New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 10

d Immn-n L s ..|.! lllllfll Outess otherwise (ndicated. theatrical Sotices 688 reviews tn this celoms are e=ep by Ores agencies for the wpective LMUMMER! COWMDARY. “BROADWAY MELODY" T THE ~TRAND B 1ost AT CAPITOL was -~ INVISIBLE LIGHT ~RAYS 41D CANERA Motion Pictures Made of Things Eye Cannot See WORMS MAKE WAR ON GRASSHOPPERS Plant Scientists Call in Strange Aides Against Pests The rally marked the reopening of a devotional service under the direc- 1 tion of Miss Estella A. Dickinson | executive secretary of the schools. | D. Heininger and Rev. Theo- | dor Dunn, supervisors. A by address was delivered by Rev. | Dunn. The Mr committee in charge consist- {ed of Mrs. E. C. stockwell, Charles Laughton, Mrs Thompson, Mrs. Emma 1. William H. Barsc Regular sessions « were resumed this spring recs _. BROADER HIGHWAYS FOR TIMID DRIVERS, Fear ol Ditching Gars Forces Wldenmg of Roads | M, € and Mrs. schools mia\nng is forcing high- | ers to make their roads | fers to keep about | - of the road. arned by th thou- the pavements erating in roud rete shoulders Blac Mrs, Young Brie for whom | RUSSIA REINVADES Legislature Suspended Business Temporarily Seeks to Regain Supremacy Now Held by Colombia shington, D. C. April 10 sia is trying to “come back" orld’s platinum market. ceently Colembia has been the source of platinum. The South can country ran its production rom 10,000 ounces annually to 10 ounces. Before the war Rus- he world’s platinum main- and revolution lowering the mountain d: 8 in 1920. Tons a Year 0,000 | i in chie! al )0 oun World ln\ Nix Tie world demands about 17 have jewelers take annual produ ons in jewelry platinun today is | Hig industrial of platinum Hopes to Attain Prewar Production Russia was rehabilitating | ational a supply ti i quota alotted her, wid begun to sell pendently. | num productdon rose 10| in 1926 and to more! in g production of | MRS, STANTON E, A 18 the ob- your legislature T ~Mrs. f industry. The body of it | n overgrown, ill-designed ) of stat great snout protro from o hiworm f s into 1 ornious appe ligs its own | | pla | graphs. X-rays, | n | al mountains. ] d lay i k boa YOU DON'T HAVE HARTFORD THURS., FRI and SAT. April 11, 12 and 13 Matinee Saturday .00 to / THE GREATEST SHOW OF MIRTH JOE COOK . PALACE Music score sound effects e uture wtiructions. TODAY ONLY 3 ‘The Cnary Murder Case’ turned | ¥ | metal o g armed | ¢ | ties in | ma of the electric dredge No. 11.° Plat- inum mining, like most Russian in- dustries, is gdvernment business. “Labor is cheap in the Ural moun- tains. Peasants still wash the gravels/ for platinum as they have done for a century, but the Soviet govern- ment finds American more economical than Russian backs. Ofticials have purchased, it is reported, complete plans and have begun to construct in the govern- ment-owned steel works at Perm. companions for their prized Ameri- can dredges. “Russia has had long experience with platinum. Natives mined it when it was worth only a quarter as much as gold. Tried Platinum Coinage “About one hundred years ago Russia tried platinum coinage. By 1845 the Russian mint had struck off 1,400,000 platinum coins. But the market cost of the metal fluctuated | s0 much that the practice was aban- doned. It has been hinted that if the Soviet government produces more platinum than it can profi ably market the treasury may store ay asa reserve for paper moncy same way gold and silver bul- lion deposited in the can paper raoney., tically all platinum from placer deposits. That i and sand banks which hay down from rocks inum. The exception to this rule is the platinum deposit recently dis-y covered in South Africa. Here the curs in - Tocks in sufficient antity to warrant ft mining. he platinum, however, is in such a state that it creates difiicult prob- Jems of extraction from the Chemists are at work on the ory Russia muat look to h won laurels, The platin @ prize contended for b Colombia and South Afr Inch Makes 30,000 Mile Strand “S8ix tons of platinum seem 1 small supply to sati metal-hun- gry world. But a little platinum goes a long way. A cubic inch of platinum can be drawn into wire practics invisible to the h a strand 50,000 miles long. words, one cubic inch of can be stretched out to encircl arth at th quator twice! “In addition to its fashionubls jewelry platinum little-known but lio gravel washed platinum; « 1 points for i n; photo- dicine, dentistry pioy platinum. C platinum machinery | treasury backs :‘ comes containing plat- * y chain, _ that took Wall street’s breath away a2 |ca that withstand high temperatures/ and all acids except aqua regia are standard equipment in chemical laboratories. Last, but not least, plat- inum is the famous ‘middle-man’ of | ‘c]uml:lry the catalyst, which, with the agency of electric current, per- forms marvels on many solutions and yet fis itself as unaffected and continuously powerful as the strong| | man of a vaudeville team.” BANKER GIANNINI Seller to Financial Glam | ew York, April 10 (#—New York | banking circles have watched with growing amazement the giant strides across the financial world of | |an Italian immigrant’s son who was haggling over the price of carrots nd potatoes along the San Fran- o waterfront 25 years ugo. Amedeo P. Giannini, an aggres- sive black haired personality not yet 60, has come out of the west aud is concentrating his for the esent in the e nancial sector. He has already ac- quired control of the historic Bank of America, the Bowery and East | River National bank and the Com- mercial Exchange bank. He consolidated them, New York's most extensive then proceeded at created bark a pace to amalgamate the Bank of Amer: with the old investment house of Blair & Company. The new in. | stitution has resources of more than $500,000,000 and is already re. vorted to Le negotiating mergers which would lead to the creation of the largest single banking institu- tion in the United States. nuini is a pioncer in “chain store” banking. He went into the banking business in San Francisco ¢ in 1906 and a year s first branch in an- the city. He adver- peddled securities, solicited accounts and conducted his bank slong the lines he had followed in sclling ables, In the course of cities, ements later opened other part of 20 years he banks in Today his swift through the OUTALGERS ALGER |tangled maze of New York's finan- ial community are a central topic of conversation. He organized an investment trusi, the Bancitaly corporation, in 191s. “This dealt chiefly in bank stocks and now controls large blocks of stock in about 100 American and forcign \banku Mr. Giannini summed up his ancial philosophy in this para- gnaph “Of all investment securities dur- mg the world war and the period iUrereatter, Lank stocks had the best {record. Under the drastic regula- |tions of the banking acts in various |states, sizable surpluses may be built up by taking care of either bad years r bad loans.” A. P. Giannini has a Lrother, Dr, . H. Giannini, and the two coopers closely as the Van Swerine |gens “A. P.” is the center and driv- !ing Jorce while “A. H.” now holds la ptvotal position as chairman of the board of the Bank of America. | The latest Giannini operations ull {have been on a national and inter- national pattern. The Arans-Amer- ica corporation was organized as a 1general holding organization. “A. 1, says that “a Trans-Europe corporu- jtion has not been formed but I figuring on it." He already holds |important blocks ot shares in Euro- pean banks. A. P. Giannini was fatherless at six years of age. His parents were far from wealthy. His first good fore tune seems to have been in obtaine ing a stepfather who luter becams prosperous as a produce dealer and taught young Amedeo the principul rules of commerce. The boy's school- ing ended when he was 15. Boy Struck by Auto | May Have Leg Fracture | Herman Golon, 4, of 204 Wash- ington st , ran into thc¢ road about 6:10 last night as John Wach of 31 Lyman street was driving north on Broad street between | Washington and High streets. The ! right front headlight and bumper struck the boy and knocked him to the ground, causing a possible frac- ture of the leg and a mnumber of painful bruises. Wach took him to Britain General hospital and reported the accident to Lieutenant samforth at police headguarters, | 5 i GETS OHIO STATE JOB | Tucker P. Smith, former a: Northwestern, has t Ohio Mike ant trainer at been named athletic trainer State University to succeed | Chambers, a2 Greatr PRIDE OST of today’s automo- biles are made for the many. Pierce-Arrows are created Arrow. somehow shared by America at large—there would be no such triumph as that of today’s Pierce- for the few. That has always been so—always will be so. And the reason is that Pierce-Arrow fine- ness results from the very an- tithesis of mass production. Another quality that sets Pierce- Arrow apart is that of pride. The men concerned with Pierce-Arrow manufacture have a regard for the name which bor- ders almost on reverence. And so with Pierce-Arrow ownership. If great pride did not enter here—and if it were not RAIN:SHINE witi TOM HOWARD HUGE / HANDSOME / HILARIOUS /. Direct From Solid Year's Run at G M. Cohan Theater, New York Do Not Delay Until Too late NOw to Get Seats ves. Orch. 83: Bal. $2.50, . $1.50; Fam, Cir. $1: Gal. 1. sat. Mat. Orch, 3 Bal Fam. Cir. 81: Gal. $1. Jumes Hull, Powell, Arthur When this new car was con- ceived by an expanding organi- zation, it was determined that it should be big and powerful, yet slender and graceful—and that it should, first and last,be Pierce- Arrow at its finest. The resulting new Straight Eight—the fairest, fleetest Pierce-Arrow that ever bore the name —arrived at the psycho- logical moment. It is making fine car history hourly today. RIALTO THEATER TODAY “THE SILENT HERO™ with Napoleon the Wonder Dog —Also— BILLY SULLIVAN e “DARING DUDS” News Reel. Song. Comedy MAT ORDIRS “The ijer Pirate” “THE |'§\l AILEEN PRINGLE TOMORROW—CHINAW AR} Chinaware Free \\'eekda—\' Church Schools Hold Their Spring Rally nd social meeting of 3 E -day the and NIGHT #7 the Ladies tnis Perfect Vitaphone House! No“, CAPITOL Playing This Week TONIGHT ONLY John Gilbert in “DESERT NIGHTS” Vaudeville TALKING SINGING. DANCING ramatic nsation Body end Engine by Piorso-Arrow —ond Piorco-Arvow ia every port! 125 Horsepower Engine + 85 miles per Hour ¢ 133-inch and 143-inch Wheel Bases Non-shattersble Glass + Fender or Bracket Headiamps optional without extra charge. THE NEW STRAIGHT EIGHT BY ERCE-ARRO 3 It's As Big As Life Itself! JEAN HERSHOLT SALLY O'NEIL Malcolm MacGregor VAUDEVILLE—— SUNSHINE GIRLS 8 8 “Versatile Melody Maids” BRAD and LEE HOWARD SMITH (0. “Syncopation” “The Faker” TWO LADELLAS All in Fun Directed By HARRY BEAUMO) Straight from its Broadway triumph! The greatest mar- vel of the Talking Screen' The inside drama of the Gay White Way! with CHARLES KI ANITA PAGE BESSIE LOVE FROM 8277 TO $83200 AT BUFFALO In purchasing a car from income, the average allowance on a good used car usually more than covers the initial Pierce- Arrow payment ALBRO MOTOR SALES CO. 25 Arch Street Tel. 260 SUN.—Corinne Griffith in “SATURDAY’S CHILDREN" ‘ The STRAND SCREEN WILL TALK XERii‘% Next Sunday “THE BARKER" 4