New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 15

\ ARt ||!In lll"m“i. ! | il !’l! Ill!ll nl-fih A \u Ouless otherwise (ndicated theatrica) weticss asd reviews tn this colomd &re " 2%ew 49 wrem ageacier for the mmm' “AIR CIRCUS” AT STRAND ‘Tonight and for the last three days of this week the Strand is presenting another wonder bill of entertainment in presenting “The Air Circus” to its patrons, ¢ Coming direct from the Gaiety theater in New York after a long run “The Air Circus” will prove delightful entertainment. It is a great tale of red-blooded youth, of romance and love, and of adventure. ‘The vaudeville show will offer five select acts headed by Parker and Tabb and their Philippine Sextet mn “Bits of Personality” presenting cight artists in song, dance and music. Helen Carlson offers “Variety Doinga’ The three students offer song and dance that {s something just a little different. Frank Sin- ¢lair & Company present a miniature musical comedy “Find 'Em and Fool 'Em,” and Herbert Ashley, Sharpe Company offer a comedy skit called “Accldents Will Happen.”t Beginning Sunday night the Strand will offer Hollywood's hap- piest couple Charles Buddy Rogers und Mary Brian in their new photo- play “Someone to Love,” GRAND THEATER, HARTFORD It isn't often that one finds the straight man of a Mutual burlesque offering the featured played but Frank O'Rourke, the leading man with “Wine, Woman and Song” the current attraction at the Grand the- ater enjoys that distinction, and he has other records in his comparative- 1y brief career. Of the commanding, virile type, O'Rourke, like Captain Riley, a former burlesque star and now a high priced after-dinner speaker and entertainer, O'Rourke ls‘ a soldier of fortune with a pictur- vsque career. un excellent Richard Harding Davis liero for he has knocked about the tour corners of the earth, been in two Central American revolutions, iined in South America and has leen a guide and interpreter in 1orthern Africa. He drifted into the “show" business when in Australia nd returned to America with a »up of acrobats. Now O'Rourke is t an acrobat but he convinced the roupe that they needed a straight 11 to explain their stunts and suc- c-eded so well before a critical audi- vice that he was engaged upon the pot. He fell in with Lewis Talbot, hurlesque {mpresario, and that ex- T plains his presencg with “Wine, Woman and a-nng PARSONS, HARTFORD Fred Hillebrand, who has scored another hit in “Well, Well, Well” which opens at Parsons’ tonigh “landed” on Broadway in “Take I One of the leading New York reviews said that Fred was unique among comedians; and evi- iently the Shubert’s eagle showmen, thought well of that opinion, for they «ngaged Hillebrand for “The Rose Girl” which was followed by the principal comedy role in “The Pass. ing Shaw,” “Listen Dearic” and “The Studio Girl. This towering fun-maker {is six fect three, built as if on stilts. He He would have made | at the home of Mrs. ! of a daughter, Carol Joyce, at their espertive amuserment cempeny. “THE TERROR” AT CARITOL The Capitol is oftering its first 100 per cent all talking picture in presenting today and Saturday the Vitaphone feature “The Terror.” An all star cast is featured each and every one speaking their parts throughout the picture. It is com- posite of all goose-fleshy things—it has to do with the search for the master mind in a bank robbery and for the loot which is concealed presumably in a dilapidated English manor house, now occupied by a miserly old doctor and his pretty daughter—and converted into a rest cure, Here come such a collection of odds anad ends of humanity as | is seldom seen outside Bedlam. Beginning Sunday night the Capi- tol will offer another 100 per cent talking picture “Lights of New City Items At 3:15 this morning the polic | were notified that a man was prowl- ing about 160 Tremont strbet, and ringing doorbells. Sergeant Feeney and Officer McEvoy investigated and found that a man was looking for Dr. Moses Kupelian. Hedwig Larson of 42 Olive street reported to the police that a pair of | glasses was stolen out of a teachers’ desk at Nathan Hale school. Miss Angeline Stiquel of 16 New- field avenue reported to the police at 6:30 last evening that she was criving past the South church and struck a parked car. The Foreign Missionary depart- ment of the South Congregational church will meet Friday at 3 o'clock . W. Macom- ber of 120 Ten Acre road. Mrs. B. B. Bassette will review the book, *“'Friends of Africa,” and letters from missionaries of the church will be read. Mrs. Minna Kohler of Spring- field will sing Christmas carols. A Christmas tea and social will follow. Special hot lunches at Crowell's. —advt. Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Hall of 637 West Malin street announce the birth home. Unity Rebekah lodge will hold its regular meeting Friday evening at Cdd Fellows’ hall. The second nom- ination of officers will take place. The bridge and dance of Stanley Wgmen's Relief Corps scheduled for the Burritt hotel on December 28 hag been postponed until January 4, according to announcement by the president, Mrs. May A. Gibney, be- cause of iliness among the commit- ee. The New Britain Junior Citizens' club vated last night to change the name of the organization to the In- dependent Citizens’ club. Plans for a banquet on Christmas eve were discussed. Joseph Hergstrom, physical in- structor at the Y, M. C. A., address- ed the assembly at the Central Jun- ior high school yesterday on the subject of sportsmanship. A daughter was born this morning has been varlously described as an “animated string bean,” a ‘“human lcad pencil” and “a living skeleton | from the circus,” acrobat, contor- tionist. Wallingford Couple | Seriously Injured New Haven, Dec. 13 (®—DMiss Lena Cazzani, 22 and Roxy Filippo, 23, both of Wallingford were seri- ously injured last night when their | car swerved oft the road and craslmd | through a fence. A plank from the fence broke through the windshield of the car, striking the girl in the face. They were taken to the New Haven hospital, where examination showed the girl to have a fractured skull, broken jaw and severe lacera- tions of the face. The car which is owned by Filippo, | was being ¢riven by the girl at the time of thg accident. “"he machine | was badly wrecked. You may take PERTUSSIN a3 your cough or throat irritation re- uires, without disturbing digestian, this soothing prcpamm s co- tirely free from harmful drugs. ' PERTUSSIN-doesnotdo, nwugh, bat relieves it in a natural, barmless way. Prescribed by physicians for over 20 years. Sold at all druggists, IT CLEARS THE THROAT! Safe Cou | C. Weld of Corbin avenue. ! ney’ General Raymond A. Johnson. to former Mayor and Mrs. Gardner Charles P. Grabowskl of this city was granted a license to operate a public service motor vehicle, after a hearing yesterday by Assistont Attor- Arthur Miller, aged 8, of 1359 Stanley street,ran into the rear of an automobile driven by John J. Klick, | of 107 Church street, Middletown, ast evening on West Main street, and was slightly injured. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 183, 1928. CHILD OF 2 YEARS DIES FROM BURNS Robert MeGarthy Fals to Sur- Yive Injaries From Flames Robert McCarthy, child of Mr. and Mrs. James T. McCarthy of 3. Church street, +the family home yesterday, died last night at New Britain General hospital. He would have been two| years old in February. | 1t is the belief of the parents| that while the .child was alone in: the house during a two minute ab- | sence of his mother, he pulled a chair over to the gas stove and clambered up with the result that the flame ignited his rompers. In a few minutes his clothes were in flames and when the mother return- ed he was in front of the mirror in a bed room screaming with pain; and terror. ! Mrs. McCarthy, in a frantic effort to save the child, pulled off his clothes and in doing so burned her hands. Dr. Raoul J. Benoit was called and he took the boy to the Dospital. - The entire right side of | the boy's body was badly burned. The child had been looking for- | ward to Christmas. A short time before his death he had written to utomobile." already been purchased. Surviving him are his seven-months-old sister, McCurthy; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, James H. McCarthy and Mr. and Mrs. P. Donnorumma, Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock the home on Church street. Burial ‘\\lll be in 8t. Mary's cemetery. EMILE DAESCHNER DIES — his parent. United States Succumbs in Paris Today at Age of 65. Paris, Dec, 13 ()—Emile Daesch- ner, former French amba dor Washington, died today at the ag of 65, Emile Daeschner begun lomatic career as sccretary of the French embassy in London. L. he was appointed minister to Buc- i harest and in 1924 he became am- bassador to the United States, senting-his credentials to Pre Coolidge late in January, 19 While fn Washington Aml Daeschner’s chief work was cerned with necgotiations on debt problem, his position was what shaken by the criticism o | members of the French debt mis- sion and in October of 1925 it was learned that he was to he ceded by Senator tor Oberenger, M. Daeschner went to Turkey as French Ambassador and recently retired from the diplomatic service. con- the some- Says King Undergoing Diathermal Treatment | London, Dec. 13 (#—The Duily Express said today that King Georg had been undergoing diathermal treatment for the t two weeks. An apparatus especially installed in h bedroom gives a high frequency elec trical treatment which passed into the patient’s body with an al- ternating current. stimulate the nervous ystem strengthen the heart. 4 SETTL! The case of Lukasz 1 Adam Kaminski, led for trial in city court today was settled out of court through the efforts of Attorneys J. G. Woods and Stanley J. Traceski, representing the litigants. he claim was for $150 D OUT OF COURT The police were notified today of { the return of the operator's licenses of Joseph Zeleski of 413 East street and David Sandquist of 26 Court street, also the suspension of the Ii- cense of Edwin Wolfer of 163 Tre- mont street, The Stanley Svea Grain and Coal Co., brought suit today for $300 against M. Gakewicz of West Hart- ford, through Attorney Leonard S. Appell. Deputy Sheriff M. Finelli served the papers. damages based on an agreement b tween the two whereby ant agreed to assume seven-twelfth: of city taxes upon sale of a house. plaintiff’s claim. The Wonder Show! STRAND —TODAY, FRIL, SAT.— A Tale of “Hartford's Laugh Center” Only'3 Days More, Folks! Mutual Burlesque’s “Wine, Woman AND Song” 1t’s a Riot! Midnight Show New Year's Eve Reserve Seats Now PALAIS ROVYAL --MARTFORD Orcliestra of New laven and Ed Gurley's Orchestra of Hartford ‘Admimion @0c including checking Jr. 0. 19 Gien Street Stage nnd Hallroom Dancing Taught Saturday—2 te 5 . M. Enrollment Hours Friday Y 6o 9 P. M. . PARSONS —— THEATRE — HARTFORD TONIGHT, FRIL. and SAT. NIGHTS Pop. Mat. Sat.—Orch. $2.00 The First Big Broadway Masical Comedy of the Semsen The Messrs. Shubert Present The Sensational Musical Comedy Surprise “Well! Well! Well” A Comedy with All the Magnitude and Splendor of & Winter Garden Revwe SEATS NOW—Prices: Eves. Orch $1.50; Fam Cire. $1.08. SAT. MAT.: Orch. $2.00; Paic, 2.00, §1.50, $1.00; Fam. Cire. 8e. Youth— Romanco— Adventure— “'l'he CIRCUS” with Sue Carol David Rollins, Arthur Lake Vaudeville PARKER and BABB and Their Philippine Sextet HELEN CARL “Variety Doings 3 STUDENTS “Differcat”” N FRANK SINCLAIR & CO. in “Find 'Em—Fool 'Em” Herbert Ashley, Sharpe Co. ":\v.\‘ldenls Wi “lppl‘ll" Begins SU who was burned at | nta Claus and was waiting for an | The automobile had Mae | Former French Ambassador to the ' dip- | guper- | .| merchants who buy or contract The effect is to | and | | zek against which was ,\ul|>~d~|‘ the defend- He failed to do so, according to the | |MOTHER AND MISSING SON ARE REUNITED ] Syracuse Student Found in Colum- bus, 0., Asking for News- paper Job, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 13 (R— Kendall Bradley Hussard, Syracuse | university junior, missing since Dee. 4, was united with his mother, Mrs. Beulah J. (Hussard) Sica, of Al- bany, N. Y., here today. The meeting took place in the ! Columbus Dispatch building to, | which Mrs. Sica had gone as soon as she arrived from Albany. Her son, { laced in a hotel over night by a hm\'nn detective to whom he had | gone for help in finding out his own identity, recognized his mother at | once. He walked haltingly across the {room to where she was quietly sit- ting, stammered out, “Mother," and then fell to his knees at her feet. As soon as the reunion had taken place, a change occurred in his men- tal consciousness. Yesterday he could recall in detail all his move- ments of the last few days on his |way from Pittsburgh to Whecling and then here, although unable to !tell about his actions on the day he {left Syracuse. After seeing his moth- er, the boy's mind became blank on | |recent happenings, even to his pos- mg for photographs yesterday, but | talked fluently of the occurrences m.‘ the night of his disappearance. CENTRAL SCHOOL PROGRAM Club Provide Entertainment | | Senior Dramatic and Glee Clubs to At Junior High Tomorrow Night. | | The senior Dramatic club will present a play called, “Christmas at the Cross Roads.” in the auditorium of the Central Junior High school on | Friday evening, under the direction |of Miss Frances Coombs. The story centers around & schoolroom group which is rehears- {ing and decorating for a church en- |tertainment. Elizabeth Wallbank | bortrays the part of the school | |teacher while Fred Steinman, as | Tommy Lawson, the irrepressible ! small boy, furnishes a toych of hu- | mor. | The Glee clubs of the school un- der the direction of Miss Doris Bradley wil furnish the music for |the evening in the form of a can- | ata called, “The Wonderful Story.” | here will be more than 100 voices in the chorus. Christmas carols will | be sung. ' LARGE SUPPLY OF TRF §t. Paul, Dec. 13 (® — Northern [ Minnesota’s forests and swamps | have sent a million Christmas trees to the market this year. | The value of the trees on the stump was in excess of $50,000. The ! Minnesota forest service supervised heir removal. Cutters are obliged to | file with the service reports of their | operations, | The harvest is conducted chiefly by for stumpage rights. C \\l‘ll\ CALL TO FIREMEN A woman telephoned to fire head- 3 last evening that an | automobile was on fire near the end lof Broad street. but a few minutes | after Co. No. 4 had started, she tele- phoned that the firemen were not {needed. Apparently she must have | driven away at once, for the firemen | could find no trace of a burning car | when they arrived. | | | quarters at Perfect Vitaphone Hou: CAPITOL SEE and Our Fi with ALEC FRANCIS \TTHEW BETZ ~ JOHN MILAN Every Character Talks Their Part! A} naplmne Acts | er, | active '1007 All Talking Picture! [ J “THE TERROR MAVOY FAZENDA EDWARD EVERETT HORTON * HOLMES HERBERT throughott the trial that the test WOMAN GOES T) e PRISMR LIFE :Prominent New London met oo Tg 3¢ Come Tl Convicted of Fourth Felony in Michigan—Sold Liquor this city’s best known men, formei Alderman Henry C. Chappell un$ Edwin Keeney, died here last night. Mr. Chappell was 48, a member of one of New London country’'s oldest families, and a member of the firm Lansing, Mich,, Dec. 13 P—Mich- [of F. H. and A. H. Chappell Coal igan's law which inakes mandatory |company. He was prominent in life imprisonment for a person four |Political circles and served two times convicted of felony had fasten- | terms in the court of common coun- cil. He was a republican. Mr. Keeney, 98, was this clty's oldest citizen. He was born in South Manchester but came to this ity before the Civil War and hal lived here continuously since. Hw manufactured clgars here for many ears, later entering the jewelry business and finally the stationery and news field, ed itself for the a-woman. A jury of 10 men and two women | yesterday convicted Mrs. Etta Ma Miller of selling liquor. It was her fourth conviction on a felony charge. The verdict was returned in the | courtroom of Judge Charles B. Col- lingwood, the same judge who heard the trial of Fred Palm, the first per- son to be sentenced under the law. | ‘The Palm case acted wide atten- 'Terrlfic Pressure tion when the defense contended that | May Be Exerted Now Palm was “given lifc for having a pint of gin.” Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 13 P—A i Has 10 Children machine capable of exerting 600,000 Ipounds of pressure per square inch, Mrs. Miller, 45 years old, is the mother of 10 children four of whom | a8 been perfected here by Profes- Bridgman, professor Raiving Of i le testi. |Sor Percy W. AL hesl e of physics at Harvard. - | fied, she was the sole support. Har | husband already is serving a peni-| The device, a small one, was said tentiary sentence for prohibition law | to produce pressure as great as would be exerted by an ocean 250 violation. An appeal which may bring to a |miles deep or an atmospliere 5,000 test a disputed point in the habitual | miles high. criminal case of the criminal code| Eventually, Prof. Bridgman sald, will be filed by State Senator Sev- he hoped to raise the potential pri sure to §00,000 pounds per square mour Person, attorney for Mrs. Mill- | inch. It was said that he has had he announced. Person was un- decided today whether the appeal would be from the conviction itself TODAY ESTHER RALSTON in or would contend that the habitual | criminal clause should not be retro- “THE SAWDUST PARADISE” Co-Feature first time today on Mrs. Miller's three previous con- victions were prior to enactment of the present code in 1 Refuse Warrants Two prosecutors recently have re- fused issue warrants for dry law of- fenders because of the life impris- onment clause. Harold H. Smedley Muskegon county prosecuting attor- ney, declared, *N conscience wouldn't let me.” Several reports have been published that a move- ment to repeal the clause would be initiated when the state legislature convenes next month. Gov. Fred Green has indicated We will oppose any weakening of the criminal code. Mrs. Miller took her conviction calm but protested over and over last night in her cell that “They can’t send me to prison for life— they can't do it She ' asserted VRE| ch Dinner Plates Will Given Away to the First 350 — LADIES — This Evening Come Farly So You'll Get Yours Be TOMORROW in black face farcal fun from the cotton Melds to the battle felds. WILLIAM FAIRBANKS (n “ONE CHANCE IN A MILLION ey ///// OAN \ Only 12 More Days to Christmas and 2 More Days For the Appearance of The Happy Wonder Bakers Orchestra and Entertalner Favorites of WEAF at the State Armory Meriden, Conn. saturday Lvening—December 13 Dance and Concert 8:00 P. M. to 12:00 P. M. 8200 LOAN payable $10 Admission 7 monthly, lawful interest, 8300 LOAN payable $15 monthly, plus lawful interest, Odher Amounms tn Preportion e Cost frxed by la st . 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The perimental stage. :fendant claimed that he did vari- | ous work in connection with keeping the place in order, such as grading the land, sowing grass and taking general care of the premises for which he alleged the plaintiff was to pay him. Attorney H. H. Milkewitz and Irving I. Rachlin represented the litigants. JUDGE RESERVES DECISION Decision was reserved teday in city court by Judge Henry P. Roche in {the suit of Benjamit Solomon | against John Timko, in which the plaintiff sued for $150 damages as one-half of collected rents due him | Digestible Hot Breads are always assured when leavened with Rumford. Piping hot homemade rolls, crisp golden corn bread or bran muffins roundout the breakfast,—start the day well. -m. Overjoyed A youngster who receives one of our toy electric trains for Christmas will be happy indeed. These fascinating miniature railroads make the perfect gift for the small boy. Pick out one for him today. His face will beam Christmas morning. 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