New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1928, Page 5

R CITY DUMP FIRES Public Works Commissioners| A% Balk af Proposed Assignment The decision made yesterday in the mayer's office by which dump fires would be extinguished by an cmploye of the pubNc works de- partment rather than the fire de- vartment failed to meet with en- thusiasm at the meeting of the Leard of public works held Mst eve- ning. After a long discussion, the board voted to ask the corporation counsel for his opinion as~to who should take care of the dumps. The board expressed itself very much againgt having ore of its trucks equipped with hose with which to extinguish dump fires that have caused the fire department plenty of time and bother lately. Chairman” George Dobson stated that he saw no reason why the public works department should pa- trol the dumps. He asked if there ‘was anything in the city ordinances which required thg board to be re- sponsible adding that he thought that they were in charge of the health board. Other members of the board also voiced their disap- proval of the propesition agreed upon at the conference in the may- or's office. The Anderson Electrical Co. was awarded the contract for installing electric lights in the two houses at the sewer beds occupied by city workers. The bid was $130. Permission was granted to Lake & Wuchert to install an illuminated sign in front of thelr store on Main street, Petitions for lights on Stan- ley court, Charles atreet, Broad street, John street and Lincoln street were referred to the engineer with power. Petitions asking for the removal of trees at 250 and 225 Broad street and 86 Bilver street were referred to the chairman and engineer with power. The board voted to shape up Homestead avenue, Highland Terrace and Mitchell astreet, acting on petitions asking for reliet oa these streeis. Notice was given the board of the intention of the police department to install & traffic light at the cor- ner of Commonwealth avenue and! Carlton street. It was voted to take the matter up with Chief Hart as there was some question whether the light would be necessaty. The paymaster of the public works department was granted per-} mission to pay the entire force of the department by checks, DINNER OF TURKEY FOR MEN OF NAVY Special Thanksgiving Day Menu at Newport Training Station The local navy recruiting office will be closed Thursday, Nov. 29, as all government buildings and offices will on that day by the proclama- tion of the president of the United States. America is a good land to live in, and the people are the best peo- ple in the world to live with as good fellow citizens. Lofty ideals were cherished Dby our forefathers and have been passed along to us. The stability of noble “institutions in- sures opportunity for industry, cul- ture and the pleasures of life. It is easy to recount our reasons for thankfulness. Thanksgiving Day will be observ- ed at the Newport training station, and & Thanksgiving dinner will be served. The menu for that day will be— Cream of Celery Soup Celery en stalk Queen Olives Bweet Pickles Roast Princess Ann Turkey Cranberry Bauce Oyster Dressing Giblet Gravy Candied 8weet Potatoes Mashed Potatocs Shrimp Salad Mixed Nuts Ice Cream Pumpkin Pie Candy Cigarettes Hot Rolls * Butter Cafe Noir Costs $10 to Throw Coffee in Waiter’s Face Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 28 (®—It cost Miss Mildred Doberg of Chi- cago $10 to throw a cup of hot cof- fee in the face of a waiter in. a Hot Springs restaurant yesterday. Miss Doberg threw the coffee aft- er the waiter told her the restaur- ant was “no place in whiclt to loaf. Bhe was arrested on a charge of dis- turbing the peace. ) Trea (@Idg With e Treatment RusBED on throat and chest, Vicks does two things at once: (1) It is vaporized by the body heat and inhaled direct to the inflamed air , and ‘ (2) It stimulates the skin like an old-fashioned poultice and “draws out” the sorencss. acts@)ae. LOCAL RIFLE CLUB of Oldest Civil War Veteran (ONTINUES T0WI and Pleasanter, and Marylander Insists That Each Year Is Pleasanter Especially Does He Appreciate Old Friends, today—and he says that each year| Thanksgiving is better than it was| before. Born in Richmond, Va., in 1816, Tranum is still hearty and active. He is no sit-in-the-corner old man, con- | tent to dodder about the fireplace | with his memories; he prefers to get | out and see his friends. He counts | them the chief of his Thanksgiving | day blemsings. | “For all the things in the world | I'm thankful, but my friends are my | greatest comforts,” he says. “But I have so many blessings they are be- yond recall.” 2 He talks in stilted, old-fashioned | phrases like that, does this old man | who has lived a dozen years past the century mark. It's easy to under- | stand why he does; after all, he was | a middle-aged man when the Civil war broke out. Today's Young People “Young people today aren't at all thankful,” says Tranum. “They | should be even more thankful for | the bounties of the earth than an ©old fellow like I am, that's just wait- | ing foy a call to an unknown world.” | He casts his mind far back when you ask, him to tell about the first | Thanksgiving he can remember. | His mindgdelves back into the days before yfur grandéther was born; then he says: “The first Thanksgiving T can re- | call wasn't such a pleasant one. 1 | was at the home of old Martin Kneff near Harrisonburg, Va., Kneff had kidnaped me after my father and mother died. He was the meanest man on earth. “I was only ten. Every day he took me out to the stable, tied me to a beam and whipped me with a switch until the blood would run down my legs. Then he would run salt and pepper in the wounds. “The day before Thanksgiving I had some fun, though. I snared & hare and had him for dinner—not a | rabbit, & hare. There used to be lots | of them in Virginia, and they were | better than any old turkey gobbler ever expected to be. And Got Drunk, Too! “The Thanksgiving T recall most vividly was in 1865, just after the | war. 1 took part in a rifle match and won nine turkeys, a quarter ot beef and two geese. And I got | drunk, hesides.” He takes pleasure in telling about the old days. He has plenty to talk about; his story is like a romance of America’s youth, colorful and bright with the tang of a day that has been dead for many decades. When he was a tiny boy he went to a forest outside of Richmond with his father to haul some wood. | The team bolted and their wagon overturned, pinning his father be- neath jt. The little boy scurried home, a distance of a mile, to tell his mother, who was sick in bed. She ran all the way to the wreck, found her husband dead, and collapsed. A few days later she, too, died. There were no relatives, and young Tranum became a homeless wajf. In a few days Martin Kneff ap- propriated him and gave him the kind of treatment Tranum has just described. A few months of this was all the boy could stand; so, one day, he stole a knife and revolver and ran away. He hid in a wheat field for three days, living on wheat that he plucked on the spot. Once Kneff, hunting for him, passed within a few feet of him without seeing him. Tranum says that it Kneff had found him he—Tranum—would have shot him. At that time, remember, he was nine years old. / A few days later the hoy met a teamster. told him Bis story, and was invited o0 “come along and make your home with me.” His new friend drove up to the Winchester Valley, where he and his wife gave the boy a good home. It was oply a few years, however, before the untamed and unschooled youngster ran away and took to wandering again. 90 and 18 For a long time he was a home- less wanderer. KEventually he set- are now he does not know. The old- est, he says, 18 nearly 90 years old, and the youngest—by his second wite —is 18, He was 45 when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in the Union army and served throughout the struggle. His most vivid recollection centers about July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, when his regiment took an active part in the battle of Gettysburg. General George Meade, who com- manded the Union army in that en- | | gagement, is his greatest hero. He | admits that Robert E. Lee wi capable general, but says only, had to be, to keep up with Meade. Marrles Girl of 17 After the war Tranum rgturned to Westernport and resum his old occupation. Half a century ago his wife died, and a few years later he married again—this time a girl of 17. Despite the disparity in their ages—he was over 70 at the time— they made a happy marriage. His wife, who is still living. bore him 12 children. He and she and three un- married daughters make their home together here. ‘Tranum’s pet aversion is the auto- mobile. He has ridden in one only once, and he refuses to have any- thing to do with them. He prefers to walk, and says that he could walk much farther and faster if the auto- mobiles didn't clutter up the roads s0 badly. “I'm just waiting for the Lord to transplant me to another and bet- ter country,” he says. But he is com- fortable and happy in his extreme old age, and he will not belicve that this Thanksgiving can possibly be his last. a e ALL PAY PERSONAL TAX To date it has not been found necessary to impose fines in police court on personal tax law violators, those who were ordered to post honds yesterday having made pay- ment without going to court. Today, Judge Roche ordered Casimir Chmura of 109 Grove street placed under a $10 hond unless payment of the tax is made. Relief from Gas Stomach Pains Dizziness The doctors tell us that 90 per cent of all sickness is due to stom- ach and bowel troubles. 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Tanlac 52 MILLION BOTILES USED Special Sale Chrysanthemume for Thankegivi Alsw Potied Plante i New Britain Ontshoots Lufbary Club on Wallinglord Range The New Britaln Rifle team went to Wallingford last evening for a match with the Lufbury Rifle team returning victorious by a good mar- gin. The scores were as follows: New Britain— > Cooley ..... 173 Beach 174 H. Kalish . 169 Beagel 164 Belkin 168 McCormick . 177 Pape .... . 175 Boehm . ceees 165 White . . .. 163 Holt .. .. 168 1696 Wallingford— Atkinson . o 173 Rube Fox 165 ‘Whitehead 161 Schultz . 152 Carpenter 169 Masley 172 Ray Fox ...... 146 A. B. Hall . 161 Markham 158 Olmstead . 173 1630 Thanksgiving Day the New Britatn Rifle club will hold its annual tur- key shoot at the Wells street range. Next Thursday the mington Rifle team will come to New Britain. NEW HAVEN STUDENTS RUN AWAY FROM HOME Arrested in New York When Auto-| mobile Runs Out of Gasoline, New York, Nov. 28 (® — Five Junior high school students of New nard Welr, 94 Scranton street; John Evangelist, 56 Day street; John | Gwinnell, 26 Vine street, and Emilio | Goodmaster, 24% Orchard street. | When their car, which belonged Ito Abraham Greenberg of 210 of gas in the Bronx, a policeman' {attention was attracted and the ar- i rests followed. The boys told the i police they just decided to run away | from home, with no particular ob- jeet in view. {May Reassess Benefits Re-assessment of benefits on an unusual property condition dis- GET 69 the convenient weekly or S SOON AS YOU HAVE $ DRAW INTEREST AT 6 PER CENT 300 MAIN ST., Electric Table Appliances. easier. your meals. -+ + add distinction to your di room. Call and see our complete ling Electpic Table Appliances. Y no obligation to buy. | Lenox avenue, Bridgeport, ran out On Thorniley Street Thorniley street will be suggested by the board of aldermen because of closed in the appeal of Miss Amelia Invest in Mutual System Thrift Bonds and ‘MUTUAL SYSTEM THRIFT BONDS may be bought on $1.00 a week for 50 weeks will pay for ten Thrift Bonds, The MUTUAL SYSTEM Room 202—2nd Floor (Look for the red and white sign) TELEPHONE 4950 Hours—9 a. m. to 5 p. m., daily—Saturdays 9a.m.to 1 p. m. * Open Monday Evenings Until 8 o’Clock Clark for abatement of interest on an assessment made several years before she purchased her Thoniley street frontage. Many years ago, she plot she now owns was isolated, being set back a few feet from the street, the inter- vening strip being held by another land owner. The property eventually became the property of the ltalian Columbian Political club, in whose name it stood when sewers were laid and assessments made but not col- lected. Mrs. Clark bought the strip, which adjoins other holdings of hers, several months ago and she does not feel she should be required to pay interest covering the period when ghe was not the owner. LABOR DELEGATES WANT T0 ADJOURN Desire to Get Home for Thanks- giving Dinners New Orleans, Nov. 2§, P—Amer- ican Federation or Labor delegates were anxious to adjourn their con- vention today and get home in time for Thanksgiving dinner. With a speeding up of belated committee reports for submission, election of officers, the last thing on the program, was expected to be over by the noon hour. The name of William Green was generally mentioned to succeed him- self as president of the federation. The incoming Executive Council was authorized to consider advisab- ility of establishing & national labor college after an acrimonious debate in convention yesterday over the cur- ricula and conduct at Brookwood Labor college, Katonah. N. Y. Defend Council During the controversy, President Green and Matthew Woll, the later | nigh in labor councils, came to the defense of the executive council who proposed creation of a national labor college and charged Brookwood col- lege with communistic teachings. The federation’s executive cou ed withdrawal of the financial sup- Burvige Coleman Tranum :‘;‘:l‘a";“'of"c“;l‘;r“::’zr“j’:“’_;‘n“i‘l’c e“d"e‘_’ port of organized labor from that Westernport, Md. Nov. 28.—tled down in Westernport, learned |linquency after they had driven [*heoh o atter the Burvige Coleman Tranum, the|the carpenter's trade, and at the age (here in an automobile which they |y . gqopate, A, J. Muste, dean of peountry’s oldest Civil war veteran, | °F 22 married. His first wife during (sald they found ir Bridgeport, | progkwood, said that “as an educa- e " **| the yeara of thelr marriage, bore him | Conn. The boys were: Edward |y o00 TR B0 (R B0l Do s celebrating his 112th Thanksgiving | 91 children. Where these children | Moore, 97 Greenwood street; Ber- and openly stated that we do not undertake to present views or theories of any group or action of the labor movement without analysis or discussion. We do explain the policies and views of the American Federation of Labor and of other parts of the labor movement in America and throughout the world.” He added that the school ‘“‘seeks to | teach the students how to think, not {what to think.” He charged that some of the statements made about Brookwood “were hased on the statements of a few disgruntled former students.” NAMED MICHIGAN CAPTAIN Ann Armor, Mich., Nov, 28 (UP) —Joe Truskowski, Detroit, an end, football team, He was named yester- day by members of the 1928 squad. INTEREST monthly club payment plan. 5.00 PAID IN, IT BEGINS TO LEONARD BLDG. /PLUMBING ano HEATING wire “HOT WATER, STEAM, or WARM AIR. 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It also is believed by some of Senator Watson’s friends that ll\ih‘ would give him distinct advantage when the republicans of the next congreas meet to select a successor to Senator Curtis. There are some |who believe that Scnator Curtis, weary from the strain of the vice presidential campaign, may relin- quish in part the leadership duties during this session to Senator Wat- son, May Not Resign But the Kansas senator has not indicated whether or not he will ac- tually resign his seat. He has irn- timated he will reach a decisicn about January 1. Kansas inaugur- ates a new governor soon after the first of the year. The scnator is very friendly to the present gover- nor of Kansas, and. the governcr would name his successor. | It Curtis should resign his seat, then it appears likely that a repub- | lican conference would be called to| name his successor as party l»adorL at this session. But if he merely | gives up the leadership, Senator | ‘Watson would succeed him. Several names still seem to be un- | der consideration for a successor to Curtis. Mr. Scnator Jones of Washington, the whip, is the only| one who outranks Senator Watson | in aseniority, however. He has not returned to the city. COACH REAPPOINTED New York, Nov. 28 (UP)—Charles | F. Crowley has been reappointed head coach of the Columbia univer- sity football team, the University | Dr. Caldwell’s Athletic association announced yes- terday. Crowley has been head coach at Morningside Heights since 1925. He came to the school in 1923 as end coach under Percy Haugh- ton. Haughton died in October 1924 and Dr. Paul Withington was ap- pointed to fill out the season. Crow. ley was named head coach the fol- lowing February. 3 Rules Kei_Y ou Healthy Dr. Caldwell watched the resuits of constipation for 47 years and be-| lieved that no matter how careful people are of their health, diet and exercise, constipation will occur from time to time regardless of how muci one tries to avoid it. 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