement of the special committee which prom. iscd a report at the end of the month, “They are studying one school a week and it does not take & mathe- matical wizard to know that with about 20 more schools to go they won't be finished by the first of March,” he sald. At this point Mr, Allce made the motion that the board of finunce and |taxation be requested to hear the school board in reference to the 'High school addition. After he had made the motion he asked why this (High school question was never | | | | | 1 1gs in the pa E. J. Gooby, & charter member of | the association, and a former officer, | urged that the assoclation condemn action of the wpecial commiftee which is delaying High school the solution of the accommodations lpl'ubh-m. He urged that it be the HAVE COLOR IN CHEEXS 1f your skin is yellow—complex- ion pallid—tongue coated—appetite poor—you have a bad taste in your mouth—a lazy, no-good feeling— you should take Olive Tablets, Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets—a substitute for calomel—were pre- of study. Olive Tablets are a purely vege- tabie compound mixed Wwith ollve oil. Know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoy- ancy like childhood days you must et at the cause, Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets act on the liver and bowels like calomel— yet have no dangerous after effects. They start the bile and overcomc ll‘rmflip:nlom Take nightly and note the pleasing results. ' Milllons of boxes sold yearly. 15e, 30¢, 60c. All Druggists, REMOVE ANY SPOT | | UR dry el process means in- stant death to any kind of spot or stain—but it doesn't injure the fabric, Call us for quick service. e “The Spot For Spots™ Suits Dry Cleaned and Pressed $1.00, STAR CLEANING 0. Ofice amd Works Main 1 he felt that matter would be expe- |pupils. sense of the meeting that there be High school accommodation wheth- or it be in the north end or the south end of the city. “If we can't afford to have the addition let them say so, and if they won’'t have an addition let them say #0, but let us have accommodations, he declared. Questioned as to whether bonds could be sold without the mayor's approval, Nr. Hall said the city never had the experience of trying and he was not certain, but he hopes the city would not experiment. Holmes Asks Patience 8Supt. Holmes again asked for per- mission to speak to the parents. He | sald he wanted to tell the parents | what they are to expect next win- ter. He asked them to hold them- selves in check because there will be a great many things happening in |the winter which will not meet with their approval. He said there was hope of having a High school by next September, but now there is no hope. He pointed out that the pres- ent plant reached its limit last June and that it was necessary for the school authoritjes to “drag out” pu- pils from the Rockwell school to make room for the High school He said there would be another in- crease in February and more Rock- well puplls would have to be taken out and put in the Walnut Hill school because there will be ap- proximately 60 or 100 pupils in necd of accommodations. Either this or a halt session morning and after- noon plan would be necessary, he said, but he added that this would | be very unsatisfactory as the depart- | ment has previoys experienee along this line, Mr, Holmes continued with the statement that the department was | trying to stave off the two-platoon | plan hecause it was o terrible thing for the boys and girls who won't study out of hours. “This thing is no joke,” he said “It is not desirable and the lLord | knows what will happen next S“"l lemluzr. Day expressed the opinion Ilml lhn entire movement was one to effect delay and that politics, not | party politics, but politics was the cause, Someone, he said, should| call a spade a spade. He contin- ued with the statement that he fully | subscribed to the thoughts expressed | by Chairman King except that a| friendly feeling should prevail. He | said he grew angry every time he heard the question discussed, He added the fact that the mayor uppointed a committee of 14 and when it voted in favor of the addi. tion, the mayor appointed & commit- tee of seven, most of whom were old | members who either favored delay or did not want the addition. “Mr. Hall was a member of the first committee and he voted in favor of the plan, but he was not reappoint- | ed,’ ’'he said, All this new committee is doing is to point out to the public in a destructive way the faults of the schools, he declared. Matters such as store rooms and school buildings | with 125 vacancies are brought in. “Do they expect the school board to find pupils to put In these vacant spaces?” He continued by saying he heard of a former member of the school hoard who vowed that when one of his pet schemes was defeated that the proposition would npt go through and *it appears as if he wan correct in his prediction.” | have to be changed to allow He sald the mayor has no power pared by Dr. Edwards after 20 years With the passing DALY LAl over the school committee, and then he referred to the last annual mes- sage of the mayor which favored appropriations under the direct con- trol of the common council. He continued: “The mayor is trying to bring the school committee into politics. One man has placed himself in the posi- tion where he will block the educa- tion of our children. If I have to stand on my two legs and fight, I will fight and will continue to do so it it will aid education, but if I have barmed education 1 will regret it to my dying day,”, The association members applauded Mr. Day and as the applause was dying down, Mar- | tin J. Kelley was given the floor. *“This group is all one-sided and are destructive in their criticism of our city offictals. We should be constructive. Put it before the peo- ple of the city and let them vote on it. You are unfair and it is just propaganda. Mr. Hall is left in & difficult position. He is questioned right and left, It this is the methods | you are using, I am through.” Mr. King said he would be glad to put the school question before the public but that the charter would this mnove. “I saw a girl, cfippled from the | the | to cross the walst down, trying double ecrossing _from building to the Rockwell Mr, Holmes said. “The Lord knows if there is anyone wno needs educa- tion it is a crippled child. These boys and girls in their eagerncss 10| be on time for their studies expose | themselves to dangers.” Mr. Kelly said it was unfair main to }(akc action because there was not a fair representation of the parents present. President Bladk called up- on Stanley Hunt to take the cha while he gave his opinfon. He said he took great pains to see that every | child had a notice to bring home to his parents and that the meeting was representative of the parents. A motion was adopted to ask the board of finance to give the school | board a hearing on its plans for an addition. The only two who did not vote were Mg Kelly and Mr. Hall. The others present approved motion. It was voted to Invite the United Parents and Teachers to a luncheon | some noon hour. HOUSE RANSACKED DURING AFTE AFTERN[]I]N (Continued from Kirst Page.) 2 door on Wilcox street to investi “break,” when a woman s the street called to him that there was nobody at home. A few hours earlicr the burglars had been | there unmolested. Woman Had Premonition Another bit of luck credited to the by workers lies in Mis. John Bon- ol's decision to go to work after paving a premonition that her tene- ment at 183 Wilcox street was to be robbed last week, She told the po- lice she had become alarmed at the numerous robberies and resolved to | stuy at home for the day, only to change her mind and go to work. On her retul she feund her tenc- ment ransacked, The fact that only two of the tenements in this pa school,” | the | ticular house were entered that day is explained by the fact that th. owner of the property oocuples first floor tenement and had equip- ped his doors with better locks than were used on the doors in the ssc- ond and third floor tenements. In all | probability, the burglars had tried to enter his tenement first but were unable to manipulate the locks, so they went upstairs and found mat- ters much easjer. Young Boy Caught A 10 year old boy who was caught by James Berrctta as he came out of the latter's store at 78 Hartford avenue, admitted to the police that he and several others of about the same age have been oprating in stores about the city, their scheme being to enter in a body and make a few purchases in one part of the store while one or two of the group fill their pockets in another part, A package of cigarettes was found in the boy's knickers and he is said to have implicated the other members of the gang. An investigation is being made, At 11:45 o'clock last night, Mor- ris Weinstein of Willow street re- ported to Supernumerary Officer ¥ amuel 1. Cole that as he was rid- ling by an apartment house at Bart- lett and Tremont streets, he saw & man on his hands and knees peering into the windows, Officer Louis E. Harper and Officer Cole looked around the neighborhood but were unable to locate the suspect, Wwho was described as being short in !stature, and wearing & gray suit. Joseph Clark reported to Super- ‘numerury\ Officer Spooner that the front cellar window in his building at 503 Main street was broken and a number of empty boxes and bottles strewn about the cellar, | {Elmer Berg Sentenced to | 10-15 Years in Prison Litchfield, Oct. 10 (UP)—Elmer Derg of Winsted today faced a term of 10 to 15 years in state’s prison | for assaulting his wife with intent |to ki, | On July 29, Berg shot his wife, Mrs. l‘m\»nca Strattman Berg, for- merly of Waterbury, in the Kitchen ‘ot her mother's New Hartford home. According to witnesses, Berg open- |ed fire with a revolver when his \\\H‘r- refused to return to live with \hnn in Winsted. Judge Alfred C. Baldwin pro- |nounced sentence after B g plead- jed_guilty | vesterday. | | in superior court here ’I() BROADC. .\h'l' SIGNALS che ctady Oct. 10 (UP) = \n.m “lhe Graf Zeppelin, huge \l\l w German dirigible, is out of | Germany's radio range on its trip to the United States, signals and conversation aboard it will be picked up and broadcast from station | WGY here, officials of the General ric company have announced. The signals will be sent out by WGY on its regular wave len.th to American listeners-in - and on a short wave length for European | bengtit, v UNFILLED TONNAGE New York, Oct. 10 (A—Unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel | Corp. as of Sept. 30 was 3,698,868 |tons, an increase of 74,326 tons over Au . and an increase of 560,255 | tons of last year, it was announced today. Daylight Saving Ende Eyesight Saving Continues! of daylight saving and long summer days, we have with us now longer evenings and a greater need for better !ighting in the home. 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