New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1928, Page 6

ibution local advertisers. The Hersid is en sale daily in New York at Hotaling's Newsstand. Times Bquare; Schults's Newsstands, Estrance Grand Ceatral, ¢2nd Street. A FACTORY INCREASE Practical news of importance was that which indicated that Land- ers, Frary & Clark contemplat- ed the construction of an addition on Stanley street to cost $100,000. Substantial progress and confidence in the future are thus plainly brought to view. Instead of epamel- ing its products elsewhers this progressive New Britain firm will do the work here. That means more employment to local labor, more in- come, more homes. Landers, like other New Britain industries, show a constant growth. Nearly every year sees some factory added to its buildings. The history of the city is bound up with the pro- gress of its industries. As these have prospered so the city has prospered. Geod management and growth in New Britain industries have been re- flected in sound progress in the municipality. New Britain began as & manufacturing town, off the main line and minus definite natural re- sources. All it has had to keep it go- ing has been foresight, industry and management. These have suf- ficed to Lring its’population between 70,000 and $0,000. No city in the state shows a more consistent incregse, all ef which revolves around the city's great industries. LUNCHEON SPEAKERS Luncheen ' clubs, taking stock of the ability of the speakers seeking to edify the membership, have about come to the conclusion that at least eeme of them are bent upon selling something, taking advantage of good fellowship and good will as & modus eperandi. The subject seems to be one that has been given much attention threughout the nation’s luncheen clubg. The consensus seems to , be that a majority of listeners don't lke selling talks with thejr lunches, On the other hand most speakers before luncheon clubs give of their time and talent free of charge. When they are to speak it must be for some cause, perhaps they rea- ®on; and the why and wherefere is bound te be the particular cause with which they are affillated. Some of them are put to expense in com- ing te a city to address a luncheon clyb. Ju many cases it is a pure business propoasition. 1f the luncheon clubs are to be- come more particular as to the type of speukers brought before them it i an indication that the clubs are in search of quality speakers with o axes to grind. It is our belief that these can be found. There are & multitude of subjects of public in- terest which are not identified with politics or the business of selling something; and there must be equal- ly as many capable men who can #ive & good account of themselves at such meetings. All that is needed 15 the effort to tind them. The so-called “advertising speak- er” is easier to locate because he in- variably protrudes himself; he is of an aggressive type, and to find him requires no etfort. He simply 18 met going around a corner or a | corridor and usually invites himself. Let the after the man irstead of letting the man go for the funcheon club. This would be a simple way to solve the | difficulty. TRAFFIC LAN Experimenting with traffic jdeas 1s endless. experi- ment begun thin another is started, In commen with many another citi- zen we have quit trying to keep track of the traffic situation. Which s to say, we take our chances and do our grumbling en route. Whether driving or walking, the opportunities are abundant. Scarcely is one Traffic lanes are to be painted on the pavement at Maim street and Franklin Square; they may be there, for gll we know. We are not inter- ested enough te find out definitely, | realizing fully that they mean just one dsrn thing after another. Any- way, memory seems to tell us they were there once before. luncheon clubs go out | class traffic cop with brains the congestion will be solved without diffieulty nor further experimenting. CLOSING A GRADE CROSSING It takes a serious accident at a grade crossing in Connecticut to get something done about it. At least, that is the impression one often ia forced to accept after reading the newspapers. ' The latest instance of that kind is in the case of the Moeney cross- ing at Wallingford. A woman was killed there recently and the Public Utilities Commission. taking cog- nizance of the incident, is said to be of the opinion that the crossing should be done away with. But how? Not with an underpass or a bridge. That would cost meney. Even the poor railroad would be put to some expense if that were done. The P. U. C. therefore merely recommends that the crossing be closed and traffic be diverted te the underpass at Yalesville, nearly a mile away. That means that autoists will have to detour nearly a mile to get ev: the railroad track. Which is our idea of a mighty poor way to elim- inate crossings. THE NEW AIR RECORD A week ago one H. C. Macdonald tried to fly from Newfoundland to England—a most courageous under- taking but a rather foolhardy one | in view of the weather and the in- significant equipment with which his tiny plane was provided. He has never been heard from since; hence he wooed fame in vain; threw his life into the sea and advanced avi tion not one whit. Harry J. Tucker and C. B. D. Collyer, aviators whe combined courage with logical reasoning, have just completed a trip that in all re- spects did something tangible to ad- vance avistion; at the same time they successfully wooed fame; and bad they been forced to descend for some unexpected reason, they could have landed on “dry land. They flew from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 24 hours and 51 minutes —breaking all records for the east- west journey. The t-east flight, of course, being essier, had been made In shorter time previously. Te fly across the continent in an airplane in auch shert time means mere than to fly across the ocean, judged from the standpeint of what may follow such successful attempts. For after all few people other than professional aviaters and people eager to get info the limelight are ever likely to risk a flight across the ocean in an airplane. Ocean fly- ing, according te no less an authori. ty than Celonel Lindbergh himself, is more likely to be the province of dirigibles, To fly across the continent, how- ever, is achieving something. People can be found who see little risk in the proceedings provided the pilots are sane flyers and net stunt flyers, To the average thoughtful citizen land beneath the plane is a decided advantage over water. The present rute of progress will tind airplanes able te traverse the continent from cast to west in 15 hours within a half dozen years, ac- cording to competent observera There seems to be no limit to speed in the air, especially when the weather is at all faverable The limit of speced en land has leng since been attained for practical purposcs. Some optimistic persons predict, in fact, that planes will yet traverse the continent in ten hours, It that should really take place then air travel will mean nothing in the lives of almost everyone in u hurry when they travel. The Yankee Doodje was a com- paratively smail plane, thus upset- ting the belief held in some circles that in order to be mest efficient & plane must be large enough te carry half a ship's load of equip- ment and gasoline. MEN IN THE KITCHEN According to statistics from the federal bureau of education more than 7,000 high school hoys are tak- ing courses in home economics. | From this it is gathered that boys |are beginning to see the value of knowing how to cook. The |to mind that perhaps it is the | of the zrowing generation of boys to go inte the kitchen while their | sisters go out of it But this may | bs a rather superticial conclusion. Perhaps the boys got into the cooking frame of mind from having Leen jdentified with the Boy Scouts. It hLoys are going to take long hunting trips somebody must be able to do a tittle cooking. Peing | stuck in the woods without a cook is rather discopcerting. Another reason for learning how to cook may be they realize the benefits of taking an 1tomobile tour in the summer. Boys |who buy a second hand Ford and start sceing the world with it nat. urally prefer to do their own cook- g en route. ing the price to stop at first clask hetels or any other kind. The aver- thought mmediately comes the ~beys especially when lack- aim | | | | | age sutomobile tourists’ camp, as developed in the West, gives a mag- nificent opportunity to male cooks as well as those of the female per- sussien. A knowledge of cookery comes in mighty handy at such & Facts ead Fancies Dr. Work says most of the people are in debt but solvent, Flatterer. time; it proves to be a more service- | If the other fellow puts his foot able accomplishment than a werking knowledge of Latin or trignonome- try, or even football tactica THE FLOOD FUND A small item the other day had it that the war department of the gov- ernment announced that the entire Mississippl flood control appropria- tion of $24,000,000 available will have been expended or obligated by June of next year. Ot course, flood contrel is going to cost much more than the “avail- able” $24,000,000. The rest of the $500,000,000 will have to be appro- priated later—especially after the election is over, when Congress can appropriate money without worrying about the political effect. Which reminds us of the mental flop of Mr. Hoover in connection with flood contrel finances. When he was bossing relief work along the Mississippl he came back to Warh- ington with the bellef that the fed- eral government should bear all the costs. When he got within veice shot of President Coolidge, however, the chief executive pointed out to him that the states should contribute around 20 per cent. And Hoover, having & good mind of his own, reatly changed his mind to conform with that of the President. But then, that isn’'t 4n issue In the campaign; merely being something that Louisi- ana is quite het up about. A FLOOD AFTERMATH _Eleven railroads in New England, it has been finally tabulated, suf- fered loascs totalling $13,000,000 as a resylt of the fleed of last Nevem- ber. The miles of roadbed damaged totalled 2,800; and 62 lives were lost, The New Englang flood in reality was & worse disaster than was real- ized at the time. The enly part of New England where advance warn- ing of the thruatened disaster en- abled the taking of precautionary measyres was in Connecticut. That is why this part of New England suffered considerably less than the northern part. ‘The rallroads repaired their dam- aged road beds, tracks and bridges in speedy fashion, although in many sections of northern New Engiand the waters receded but slowly. Un- us initiative and ingenuity were exeféised. What was learned includ- cd the menace of dams, bridges and other impreperly located structures, some of them poerly designed. On the other hand, storage reservoirs were found to prevent fleod damage and lessened the dire effects of the waters elsewhere, Such Instances were noted with approval along the Deerfield river in southern Verment, on the upper Androescoggin in north. ern New Hampshire, and in east- n-Maine. ‘What has happened once may happen a . New England battjed with its fleed in herolc fashion. What it learned sheuld serve to pre- pare it against a future onalaught of the waters. The railroads of New England and the citizens who suf- fered losses are strongly convinced that fleed preventien {s prefitable. Varfeus {nvestigating hodies have taken up this subject: but that Is not enough. Actien on the findings is necessary. To the average politician taking a stand on a public issue fs like tak- Ing a stand on a banana peel. An educator has stated that | & school janitor knows more about the school than the principal. That may be, but a good janitor doesn't | tell all he knows. If the Literary Digest poll turns out to be radically wrong something will get a black eye, and it prob- ably won't be the candidates. Who has ever heard of a man. given the alternative of reforming or going to jail. who would not promise to be good? The short wave half-hour talk be- tween the United States and Aus. tralia muyst hgve been a great op- portunity for ali those able te tell all about the weather in that lim- ited time. We have comne gcross many citi- | zens with spirited views on the po- litical campaign whe say they prefer to bet on a horse race rather than take chanceg on who on the election eutcome is there are | more 0dds than there is meney to bet. The careful. conservative, thought- ful reporters, teiling all about the Smith reception, carcfully refrained from guessing just hew many peo- ple there were in the crowd. This was not deme, either. in order te avoid a typegraphical error. A line in the paper said the American public has been delighted to read about the four romances of Peggy Joyce. Maybe £0 and maybe not: at least. not many of us have they think |C V.1, will win. The trouble with betting | the Hotel Hartford last night been greatly edified by them. in your mouth, that's legitimate foot- ball. I you bite it, that's offside. Queer justice, It a criminal uses a hacksaw to effect escape, he is punished; if his tool is an imbecile jury, he goes free. ‘The fare to Kurope by air will be $1200; but Alas; anybody with sense enough te make $1200 will have (oo much sense to spend it that way. rpe— Picking an Old Gold while blind- tolded shouldn’t be difficult. . Jus- tice is blindfolded and she recog- nizes gold, old or pew. Apparently there were no go-get- tets in the old days. You never see a bronze statue with its feet on & desk. The automobile {s somewhat like Prohibition. It didn’t eliminate ,the horse, but it did restrict him to the homes of the rich. ‘That Tenneasce counterfeiter who raised a one-dollar bill to a ten was just rigging it up to buy a dollar's worth. 2 The office cynic's little girl will be like her dad. She planted bird seed and nothing came of it except grass. Americanism: Members of the family waiting impatiently in pa- jamas while, company uses the bath room., A graduate of the school of ex- perience who yearns to do some- thing for his alma mater might en- dow an emergency ward. A portrait of Chicago's Big bill Lrought only $2, vut he needn't feel slighted. Washington's official por- trait on paper is worth only §$1. It takes more than quantity pro- duction to insure success. The mos- quito, for example, lays more eggs than the hen. — A flapper is a girl se old she no longer judges a party by the re- freshments. Well, if we'must have an experi- enced hostess in the White House, it's always possible to hire Texas Guinan. The fad-makers got liver into Bood society. Now if some doctor will discover that boiled cabbage 15 goed for whatever ails us, true de- mocracy will at last come into its ewn, There would be just as many di- vorces 1n rural sections if separation required the sacrifice of nothing ex- cept three installments on the furni- ture. Even politicians can be consistent. Those who scolded Al for “saerific- ing" Roosevelt are now doing their best to save him from the strain of office, Correct this sentence: “And now, young gentlemen.” said the coach, “I must ask each of you to display greater vim and celerity." Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate 25 Ye_a; Agfioday ‘The managers of the local frigerators today recvived orders that the edict against delivering meat had been rescinded. This will stop the retgilers who said they would buy in Hartford. The manufacturing outlook fin New Britain this winter is not good The great falling off in the building trade is beginning to show its effect and lessen this city's great market. The outleok for fewer cmployes and shorter hours. The labor mar- ket is glutted and cheap foreign labor {8 net coming into the city so much, At a strect committee hearing last night the petition of property own- «s for a flag walk on the south de of Ellis street was granted. Captain Bullen and a group of South Durritt street residents ap- peared to protest against the coun- cil's action in fising a five foot building line on the west side and a 10 foot line on the Curtin asked the would be willing to pay for damages to property if a line set further back. Captain Bullen then asked Mr. Curtis if the city would pay him damages if a salt factory were put up in front of hig houso. The trolley company will lay vitri- fled brick hetween its tracks on Main street The Veterang' re- were Association, First held its annual meeting at Cap- tain W. 1 electad secretary. Rawlings was MRS, MARY Tiolyoke, Mass Mrs. Mary 13 n of Secretary of William F. Whiting. died heme here Thursday in h vear after four months' illness. was the widow of Judge Edward W. Chapin. n. Oct o oo i DENTIST Dr. Henry R. Lasch Commercial Trust Bldg. X-Ray Pyorrhes Treatments _ Football Folks! Football is shivering in the bleach. ors While two and twenty muddy creatures . As like as peas from where we sit Pile up and then snap out of it! His Notest Junior: “What newspaper does papa own, mamma?” Mother: “Why, he doesn't ewn one. Whe put that idea into your head?” Junior: “I heard Mr. Fryer telling a man that everybody in town is on papa’s paper! —Mrs. Cora Bloom ' THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY Literary nature of modern paper. A speaker at the recent conference of book publishers asked how many out ef more than 8,009 hooks published last year would be readable in 50 years time. B But how many of them were readable last year? o o0 Sports “Man wanted to put in open fire- place.” —Adv. in New Zealand Paper We know several that could be spared! Y Drama An angler who recently caught a fine sea bass returned it to the wa- ter because he had some time ago landed a larger one. Snubs of this kind make a sensi- tive sea bass feel rather small! o s e Classified A horticulturist has traveled over four continents in search: of a new rose. A bit of a rambler himeelf! e e Social A woman of Coney Island tablished a new endurance Ly remajning in the water hours. Our predecessor room the other really trying! has es- record for 60 in the morning bath. wasn't Easy! 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Well, cheer up. you'll meet him in the With reforence to the perishable | ¥ tdom from hunger—and 1 am tired —THE OBSERVER— On the City ano Its People Are Americans led to Become of & ? In a bulletin containing the names of automobile drivers whose licenses have been suspended for operating while under the influence of liquer. the state motor vehicle department ‘includes the following: “The depart- ment statement advised people to notify the department or the police in case they should see any of those drivers operating motor vehicles." ‘Which brings up the question: To what extent is the public expected’ to‘snoop in co-operation with its public officials? . Granted that the man or womah who drinks and drives a car is & menace to the lives and welfare of others, should private citizens be expected to turn them- selves into a police departmen restrain the ¢ The 15th amendment to ‘the con- stitution created a large army of snoopers, tipsters who told the po- lice authoriiies where liquor was being sold. In many instances, the informers had a justifiable reasen. "or example, wives whose husbands were patronizing speakeasies :nd dissipating the family funds céuld not be blamed if they told the po- lice. No one would hold them at fault for trying to prevent the de- struction of their homes. In many other cases, the tipstess give infor- mation in a spirit of spite or become professional stool pigeons with the. expectation that’ they would be re- munerated. When the identity of the latter class becomes know they are ostracized by a public which be- ileves in falr pla It every American turned detee. tive the courts would be clogged to a greater extent than at present and the Jabors of the police would be lightened. The state motor vehicle department is asking a great deal when it hopes that a man or woman sceing a suspended driver at the wheel will rush to a telephone and notify the nearest police headquar- ters. What Are the Issues? That 15 the Big lssue ? This is a bewildering campaign, and it becomes more s0 as it pro-/ gresses. If we could have heard just one speaker and then kept away from radios and newspapers, no doubt we could see how simple it all was and vote accordingly, but as it is we get more entangled in| uncertainty every time we hear a speech or see a press report. At first it seemed that there was nothing te do but choose between the republicans and the democrats. Then the nominations were made | and the element of Smith vs. Hoover was introduced. Next, the parties began to introduce issues, and every- thing became inextricably jumbled. They can't agree on the {ssues. They can't even agree among them- selves or with themselves for more than a day or two. If you hear one speaker the dominant issue is prohibition. The next one tells| you it isfarm relief. -A third in- sists on protective tariff. Still an- | other says corruption is the issue. And a fifth makes religion an issue by saying that it isn't pne. There isn't even agreement in the same party. Smith is campaigning | through the North and East and the democrats believe he is “‘wet”. Robinson is stumping the South and his hearers believe the party is “dry”. Hoover says that he is epposed to putting the government into business and Ambassador Her- rick promptly states this means Hoover is against the power trust, while Hiram Johnsen out in Cali- fornia states that he is for Hoover despite the fact that Hoover is not | against the power trust. Now | what can a poor voter believe? No party, in fact, seems able to| hold to the same opinion for 30 consecutive seconds. The republi- cans, for example, started out to stress prosperity and laid it to re- | publican government. Now they say it is due to private i“lllall\'l‘.i Once they wanted government to keep its hands off business com- pletely, and now they have come around to saying that it shouldn’t enter business but should control | it. The democrats began the cam- paign with a ‘“competitive tariff”, and at the present they scem to be | as much protectionists as their op- | ponents. It's all quite distressing you see. Because of the fact that the voters must be terribly confused by | such chaos, not even the omniacient Observer can predict the outcome. We will say that if Hoover gets 266 electoral votes he will be elected; it he doesn’t, Smith will become president. Which one will be the successful candidate we darve not foerecast, except that it will not be Thomas or Varney. Asks Whother Al Smith Was to Blame for Aurora The presidential candidates of other world.” Mrs. Shepard: “How dare you cast slurs upon my character! . . E. Slagle The Man in a Palace! It was only rday that 1 slaved in a dimly lighted attic — slaved in poverty. Tonight, as I sit In silent medita- tion, sitting in miy new abode, mar- | ble halls and old stone walls, with cut that life-old fear of hunfer | and want, T long again for the eld lite in the attic. I would willingly give my new place in the world to some unfortunate one for that old attic. 1 am wecaried of my new home, of its marhle and stone, and the free. of the bars on 1y window and the sentry that paces to and fro! —Tl.eonard Behrens Gracious! Prof. Todd: “Oh, it was terribly embarragsing! Terrible!™ Dean Cole: Vhat happened > Prof. Todd: “One of the co-eds is making poor grades and 1 told her that T wanted a heart-to-heart talk with her—and she thought T meant it literally!” —Allen R. Tittman | tormer both parties have been blamed for many things, most of which they had no knowledge of, and there have been dire predictions as to the evils which will follow if this or that one is elected, but it remained for s schoolgirl in New Britain to hazard the wildest guess as to the influence of either of the nominess. It seems that Wednesday night there was a display of the Aurora Borealis, known to the common peo- ple as the Northern Lights. FPos- sibly you saw the phenomenon it you were not home listening to the radio speeches, - and probably you heard them it you were. "Anyway, & teacher in a third grade in a local #chool asecized the opportunity the next day to tell her pupils about the to |aurora. The youngsters were very much interested in this mysterious heavenly apparition and asked her many questions. Finally one girl raised her hand and, on being asked what she wanted, said: _ \ “Please, did Al 8mith have any- thing to do with them? Former Messenger Boys Heads World's Biggest Radio Company David Sarnoff, 22 years ago a telegraph messenger boy, teday ai recta the activities of the largest ra- dio corporation in the world, the Radfo Corporation of America. For many years he has been closely identified with the progress of world wide wireleas communication. Brought to this country by his parents when he was but nine years of age, Barnoff was born in Uslian, Russia, on February 27, 1881. In 1906 he entered the employ of the Commercial Cable Company of New York, as messenger. Soon his im- agination was attracted to the new art of radio that was just beginning to span the ocean. and Barnoff Joined the Marconi Wireless Tele- graph Company of America as an office boy. Within a few months he ‘became a junior telegraph operator. In 1908, at the #ge of 17, the Mar- of America appointed him as oper- ator of its coastal station at Blas- conset, Nantucket Island, where he ranked as one of the fastest opera- tors in the Marconi service. The lonely outpost of wireless communi- cation, shunned by others, proved a real opportunity to Sarnoff. Bweep- ing the sea for occasional calls to and from the few ships then equip- ped with wireless apparatus, he was able to undertake and complete an intensive course of reading that greatly widened his technical kowl- edge. Not content with this, however, Sarnoff returned to New York and, at 18, became manager of the Sea- gate station, then the busiest wire- less station in the country. To eb- tain an opportunity to take an elec- trical engineering course at Pra‘t Institute, Brooklyn, he later ac- cepted a less lucrative pest. On April 14, 1912, while Sarnoff was on duty at a wireless station atop the old Wanamaker building in New York, the memorable Titan- ic disaster occurred. These were the ploneering days when wireless com- munication was still fitful and un- certain. The skill and devotion of the operator who sat continuously at his key for seventy-twe hours, picking up faint and distorted sig- nals out of the air until the entire list of survivors had been received, centered wide attention upon Sar- noff. The tragic sinking of the Titanic led to legislation compelling sea- going vessels carrying fifty or more passengers to be equipped with ra- dio transmitting and receiving ap- paratus. Public interest gave a néw fmpetus to the art. Sarnoff rose rapidly with the wi ening activities of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. He became ra. dio inspector and Instructor of the Marconi Company; soon he was | promoted to chief radio inspecter: to assistant chief engineer; to con- tract manager: to assistant traffic manager; and then to commercial manager. In 1919, with the conclusion of the Great Wi the United States took a commanding position in world-wide wireless communication by the organization of the Radio Corporation of America. The Mar- coni Wireless Telegraph company of America was absorbed by the new organization, and with it, Da- vid Sarnoff, who continued as Com- mercial manager of the new com- pany. On April 29, 1921, Sarnoff be- came general manager, and on Sep- tember 8, 1922, he was elected vice president and -general 'manager of the Radio Corporation of America. Subsequently he was placed on the hoard of directors of that organiza- tion. As a leading executive of the ra- die industry in the United States, Sarnoff has contributed to the de- velopment of international radio commumdcation, to the establish- ment of broadcasting in this country on a nation wide basis. His contributiens in guiding an infant art and an infant industry were recognized by St. Lawrence Univ ¥, Canton. N. Y. on June 15, 1927, in conferring upon him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science. The presentation legpnd characterized him as “a student and promoter of the science of wireleas communication, tireles: in research nd recognized as a guiding force in business affairs.” On December 20, 1924, Sarnoff was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps. ORC. USA. No Demonstration for Cox When He Visited City n 1920, The visit of Goverpor Altred E. Smith to New Britain last Thursday and the reception given him by a shricking, howling crowd of men, women and children, was in sharp contrast to the reception given Governor James Cox of Ohio, when he came here as the democratic candidate for the presi. dency i 1920, For several days prior to the visit of Cox, newspaper offices were flooded with advance announce- ments giving the details of the presidential train's itinerary, com- mittees were working on arrange- (Copyright. 1928, Reproduction Forbldden) ments and the campaign speakers prepared a formal program to be T i H the candidate's bald pat stage whisper: ‘There he is!” that the crowd showed the slightest wign to indicate they recognized their dard bearer, [ Cox spoke for several minutes but there was no demonstratioh of enthusiasm. Contrast conditions surrounding the coming of Al 8mith. It was sot definitely known that he was to come here until two days befors he arrived and there was some ques- tion about it until 3:15 o'cleck dén the afternoon of the celebration, al- though the general public was mot aware that there was a possibility of a hitch that would take . the, | Smith train through New Britajn * without a stop. With this Briet notice, band music was arranged for, the station and nearby buildinge were decorated, & bandstand -Waz ¢ built and a parade was organised. Instead of s handful of pegple greeting the candidate, as was the case in the coming of Cox, theu- sands of people stood for more than an hour under the most up- comfortable circumstances, And when 8mith did arrive the cheering and the demonstration was ‘such‘ that 8mith could not, if he. would, have spoken. : Woman Suddenly Dies After Winning Lawsuit Bridgeport, Oct. 27 «— The victory that Mrs. Grace Mason won in the superior’ court here yesterday cost her life last night. 8he died at 5:20 | p. m., from cerebral paralysis. Mrs. Mason was successful in her court fight yesterday when her millionaire divorced husband, Major John W. Tumbridgy capitulated and agreed to suppoyt their daughter, Grace Tumbridge. 13, in the style in which , a millionaire’s daughter was ac- customed to. Following the settlement of the suit, Mrs. Mason had a stroke and was rushed to Bridgeport hospital. - Mrs. Mason failed to regain .jcon- sciousness and died 24 hours after her admittance. She was mmid to be 42 years old. Major Tumbridge declared last night that he would arrange for the funeral of his for- mer wife and would take his daugh- ter to live with thim on: his large estate in Ridgefield. % Wife of Movie Actor Is | Being Sued for $200,000 Los jngeles, Oct. 27 M—Frynces Marian, scenario writer and wife of Fred Thomson, western screen ac- tor, was made defendant in a $200,- 000 alienation of affections suit filed here yesterday by Mrs. Gene- vieve Rqes of Riverside, Cal. The suit accuses Miss Marian ot eftecting a separ:tion between Mrs. Ross and her husband, M. C. Ross in October last year. Miss Marian and her husband de- clared: the allegation was ‘“ridicu- lous.” | Only One Australian | In Four Reads Books | Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 27 (@ —The chief librarian of the public library of New South Wales told a recent interstate educational con- ference in Melbourne University that not one Australian in four ever read a book. “In both city and country dis- tricts.” he said, “there is surprising ignorance amorig the people con- cerning the value of books. For the most part people get their read ing from the newspapers.” Observations On The Weatllgr Washington, Oct. 27.—Ferecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy Saturday, followed by show- ers, slightly warmer Saturday night or Sunday. Conditions: Pressure : continyes relatively low but rising over New- foundland. A disturbance of slight intensity is moving eastward over northern Manitoba, with a narrow| trough extending southward to eastern Kansas. The outlook is for showers Satur- day night or Sunday in the eastern lower lake region and for showers| on Sunday in the north Atlantic states. Elsewhere the weather will be partly overcast Saturdsy and Sunday ‘in states east of the Mis-| sissippi river. Temperatures will| rise on Saturday in the Qhio valley| and on Sunday in the north Atl states. ) L/ One of Mother's 1 Principal Worries J‘ is watching over the health of her children. R o tontn B e g o ae nose, const tion, 1 recommend it most Mrs. M. Seith, Everett Family olge $1.20; other sisw é0c &