New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1929, Page 3

COUNGIL SERVICE REQUIRES ENERGY Enthusiasm for Task Essential to Respected Leadership Annually, when the term of some of the members of the common council expire and retirement is | chosen in preference to another try at renomination and reelectiony pub- lic attention is directed towards the men who drop out and the records they leave behind them. During the Quostions and | . tocs QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to . unless y import before the council, | comparatively little interest is dis- | played by the electors in the doings | of their representatives, but the end of their terms always tends to place them before the public, for a brief | period at least. Of the group whose membership advice cannot be given, nor can tended research be undertaken. sonal reply. not be answered. All confidential.—Editor. letters question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald, Washington Rureau, 22 New York avenue, Washington. matters of extraordi- |D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital | at Amsterdam, Holland in 19287 other questions will recelve a per-|standing was: nsigned requests can- | ¢ A. No; but he was the first to fly across the ocean alone, and the first to fly from New York to Paria. Q. What are the minimum ages prescribed in the Constitution for U. 8. senators snd representatives? A. The minimum age for sena- tors is 30 years and for representa- 18 25 years. What judge presided at the Q. trial of Leopold and Loeb for the! murder of Bobby Franks? A. Judge John R. Caverly. Q. What part of the human body |is the dura mater? A. Tt s one of the three cover- ings of the brain, the top, or outside covering that is connected with the others by a small amount of connec- tive tissue. Q. What was the last year in which February had five Sundays? A, 1920 Q. What were the three leading nations in the Olympic games held any A. Considered on team achieve- ments in the complete program, the Germany first with % points; United States second are | with 39 points and Holland third, | with 3413 points, | Q What is the o | Q. What states lead in ths pro-| Denmark and of Copenhagen? ceases next month, Alderman Wil-|gycijon of beet cattle? | A Denmark has a population of Jam H. Judd and Councilmen Clar- | "y "~ Texas Towa and Nebraska. |8.436,555. Copenhagen (without gnce H. Maxon and John A. Larson| () Has Great Britain any pos-|suburbs) has a_population of 587,- more prominent und active in | (& i fairs than the others, the ions on the coatinent America? of . South | 150; with suburbs 731,496, | @ | How tall and what is the only | weight of Mickey Walker, the world alderman having come hefore the | A British Guiana is the public immediately upon entering | pritish possession on that continent. | middleweight champion? the council, while the two council- | Q. How long does it take a letter | A, Mickey Walker is § feet 1 men advanced steadily through their{ (o come from Rio de Janeiro, DYazil, |Inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. bandling of committee chairman- |1 New York City? ships. Councilman Maxon was head | A, Twelve days. of the important salary committee | Q. When were Columbian and Councilman Larson headed the dollars coined? What are committee on claims, the latter worth today? bringing to the position a method of | A, They were issued in 1892 inve ting all claims coming up|1893. They are worth only their for disposition that resulted in the |face value, placing of unlimited confidence in| Q. What is the plural of hypo- the committee, by the council as a|tenuse® hody. Councilman Maxon also was| A. Hypotenuses. Buccessful in having his committee| Q. How many home runs did repor not wlopted, an accomplishment always credited to chairmen of | A. Sixty, which is the Babe Ruth hit in the season of 19277 major Q. What ia the starboard and the | port side of a vessel? A. Starboard is on the right hand v and port on the left side, of a per- son facing the Low. and | JOB REQUIRES AN " TOHONT TROCRLE the salary committee, {1eague record for home runs. 1T k WIIk ) S E PN' Couneil members frequently fall| Q. What :s m; salary of an| Tact (18] ye fnto a state of leth after a short | American ambassador ts “ R * w k S xtoe, attending meetings| A. He receives $17.500 o year. | YOI a0y ailroad T6CKS only when they feel so inclined,| Q ‘What temperature is neces- while others have perfect records |sary to hatch hens’ eggs in an in- R R year after year. Some who seek |cubator? How long does it take? As people are whirled by the 1iembership on certain committees| A. One hundred and three ‘de-|countrygide on fast traveling trains, Jose inferest in the matters referred | grees Fahrenheit is the (empflrmuri“”l*)' often notice the solitary figure to them and are satisfied to st | requirzd_to hateh egge in an incu-|of a track walker trodding his weary wlong the line of least resistance, |bator. Twenty-one days ig the usual | Way along the lonely rails. They leaving the work and unpleasant |perfod of incubation give him no more than a passing ires of the committee assign. | Q. What is wrong with Buster|glance, little realizing that their ments to someons else. Veteran |Keaton that he cannot smile? safety while riding on the train de- H: A council memb termining the not slow in d. abilitics and qualifi ;.‘Y’:““rbhll‘]i:n\z“ \:»“?.’-:‘::i'n:(»;;":fivh ::m Q. Do love birds mate in cap-|brevent hundreds of aceldents but Coungllinan Lirsor ‘otien mags||tiom AboutiNelizuary SiAS throughi| acks itk an oyel for meakipoints iCounclimsntLespon brlani mans i) |an obstructions, that might cause uring in damage claims, Ging out at| Q: Does California or Vlorlda |accidents, Hia outfit includes a| o m‘vm-d':’ I "L{"DO)‘:m .,\dil‘r""““‘ the greater number of hammer, wrench, lantern, red flag, | it on S ay afte s, and | oo oee? torpedoes, bolts and spikes. His even taking time off from his glace | = ™ cajyeornia produeed 23,000,000 | Bait 18 from two to three miles an of employment, in order t0 acquaint |y, o of oranges in 1928; Tlorida | hour. Each track walker has charge | himself with conditions and place | g ag 000 boxes, pself ina b gh the testimo er position to| g : y coming 10 the i{piteq States of alien parents, committee from elaimants and Wit- | American eftizen? ses. Councilman Maxon e€ncour- | A Children born in d the members of the salary com- | mittee to visit the various depart- | the 17 the nationality of their parents. ments in city hall and observe the| . On what day did August 24, work of petitioners for salary in-|187g fan? eres He always contended that| A, Saturday. mittee members would be better | Q. Was Lindbergh the first man | bl 10 defend their findings If ques- | to cross the Atlantic in an | tioned in the council, when in a po- | plane? sition to speak from personal obser- 'he history of the common coun- eil has numerous instances of un- selfish service by members who were ever willing to devote their time and to the city’s welfare. Some of members continued in the nd many other Intereating fact seriing ot tile aliv Ceabalatie n our Washingion Bur vice of the city for years after | ., "e coupon below and send their connection with the counchl pting places on com- - = = =CLP ~ a number of others I | AMER were never heard of in official t‘u-‘ ‘ 5 pacities at the conclusion of their 5 s T eouncil service. Iz want, o copy of the bullet! 1 = nclose herewith NAME lsmucr AND NUMBER | arr 1a Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue. Bilious Fever and Malaria. | 1t is the most speedy remedy known | “THE TooNERVILLE TRACTION do. HAS MAKING PASSENGERS STAY oFF THE . > R; . i 2 e 2 s AP A o%) “frozen faced” expression | is merely a feature of his comedy. He can smile just as well as anyone. | Is a Chinese child born in the States are Americans regardless of aero- note a loose bolt at a glance. ‘nmu it Is caused Ly a broken rail. | u's bulletin, AN FLAG EDITOR, Washington Bureau, N Washington five cents in I14flazt stamps to cover postage and handling costs. & reader of the New Britain Herald, ' THAN ANY COMPANY IN THE WORLD (SFonsaine Fox, 1929, The Bell Syndicate, Inc) pends partly on him. Track walk- ers are the safeguard of travel whici the public knows least about. They of a certain section of tracks, If it is a double track road, he an | walks on the track facing the direc- | tion from which the train is coming land examines only one track at a |time. He takes the other track on the way back. A track walker gets jover the ground. as far as he it able, just before the trains pass over | his section. An experienced ited track walker can flag? I'o you know the pledge to about for COUPON AERP= == == == o= D. ©. | THE ¥LAG OF THE UNITED STATES coln, or loose, uncancelied U, 8. ——— - — —— e — — LESS TRoUBLE BACK PLATFORM population of | |18 six inches deep on the tracks, the | | | i | ! | “ome- | Generally a loose joint will be in- dicated by a disturbance of the earth, causing a crevice between the | “mleeper” and the rail. In case of a broken rail or obstruction he can- not handle, the track walker puts torpedoes on the track and uses his red flag to warn passing trains. In emergency cases at night (he trac walker wraps his red flag about the lantern as a signal. Torpedoes are also used, According to a legend of railroad men, once a track walker always a track walker. A man must have considerable experienc: as a trac! man before receiving a track walk-! er's job. He must be ready act | emergency because he holds the bal- | ance of hundreds of Wves in |his! hand. | The unpleasant part of the job comes in a rainy day or during win- | try weather. Of course if the snow! track walker cannot see the tracks, | let alone loose bolts and that is the | only time he gets a holiday. The chances are that he will have to| turn in with the rest of the section | gang anl help clear the road. Two Escape Liquor Trial | When Evidence Blows Up Syracuse, N. Y., March 23 (1) | —John Kowalsky and George Mar- tins will not face court here on| charges of Volstead law violation. Lack of evidence is the reason. | Bottled liquid purporting to be gin and whiskey, seized in a raid in which the two men were impli- cated, was held as material evi- dence in the vaults at police head- quarters, One morning there was a dull | boom. Slivers of glass, a penctrating odor and stains of liquid over floor and walls, were all officers found when they entered the storage room. The evidenc ¢ had exploded. Hertz, a German, discovered radio waves {n 1587, 20 years after Max- | well. an Englishman, calculated that | they must exist. la lad who th NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1929. ANDY TELLS MARY HOW NOT T0 DRIVE Little Thing About Car Tha One Shouldn’t Do (Cont Dear Mary Ann ibuted) from taking up’ valuable spuce al- | ways manage to stop at a filling station and have them pay for the | | gas, ofl, ete. ‘ ‘Thi: any, and also saves wear and tear |on your pockethook. Another way to | discourage them is to drive | thongh their life and limb was none of your business and wouldn't car | even if it was. For some drivers thi | will be easier than getting the neigh {bor's goat by throwing empty |cans on his front lawn. If the gine knocks pay no attention to it | as any successful business man will Although you say you can handle tell you that every knock is a Loost. your gas wagon without leaving ing. 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