New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1929, Page 21

’q'", nnn “ON TRIAL” AT CAPITOL Today and Saturday are the final showings of Warner Bres. 100 ’o: cent all-talking pieture, “On Trial, at the Capitol where it has been playing to large audicmces since opening Sunday last. Yeu hear every character in the story which shows an entire murder trial as its theme. Pauline Frederick, Bert Ly- tell and Lois Wilson are the fea-| tured players. “My Man” Sunday Fannie Brice, internationslly fs. mous as a stage comedienne, mal her first screen appearance in War- . ner Bros. Vitaphone special, “My Man.” which comes te the Capitol theater Sunday next for a run of four days. The stage of a theater is called for in the making of a number of scenes, and for the shooting of them the company was merely transport- ed around the corner to the mag- nificent new Warner Bres. theater in Hollywood which furnishes an ideal locstion for any action which takes place in or about a modern theater building. GRAND THEATER, HARTFORD “Speed Girls of 1929" brings to a close its burlesque engagement. at the New Grand theater Saturday eye- ning. Fred (Falls) Binder with Ria merry Jewish humer carries off the fun.-making honors, and Jim Pearl a portly Irish comedian, runs him & close second. In the feminine con- tingent Nellie Nice wins the blue ribbon—which is as it should be — rhe being the strikingly attractive leading lady. Supporting the prin- cipals are Joan Tanya, Millis Ken- nedy, 7)rd Weaver and Guy Post. The #pe- alties presénted by Walker & "7 .ompson and Jack Richards and Hol I'ields have evoked much fav- crable comment from those who have seen the production. Starting Monday and continuing tw all week is “Puss Puss.” Puss” offers Jack Hunter and Opal ‘Taylor to guarantee the talent em- ployed in its production. Perform- ances are at 2:15 and 8:35 dally. tescrvations may be had by cullln. the box office after 11. COUPLE CONYICTED OF MISTREATING DAUGHTER Camden, N. Y., Pair Bumed Her Hands With Hot Wirese— Out On Bail. Camden, N. J, Jan. 25 (UP)— Cenvicted of bnrning the hands of their 7 year old adopted ghter, Betty Hinkle, with hot wi and ctherwise mistreating her, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Robertson were at liberty on bail today as preparations got un- der way to appeal their case to higher courts. Bentence of from 2 to 6 y prisonment, provided In atrocious assault and battery, expected to be imposed today. Walter 8. Koewn, defense counsel, announc- ed that because the Robertsons are tos poor te fight the verdict in the higher courts, he will donate his legal services for the appeal. He termed the verdict a ‘“travesty on Justice.” Bpacial Prosecutor Joseph Varbe- low climaxed the iast day of the trial Iate yesterday by ordering Robertson te show the court how he had whip- » the bright-eyed little girl with hie belt. The foster-father complied by lashing three light blows on the child’'s back. Betty gave a and ran sobhing to t. ‘The spectators, ‘wemen, murmured sympathy and indignatien, mostly MAIL ORDER HOUSE TRIES 10 BOY 0. U. A. M. LAND Negotiating for Strip of Property at Rear of Unkelbach Holdings on Arch Strees Upon the success of negotiations already opened with the trustees of the O. U, A. M. fer a portion of the land lying to the rear of that or- ganization’s Glen street clubhouse, may depend the outcome of an effort to establish a local branch of Sears, Roebuck & Ce., nationally known mail order house. Arch street property of Max kelbach is being considered as a site, but the plot 1 nét as large as the company desires for its pro- posed retail store. The O. U. A. M. lot is in the rear of the Unkelbach tract, and it it is taken over, ar- rangements will be made for an em- trance from Glen street, or from Main street, the latter plan jmvi ing an angular turn. It is understood that the Unkel- hach deal will invelve about $35,000 and that the O. U. A. M. land may he marketed for about $3,000. Con- summation of the deais is expected nest month. *READ RERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ODD FELLOWS' HALL SATURDAY, JAN. 30tk Admisoion 8 o'Clack o at the NEWINGTON GRANGE TONIGHT IMPERIAL ORCH, —V ROYAL ORCH. l;lpllnfllll!li‘ m-llllllp"" ||||| lu L Lullln';" Ml' little | court | aniations of ! o % 194 ‘ll A ST B (ST peiemE 4 Tmummest Sewmney 900000000 | “ldfi'l WARNING” AT STRAND ‘The Last Warning." the great- est mystery picture ever filmed, is at the Rtrand new for three days. You remember the thrills and chills ‘of that eutstanding success, “The Cat and the Canary?" The same preduction abilities have com. | bined in “The Last Warning.” and | they have surpassal their prutn\u\ effort in the mystery field. The ry is entirely different and the dllF‘r. Paul Leni, defles any- 1one te}solve the mystery before- and. ura La Plante is atarred. A large 'cast is in support. The| photo| is trom the stage play of | the sa name which ran for so long on Broadway. i The vaudeville program has five splendid ~acts featuring Marshall | Montgomery and Co. in “Foreinn Waters;" “Rah Rah Tommy,” & mu- sical comedy farce; Bach 8isters Co., equilibrists; Cariena Diamond, the | dancing harpiste supreme, and Claude and Clarence Stroud, ..A"Fl tocrats of the Stage.” Beginning Sunday for four days, the Strand will effer Dolores Del Rio in “Revenge.” PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF SEIP AT NIGHT! Propelier Drops From Vcessel Which | Transfers Everyoue to | Another Ship Providence, Jan. 25 (M—Forty passengers who started from New | York -last evening on the steamship Georgia, were transferred to the City of Lowell, in the dead of night, | following the disabling of their ship, and arrived safely in port here this rning. The Georgia, minus a propeller, is being towed to New Yerk from New Haven today. Tt was shortly after 10 o'clock last | | night that the Georgia, off Stratford lost her propeller. According to officers “it |drapped off. The City of T.owell, which had sailed from New Yerk half an hour | later than the Bay State hoat, came along at 10.80. Captain Lilgreen of the Georgia spoke to Captain Phil Ollweiler of the Providence liner, and Captain Ollweiler ordered a | cable passed to the dintressed vessel. | The City of Lowell towed the Georgia inte nearby New Haven harbor by midnight. and u gang| plank was put between the two ships. | Fortunately therc running. Besides the passengers, quantity of perishable freight local markets was transferred. De- ’ apite a 3 1-2 hours delay in the transferring operations, the City of Lowell arrived here ahead of the! regular achedulo of the ether boat. ltaly to Build Two New Cruisers Rome, Jan. 25 (UP) —The cabinet | approved today the construction or‘ two 10,000-ten cruisers, two scout ships, four destroyers and five sub- marines. | amparttes simply was no sea| 2 large for Bisans sbatks, apter undergoing treatment, are said te he a sure cure | for some forms of skin disease, PALACE TODAY GRETA GARRO and . CONRAD NAGEL —in— “TRE MYSTERIOUS LADY” He Loved Her and hen He Dis- covered \Who She Was. —alo— GARY COOPER FAY WRAY “THE FIRST il KISS” SATURDAY 3 ACTS OF VAUDL Vaudeville Will Be at 3:10, 6, 8:30 On the * “THE RED MARK" Thrilling Jamses Cruze Production FRED THOMSON in “HANDS ACROSS the BORDER" With the Marvel Horse, Silver DANCING at the RIALTO BALLROOM SATURDAY EVENING Imperial Orchestrs Perfect Vitaphone House CAPITOL ERID 1yl Wil {more resemble the chin | course, is “Good News."” | foothall hero at Tait college, who is | astronomy | she could use Red Grange, too.” The NI NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929. ¢ She is really too busy, so she rushes Reviews of Curreat Theater Offerings Laurence @chwab and Frank Mandel William Sully 1 Jehnsen, the coach . . Anthony Hughes ey, the trainer ...... John Philbrick r of astronemy Maurice Darcy Patricia Binghem, the college belle .. Evelyn Kindler Patricia’s cousin Dorothy Babe O'Day, & sophemore resth: Syiveater, Windy Stats Ml Flo, a freshie The college band—Geo. Constance Lane, Olsen's ITng glec ub teio—tol Hilton lamare. Paul (By Herald Reviewer) “Good News,” it scems, 18 atill &0od news to theatergoers. Schwab and Mandel's big success continues o burn up the road, breaking all Apeed r~-~rds and turning inte the bank acc. it of its owners a gol- | den avalanche. Hartford and vicinity first “Good News” in March, 1925. 8o many people attended the per- formances at Parsons’ theater that the walls of that ancient and hon- orable structure almost bulged. Now it is back again and the walls once to waist lopc of paunchy gentlemen who ! dine heartily. There's a reason for all this. “‘Good News” is a riot of syncopa- tion, & potpourri or melange eor | what do you possess of dancing, ges- !Icululm( boys and girls in their college 'teens . endowed—or en- | wowed—with skyrocketting legs. |The newest riddle in theaterdom is this: “What has more legs than a | centipede?” and the answer, or ~ Humphreys in \ aw In addition to the uproar of danc- ing and singing, there is a plot. Oc- casionally an author becomes care- less and puts & plot in a play. The story is about Tom Marlowe, the flunked in astronomy just before the big game with Colton college. Dear Old Tait is gloomy. The situation may be appraised from the conver- sation betwcen Prof. Kenyon of th class, and' “Pooc Kearney, the trainer. “Does Tait | really need Marlowe for the game tomorrow?"” asks the prof. “Does she? returns Kearney. “Yeah, and | outlook is desperate. Marlowe is to | have a special exam in astronomy | on Friday. The big game is Satur- lay. He asks his girl, I’atricia Bing- | am, 1o coach him on the subject. TODAY and SAT. Thrills! Chills! Spooks! The Scroen’s Greatest Mystery Drama in a substitute, her cousin, Con- stance Lane. And when Tom Mar- lowe sees Constance, Patricia makes the worst fumble of her life. Don Lanning is still with the com- pany as Tom Marlowe. Willlam Sully maintains 4 fast pace of humor as his roommate. John Philbrick cre- ates laughter as the coach. Evelyn Kindler and Dorothy Fitz-Gibbon kave the leading feminine roles and do their work right smartly. Mau- rice Darcy continues his role of Prof. Kenyon. ‘There are a number dance numbers and some haunting tunes. One of George Olson's bands is in the pit with as much snap as a new elastic band. “Good News" is at Parsons for the remainder of the week. FLORIDA'S CAPTAIN TELLS GRAPHIC STORY (Continued from First Page) not come to my help. T sent another 8 O 8. which was responded to by the steamer America. In the mean- time violent seas swept away my bridge, chart room, lifeboat and part of the deckload, bresking my bunker hatch. The ship listed more to starboard right down to the gunwale. I advieed the 8. 8. America of my danger and the peril of my crew. {McCoy’s Puts Weight | On Weak Skinny Men Hollow in cheeks—hollows in the sides of neck,—flatness in chest—- why don’t you do something (o make your: MctCoy's net only that but they build up your general health ard you grow strong- er and more energetic. McCoy takeg all the risk—Real this ironclad guarantee. If after taking 4 sixty cent boxes of Mc- Coy's Tablets or 2 One Dollar boxes any thin, nnderweight man or wo- man doesn’t gain gt least 5 pounds and feel completely satisfied witn the marked improvement in healtn —vyour moncy will be returned. Just ask for the Fair Department store or any drug store in America. of goed | that he would be at the side of us on [starboard. It was impossible e |was fnaily aseured that all wers on the morning of the 23rd. We were working our pumps reg- | ularly, as we shipped plenty of wa- |In the morning the wind calmed but | engineer. work aft with the danger of being washed overboard in the meantime. Loard the boat. Next to the last m:.n was the chief Then I threw myself in' ter through the bunker hatch. I tried |the sea was mountainous and con- |the sca. bringing with me the ship' my best 10 repair this bunker hatch |tinually breaking over my decks fore papers and giving my last goedbye with danger of losing life. My crew, willing und courageous us they were, did not care to take this risk. On January 23, 1929 we are in continuous communicatio.n with the 8. 8. America but I“was unable to give them my exact position as all my instruments were lost over- board. At noon with our spare instru- and aft. The ship was listed so badly that it "hatch. At 6:12 I sighted the Amer- ica und said that my crew was sav- |ed. In accord with the America the | salvage of my crew was started. | had my crew in lifebelts ready for |the boat from the America. T placed !uxhu on the leeside at the rail. He answered 13 look like & real man= | Tablets put on weight— McCoy's Tablets at | ment I observed the meridian and | These lights were not working prop- communicated with the America to |erly due to short circuit of my cable | calculate my last latitude, not hav- |lights. ing on board any navigation beoks. It was a great maneuver on the All my crew's quarters were log- |Part of the America as I could o | ged with water. The enly section | nothing to help. 1 had no rockets | of my ship in working erder was the and could make no great light for wireless room. him to see. In approaching he Geing with the engines slowly to |ame abeam to windward and put keep by bow to the sea the com. | lifeboat in the sea manned by vol- | mander of the America determined |Unteers and able seamen. i my latitude and informed me that! 1In & few minutes he came to the be would be at my side to help at |leside of my ship just in time. The five o'clock. In the meantime I .t.«wmd started up from west northwost | tempted once mere to replace the and the sea increased. The lifeboat chain of the rudder, but all through |came up maneuvering with great | being convinced of the vainness of |skill and threw & line to the boat. my attempt and the peril of the ship. | We started getting off into the boat. The ship still bad & bad list to] counted my men one by ene and | to the Florida that was sinking ra- | The operation of saving the | he water was entering my bunku Crew was performea very w!c&lv!,,,.m“ 53 years | pidly. !with the intelligent direction of Mr. . Manning and skillful aid of the life- boat crew. I have much praise for | this lifeboat crew. WILLARD E. STEVENS Fraternally Mr. Steovens member of the )h- Britaln the Knights of Pythiss and: Stanley Works Mutus! Benefit ciation. He attended m Mark's Episcopal church. Surviving him are his Annie (Jones) Stevens, ago on 6; two sens, Willard M. | Brogkline, Mass., and Stevens of this city: & Ward J. Stevens of Kensington, two sisters, Miss Nellic Stevens of | Kensington and Mrs. Frank Warnen of Meriden. i (his home on Cedar street Saturday |afterncen at 3 o'clock. Rev. SBemuel Sutcliffe, rector of 8t Mark's Epis- | copal chureh, will oficiate. Burial = N jwill be in Fiirview cemetery. {Oontiaued Toam Winek Lage) The pall bearers, all fellow em- | great extent. Although given an ployes and oficials at the !-nl::y cpportunity to retire on a pension | Works, will be B W. Christ, . I". | hie refused and on seversl occasions | King. F. E. Marvin, R. W. Cham- berlain, E. W. Pelton and B. J. Hu- he went to the office during this ! bert. period of inactivity. The company | kept him on the payioll as a re- ward for his faithful service. | Mr. Stevens entered the complny”"" 40,000 graduates of Pennsyl- employ in March, 1870. The only | Vunia high schools for the sehool |other employe whose term of serv. |year 1927 arc continuing their edu- ice is longer is Herman Fleischer. l‘ltlon Approximately ¢8.3 per cent of Miracle Days A Great January Event! Beginning Tomorrow, Saturday, Continuing Monday and Tuesday IMPORTED PHILIPPINE | COLORED GOWNS Hand tailored, hand cm- Roller Skating EVERY NIGHT Jester’s Hall ARCH STREET Skates and Checking 30c Admission: Ladies Free Gents, 10c § VAUDEVlLLE "RAH RAN 1‘0_\[\ Y \IAR§HAI L \IO\T(‘O Ll(\’ ©o. in “Foreign Waters” HARTFORD'S LAUGH (! MUTUAL BURLESQUE O “SFEED GIRLS OF 920" WITH A NOTABI Peefect Vitaphone House! 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