New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1929, Page 11

UNIFORN LIGTING T0 GUIDE TRAFFIC Experts Would Have Saume ~ Signals in All Gities Washington, Feb. 1.—UM—A uni- form system of traffic signals from eoast to coast is the aim of a code @esigned to decrease motorists’ con- fusion while driving through #trange cities. The motorist from Centerville who insists that the amber light is his signal to go whether he is in 8an Francisco, Chicago or Wash- ington may have fewer arguments with traffic officers i the new code 15 adopted nationally. Traffic enginecrs who prepared the code for the American Engi- neoring council after a two -year stydy of conditions in all citics'y with more than 50,000 populatiént| say that most accident and traffic, delays can be attributed the Faow of uniformity among cities in their mignals, signs and marking for regy- lation of street traffic. X No two citics in the Uhited States, these experts obscrve, have exactly the same sct of rules and system of markings to aid mov- ment of traffic in Their plan 18 to urge all c the adoption of a uniform system, which all motorists can readily un- derstand and obey. The code, drawn up as the result of the two vear study, soon will be placed In the hands -of city traffic offi- clals, engincers and manutacturers throughout the country, + 1t the code is adopted nationally, neotorists driving from coast to coast would be guided by efgns and signals of uniform size and of the same color combinations. They would know that a red signal would mean “sto id remain halted until & green signal s displayed. They would know that green gives permission to zo, subject to the | mafety of olhers; and'that yellow affer green means stop before cn- teging the intersectiof? unless when tha yellow first appea¥s you are so cloge to the intersection that you cannot stop with safefy. They would “learn never to expecfia yellow light after red, since the experts say such & signal is dangerous to safety. /Turns to the 1ight or left while the red lizht is Showing would bs prohibited thoughout tho country, if the uniforin systern is ndopted. Large mushroom buttons, which project scveral inches ahove the pavement, would he considercd a menace unless {he street is very wide and the mushroom used to designate a non-traffic space. Obstructions in the road would be marked with alternate black and white lines mloping at an angle of 45 degrees or by white and black eheckerboard squarcs. OUR POLICY MONEY | the tourtst trade by creating | trains. Gates . railroad croes- ing would be marked with alternate black and .white stripes sloping at an angle of ¢5 degrees. The codp, several thousand words in length,” defines every detail in the construction and regulation of traffic signals, signs and markings for city use, REMAKING FRANCE T0ATIRACT VANKS Holpls and Railroads mproved " Tor Tourst Millions Paris, Feb. 1.—UM—A report by the commercial attache of the Brit- ish embassy calls France the great. est tourist country in the world and the real center for tourists in Eu- rope. He points out that the golden stream of tourist traffic brought al-- most 2,000.000 persons to France in 192 The report emphasizes that France took advantage of the post-war opportunity and was re- warded during 1927 by tourist ex. penditures, ranging from $250,000,- €00 to $500.000,000. Hotels in France have been mul- tiplied, enlarged and renovated in an’ extraordinary fashion. Ameri- n and English visitors have been cspegially catered to. The great prosperity of the hotel business from 1919 to 1924 made it easy to find capital for investment in ho- tels in France, Fifteen new modern hotels have been opened In Paris since 1925 ulone., A dozen of them provide hath rooms with every room. Few end obscure are the hotels in Paris today which haye no running wa- ter and central heating in every room. Throughout the provinces hotels which were primitive five years ago have been improved in the same manner. Railroad companies have helped new, services of fast, luxurious express These trains run in all di- rections over Krance. Anywhere the tourist wishes to go from Paris he may find a fast train. “Pull- man” and saloon cars have been multiplied. There are a dozen de luxe European expresses, which ri. val fine trains in any country in the wor'd and which make it pleas- anter fo travel across Iurope by way of France than by any other country, Devil Fish Bites Hole Out of One Inch Plank Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 1 (4 A huge groen moray or devil fish, being caught for the New York aquarium, gave local fishermen a memorable battle. 1t tore a plece out of an inch plank and the crew feared that it would shatter the side of the boat, . COLEGE DIVDED ASLEADER QUS Univesiy of Michigan Agi by i’ et Ann Arbor, Mich, Feb. 1 UP— Resignation-of Dr. Clarence C. Lit- tle from the presidency of the Uni- versity has split campus and profes- sional cloak rooms into rival fac- tions. Dr. Little will leave the univegsity June 1, and there are those who hold that his departure will leave a blot upon the escutcheon of Michie, gan, Others were not sorry to learn of the resignation, which, it is re- ported, was satisfactory to a num- ber of the university regents. “He was an inspiration te the younger men of the campus the younger faculty members said. “He has set Michigan back ten years,” a grizzled veteran of fac- ulty wars said bluntly. Dr. Little, still on the sunny side of 40, succeeded the Jate Dr. Marion Leroy Burton in 1925, He came down from Harvard University, young, idealistic and unceasing In his efforts to further the plans of Dr. Burton and to carry out his own ideas. Primarily he led the fight for betternient of educational conditions among the freshmen and sopho- mores of Michigan. He struck hard at his enemies and took stiff blows in retyrn, o A “Research professors and students should he kept apart for the good of both,” he once said. Another time: “Emphasis must be shifted from the subject te the pupil, from the dry matter of record to clean, fearless and spiritual youth.” Statements like these were gages of battle. There were few neutrals on the faculty. He advocated Dirth control as a method of providing vnly such chil- dren as could be cared for. He wanted to insure former students against the “poor environments, slum, filth and overcrowding. leav- ing in its wake hattered and pa- thetic figures of children.” His attitude upon this subject brought the first storm of protest from non-campus sources. In gen- eral, the faculty supported his views against the general public. Establishment of, the University college, a special school for teach- ing freshmen and sophomores, brought conflict with the faculty, in which the president was victorious. The board of regents ordered es- tablishment of the school. The final request of the retiring president was that the University college be left unestablished “unless it had the unqualified support of all authori- ties." Deep-rooted members of the fac- ulty recelved another shock when Dr. Little established an alumni university for co-operation with for- mer studegts desiring to continue their educational interests. Some see traces of pelitics in the resignation of Dr. Little. His plan to recruit experts of the university for a survey of tax levies and ex- penditures of the state aroused po- litical forces and led to a blistering attack ‘upon the university head. The plan failed. High Finance Finding - - Way to Scallop Trade Portland, Mc, Feb, I.—UP— Wholesale fish concerns here com- plain that some scallop fishermen have emulated the methods of get- rich-quick financiers. They assert they have been buy- ing “watered stock.” Somjg of the Casco Bay small boatmen, who are dragging giant scallops this\winter, the buyers aver, shuck out the meat and soak it overnight in fresh water. This, it is said, causes the scal- lops to swell appreciably and take on much weight. Twenty pounds in their natural state grow to 25 pounds after 12 hours of soaking. It is hard to de- | tect such doctoring by appearance al- though the “fresh water cure” is said to detract considerably rrom the fine flavor of the scallop. Japan Makes Troops . Attend Army Schools Mexico City, Feb. 1 P--Through establishment of schools at army posts throughout the country the government has succeeded in redue- ing illiteracy among the troops to 30 per cent of the personnel. it out entirely. The army, apart from officers, Is made up from the humble classes, and most of the re- cruits never before had opportunity to learn to rcad and write. T have when you bake them with this flour, because the best full-flavored wheat! Pillsbury’s Best Flour for bread, biscuits and pastry 168 MAIN STREET It is hoped in a few years to wipe | BRIDE LETS OTHER WONAN HAVE MATE Wedded in Secret, Invalid Gives Hus!and to Rival Scnatobia, Miss., {One of the most romance and | | { | Feb. 1 (UP)— sual cases of ifice that ever {came to light in this section was revealod here when Inez Sneed, an | invalid and former scheol teacher. filed a claim for a wife's share in |the estate of Charles T. Bowden. {who shot and killed himself recent- {ly. Attached to Miss Snced’s claim was a marriage certificate showing that she had wed Bowden more than a year ago. According to the she and ‘Bowden were marricd {while she was teaching and they agreed to keep the ‘union a secrdt vntil the school ter was ended. Shortly afterwards she was thrown from a horse and was severcly in- jured. Bowden, she said, obtained | the medical aid for her but to no! avail and all the doctors told her she would remain aw Invalid the| rest of her life, Meantime Bowden had, met and lloved another girl. He told his wife of this infatuation and she acquiesced in his plans to marry again, “I agreed,” Miss Snceds said. told him the doctors told me 1 !would never recover. 1 told him that our dead romance could be buried forever as far as 1 was con- cerned and that he was at liberty to find heppiness wherever he could.” Three days before Bowden's sec- ond marriage was to take place he avor it'’s milled from OUR POLICY STH AVE. tired a bullet through his head while scated on a creek bauk which runs through his estate. His lat- st love knew nothing of the for- mer marri Bowden ) over his predicament and decided to end his own life. Miss Sneeds parents were ignorant of their daughter’s marriage until she filed the claim for a share in Bowden's cstate. Church Bans “Jesus” As 2 Christian Name | o ity Feb, 1 (B-Dis- to local newspapers from towns in Sonora, near the American boundar: ¥ that a decision by a Catholic nod in Tucson, Ariz., not to baptize any child with the | name Jesus or any name represent- ing “the mysteries of the religion” has caused a perplexing situatior. o ests in Mexico do nor | this | en decreed two years ago against the national reli- gious laws. Mexicans at points near the fronteir have adopted the cv tom of taking their children to son to be baptized. Jesus is one of the names most frequently selected by Mexican parents for their chil- dren, and names such as Concep- incarnacion, enecion and represeating “the mys- teries of the religion,” common. weeks finaliy for ‘There are more than 450 varicties of mistletoe, including some with colored berries. 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