New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1928, Page 8

New Britain Herald NERALD PUBLISEING COMPANY Py~ Mgy NN % RATES i I.unim ¥ Thres Moathe 166 & Meath "Batered at the Pest Offcs st New Britain 0 Bscend Cisms Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Busisess Ufice . 935 Editorial Rooms .... 926 The enly profitable advertising medlun in the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. Membor of (he Amecialed Press The Amsociated Press is exclusively en- titled to the wee fur re-publication of all news eredited to it or not otherwis credited in this paper and also local news published therein. Mombor Asdid Bureas of Circulation .The A. B. C. is & national organization which furnishes Rewspapers and adver- tissrs With & strictly homest analysis of tusities for mental and mevel im. | provement. Yot at its best meney- raising 8 always a precarious end | dificult undertaking. If it were met for that many more h-luhp‘ possessing popular appeal would be constructed. The preseat Y. M. C. A. bullding, of course, for years has been defl- cient in the qualities of a first class structure of the kind. As such build- Ings go it is in the nature of s “has-been.” The urge to expand is entering its final stage and within a few more years this city seems des- tined to be‘able to point with pride to a modern Y. M. C. A. Those in back of the project are entitled to the beat wishes of the city. Such in- stitutions provide opportunities for | moral and phyaical uplift; influential islly needing the publicity and taking ]Cllrl. owner of the “Thelga,” L. Dill, fermer New Yormey o ruRning tor gove cratic ticket and tored with signs telling the wo and children what he @id for t! His pre-slection prospects are re- sarded as exeeliont in fase of the fact that New Jersey is expected to the idea. The astonishing angle 18 that he is not & professional publicity hound. His idea is worth about & million dollars to any conoern ‘actu. granting of certain liquer licenses in Plainvile, Selectman P. J. Prior M.'P. Leghorn has purchased the | stock and fixtures of W. J. Brand- L E. G. Basett gave s party last OO 00 know, :'x‘h::nf ’:h:u ::“uit.:e,r:ncnu:“' But no one things to stop the ahow! Pleaty Why all this talk of censored plays When, graclous sakes, thess autumn days ds have shocking sighta, we | citizens usually are identified with /Up this Mars business seriousty. In ; their management; the good done is passing from this bit of humorous undoubted. by-play one cannet help neting that the telepathit's wife announced she which the group had made trips; and Robert, James, Frank, b and Howard Usher. Willlams, '17: “Was the coach adly worried during that last quar- ter?" Britton (substitute): “Was he wer- ried? Even the hair on his chest DUMPS circylation. Owr clrculation statistica based wpos this audit. This insures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper dis tribution figures to both national and local advertisers The Hersld s em sale dally s New York t_ Hotsling's Newsstand, Time: Square; @chuits's Newsstands, Estrance Grand Centrsl, ¢3nd Stroet. ———————e—- THE SMITH VISIT New Britain yesterday had an op- | portunity to be on the political map in & manner desired by all cities dur- ing & political campaign. Governor Smaith's visit, although it was short, 'was an opportunity for a huge turn- out, Thousands of citizens obtained a look at the presidential candidate and the brown derby; and the thrill ‘and enthusiasm that inevitably went with the event will do the local | Smith hosts no harm and much good. New Britain was not too small and insignificant a place for the candi- date to visit. As his train rolled into the city the frenzied populace, arous- ed to a hgh pitch of election excite- ment, engulfed the candidate. On both aides of the tracks was a back- ground of factories, and if the gov- ernor had any time for noting such things during the excitement he no doupt realized at a glance that this was one of the most typical of New England Industrial cities, the sort which in normal campaigns are usually overwhelmingly Republl- | can. Doubtless he got the impres- .slon during his short visit, however, 'that there are plenty of Democrats _hereabouts this year. And if so, he made no mistake. SOMETHING TANGIBLE | The closing days of the campaign are likely to see some of the earlter issues sidetracked. If Mr. Hoover, deigns to make some sort of reply to Alfred Smith on'the power ques- tion that possibly will become a paramount issue in a large part of the country, although not necessarily in the East. City dumps are disliked by the residents of the pearest hom Nothing so effectually spolls & neighborhood as the use of contigu- ous land for dumping purposes Yet 1 many a home in New Britain stands | on a site which once was a dump. , Low lands invariably are “raised” by | turning them into dumps. Dumps being necesmry, both as ! a means of getting rid of useless | material and ralsing land to the higher level of surrounding property, it is essential that such work be done in the quickest pessible time. It all the city’'s dump material were concentrated upon one dump at a time it would not take long to ralse the land to the desired height. It is possible, of course, that some land has been used for dumping pur. ' poses where it was Aot entirely necessary. In such cases the sur- | rounding property owners have a right to complain on the score that | no unnecessary nuisance should be allowed in the city. PAVING IN PLAINVILLE Plainville is justified in congratu- lating itself upon the, prospect of | having Woodford avenue paved. The way to do & thing is to do it, runs the old adage, and that's what is happening in Plainville, Woodford avenue {8 the street that runs in front of the Standard Steel Co., and is traversed by the trolley cars. It has been full of holes for a long time. Plainville's officlals are inclined to be as economical as those of any other town; but when the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Co. and the Standard Steel & Bearings, Inc., agree to pay for one-third of the cost of the improvement, Plainvilie ' could not hold back. It is a good bargain. The factory managements | are to be congratulated upon their public spirit. iradio and a certain amount of suc- o Breatly alded by could not possibly be foeled by her husband's foolishness. Leave it to a woman to judge a man correctly. The fact that more than §0 letters at §1 each were mailed in this city for passage across the Atlantic on the return trip of the Graf Zeppelin indicates that when we read of the airship being & mall-carrier it does not mean maybe. It other cities throughout the nation send mail on | this airship in proportion to New Britaln then it is likely the mail bage will take up considerable room, and the mail income, if the owners get any of it, should help to defray considerable of the expense. Senator Curtis and other spell- binders have been trying to tell the eastern wets not to vote for Smith because he can't have any influence on prohibition; while in the South the spelibinders of the grand old party are telling the dry voters not to vote for Smith becauss he will give the nation MNquor. Fortunately these minor geographical speeches are not hooked up by a nationwide cesstul political tomfoolery is there- fore possible, The police did a fine job last night. They prevented the windows of mer. chants from being smashed, but were the crowd ftself which was pushing away from the windows in the general direction of Al's red coach. Fortunately the | rallroad coach was not pushed from the tracks. —— By this time the New Haven rall- road oficials have decldedly less to worry about. When an Al Smith traln swings over the lne traffic Jjust naturally becomes disorganized. | Not having anything else to do but eat during the noon hour, the tac- tory workers are expected to have | use cough drops made by the Smith F‘Ct‘ ‘.Jranciea turned gray!" ‘Whea Black is Read . A Thumb-Nall Sketch! Lives there a man with soul s0 dead Who never to himselt has sald, As he aimed at the tack and mimed the head— 1] 3309 —Walter M. Dulett!. o o 0 Grantedt She sat across the car from me, As falr and sweet a maiden As fondest dream would hope to se0— A tallored dress arrayed in; And I—T gased as though bereft Of sense, until she darted A flashing shatt at me and left Me dazed and bleeding-hearted. A bull market is one that always provides one more sucker to unload on, The most intolerant man has been found. He had rather cough than “— brothers, Of those who think a candidate's wife unfit to grace the White House, it is estimated that 87 per cent don't know which fork to use. To labor for peace {s manly. Dut too many so-called pacifists favor peace because they wish to be hateful without inwviting the licking they deserve, Hoover doubtless knows that fable about the fox that stole off with the meat while the other two ani- mals fought over it. “Cupld!” T cried, “were e charms? The world I'd give to win {t— The joy of holding in my arms That form one blessed minute!" Bhe rose to go; the speeding car, As though it were enchanted, Stood still! Thanks, Cupid, for that Jar! My plea was quickly granted! —@. L. Brewiss. Most Progressive! T 'er such Men seldom strike for increased pay if the boss rides in & four- Clement: “Is it progressive? We year-old car, had three English lecturers insult us this year!" Travel is so enlightening. You don’t realise what the old car can do until you turn it loose on a good national highway. —John R. w.on. The prize dumb-bell of the year is Jerry Btraton, who went into a real estate office and asked for $500 because they had a sign in the window which read: “If you need money, we have it. Politicians shouldn't overlook this: | As liquor increases, so does the bitterness of the opposition to those who wink at it. A legitimate business is one that pays bribes to racketeers instead of policemen, From Our Own Infant-ry Drill Regulations? “Oh, mother!” cried little Nellle excitedly, “Tommy Remsen is dead.” “When @id he die?" asked mother, “I don't know, but I heard his tather say they were sending him to & seminary tomorrow.” ~—Mras. L. D. Kerns. \_ Americanism: A woman who once served as somebody's “hired girl” _now kicking because the | “servant class” is so impudent, A statesman can tell what people think of him. If they whisper no slander, they haven't yet conceded his greatness, THE HELPING HAND! By 8. E. Colbron. Men of today, notwithstanding the masculinity of the women, are mo! chivalrous than were the men of & About the only way you can tell | thousand years ago and I can prove - |sonal reply. You ean get a8 asewer (o any question of fact er information by writing to the Questiez Editer, New Britain Herald, Washington Burean. 1323 New York avenune, Washington. D, C,, eaciceing twe cents in stamps for veply. Medical, loga! and marita) advice canngt be given, Rer can ex- tended reseatch be wndertakes. All other questione will receive & pere Unsigned requests cane not be AlD letters are con. fdental.—~Tditor. Q. Are the terms “stock turn” and “money turn”as used in busi- ness the mame? A, Btock turn is pretty well un- derstood to be the ratio between the average inventory of stock and the total annual turnover. Money turn is generally used to mean the ratlo between the total capital in- vested (that is, average inventery, investment .in delivery force, in sales force, in store fixtures, in- terests, etc.) and the total annual sales, From this it is readily seen that the money may not be even as much as one-half the stock turn. Q. Why is the house where the president of the United States lives called the White House? ¥ A. Because itis painted white to cover up the scars left on the stone when it was burned by the British in 1812, Q. What is the meaning of the name Ottinger? A. It is & German family name meaning “hereditary posseasion’’. It originated as & locality name, Q. Has Arizona ever had any other capital than Phoenix A, When Arizona was -epnnted‘ from New Mexico in 1863 the first capital of the territory was Pre--‘ cott, It was removed to Tucson in 1867; then returned to Prescott in: 1877, Phoenix has been the capital , since 1889, . Q. Who appoints the United States deputy marshals? l A. They are appointed by the! United States marshals subject to the approval of the attorney general. | Q. When did Thomas H. Ince, the movie director, die and of what cause? How much was his estate worth and to whom did it go? A, He died in his California home, November 19, 1924, Death was due to natural causes. Virtu. ally all of his $4,000,000 went to his 1 post| Q. Where did the United States finish In the 1928 Olympic boxing matches A. The United Btates fnished third in team standing, with two seconds and- one third. John L. Daley, bantamweight, and Btephen Holalke, lightweight, were the only United States boxers to reach the finals, weight, wasthe only other American to get as far as the semi-finals, Q. Dooes Jack Dempsey own a botel in Los Angeles, California? A, On June 14, 1928 he sold the Hetel Barbara, which he purchased in 1934. It is reported that he re- oelved $650,000, which it is maid, ‘was 4$100,000 more than he paid for it. = Q. Is a “Canuck” synonymous for a Canadian A. The name is loosely used in this country for Canadians general- ly. In Canada it is applied only to French Canadians, Q. What are the dutles of a stewardess on & ship A+ Usually she has charge of | the woman's cabin and renders personal service to women pamsen- gers and children. Q. What are the present where- abouts of the U. 8. 8, Wyoming? A. @he Is at Hampton Roadse, Virginla, where she wlill remain uniil December 5, when she will leave for the New York Navy Yard, Q. How did Harold Lioyd lose his thumb? A. Ho lost his thumb and fore- fingerand part of his hand while posing for some comic photographs. He was holding a real bomb which the property man had given him in error, and it exploded, blowing up the studio an dinjuring Lloyd's hana, Obkmh’ym On The Weather ‘Washington, Oct. 26.—Forecast for Southern New England: Fair, continued cool tonight; light frost in the interior. Baturday fair; moderate northwest winds. 3 Forecast for Eastern New York. Fair, continued cool tonight with light frost; Saturday falr, moderate northwest winds. Conditions: An area of high pressure of considerable ‘magnitude overspreads practically all over the country east of the plaipmstates this morning. Its center is over the lower Ohio valley and upper Lidke Harry Devine, foather. M Minneapolis Nantucket 8t. Leuls .. ‘Washington . Ziegler, Peterson and Kasprow Are Defeated Tony defeated ®legler, 35 to 18;' Wallace defeated Kasprow, 35 to 22; and Btokes dafeated Petsfon, 25 to 20, in the cpening of Rogers three cushion billiard tournament at Rogers' Recreation bullding last night. Ziegler had a sever-point handi- cap. Wallace had a handioap of five points and Peterson had a handicap of five points. Two games will be playéd tonight. Mack will play Raphsel and Stewart will play Miller, who has a handimp of five polints, TO SUPPORT 16TH AMENDMENT Los Angeles, Oct. 36.—UP—The Women's Foreign Missionary society in 59th annual conterence ywterday unanimously adopted & resolution pledging its members to vote caly for presidential and er elective can- didates who “uphold the 1tk amendment and who stand un. equivocally for the constitutien of the United States.” d Twenty-four hundred members attending the conference, and repre- senting the society enroliment of 400,000, stood and cheered their na- tional president, Mrs. Thomas Nicholson of Detroit as they adopted the resolution, which she supported in a lengthy address, Monkeys Discover Undersea Tunnel St. Kitts, W, I, Oct. 36 UP—Mon- koys have discovered an undersea passage connecting the islands of 8t Nevis and 8t. Kitta, Thousands of the wild beasts live in the gréat forests of the twp fis- lands and range from one fsland to the other by means of a tunnel un- \ region. It has caused lower tem- peraturens in most of the districts oast of the Mississippl valley and frosts were reported as far south as der sea-bottom. The oxistence of such & passage has long been knewn, bug it remain. ed for the monkeys tv locate it. Mr. Hoover brought about this| MONEY OWED THE CITY 8/Gsioorat af nepublican those daye (s widow and children. YOUR FLOORS AND FLOOR-COVERINGS turn of events when he called 8mith's power control plan “social- istic.” It was the kind of opening the New York governor was looking for, and found him quite at home in replying to it, needing only to draw upon his experiences with the desig- nation in New York state. It also had the effect of alicnating Senator Norria, perhaps the nation’s leadinf’ exponent of the Smith power control. With this comes the threat that Scnator Norris will in- | fluence the 5,000,000 Progressive Of Is a new system of bookkeeping 'ogic brough voters of 1924 to accompany him into the Bmith camp. This “break” in the campaign is decidedly for Uncollected sewer, sidewalk and sewer assessments in this city, it is said, total $100,000, It is astonishing to find that the city has been so delinquent in collecting money that is due. It must be the result of a penny wise, pound foolish policy which doés not employ sufficient help to do the collecting. The problem of getting this moncy squarely eon- plan for fronts the Board of Public Works, ' and it is significant that the first way to achieve this purpose thought whercby the board can tell who real- ly owes the money. One pauses to reflect that when time enough to listen to campaign {is to watch and see which party he | Go with me to the night clubs of Smith. 1lh\> time arrives for the collection The power issue is a tangible 1s- sue to millions of citizens, It is some- thing they can understand rather easily. A majority in both the Sen- ate and the House voted for a plan Yespecting Muscle Shoals which parallels the Smith plan; the plan is popular in the South and West. The public for months has been eau- cated regarding the power situation a8 a result of the hearings held be- fore the Federal Trade Commisston. ‘The nation has been propagandized on this isue as with nothing else. The most charitable view to take is that a wise public looks upon the efforts of the power lobby and the power trust with deep suspicion. The power problem has been de- veloping into a major issue. It 1s gathering momentum. It represcnts the last patural resource. The ques- tion is whether the nation will give away this resource or follow the be- hests of such leaders as Smith and Norris. g ANEW Y. M. C. A There can be littie doubt that the New Britain Y. M. C. A. building has l1psed bebind the demands of a ety the size of New Britain. As every city seems to have a Y. M. C. A. ft 1s self-evident that New Dritain will attempt to evolve a building com- mensurate with its importance. The new bulldirg being discussed 18 ex- pected to fill the demands of the larger city for from 25 to 50 years, and will cost in the of $500,000, There are prosperous people in the community, and also some who are not so prosperous. The money no doubt can be raised by appealing to neighborhood the prosperous, to their civic pride, their duty, to the streak within us | all which would glve to all youths the opportunity to grow up in the best environment and have oppor-' |1y that assessments for property tm. of personal taxes, namely 42 from ' all men and women in the city ex- cept those freed of this duty by law, there is never much talk about some of the personal taxes being “uncol- lectable.” Stories appear in the news- papers refiecting the opinton of om- clals that those who do not pony up the desired $2 will find them- selves In jail, and if it is necessary to hale them to court about it court costs will be added. Even the notices sent out when the personal taxes are | due take care to specify that the moncy is demanded and failure to pay will lcad to dire results. We never-heard of threats of this kind ymade on notices relating to property taxes. These are semt out like bills coming from a business house and if not paid on time seems nothing much occurs. The ad- mission that $100,000 is due the Board of Public Works in back assesements proves quite conclusive- provement have not been taken am seriously by the city or the property owners as the picayune personal taxes have been taken by the city and the publie. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia is no mean campaigner. He is taking sundry powerful personages by the scruff of the neck and minces no words when he talks. Senator Glams was “working in the interest of pro- hibition,” he says, at a time when Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the southern Methodist church, was a paid for the Anti-Saloon League. The Virginia senator, a stal- agent wart dry, is supporting Smith, show- ing other southern drys how to do the same. Yes, it's a great campaign. Making the roads safe for women and children scems to be a sure way to get elected. This is what William talk between bites. Being busy in that fashion, however, has a tendency to prevent heckling. A rally seems to be something from which the voter needs time to rally. Well, i crossini the Main street rallroad ' was good for something after all. — One of the best pleces of campaign | t out in the campaign was uttered by Mrs, Genevieve Clark Thomson, daughter of the late Champ Clark. 8aid she: “If the Pope wanted the United States he would have bought it when Fall and Daugherty had it for sale.” S PR Crowdas looking at & candidate may ‘ not mean votes, but they get the opposition in an exceedingly nervous frame of mind. PR e When local Democrats gave Al Smith that chest of silver thelr real ! intention was to ship it to the White House. More campaign humor: Watching a parade march while the band plays “The Sidewalks of New York,” which is in waltz time. | Noting how often the Smith special was Sidetracked in this state | what about a tune on “The Side- tracks of Connccticut " One of the Herald girls complains today she nearly had her ribs stove in during the Al Smith crush last bolts to. A normal man is one whose am- bition is to appear in one of those reading-from-left-to-right pictures with a visiting dignitary, The grand manner isn't worth much, except that it kecps the por ter busy in hope of a bigger tip than he gets. today and listen in. Look, there is Tex! There is & beautiful girl dancing! What is Tex saying? Bhe is saying: “Give the little girl & hand.” Does she get it? Boy, she certainly has it, and listen to the hand she gets. And another place. There is Heleu. Does she get a hand? Listen! And on through the night. Everywhere, All the good little girls get a hand. Now let us step in the Time ma- chine and turn backward the hands of time, We find ourselves in Melos, Th Melodawn, Nightout is 1it with a m i low light. Dancing and singing. Then 'a hush! The Btar of Greece comes upon the stage. The beauty of all time. The rhythm of the ages awings into & crescendo, ebbs and dles away. Do the Greek lads give the Jittle girl a hand? They do not. Chivalry? Do you call that chivalry? And poor, little Venus de Milo goes down through the centuries of time without a hand! All of us are idecallstic and pa- triotic still, but we know which stocks we would buy if another row should come. Conservatism, in brief: “Don't start anything; you might disturb the feathers in my nei The fanatie is much like anybody | | clse, exccpt that he manufactures | more statistics in an argument. What & campnign! Even Chicago | talks about wets and drys and fore gets the menace of invading Brit- ishers. Correct this sentence: “I don't Fnow where you can get it,"” sald the cop. 3 (Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate) Dennen?Resi»ms From Ottawa Hockey Team Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 26.—(A—After 13 years as star forward on the Ot- tawa Benators of the National hockey . league, Cy Denneny has signed with the Boston Druins as assistant to Art Ross, Boston's non-playing manager. Denneny will replace Sprague Cleghorne, who will manage the night. And she didn't happen to be Newark minor league elub this year. the damsel who was seen crawling !® 12 years as a regular with Ot- around on the shoulders of the sur. Love Denneny has always been 5 among the hig - rounding masses, elther. ! et Castles in the air! Q. For what do the letters b. t. uw. stand? A. They stand for British ther- i mal unit, the quantitl of heat re- quired to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit in tempera- ture, Q. It two bodies of equal weight and density, movirg at unequal speed should collide, which would recelve the greater impact and why A, The slower moving object will receive the gragter impact be- use the faster moving body car- es and imparts greater energy. Q. What is°*'volatile matter” and 'fixed carbon” in coal A. Volatile matter represents that part of the coal which can be driven off in gaseous form at tem- | peratures lower than combustion {temperature. Fixed carbon is that: part remaining after moisture, vou-l A bulletin covering practical information and suggestiens for metheds of treatment and cleaning of all kinds of fliors and of ecirpets, rugs and linoleum, . 1t covers methods ef finishing wood floors, ataining, Al 10t treatment for stone conciete, com floors, taking care of floors. cleaning floor coverings, remoying spots and stains, and keeping linoleum and similar materials in good condition. Any housewifo will find useful information- in thiy bulletin, Ciip eut the coupen below and mall as directed: === oo cur oo mem <= == e | FLOORS EDITOR, .Washington Buri New Britain Hered, 1322 New York Avenus, Washington. D. C. 1 want a copy of the bulletis CARE OF FLOORS AND FLODR-COVER. INGS. and enclose herewith five tents in coin, or loos U. 8. postago stamps. to ecver postage and handling cos NAMB cooreocnsn sone STREET AND NUMBER cITY 1 am a reader of the New Britain Herald, | | | | L - —— o —— = - — ) The Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang AT 2 A.M. MR. BAN& WENT DowWN THE STREET To ‘THE WHOOPEE PARTY 4IVEN BY YoUN& SMITH WHoSE PATHER AND MOTHER ARE AWAY. | Tt is said that what Mayor Paonessa really told Al Smith was this: “Al, I carried New Britain times; and I don't claim to be as good a candidate as you are. It 1 did it then so can you.” And right three then Al took more heart. | | “ Fred Bacon of this city has issued a sweeping challenge to all comcrs to a club and torch swinging con- test. He prefers to confpete with F. ! Brown of Hartford. | The ecider brandy distillery and mill operated by John Norton near Compounce was destroyed by !Irel ' yesterday afternoon with a loss of 25 Vears Ago Today |sidered to have few superiors in finding the weaknesses of opposing goalkeepers and defenses RAIL TUNNEL IN SWEDEN Stockholm, Oct. 26 (UP)—An un- derground railway tunnel, the of its kind to be built in Sweden, 18 now under construction in Stock- holm. The subway will be 5,248 feet long and will cost $616,400 when completed. An entire horough of the capital, the “Socdermalm.” or down town scction, will be tunneled from one end to another, | DENTIST fell Prepared! Russell: “Don’t you think college is a g®d preparation for life?” Dobbs: “Yes, indeed. 1 spent four years learning how to get to 8 o'clock classes, so that now I no trouble making an 8:05 train!” —Samuel Berliner. Fun Shop Follies . Touchdown Touchdown Two Touchdowns Before Final Period! the ‘Worse Oft} Hodges: “I1 was on some party last 'Bo was 1. : “I was 80 bad off T didn't Dr. Henry R. Lasch Commercial Trust Bidg. %-Ray Pyurttics Trantments || ! know where I was."" Bteele: “That's nothing. 1 was ®o bad off I didn’t know who I wast” ~—Walter A. Riers