New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1929, Page 8

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THE LESSENED INFANT MORTALITY Results it “The proc the eating And it mi “It child cour of the pudding is in thereof. t be added: Itare is valuable v statistics will prove t paragraph e other day. ious agencies in on struggling to on the proper means of ke nts alive have been succeed The infant mortal in New Britain has Zach sees an improve- The in 1928 was lower than that of any city in the state ity rate been s cadily decreas- year and lower than the state average. To wit, quoting agai The ir state s that have st de in our in- cs, in our parks, fn our school | in the Memorial monument We Hill park. Let's pause and tlect that here is somet is cosmopolitan. more of races ¢t our residents | The act the good work contir should go to all conce IMPROVLED I'or several POSTAL vears r. BUILDINGS rous, hoping for dings. ernment investigators the s and careful tah has heen of th d, made e mail handl for future grow present the pros- pects and the insuff ipated requi of years that exten- rovements will come to the prese Meanw have b impo take to gl closer to th now know 1 be in ti hood of £250,000, d facilitie lan some Connecticut cities and years ago it wi that & nej, The hard more has enjoye modern s of the only not thought likely an improvement would be need- The need for an enlarged post office building became evident, hov h the growth of the local janufactuting industries, whi 1 portion of the z0ing mail. We do not know postal conditions n Waterbury and BriGgeport, where vstensive improvements will be In Waterbury the expenditure will be $600,000 and in Bridgeport $1,200,000. We do know, a large made. however, that the neighboring city of Hartford | needs a post office at least as modern @s that which was built in New Brit- ain years ago. and that the $2.000,. 000 expenditure for this purpose is eminently justified. The razing of the present Hartford post office, when it comes, will be a matter for state cengratulation. too, in view of the fact that the site adjoining the old state house is state property and should never have heen used for a post office. At the time the present Hartford post office was constructed It g which | Gov- | have been in he first | we have | ch pro- | in and | the generation of citizens lving there exercised poor judgment when they were willing to see the ugly federal building erected to mar the view of a state shrine. Congress having voted the $200, 000,000 postal building bill, and ex- pecting to receive some millions in addition from the sale of present buildings, there should be no need for unreasonable delay in providing the promised facilitie | But this is not all. There are | us smaller conters nec! t peeding the attention of the | post office authorities. It is satisfac- |tory to note that amoug those sii gested for postal improvements is local | |in a committee | public. The idea, it appears, ruct a new post office in Plain- hing that ry Plam- e resident will agree is needed. ville—somet ev GETTING A NEW RAILROAD STATION When a city believes it is entitied 10 a new railread station, but the | railroad company or companies serve jir the prevailing station {is good enough for years to come, what is to be done about it? Many a miunicipality has been con- 1ted with this problem. In most m it remains an unsolved prob- | em. There seems to be no way to | compel a railroad to expend money for a new station if it doesn’t think | he situation justifies it, Even the ublic regulatory bodies have been | unable to untie the knot. But in ‘h- a different sort of spirit in the |air. There may be more boost and !push in ra California than staid citizens elsewhere relish, but it cannot be denied that results are {obtained circumstances that | are impossible of attainment in many sou under another less aggressive community. ly after the World War Los Angeles wanted a union station. The railroads were unsym- The Railroad Commi lifornia was appealed to by t and being imbued with the booster spirit, ordered the atation cted. T railroads appealed to the state Supreme court, ed t Commissio rtation Ac pathetic. of C: city, | vers decision aving the <r union depot facilit Interstate Commerce ed to the I. C. t it was po iers to construct r erless to the District of Co- t of i ap- 1tot Appeals of the | District 1. C. { der th forni Court of of Columbia to force the n and or- 2tion of the Trans ppcal was | finally won hy the ci Dis- trict Court of Appeals he at the ek (s | Soutt 14t is compelled to order ti | rozd to “‘erect and maintain & union tation in that city at a point known e cost 18 estimated Los Ang: victory, es bas won a splendid one that will serve other th a wiolesome precedent, el C.C. take hoid and er the station 1ilt. Th o city de- serves it such a determined THL GOVERNM T ADVISES MASS PRODUCTION The modern panacea seems to be produc Commerce on .The Department of warning that 1 ma American competition in tion i enable Amoe g, | gified in order s et this cor us oper ration upon a limited s reduces o ted in the w-moving articles. on of a compara- es instead reduction of a wide va and ¢ of a less reduces urthers the ability to nce of foreign coinpe. and maes production, maximum of machinery, % the necessary low price. All of which plied to where Henry Ford started it. But it |is difficult to see how an institution | tition using tr achie seems to be easily ap- the which makes many articles can fol. low the government advice. Then there is another the Departmient of Let th limited number of articles become universal and the foreign product j that is distinctly different and is not being made in the United States will |of plan. Commer possess considerable of an advantage |among discerning folks. at home as well as abroad, who do not care to be using the same style of article every other person 18 using. Then there {8 another weakness: With mass production creating a wealth of articles, where will the consumers be found? Already this is something of a problem. American in Con- | Los Angeles there secms to | raliroad | which re- | of the Railroad | federal | t of 1920 had in- | r the cm-: ro Pacific. the Santa Fe and | the Los Angeles and Salt Lake rail- | it is growing | ndi secms to | automobile industry, | weakness | 1is mass production of a | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY industry has had no dificulty in pre. ducing goods—the facilities are here to produce them in wide profusion; what bothers the producers is how to sell them. And more important than selling goods in the foreign market is to in- sure a wide and growing distribution in the domestic market. It isn't enough to make goods, by mass pro- duction or otherwise; there must be | enough buying power in the coun. |try to consume more of those pro- duced. If that isn't done then we are | merely playing with a sort of indus- trial toy that doesn't do the most | §00d to the largest number. erwise | Plainville, this town beine -ndudcd‘sol.\l\fi THE GANG MYSTERY report just made | is to I the police In Chicago actually locate the assassins who staged the | &t. Valentine's day massacre the na- | tion will not fail to withhold due | credit. The definite announcement | that the crime and the motive have [ been solved and that the identity of ‘fi'f‘ assassins is known will be re- [celved with satisfaction. It 1 high time Chicago gives a wholesale les. {son to ita gangsters. | Chicago has had 510 gang killings |in 10 years. The time has arrived for "'h» law to come out of hiding. \ | AN OIL SETTLEMENT the British and the Soviets will be of far-reaching consequences. Through the contract just signed British oil |interests secure access to rich Rus- | sian flelds. This will enable them to | compete more successfully with the Standard Oil in foreign fields. 1t is hinted in the dispatches that the oll controversy between British and the Soviets has been a prime | cause of governmental animosity be- | | tween the two nations. Hinte have come from England. also. that Brit. !ish exporters have not been greatly | | cheered by the trade statistica with | Russia. The agreement just concludedi probably will also oil the channels of | diplomacy between the two coun- | tries, | THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN | In eiting figures showing that deaths from alcoholism have mount. | ince 1020, the Women's Christian | Unfon stresses the | need for a vigorous educational | =mperagce Settlement of the oil war between | | three.year-old when tee and selectmen of Berlin was held last evening to hear the report of the committe appointed te bring in an estimate of the improvements on the scheols under the conselidated sys- tem. There was ne report as one member, A. W. Upson, had refused to serve on the committee. A new committee was named. Facts and Fancies Alas! If mail can be delivered to South America by plane, so can marines. Avolding war is like avoiding an- other car. You can do it if the other fellow isa’t a foel. Another good test of will power is to try keeping silent after opening a milk bottle with your thumb. “Handshaking causes much health.” Especially it thermos-like container them. m there is = between The cannibal has one advantage while hunting. If he mistakes a friend “ for a deer, the shot isn't wasted, | The objection the modern |apartment is that its only nice roomy cioset s called a breakfast room. to Still, the knowledge that eleetro- | magnetism is responsible won't | make the experience less annoving when you step on a hanans peel. History is funny. A new era dawns because a bricklayer in Rome gives away property that isn't his. | There isn't much hope for tem- .;-nrlnce in drinking when people can't even be temperate in their discussion of it. Americanism: vondering wnat became of month’'s salary. Scorning suckers; last A horse is a it's two and white mule is old at thres menths. Age i3 relative. That Spanisa revolution seems to be wholly oral, which shows what ! happens to a people addicted to bull | fighting. Mayhe a pedestrian could feel important if he would stop in front paign regarding the evils of | drink, especially among young peo- | | ple | Eve | 1nd trust such a campaign succeeds. "1t had been hoped, even expected. ;lln—t the 158th Amendment would | make such a campaign superfluous; | that fpso facto, as it my magic. | | merely adding such an amendment | to the Constit tution would settle the | | need for furthe worry over the drink evil. { We now know from less an 1a ithority than the W. C. T. U. it | scIf. that this was in the nature of an idealistic dream. It may not be too late to depend more upon education nd less upon law. ry worthy Amcrican will hope i A TYPICAL TOWN MEETING” | 7The good citizens of Newington | posscss the spirit of New England | | measure, They take an | interest in town affairs, and when L3 town meeting is held there always| | secmis to be considerably more than | a quorum on hand. Indeed, the town | meeting usually turns out to be the in town; or indeed, a than any to be seen in | in abundant best show | better show \c v Britain or Hartford. The junior high school building in | [the town is mearly completed. But fact doecsn't interfere with the ussion. Everybody doesn’'t seem to be satisfied, and until that hap- pens there is going to be genuine | old-fashioned argumentation and it. plenty of 1t is our het that finally and iately Newington residents will | point with pride at the new junior he shown to visitors and it will be | hig wil with satisfaction; | dars. | much I contribute to our success.” DRY LAW PENALTIES of a store and toot a little horn for seryvice, Another disadvantage of a small house is that you don't know what to do with the other seven calen- Uncle Bam will have fifteen cruis- crs—the first chap to cultivate vice in order to reform in company with others. Mcncken says farmers make wine to get drunk on. Then where is the argument that wine and beer would keep the city from getting drunk? Men of science tell us 20 per cent of the peopls are mentally defective. Now if we only knew which 20 per cent. You can tell the home that has « fireplace. The baked ehins show through these shoer stockings. Correct this sentenc of our partnership earnings, the bride, *“will depend on how 29. Publishers Copyright 1 Syadicat MAY BE INCREASED Michigan House, Seeking Lighter Ones, Meets Reaction pointed ideal structure. But mea as an head. | 25 Years Ago Today M H | Gog disapp urday feared he has heen stolen. The po- live have b notified of his dis- appearance. dog is a very large one. A woman called at the police sta- tion this morning and teld Chief Kawlings that her husband had taken a piliow off the hed and gone down to a szloon and pawned it for whiskey. The chief gaid he have it investigated. The high school hasketball team will play Middletown High here day after tomorrow. The Middietown team claims to Le the champions of | the state. val cd & ) < and it is The ds a communication zing that the Ei memorial be incorporated into the soldicrs’ monument. He says that the “Winged Victory” fig- ure should removed and & statue of Burritt substituted. Mavor Bassett has requested the different departments to hold meet- ings this week and prepare estimates of what each will need during the coming year. Auditor H. L. Curtis sald today that there has been no request for a transfer of funds from cne department to another so far, but he cxpects these will begin new. A large attendance is expected at the meeting of the Connecticut Pomnological society in Plainviile te- morrow. B. B, Carpenter is chafi man of the committee on arrang ments. | A meeting of the school commit- er” sen e Heruld urg Bernard | would | Lansing. Mich, March 1 (P— | Members of the lower house of the | Michigan legislature faced today the | possibility that their effort yesterday {10 reniove dry law offenses from the ist of felonies punishable by life im- ,wuonmenl niay not only be defeat- ¢4 but mav react 1o make the pen- lalty for a first offense ever more se- vere. The house 7§ day | amendment to the criminal code, remos ing from effect under the habitual criminal law all felonies for | which & maximum penalty of at| | least five years was not Dh!\nh-d for the first offense. Its primary object was 1o remoie liquor offer for which the first | alty is but one year, from the lite | Pgenalty provision. Approximately 0 other offenses, however, were affected stmilarly at the same time. In retaliation Rev. R. H. Holsaple, |state superintendent of the Anti- ! Raloon league, immediately started a fight to obtain approval of a bill already before the house increasing the penalty for a first liquor offense to five years. Such a measure auto- matically would return first liquor offenders (o the status of potential lifers. The Anti-S8aloon league bill will have the support of many legislators who voted for the amendment yes- terdsy because they desired such offenses as illegally wearing a lodge a state yester fam JoELL Send all commuaicetions o Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New Vork. EVENTUALLY, ANYHOW? March like the lion or March like the lamb, It matters so little we don't give a —well, a clam, Just so it marches, we're sure of one thin That along with §t. Patrick it's bound to bring SPRING! No Argument! “De you like twin beds?"” “No, you can't accuse clse of taking all the Roger Victor: anyhody covers!" OL' MAN ADAM ONE O’ HIS CHILLUN! By Richard E. Zoty Recently the publishing firm with which T am connected put in three advertisements for three different editors. One applicant replied to all three, not knowing of course, that it was one firm doing all the advertising! The following shows the correspon- dence; . EDITOR wantad, thoroughly famil- far with investing field; must have had long experience in Wall street activities; with unimpeachable rec- ord; no other need apply; pleasc give full details. Box T 186. Gentlemen: I certainly hope that you have found en editor. I herewith apply for a position as his assistant. 1 was employed in Wall street for two years and by one of the better houses. Alse for more than a few vears ] have been interested in the stock market. At the moment J have one close relative and many friendg still dependent thereon. Also MARCH 1, 1929, Tell three riddies and charades? Do we not indulge thy wishes? Gratify thy each desire? Wash we not the breakfast dishes, Cook the meals and tend the fire? Hilda, though we'd hate to lose thee, Blessings on thy bovine head, This one thing we must refuse thee: We’'ll not serve thy meals in bed! Couldn't Fool Him! Clerk in Bakery: “How about buying some nice lady fingers, sir? Try these.” Customer: *No, they aren’t genu- ne.” Clerk: them 7" Custome: clgarettes!” “What's the matter with “They don't smell of ~John C. Reich. Questions and, oo oo QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, noer can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive & per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can. not be answerad. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Q. Who was the author of the poem that begins: “The time has| come the Walrus said to .talk of | many things A Lewls Carroll in “Through| a fair library on foreign exchange The main stumbling block then seems to be “Impeachable.” 1 could suggest Confucious, only he's dead. Of course, there's doubtless, count. less numbers living. Impeachable, Impeachable??22? It seems to me that the recent election {s more to the point. Why d4id Hoover sweep the country? 1 vague ideas on that subject and it seems to me important. If interested pleasa write, John Cement, o . EDITORR wantsd for Boys' maga- zine. One who can sclect dramat- ic vividly interesting stories for boys. Rox HI5. Gentlemen: I wag once a boy and even today not a girl. Drama you wan What peried? ©Oo you mean Henry, Louise M. Alcott or whom? 1t s0 happens that 1 have a few fairy tales with me. Also a certain number of never been used detec- tive stories. You want somcthing in hetween. You are really asking too much for anyone to guc gradient. I fesl more reasonably conf that T can increase Know that T should love to discuss moral policy with vou. To me that is the one and only problem Why not? John Cenient. EDITOR wanted—who can niike dramatically interesting storics from news features. Must have had ex- perience to prove ability. Give full detalls. Box 17. Gentlemen: And the body not yet cold. that ringing. 1 won't open. “Experience to prove abilit have always eaten and never pawned a typewriter, Hypothetical problems are a hore. 1t interested, let's meet. Decide on an objective and go therc John Cemcnt, Gulf- Harris: “S8¢ you've just rct from your trip! How did you like the Gulf of Mexico?" Traveler (also a golfer): *I don’t think they play eny better game | down there than we do!” —Lena Ma Damn hase the Leoking Glass.” JFollowing is| the verse in which the line appears: “The time has come,” The Walrus said, To talk of many things; Ot shoes—and ships—and wax— Ot cabbages and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings. Q. Did ancient peoples raise revenues hy import duties? What was the first tariff law in the United States? A. Impert duties for revenue seem to have been usual among the civilized natiens of antiquity. Ameng the Greeks, especially the Athenians, a tariff was regularly resorted to for revenue. The earliest tariff law in the United States was approved July 4, 1789, Q. How does one speak with his tongue in his cheek? A. The idiom means to speak in- sincerely with mockery. Q. Do all stars have motion? A. Since the stars are at such enormous diatance from the earth, it has been impossible to measure the motions of any but a few of them, and in fact for a long time they were regarded as fixed. 1Tt is now known that all of them are inj motion. Q. What is a splecn stone? A. Spleen stone or nephrite is & very hard, white to dark green, com- pact, rained mineral. It was used by prehistoric man for utensils also more recently | tor fine-art carving, in eastern Asia It was formerly regarded as . scaling | Hlm Imb"—m.fln 'hll safe, vegstable remedy will have yoa fecling fine by morning, You'll enjoy free, thorough bowel action withcut & sign of griping v disssmtort, Only Make the test tonight — | National !Gentle to moderate northwest, “Jeff” Thompson takes up cash customiers evecy day but Monday and Wednesday., “Jeff” gays he can carn more on those two days drying the town's washing. TO HILDA By Joseph Jourdon Hilda. diffident and nervous, Swedish handmaid mild and meek, Deigning graciously to serve us. For the sum of twelve per week. When thou goest out each Sunday. Do we murmur, gentle Swede, Thursday night and oftime Monday, Decked like Mrs. Astor's steed? Pin removed from the category of life imprisonment crimes, ‘The senate is expected (o pass the amendment ‘without serious opposi- tion, as it is supported by Gov. Fred W. Green and other administration leaders. A Herald Classified Ad and re. sults go all in one breath. When thou night oft ('Tis the night the brid, meets), Gave we not it {0 thee, right off, Then returned our opera seats? Verily thou hast a seft time. nst deny it, best of maids? Read we not unto thee oftime. asked for Wednesday club remedy for diseases of the kidneys. It is one of the two species of jude, a name given to it by the Spaniards in 1564, because of the supposed medicinal qualities, from Spanish “piedra de yjada" meaning “'stone of the side.” « Q. What does the name “Vrede" mean? A. Tt is from means “a pearl.” Q. What is phrenology? A. The study of tha intrepreta- tion of character from the formation of the head. Q. What is the state Mississippi? A. The Magnolia. Q. Has Governor's Island, Tew | York been enlarged since it was hought from the Indians in 1634 by Governor Van Twiller? A. Governor's Island contained ahout 65 acres when bought from the Indians in 1534. 1t has been enlarged to 120 acres by building a sea wall and filling in. Q. Where is Gobi Desert? A. Tt is a vast region of Central Asia, constituting the eastgrn exten- sion of the arid belt that stretches across the whole Asiatic continent into Africa. As generally defined, it includes only the desert area of Mongolia, from the confines of Sin- kiang on the west to the Khingan mountains on the east, although some geographers extend its western limits to T.ob Nor. ahout longitude 20 degrees east. East of the Khin- gan Range is a smaller arid region commonly called the Fastern Gobl. Q. What is the address of the Association ef Audubon the Greek and flower of | Societies? A. 1974 Broadway, City. Q. Are all oaths in United States courts taken on the Rible? A. No. Witnesses are required to take oath, but they cannot he compelled to take it on the Bible. A Mohammedan is sworn on the Koran; a Jew on the Old Testament: A Chinaman, by breaking of a china saucer. The form of administering the osth may be varied to conform to the religious bellef of the in- dividual, so as to make it binding upon his conscience, Q. What does “Auld lang syne” mean? It is Scotch for “days gone New York | How old is Tom Mix? A. Tifty years old. Q. What was the cause of the Boer war? A. Tt grew out of the attempt of the Toer settlers to eatablish a re- public independent of Great Britain, The atterapt failed and out of the| war grew the present Unlon of South Africa, a deminfon of the British Empire. Q. On what day did December 31. 1885 fall? A. Thursday. 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