New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1929, Page 5

.fi..: II /v i \ AT CAPITOL | With the brilliant, dazzling role of | & beautiful, dance-mad daughter of 0ld Mexico to occupy her versatile talents, the scintillating Lupe Velez | never had better opportunity in any production to be “just herself” than she has in the Paramount part- talking thriller, “Wolf Song.” which comes to the Capitol for a 3 day run beginning Thursd Featured with Gary Cooper st ing hero of “Lilac Ti “The, gion of the Condemned” and other famous productions; and Louis Wol- heim *hard-boiled” character av\or.]‘ Miss Velez plays a part which is in ot a k- same he in Mexico City innate fervor which brought when she her to fame on the screen. ""l‘m'!'"" Ih.‘m handsomest ! known as | 5 Le- of Joy.” and has a humorous mono- reincarnation of her own (Of the She dances and sings with the | vaudeville rll“ Iblll! RAWLINSON AT STRAND The vaudeville program at the Strand for Thurs., Fri, and Sat. is to be featured by the personal ap- pearance of Herbert Rawlinson. At one time a very popular featured player, Herbert Rawlinson will be remembered by many as one of the leading men of screen. He has been on the stage logue which is quite entertaining. Other star acts on the program will offer George Stanley and His Georgia Crackers with Gladiola, on most unique offerings in today; The Livingstons called “The Human Pinwheels": a part in a theatrical production | Berk and Saun in “Varieties”; was but a | Reil child and which ultimately brought | Reilly in “An Erin's Revue” Gambols, featuring Larry some- the revu thing o bit different in Nine. The feature photoplay offering | with this program presents popular Nationalist Forces Milton Sills in his new dramatic hit | “Love and the Devil. Beginning Sunday for an engage- ment of four days the Strand will | | ofter John Gilbert in his new photo- play “Desert Nights" in which he is supported by Ernest Torrence and Mary Nolan. (CALL GERMAN COLONEL BRAINS OF CHINA ARMY Rauer Given Credit For Success of Under Chiang Kai-Shek Against Wuhan Faction Berlin, April 3 (®— Chinese nationalist ccess of the armies under | General Chiang Kai-Shek against the Sunday for an tol wiil offer the all- l-singing all-duncing hit roadway Melody” absolute the greatest talking picture that lo- cal theater-goers have seen. entire ever FINISHING TOUCHES ON SPRING GANTATA Choral Society to Rebearse “King Olal” This Evening last rehearsal of the New ;dONOrq degre ul cociety prior to th, annual concert will be held in Grot- to hall tonight, with lJdward Laubin conducting. This will be th 1ot important rehcarsal before the “dress relicar theater Sunday ylace prior to afternoon. Mrs. Ruth Bennett heen the accompanist hiearsuls. collaborating with Con- ductor Laubin in a most cffective manner. During the carlier re- hearsals she played the vocal parts until the singers were thoroughly | cquainted with the music; then she piayed the piano transcription, which | is a reduction of the orchestra ac- | companiment. Mrs. Lindsay has | managed this very difficnlt piano ac- companiment in a highly effective | It is far more difficult to | 1 the average piano solo. rehearsal in the Strand thea- r Sunday will take place with or- nd it is the object of Con- ductor Laubin that the choral sing- ors give no difficulties at that time. Most of the reh sing at that time | of necessity will have to be devoted | 10 synchronizing the orchestra with | the singers. The orchestra score and | parts are not p ‘ied but are in manuscript and are hired from the publishe: “King Olaf,” by Carl Busc will be given by the cho and orchestra, with solo garded as the finest of American cantat In depth and strength it approaches an oratorio. It brilliant- Iy portrays the sa of the same name penned by Longfellow. Tt was sung in this city during the earlier years of the Choral society, but with a chorus of only §0, as com- | pared with the 150 singers enrolled today. Of American contatas of the highest type, “King Olaf" is most trequently sung. Carl Busch, the composer, is a na- tive of Kansas City. His contribu- tions 1o American music are elimaxed in this great cantata. take the will in which the concert Lindsay has for the re- chestr: h, which SIGN OF Hoquiam, Wast “The little whit quiam’s early day for more than 40 wionial of the faith founders, has heen way fOr a 1w servic TIMES April 3 (UP)- church” of Ho- which has stood rs as a testi- of the azed to station. make BLACK 0! Rome, April ap of trip from Capetown to Croydon. expected to h Paris or betore night fall. He Perfect Vitaphone H CAPITOL city's | | werp and other plac >, |Ludendorft’s so-called in the Strand |0 Staff on August !worked !when others thought | hopeless. !sclf when he |“Kapp Putsch | goseph 1 will then | States fleet | When he | high school | rollment. his air | London | Wuhan opposition in Hupeh Province has recalled here the former pre tige of Chiang’s chief military ad- visor, Colonel Max Bauer. Germans do not doubt for a min- that Colonel Bauer is the srains” of the nationalist advance nd its surprising successes, which have changed the entire aspect of [the Chinese internal strife During the World War Colonel Bauer devised, as chicf aide to Gen- eral Erich Ludendorft, a method of attacking fortresses by training ar- |ul |tillery fire upon them first and fol- 'lowing immediately with Th at Lieg s that the {osophical of the of Berlin conferred the honorary e upon him in 1416, Bauer was entrusted with special exeeution of Hindenburg program, which was promulgated when Von Hindenburg became chicf 1916. Bauer at his task. discouraged the attempt powerful method Ant- phil- Universit mfantry proves s mo! sucy ments. ssful faculty powers to supervise indefatigabl refusing to become Boih Ludendorft and Bauer bhe- lcame bitter epemies of the republic lat the end of the war and in 1926 Bauer completely discredited him- joined in the so called " or uprising to over- throw the wepublican government. In the collapse of the movement he escaped to Budapest. BROTHERS IN U. . NAYY Zaleski Decides o Wear Uncle Sam’s Blue Like William, Now Home on Furlough. Josoph Zaleski of 71 Albany ave- nue, has followed his brother, Wil- liam Zaleski in the naval servi having enlisted through the recruit- ing station at the post office build- | ing here. Joseph will take a nine weeks' course of military training at the Newport, R. I, station and be assigned to a trade to a ship in the United William_has Lonll)]llvll a similar period of training and is now on furlough at his home here. returns to the service he en his assignment. school or will be gi Connecticut L;gs; High School Pupils Hartford, April 3 0P — Figures compiled by Roger M. Thompson, director of the bureau of research and surveys of the ate board of cducation show that Connecticut is hehind the cougtry as a whole in enrollment based on u percentage of total public school en- In the 19 this state was behind all New Eng- land states except Rhode Island. In 1319 the percentage of public school students in Connecticut at- tending secondary schools was greut- er t n the average percentage for the United fell behind. LIQUOR PRICES STEEP Birmingham, Ala., April 3 (UP)— Since inauguration day liquor prices here have been boosted more than 400 per cent, according to George Lewis Bailes, Jefferson county solici- tor. Begins SUNDAY Vor One Entire Week! the | *lthat all towns the size of school year | ates but the next year it | | | | for thé past few seasons and is now | “Hollywood's Ambassador | RBessie Love and Anita Page in one of the many beck stage scencs in “The Broadway Melody,” Metro-Goldwyn-May talking, singing, dancing hit at the Capitol theater, Sunday, for one week. By her extraor- dinary work in this picture, Miss Love danced, sang and emoted herself into a long-term contract, a situation already enjoyed by Miss Page be- cause of her outstanding performances in “Telling the World” and “Our Dancing Daughters. Charles King, Broadway musical comedy star, has the leading masculine role in this film which is the scnsation of the New York theatrical season, NEWINGTON VOTERS RENEW SCHOOL ROW. Will Have Junior High Building Tested for Strength = | | chairman of the school committce, | who said the school nurse has her own duties and cannot take over the functions of a visiting nurse. He recommended engaging another one. E. LeRoy Pond recommende ‘fldl a committee of five be appoint- ed to investigae the advisability of a zoning ordinance in Newington. Herbert Welch thougHt the time for | a zoning ordinance would be after |the town is built up. He was an- swered by Mrs. Dorothy Mott, who wanted to know what good a zoning ordinance would be then. *The time for it is before the town is built | up,” she added. The resolution was adopted and the following commit- tee appointed: George C. Bilbert, Frances E. Brinley, Mrs. E. Lek Pond, William F. Middlemas and | Edward V. Woodruff. Report on Schools Read The report of former Highway Commissioncr Charles J. Bennett and Hartford Building Inspector | Philip A. Mason, engineers, who in- spected the new school, was read. Judge Welles called upon Charles B. Russell, who made the original mo- tion to have the building inspected, to read the report. The report was in po: on of Mr. Holt. Mr. Holt | kept one copy for his own guidance | and turned two copies over to the | mod-rator and *he town clerk. After three and a half hours of guments residents of Newington in a town meeting to discuss the new junior school house, which has been tied up by dissension for the past several months, voted last night to continue the status quo while the building is tested for double its ca- ity strength and more than dou- ble the strength required by the United tates department of com- erce. The U. 8. commerce depart- ment specifie 6 pounds per square foot for public buildin such as schools and theaters. The Newing- ton school has been designed for a load capacity of 60 pounds per {foot. The meeting last night voted not to accept the huildir, unless it withsta s tests of 120 pounds per sq foot his means that a pleted and approved by engineers will remain idle indefinitely “While | Mr. Ttusscll, in reading the report, the town piles between 180 and 140 ir»‘ ferred (n Messrs. lh'nn:‘(t and Ma- tons of sand on the floor of an aundi. | OB a8 “unprecedented” engineers, torium designed for seating 350 | instead of “unprejudiced” engiineers Shildran: Before submitting the report to the | It means, according fo figures | Chairman, Mr. Holt had made a mo- quoted at last night's meeting, and | tion that the report be taken up ements by a member of Perry & |and acted on by scctions mo- Bishop, the architcctural firm, today | ion was adopted that the town will continue to lose |moderator Mr. Russell read through money at an extravagant and reck- | the entire report first. The town less rate; teachers, hired for serv- |clerk then read the report section by ice March 1, janitor, a dietician and |scction. other experts will be kept on the| The first section dealt with the payroll. A building, now ready for | gymnasium floor. The report stated | occupaney, will be forced to a test | that it would be expensive and of no more than twice the maximum re- | advantage to the town to break quired for public buildings, “ceilings | through the floor for a test, but sug- obviously will Lo cracked” according gested that the contractor file a {to the architect, walls will need re- 'bond of $500 that the floor would pai-s, and, while the structure itself stand for five years. The recom- | will stand the test, the architect said | mendation was adopted on motion nothing about what may happen to of Mr. Welch. water and heating pipes. “strong Men With Weak Minds" Mceeting Lasts Until 11:20 The fireworks actually began The meeting started at § o'clock when the discussion of the auditor- and lasted until 11:20. There was |ium floor was opened. The question very little actual business tr of vibration of the building and the ed, but arguments, squabbles, repar- | auditorium floor was declared by tee, sarcasm and open ‘usations | the engineers to he of no conse- flew back and forth throughout the quence. One woman wanted to evening. know how serious it would he if the | | Five times after the business of auditorium were filled with women {the evening had 1oen concluded and of her size, calling attention to the | |the report of the engineers had been | fact that she represented a physical accepted, a motion to adjourn Was | Luild of generous proportions made before it s adopted. Al-| \r Welch brought gusps of shocl though Judge Stanley Welles, | yppiause, indignation. cheers, laugh- moderator, explained that he was re- top and protest depending upon the quired to entertain a motion to ad- jndiviguals when he said the journ each time it was made, many ', nmeeting some strong men with attempts were made 1o block & VOte. woak minds * thought they could Vote 1o Have Visiting Nurse shake the building down." The preliminary business started Mr. Holt objected to the * off harmon@busly. The report of |y,ingi 50t ment, adding “the Mrs. Willian T. Wells, chairman of ' yion'thoro with just as strong the Newington Red Cross chabter .o yc.g got* to which Mr. |and a member of the Visiting Nurse | oo ni2q. " mprobanly so.” { committee, was heard without arg Mrs. Mott wanted to know {ment. Mrs. Wells reported that she | w10 yannen i a dance were | had investigated the Visiting Nurse | o, 115 160r adding that the Iservice in New Britain, Berlin.| (oot g engineers did not t: Plainville and Hartford. 8he and | .ongqeration the safety factor in others on the committe case of a dance. “Maybe they didn't figure on us dancing there, they may be Methodists,” she added Mr. Howard explained that it was the purpose of the horad to put scats in the auditorium and not to use it for a daace floor. He called attention to the specifications which require a floor to support 60 pounds to the square foot. Luilding com- wealk re were ninds Welch what held archi into | have visiting nurses. She s the Visiting Nurse is a town's great- est asset. It was voted unanimously to en- gage a Visiting Nurse. The com- | mittee was instructed to confer with the school hoard on the question of financing the cost of a nuree. State Food and Dairy Commissioner Thomas P. Holt reported that the state health committee says the school nurse and visiting nurse com- bined is the only thing for a town the size of Newington. | This suggestion brought | protest from Harry H. | ton Nature Cure Institute 19 SOUTH HIGH ST. Telephone 765 Natureoathic treaty a mild Howard, Genui nents [| At Pictures Accompanicd With {| Symchrontzed Score and Effects a0 1oy the given absolutely Painless strengthen the heart, cf blood stream, restore good blood circulation, normalize hizh or low blood pressure, add years to life. 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Treatments, $2.00 for $10 When Paid in Advance. | for 1did not provide i for thos | many scats there | ply | on the | from | eluded | inf By ruling of the | ¢ motion A tiff between the moderator and | guarantce on an asphalt roof. it was the school department chairman oc- curred when the former usked “What will you do in case of a town meeting, if we want to seat adults there?” The question provoked from Mr. Howard the sarcastic re ply, “It would be a good thing if we bought parachutes.” Mr. Welch, the school board, added “It wasn't | the idea to use that auditorium for ! anything but fixed seats. We can't reconstruct the building after it is finished.” Judge Welles ruled that ther nothing in the report that the auditorium floor was safe a town mecting. He said th report simply indicated that it w safe for fixed seats, and therefore a carrying capacity who might be compelled Some one asked how would be The re. which point as several individ- crowd of hetwee h slightly more tha hall stated was the all public carryi was as 350, ere many * Is sury nd 100 fill Anotl pound lin anired in said this he whol seatsy and 1l b said g a the hich Gra ma 18 the as is buildings. He z includes just under the would well as a child. for dancing was ium floor and not in 6 not tit grown He as the place gymi the auditori < school building for deseribed by Mr. “mighty big imposition people yho built the school people who expeet to was Howard as on the and the T Tak a fling at Mr, Howard s: tude of the ater on if more opinions the floor the moderator, I resent the atti- moderator and I hope YOU eXpect 1o express any they be expressed and not from the chair.’ “We must be assured of safety,” was Judge Welles' comment. Mr. Howard continued: “You placing intelligence among a group. You are not giving men who know their business any credit for intelligence whatever.” Mr. Welch repeated: “The building committe d the architect design- ed the audit mluw lm a school room with fixed sc We didn't build it for a d hall or a town hall” ng called attention to r of the t floor would the square margin of Ylenty of wo square feet ot Welch stated that the constructed to the same ther sciool buildings, 10 Make Test of the engineers in- recommendation that if the people in Newington were not satistied with the report, that a test Le mad 1o satisfy “'perso of un med minds. On motion of ing voicd to maks le strength or 12 quare foot Mr. Welel “Where will you get the Holt. replied: “Oh, we trap rock or sand." “Twice the amount pounds to the square the motion Peo th are 1 support 60 foot “wit people take more." Mr, building 1 strengt} ds to asonable added 1 He The report the Mr. Holt a test > meet- the b pounds to demand dllast 1l use a1 of 60 foot was put, and carried. who fuvor of of inforn those Ho H. cor comp, formed that if the motion test would be compulsor Mr. Weich ros to comeone shouted “Sit laugh was interrupted by Iding was in- ssed the and down! A the chair- with his was close by moderator, sher Mathematics itution of a slag roof cams nest. Mr. Holt re- had made a personal inves n of difference be- tween roofs. He wanted to know how it was an asphalt roof was ac- cepted from one contractor wher others bid on siag. The differen in cost of $160, he thought. ought to med to the town. N a lengthy discussion as the town could get that §160. Then someone pointed out that the differ. ence existed in slag roofs which aranteed for “ars as compare: sphalt roofs guaranteed for rs. Since ti roof spe was to have d for rs only, as compared to t sam clared ¢ the an asphalt ad of 1 fer discussion ported that 1o how wert to hold a | pointed out that it would be difficult to figure how much was coming to the town. Visions of tearing out the roof! and building a new one haunted the | minds of those present for a mo- ment when Merle Morrisey said he | |could not see how the town could to indicate | effect that water on i | roof with wate therc | | roof, select | Ino mean | to pay sis | former chairman of ‘&Pemfy one kind of roof and accept |another. Judge Welles ruled that it e accepted with a proviso th difference in cost be returr town. The engineers’ could t the report was to the the roof was beneficial to the asphalt. Mr, Weleh reported that in some places they are covering roofs with water. A comment from somecone s ng on the side of the room ‘then they ought to cover the whol Returning for am instant to t itorium question. one young man ked if the specifications didn't mean 60 pounds to the square inch Running Town Into Debt he building is running the towrn into debt,” Mr, Howard complain ‘Here we have $100,000 tied up. teachers engaged and janitor's serv- ices going on. A hundred and sixty dollars seems a mighty small item.” Mr. Fish asked “Do you expect the chairman of the building com- mittee to tie up the building until these changes are made and the $160 collected? If you do you might as well expect to get your school next fall.” Mr. Welch ad “It has already cost the town 83,000 to hold building for $160 and it us more n $160 every wee Elmer W, Pape called atten the fact that the same gu goes with the asphalt roof as with the slag roof. He wondered w all the argument was about, Patrick McKenna said the fications do not prevent the town from building a cesspool on ths: and a woman nearby wanted to know why it couldn’t be flooded in winter for skating. The section finally and the roof sf The asthetic tastes of people who look at the mortar between bricks and demand a perfect match in col- | or had its inning when the question of a variation in the mortar was dis- cussed, Bric Spea spect was ~dopted work “Looks Like Hel g for the enginee Holt “Mr. Bennett looked over the brickwork and said it ‘looks like hell’.” It was reported that the contrac- tor is prepared to make the n sary changes so that the brickw will match, Mr. McKenna, who is faid to be mechanic on brick plaster work, gave zome technical | information. “When you come to clean out the joints you will break | the brick. You are robbing Peter | Paul by trying to tear out | mortar between the bric; He ; ed that a uniform mortar he | and pointed in betwecn the caid o ork | the SUBRe: made bricks. “The man who mixed the mortar was a guesser,” continued Mr. Mc Kenna. “He didn’t know his bust He would put two bags of cement into a barrel of lime, and a hag of cement into another barrel how to mix it t's what caused the Holstein s on the wall.” Mr. Fish reported tnat Willlam H contractor, was prepared to e what corrections are neces On motion of Mr. Holt it was vot- | ed to withhold $500 from the final| payment on the general contract un- til certain minor changes to which objections have been raised made. The motion was passed. Sewage Disposal Inadequate According to the state board of alth the sewage disposal fs adequate, The em as construci- ~d is the best the appropriation ould provide, Mr. Holt said. H consumed 12 minutes reading all th be not at the Newington Grange FRIDAY Original IMPERIAL ORCH. |board of health, {from Mr. bet and adding ish, who is ington health officer and chairman | of the school building committe Mr. Howard added that there mig! have been a few telephone calls Mr. Holt failed to get As health officer cooperating with | the state health departme “ish must object to the sewerage sy tem Installed for a building of w whic | correspondence Bishop, archite d is not Luilt wit eryone admi which was priation, Mr. Howard quate se of Mr. Pape with the t and a s installed Objects to Heating System D. J. Kerr, a plun objected to teport o nothing was = and pl He said been arg me Mr. W was defeated in Pape moved to wice this motio times Mr. Welch and the motion final voted agai plum given Mr. Holt wi gineers to fil loud was d & and hea o will ask Mr. McKenna o! same he said, Mr. Welch objected over trivial things We d $800 and wasted abo he said, A motion that the present sewer system be used until summer tion, when it can be system recommended and that the school mediate use, was lost Mr, Howard asked on the school committee, just the; tood in respect to the use the building. He was informed th another town meeting was necess to im- behalf of wher: or ! don |x c. d it meeting was voted to call cnothert April 10, | Playground Named . The mecting previously took p, the question of a name for a park ' ted 1o the town by Miss Mary’ les. On motion of Miss Anna 2, it will be named the Mary, lles playground, meeting adjourned at 11:20 1o We The m . Ne¢ ton residents figured after evening just what itorium floor telephoned Mr, and pointed out 180 and 190 About 50 to 160 nd would be carried d down again. The b required to meet the 14 hold combined weizht 000 pe ough the seat- capacity 1f enough were he rooin squeczed tightly room 1o move, tly over half total weight 20 pounds to aimed. win I man Howard at his home that it means be tons of ballast. crow out est of uditorinm all right.” today, “but it vill crack the no collapse paster to replace nd the rack the Lias been and for coon: to Fi RIALTO THEATER TODAY ] “ONE EXCITING NIGHT” Co-Feature “BACK TO LIBERTY” News Reel, Song, Comedy TRAND Featuring the Personal Appearance of HERBERT RAWLINSON Movie Star and Hollywood's Ambassador of Joy The Livingstons “Human Pinwheels” GEORGE STANLEY and His GEORGIA CRACKERS Begins SUN JOHN GILBERT —ine— ‘DESERT NIGHT: nest Torver Mary Wolf Son Perfect Vitaphone Honse! CAPITOL Thurs.—Fri.—Sat. Continuous \ Glorious Dashing Love Drama Told in Sound and Pictures! SEE AND HEAR WITH GARY COOPER LUPE VELEZ ¢ LOUIS WOLHEIM Lupe. the “Whoopee” Girl Sing o! vearning Love! of Song and Music. Gary Sings Too! Against a Backgroun”' TONIGH ‘CHILDREN OF THE VAUDEVILLE RITZ’ Berk and Saun “Varicties” REILLY’S GAMBOL in AN ERIN REVUE DAY Coming VlTpson: k{m ietone Nolan