New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 5

| T T P [l o ] e ll bl P FROLIC AT STRAND TONIGHT ‘Tonight at 12 o'clock the Strand will offer its annual New Year's eve gala midnight frolic with 10 select acts of vaudeville as the featured program. All seats are reserved and there are plenty of good ones yet . Obtainable, The regular program for today, |the famous old play and is enter- | who gtay home immediately fail in Tuesday and Wednesday offers a choice selection of holiday attrac- tions being headed by five all-star acts of vaudeville and the feature movie ‘offering Ramon Novarro in two vitaphone acts on the program ho absent themselves is sufficient- his latest and greatest hit, “The Flying Fleet.” It is a wonderful production from start to finish and was shown last evening to two eca- pacity audiences that were loud in their praisz. mance of the United States naval alr force, of six buddies going through the naval academy at An- napolis and aviation. The vaudeville show will be fea- tured by Eva Shirley and her Thir- teen Notables, kings and the queen of jazz. Other acts are James C. Morton and Co., with Corinne Ar- buckle, in “Oh Jim;" the Lander Bros. and Irene Leary in “The ‘Woman's Gab Society;” Clifford and Grey, novelty stars, and Bessner, Beiler and Bessner in “The Three Man Revue.” There are continuous shows today and also on Tuesday. On Thursday thq entlre show changes .and brings Norma Shearer in “A Lady of Chance” with a new vaudeville . bill. RICHARD DIX AT PALACE The doughboys have had their big ‘moments in motion pictures. There have been many pictures glorifying the sailor. Now the marines get a break, Richard Dix takes the part of & two-fisted “fire-eater” in his new atarring Paramount picture, “Moran of the Marines.” Futher- more he is no general, colonel, cap- tain, second lieutenant or even “top kick” He is a buck private, front or rear rank not specified. Frank Strayer, an officer in the United States Navy during the world war, directed the picture and Ruth Elder, first woman to attempt a transatlantic air flight, is Dix's lead- ing woman. The picture opens to- morrow at the Palace theater. POLICE HONTING JERSEY GUNMEN Killd Two Men and Wounded Five Persons Camden, N. J., Dec. 31 P—Police of this city and Philadelphia today searched underworld haunts for a trio of gunmen who, armed with a machine gun and a pump gun, shot two men to death and wounded filve other persons, two of them women. The slayers, belleved to be Phila- delphia gangsters seeking revenge for real or fancied wrongs, poured more than 100 shots into two coupes loaded with merry-makers as they rode along the Black Horse Pike near here early yesterday morning and then sped away in a yellow roadster. Roaring along in the rear of the first coupe with both guns blazing death, the gangsters killed Joseph Cusano, 21, and Nicholas Celebre, 29, both of Philadelphia. Samuel Orlando, 19, also an occupant of the coupe, was shot through the head and body, but may recover. Cusano, at the wheel of his car, tried to outspced the yellow road- ster, but a machine gun bullet pierc- ed his head and he fell dead in his seat. The gangsters then sped on in pursuit of the other car, while the driverless coupe shot from the high- way and was wrecked in a ditch. Fleanor McDevitt, 19, in the rear seat of the car ahead peercd through the curains as the gunmen ap- proached and screamed a warning. Daniel Delgiornor, 29, alias Danny Day, the driver, stepped on the ac- ’nrator but could not outdistance Yie roadster from which bullets were poured into the little coupe. Day was shot through the eye, the McDevitt girl’'s hand was brok- en by another bullet and the two other occupants, Miss Phyllis Paz- zollo, 20, and Peter Zecco, 24, were shot in the back and side. The bul- let In the back paralyzed the girl's legs. Motoreycle police found the wounded persons as they crawled from their car after the gunmen had passed on, and took them to a hos- pital here. They also found the car first attacked. In it Cusano was life- less over the wheel and Celere dy- ins. Police'learned that the men and in a Philadelphia ! girls had met dance hall and later had gone to & roadhouse at Chew's Landing, sev- eral miles from Camden. The party was returning to Philadelphia wh"n‘ the attack occurred. Deny Shooting County detectives later arrested “A1” Wagner. alleged Philadelphia gangster; Richard Dougherty and Benjamin Williams at the roadhouse | but all of them disclaimed knowl- edge of the shootings. EW YZAR'S EVE DAYCE RIALTO BALLROOM TONIGHT IMPERIAL ORCH. Adm. T5¢ Dancing 8-3 o then preparing for | 'liulll-lulull 0 Y Y Iy ) CLE TOM’S CABIN’ | The Capitol is presenting today, ‘Tuc:dly anl Wednesday the movie- tmm ttraction, “Uncle Tom's | Cabi as adapted from the famous |stage show that has entertained ; | generations. The photoplay truly | depicts the story and characters of | |taining value is enhanced by the | noted Dixie Jubilee Singers on the | | movietone, An all-star cast is offer- | ?fid in the featured roles. There are offering Harry J. Conley in the vita- ‘;phone playlet, “The Book Worm." | ‘and the Croonaders in *Melodious ' | Moments." i The inner workings of one of the It is a beautiful ro- nation’s biggest though least known peading: {industries {8 dramatically revealed | {in “The Midnight Taxi,” the War- ner Bros: release featuring Antonio | Moreno and Helene Costello which | comes to the Capitol theater next Thursday for a run of three days. Although Antonio Moreno's role {in “The Midnight Taxi” is a roman- {tic one, it is said to be based upon the actual career of one of the/ {most sensational figures of the un- derworld—a man whose deflance of | |law enforcement and notoriety as a |gunman has made him one of the kings of the underworld. The stirring action of the story is intensified by the cast selected 'for the production which John {Adolft directed. Featured with Mr.: | Moreno and Miss Costello are Myr- na Loy, Willlam Russell, Bobbie {Agnew, Tom Dugan, Jack Santoro | and Pat Hartigan. *The Midnight |Taxi” was scenarized by Marvey {Gates from & story by Gregory | | Rogers. GIL FAYORS SCHOOLS FOR AGRICULTURE Believes They Will Bring About Re- demption of Mexican Peas- ant Classes Mexico City, Dec. 31 (®—The newspaper Excelsior said today that President Portes Gil in speaking at the inauguration of an agricultural school in the town of Tepecoacuilco declared that such schools would bring about a redemption of the peasant classes by producing stand- ard bearers of socialistic principles to deliver the peasants from their present conditions. The president sald that the so- |clalization of the peasants and la- ibor ‘was desirable because it would weld these two classes together so that they would offer a solid front against “exploiting by capital.” “We are no enemies of capital,”| the president continued, “but of capitalistic system which exploited our men, women and children. In our methods for the soclalization of workers especially with regards to the peasants we do not intend to despoil property. We want to re- store to the legal owners in accord- ance with the law those lands which were taken away from them years ago and which they still need. Thuy my government follows in the wake of the Obregon and Calles admini- strations in the struggle for deliven ance of the proletarians.” | | | | | | DE MAR TO MARRY Melrose, Mass, Dec. 31.—P— Clarence De Mar, 40-year-old na- tional marathon champion, admitted last night that he was engaged to be marricd to Miss Margaret L. Tisley of this city, De Mar, a printer by trade, was national marathon champion in 1926, '27, and '28. He has won the Boston | Athletic assoclation marathon six times, registering his first victory in that event almost 18 years ago, and | represented this country in the Olympic games. DISASTROUS FIRE River Herbert, N. 8., Dec. 31.—# —8ix residences, the post office, the school building, a theater and a | shoe store at {here, were _destroyed by fire last night. Damage was estimated at $100,000. The fire started in the rear of the theater. The town has no fire fighting apparatus and engines had to be sent from three adjoining towns. DIES FROM BURNS Burlington, Vt, Dec. 31.—(P— Reginald Remily, 6, died in a hos- pital here yesterday from burns he received Saturday when he set fire to his clothing while playing with matches. —PALACE— TODAY KEN MAYNARD {n “THE PHANTOM CITY” Oo-Feature LEWIS STONE —in— “FREEDOM OF THE PRESS” A Thrilling Drama of Modern City Ldte TOMORROW Extra Special Holiday Attraction! RICHARD DIX in “MORAN OF THE MARINES” Other Big Feature Is TED WELLS in “BEAUTY and BULLETS” —Also— 3 AOTS OF VAUDEVILLE |ful to do well on the Sabbath day. | quality that holds them to church | —g8olng in spite of many discourage- | the Joggins Mines, near | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1928 WHY MEN REMAIN AWAY FROM CHURCH C. A, Cosbman Explains Gom- petition fo Bible Class Motion pictures, automobliles, radios, Sunday newspapers and other “wicked” things were listed among the reasons why men do not g0 to church, in an address on this subject by Charles A. Cushman, & Hartford insurance man, to Every- man's Bible class yesterday. Mr. Cushman'’s address was based on the assumption that all men should go to church, and that those some important duty. Part of his talk was as follows: “Why do not men go to church? Many men do go, but the number ly large to cause concern in many a flock. This anxiety was expressed by one pastor in an advertisement which was quoted in a newspaper only a few months ago, under the ‘Lost, strayed or stolen—a large flock of Methodist sheep.’ “And this is not confined to a single denomination. A photograph of a church bulletin board shows the following inscription: ‘A hearse 1s a poor vehicle which to come to church. wait?" 1 “The question of why men do not | B0 to church is closely allied with the great problem of Sabbath ob- servance, which secems to be per- plexing the present generation (or should, if it doesn’t). We are told: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; 1n it thou shalt not do any work, but the coneeption of what the word holy means seems to be radically changed from & generation ago. Today we are apt to emphasize more the statement that it is law- in, Why | “It seems that the so-called ‘gentler’ mex has a streak of some ments. Even though compelled by sickness or family cares to be ab- dent for a time, when the oppor- tunity again presents itself they re- sume the practice of church-going. Perhaps this is the same quality of persistency that is reputed to give members of the fair sex the last word. In any event it has been recognized by the poet in the lines* In the world's broad field of bat- tle, In the bivouac of life, When it comes to a man's ligion, He's represented by his wife. “Indeed we have been told that some men keep both their religion and their real estate in their wives'q names, though perhaps for differ- ent reasons. And the reason for the prepon- derance of women at the average church service is not because there are more women than men in our population. According to authorities there are now 2,000,000 more men than women in the United States, and 10,000 more in the state of Connecticut alone, so that alibi is of no. avail. “A very real reason for men staying away from church is the tension and strain of present-day life, which in many cases takes tol1 of the strength and energy ana leaves men disinclined toward any- thing except rest and relaxation. “Again we must recall that the church was once the principal, ana sometimes the only social center. Around it revolved all the religious and social life of the community. Today there are many opportunities for culture and social pleasures. The minister was once one of the few men of education in the aver- age community. Today opportuni- tlen for education are open to ant and the preacher who is to be a leader in the thought of the town or nation must be a student or many subjects. “As an illustration of the change in the relation of the church to the community, we recall that here n Connecticut the church was once supported by taxation and in at least one instance a man who did not pay his taxes for that purpose was thrown into jail. “During the period named, de- nominational lines were somewhat more strict than they are today. New sects were not greeted with favor and had a difficult time be- fore they became established. Church members attached more tm- portance to the particular road by | which they hoped to arrive at the ! celestial city. “S8ome men do not go to church because they want to work arouna their homes. Others do not go to church because they desire to avola exertion, even to the extent of re- moving the weck-end growth from the chin. And then sometimes the re. Hartford's Laugh Center Midnite Show TONIGHT At 11:48 Doors Open At 11:18 3 Hour Performance Fun, Favors and Noveities Only a Few Seats to Be Sold at Box Office Twice Daily and All Week Usual Burlesque Prescats A Sure Fire Hit FRIVOLITIES With Charies “Pimbo” Davis Bunday paper arrives just about church time, with sad consequencea “With some men the reason for non-attendance would seem to be too much prosperity, for we have seen many turn to the church in time of adversity, while others be- came careless when things wvre going well: “Then there is the individual who says he ‘can be just as good outside as inside’ and perhaps he can. Yet such & man would not expect to be as valuable a soldier fighting on his own as though he were in an army with many others fighting for the same objects and being trained to do that particular thing well. “Someone else tells us that they do not go to church because they find hypocrites there. We challenge such a person to name any organ- ization where eyery member lives up to the obligation in the fullest degree. And after all, Christ came to call the sinners, not the righteous to repentance. If the church were an organization of perfect saints, most of us wouldn't be there. “In some places the moving pic- ture has an influence on churea attendance, eapecially on Sunday evenings. Recently in the adjacent city of Hartford an agitation has started to open the theaters in the afternoon as well as in the evening. “Another reason offered by & gentleman in & town not far distant was that he didn’t want to be made a ‘pillar of the church. There ought to be just a hint for the churches in this, for in many churches the tendency is to over- burden the few who are willing to carry the ioad. The method should be to distribute the honors, having more people doing something ana one overworked. “From someone else we hear that he doesn't like to go alone. This is usually more of an excuse than a reason, however. “Some men are not going to church today because when they were children their parents insisted on sending them—and then rematn- ed at home themselves. Others say that they were compelled to go su much when children that they are merely trying to average up. “Some men do not go to churem because of family cares. And un- der some conditions I have more respect for the man who does stay at home. The religion of Jesus Christ is one of the home as well as of the church. Charity may not end at home. It should begin there. “One of the great biessings of the age, and at the same time one of the great problems, is the auto- mobile. This takes some away from church; it brings other there. ‘Whether its influence on this par- ticular question of church attend- ance be good or evil depends upon the use to which it is put. “The prosperity of the land as shown in the possession of summer homes has in influence on the at- tendance at our churches during many months of the year. What would be the effect if all who are thus away from their home would attend some church? Another development of recent years that has an effect on this question, especlally as it affects the male portion of our population, is the radio. Someone has said: ‘Tho nights shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Bhall increase more and more, ‘While the people next door Are making the radio play.’ “And of course this man who s still unshaved and disinclined to: leave his easy chair, can listen in| on the radio and perhaps hear a! sermon by a noted preacher, ' whether or not the listener is in the proper mental and spiritual att1-{ tude. A blessing is the radio to the , shut-in. Should 1t take the place or actual church attendance for those who are able to go? “Some men are said to have been ! kept from church by a desire for an * carly morning game of golf, whicn | keeps them out in the open air ana sunshine and is sald to enlarge the vocabulary. *‘Give them something and they will come,’ sald one man, while an- | other said that he didn't like to go to church and hear the preacher | discussing some magazine article rather than the scriptures. “Another factor in considering this problem would seem to be that men are no longer scared by the old-time fear of hell-fire and brim. stone . Only a generation ago it wus not at all uncommon to hear ser- mons devoted ' to this particular subject. “After talking with many men on this subject of “Why men do not go to church,” we are led to this con- STRAND Tonight At 12:00 Gala New Year’s Eve Plenty of Good and Ruby Foreman Specialties by Ira Powell Co. 7 Talented Artists clusion: Most men believe in church—gsing as an abstract proposition. If they do not go, it is for one of three reasons: The strenuous age in which we live, a lack of interest, and plain laziness. “The man who doesn't go to: church would not like to live in a| town with no church in fit, nor | would he like to bring up his chil- | dren in such a town. Does it not follow that he is selfish in accept- ing the benefits which the church brings to the community, while re- fusing to attend and support it? Suppose everyone followed his ex- ample? There wouid be no churches. “It hag been said that the Chris- tian church is an organization hav- ing three purposes:—Worshtp, | Christian fellowship, Christian serv- | vice. “Some churches fail because they | do not function along all three of these lines. The statement that if a man builds a better mouse trap | than anyone else the world will| wear a path to his door, might welt | be applied to the church. When | church members practice more or the Christianity they preach, more men will go to church, in spite ot all excuses.” EDWARD P. YORK DIES IN NEW YORK Prominent Architect Succumbs 10 Operation at 63 | | | | New York, Dec. 31 —Edward P. | York, New York architect, dled last night at the Presbyterlan hospital | where he underwent an operation a week ago. He was 63 years old, & native of Wellsville, N. Y. | Designed Buildings | Mr. York was a member of the firm of York and Sawyer, with of- fices at 100 East 42nd street. He | had helped design many famous buildings and hospitals in this and | other states and his firm was con- | sulting architects from 1909 to 1913 to the treasury department at ‘Washington. His winter home was at Princeton, | N. J. and his summer home at Stonington, Cenn. The funeral is to be held Tuesday from the Connecti- cut home. He attended Cornell university | from 1887-89 and later studied | architecture in the office of McKim, Mead and White, New York. Among the buildings designed by his firm are the Guaranty Trust Company building in New York city: the Lin- coln National Bank building in | Rochester. N. Y.; the Hospital Trust company building in Providence, R. L: the Riggs National Bank in the national capital and the post office, |1y for Hall. YALE ATHLETE DROWNS IN JERSEY Norman Hall Loses Life When Thin Ice Breaks Cranford, N. J., Dec. 31 Norman 8. Hall, Yale athlete, gave his life yesterday in an attempt to save a classmate from drowning after having rescued the classmate's sister when ice gave way under skaters. Leonard F. Genz, a fellow junior with Hall at New Haven, was rescued by Donald Rosencranz, a boy scout of Cranford. The football player never rose to the after plunging back into the pond into which he, Genz and Genz's younger sister, Vera, had been pr cipitated when ice crumbled be- neath them as they skated. ‘The pond is really a widened por- tion of a small stream, which has current enough to render the ice in its middle insecure. As the three skaters approached mid-stream all the ice crumbled and they plunged into about eight feet water. of Saves Girl Hall fought his way with the girl through the thin ice to a point where he could place her upon a solid surface. Without an instant's hesitation, he plunged back after Genz. Aftert Rosencranz had pulled out Genz, he dived repeated- Finally the boy scout was ordered from the water by fire- men. They recevered the body only after several hours' effort with grappling hooks. Hall, 20 years old, was the son of a Neptune, N. J., banker. He had been spending part of his Christmas vacation with the Genz family in Cranford. Entering Yale in the fall of 1926 Hall made good on the freshman cleven and track team as a weight man. As a sophomore and a junior he was a substitute guard on the football team, and was & varsity track star last spring, his speclalties being shotput and hurdles. TIn- juries kept him on the sidelines of the gridiron much of the last fea- son. He earned his letter both as a sophomore and as a junior by playing against Princeton and Har- vard. He was the most experienced guard available for next fall's cleven. Noted Athlete w Haven, Dec. 31 (#)—Norman New Year’s Eve Polish American custom house and courts building in Horolulu. His firm also de!ltn?di buildings for the University of | Michigan, Vasaar; Smith, Middlebury and Rutgers colleges. ! He is survived by his widow, the | former Muriel Gould of New anki city and three children, Clarinda, | Muriel and Edward P. Jr. | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADSI The Wonder Show! STRAND TODAY, TUES., WED. It's Wonderful! ‘DANCE TAB'S HALL DEC. 31, 1928 Dancing 8 to 4 Music By Polish Royal Orch. Admission 50c CONTINUOUS TODAY and TUES. RAMON NOVARRO with ANITA PAGE “THE FLYING FLEET” ‘A Great Romance of the U. S. Naval Air Force! VAUDEVILLE Eva Shirley and CLIFFORD AND GREY BE Novelty Stars mn PARSONS THE GLORIOUS M YANKEE Prices: Eve. Orch. $3.00; Bale. 4 Seats Left! Fam. Cir. $1.0. Sat. Mat. Orch. Cir. 7%¢. SEATS NOW ON SALE. in Her 13 Notables! The Queen and the Kings of Jazz! SSNER, SEILER, BESSNER “The 3 Men Revue” VANDER BROS. AND IRENE LEARY in “The Woman’s Gab Society” JAMES C. MORTON CO. with Corinne Arbuckle “Oh, Jim” THURS., FRI, SAT. Sl";'é‘._arer With & Great Program of Select Vaudeville NEXT THURSDAY, FRIDAY aad SATURDAY NIGHTS BEGINS THIS THURSDAY 3 Nights Only BIG POP. MAT. SAT.—Orch. 82 USICAL ROMANCE DOODLE Under the Persomal Direction of Fortume Galle MOST ELABORATE MUSICAL COMEDY OF THE YEAR Chorus of 8 Glorious Voices—Fwmous Bebe Barri Duncing Unit rows §2.50, 4 rows $2.00, 3 rows $1.50; $2.007 Bale. 4 rows $1.50, 7 rows $1.00; Fam. surface | 8. Hall, who was drowned at Crans- {ton N. J., today, was considered as one of the outstanding athletes at Yale. He was cne of the two year jtrack men, having made his major | *¥" in that branch of sport for 'twa consecutive years. His ability |as a shot putter and hurdler won ! his school many honors. In the try- outs for the Olympic games last | year, he failed to make the grade |in the decathlon. Hall was & guard on the varsity | football team for the past two sea- sons. This year, owing to a badly cut foot, which he injured with an axe during the summer vacation, he was on the substitute hench until the latter part of the season. Last season he played guard position in | several games, but was not assigned { the regular berth. He would have heen one of the few eligibles for the 11929 scason and would have been i the only seasoned guard left for the | position. | He was graduated from Roxbury | school at Cheshire, Conn., where he starred in football and track. While there he was the individual | winner of the interscholastic school- | boys' track meet. City Items The marriage of Miss Lorranine | Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | John J. Higeins of 82 Cedar street, {to Burton W. Blinn, son of Mr. and {Mrs. Edwin Blinn of Newington, took place Thursday. Rev. Dr. | George W. C. Hill, pastor of the South Congregational church, offi- | ciated. | In place of the regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. for January members are invited to attend an in- stitute Wednesday at 10 a. m. at the Congregational church in Plants- ville, | Lovisy Moore ten, Daughters o | Union Veterans of the Civil W, will hold a regular meeting and in- stallation of officers Wednesday eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock in Odd Fellows hall, | A meeting of Gerstaecker lodge, {I. 0. O. ., will be held tonight at | 0dd Fellows hall to elect officers for next year. | Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Elliott have {returned to Dallas, T |spending the Christmas holiday | with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elliott of | Lenox Place, were | l§ Perfect Vitaphone House! | cAPITOL DENY HAZING AT MILITARY ACADEMY Letter From Cadet to Mother { Grounds of Rumor | West Point, N, Y., Dec. 31 (P— A letter written by a plebe to his mother complaining of demerits he was getting was believed today by West Point authorities to have lea to rumors of hazing at the military »my authorities said that . Housen, 21, of Provi who entered by comp: titive examination from the regula: army, had written his mother. He apparently blamed demerits on up per class feeling toward him be- cause he was an enlisted man be fore he went to West Point. Ne apermen learning of the letter to the academy to investigate. Two academy officers found that Housen had had a fight with an- other cadet and that both had been punished. No evidence was founa of any hazing of Housen outside or what was termed the “regular razz- v upperclassmen of plebes.” | neral W. R. Smith, uperintendent of the academy, saia e wished to deny that cadets Who had come up from the ranks wer: treated differently from those ‘who entered the academy by appoint ment. we CAPTURE ROBBERS Medford, Mass., Dec. 31.—(P—The William J. Foley, curate at the ancis of Assisi church herc. captured one of two men, alleged vobbers of an offering box after a : here late yesterday ther Foley turned Wilfred J. Per- ron, 20, of Boston, over to polic The youth was arrested charged with attempted larceny, CONDITION SERIOUS Southbridge, Mass., Dec. 31.—(P- Overcome by smoke when water hoiled out of a washing on the stove. Mrs, Evelyn O'Neil, 26, was in a serious condition at her home herc last night. s, TODAY TUES. WED. Continuous The Famous Movietone Attraction! “UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" Hear the Dixie Jubilee Singers! VITAPHONE ACTS HARRY J. CONLEY in the Playlet “The Book Worm" THE CROONADERS —in— “Meclodious Moments” THUR.—FRI.—SAT. e 28 W . pifbom ike The MIDNIGHT TAXI ANTONIO MORENO HELENE COSTELLO MYRNA LOY-- WILLIAM RUSSELL ROBERT A NEW YEAR'S Phone Waterbury 60500. AGNEW D ou W FURY v emncon MRt -o- SCTEAD BT RAIVEY wOYS 5 omacres ov sown ascAn VITAPHONE HIT! Announcing The Reopening of the MOUNTAIN INN foot of the Waterbury Mountain, EVE, DEC. 3ist Make Reservations Now. Dinner, Dancing, Entertainment. $5.00 per Plate—No Cover Charge. Phone Southington (18-14.)