New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1929, Page 6

|anl circumstances safety comes firs New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Delly (Sunday Excepted) id Bldg.. §1 Church Street SCRIPTION RATES $200 Thres Months e e Moot | tered at the Post Office st New Briwain s Secord Clam Mail Mattu. TELEPHONS CALLS Business Office ..... 528 Kditoria) Rooms .... 926 only profitable advertis: Circulation book: opep to sdverli medium o pres Member of the Asmeciated P'ress s Awoclated Prese la esciusively om- €3 to the uwe for re-publicaticd sews credited to it not credited fn this paper and :ews published therein. Member Audit Haurea e A B C Wex organizas wiich furnishes Dewspapers aud weis Wit & strictly Gonest agalysis «lculation. Our Circulation statistice ® based Upud this audit This ineures pro- ection against fraud in pe aper die- fgures to both natiopal and ot Circula 1o on eale dally in_New Hotaling's Newsstand Times Newmstands, Entiance 42ng Btreel flight d the 200d thing for uel used other arou make i credit. torials and ready concern more ion and highways ths recor itomio- ; with probai or numd the op iutoniol crossing f the speed automo ting t discouraging. SAFETY ON THE SUBWAY tiiey move ce @ remark- automa’ dling the A of collisions. record s not duplicated upon sportation ts no such distress- ul collisions s that which occurr yesicrday morni t evident- Iy was 1o the fact the presence of L traing on the tracks in the Ad vooden arly doubl ances that . coaches should be passe on rapid tra s ooder coaches, it has time and again, add imin to the igers when coll will it e motormian subway v ho died at t. of course blate by the com- given the Had he it pany kept control, his train b befors 18 heing said have been able to stop Mute was that he had bump occurred. evidence in his cab, however, the cncy brakes applied the down power reversed and The fact that accident occurred along a sterp grade may tend to lend strength to the the safety equipment was not adeguate for the demands. Probably the blame because the him sopped. What is one to think of a system, however, where a train canmot stop or slow down without being in danger of causing a smash- up by the tratn following” On good the emer- suspicion that motorman was 1o L car ahead of | nobody is ever asleep on the job, \nnd the equipment is such as to meet [l sequirements. therwise | A JUVENILE JUDGE Numcrous state papers which lose 1o opportunity to play a fanfare for benefit of the great state politi- cal machine rarcly cease to tell us scticut leads the world. ) Nutmegia are superior that Cy The laws to all other laws: we lead and others All monotonous low of which grows fairly her day the Legisiature al- hment of the wen court judge in Hull He port will be Elbert d rate of $6.000 a year ' o. t the s not evidence Con- cads the other 47 sovereign | 1 the world, for es have been known else- fore this. Perhaps it means that Connecticit quits leading the ssessing a special tlready exist in s. who give up part to the procedure inci- part IS necessary of civie jence. Probably are port tv, or perhaps scovered t idgeships are sor developed to the youthful 1 state could have a ape- more than the Iprits needing attention every ivenile co Judge, for in- siance, it would mean just that more obs for the faithful lcgal supporters Ro far as New Britain is coucern- il cakes to stimu- trust er w never be our appoin ment of a special S FOR WINE BEAT the other RS day was one of those cases In had said the pur ad a ba 1dges “ho 1g he man to jail amil ot than it would puuish the nien In cases discourage wire ourse, to the some siates of ountenance, tendency 1o iy 1 upon the AS o hlows s been aters own medicine that sttention. Somehow it down at head- blick snake whip there are 100 Hiany v elude pumshment pol 1 oand the prosecutor invariably is confronted he at to send 1t Hnpass n to iail wil a punishment for THE VOICE PROM THE. REAR o Hartford are ti v « has been ruling desired Legiglatu ar conformity what the There may perhaps, were not like the boys in the rear dirt niost ible ¢ was ‘he ample roads ricasure ch. desired districts, the o the country logisla- by was ko by politi- have the courage to cir masters wonders in the case one mecte It gislature is to primarily representatives onsist wishes of the political ma- demand that home. to The i would the kept leaving the decision of question the would be the efiiciency gislators be at ommittes o machine result same. TAPROGEESSIVE. ASH SY! Most cities and towns st are said to en- oy municipal collection of New B however, progressive in most ashes ain claiming 10 be things, clings to a private collection system that costs citizens a stiff rate and is conspicuous by its irrcgularity in collection. o unsatisfactiory is the ash collection that numerous citi- zens don’t bother with it at all, pre- ferring to let their winter's ashes ac- cumulate on the premises for the lines the morale is such that under |spring cleanup. first i wenile heaters re- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 80, 1929, 1t is difficult to understand how a city like New Britain is satisfied | to continue such an archaic and un- progressive system. Municipal ash collection would add practically | nothing to the tax rate and we are certain it would result in the stimu- |1ation of regular habits in the dis. posal of ashes. In the past ten years numerous families from elsewhere have moved to the city. Their first reason for as- tonishment invariably has been to learn that the city does not collect (ashes. Most of them never heard of uch a thing. Aldermen and councilmen at the city hall, who are always looking for to improve- I ments, could well take up this sub- ect and bring it l4na progressive conclusion. | opportunities make to a satisfactory ENAMINING THE DUMPS It appe; hat a committee from | City Hall is eut to investigate the that float around some of the city dumps. We thought this had been attended to last year, |when sundry sniffers made com- I plaint of odoraments hither and yon | where like pungent fumes surplus garbage and such at rest. This spring activities, however, wore laid es renewed |and it may be that something will done about it . As the cily grows. so grows the 4 for places to deposit refuse. t the larger the room is taken up by city, the more the living and life, and less room there is for rubbish. Ithe habiliments of The committee must realize, without he- ing told, {when that the time is soon here > present dumping grounds nceded for To find satisfactory | substitutes is a problem }\\m.m the cit will be {other purpo The surrounding towns are al- | ready on guard against receiving ex- cers garbage, so that there has been {intermittent talk about an incinera- [tor. As such an appliance costs woney, however, City Hall is watch- TI present aystem step) hope seems preva- might w vears longer. Poli- ‘own hate to &pend too much mon at the The commitiee needs encourage- May i's report he optimistic, o particular problem ia in linger of heing wolved SO THIS 1S SERVICE laylight time timetable of the Haven has gone into force with i and with along Waterbury t the branch line some gnashing of the branch ance reight & made as route is tion o this on 48 4 passenger route it secms to fteriorating. What is more sig- for instance. than the fact now is only one through ay along the line every ! he other trains require Waterbury. This makes 1no dirs to Waterbury, { course 1o sch travelers who use the hranch line from points and Ha This cha between Waterbury | lently in some- Ithing to bulunce the Improved serv- {ice yielded alonz the main line for New Britain travelers. By and large, it scems to us that the improved Service on the main line is more im- POItant. seeing ihat the trains there. on get to New York along the branch. We New Haven Britain Wateriry ther assure the that ar as New is con- satisfactol ony ed this certhing is Wt doesn't hielp residents of instol. where the main squawk curtailed service aleng the e originated. THE KOPPERS AND GAs Attompting 1o gain control of the Ea% interests in an entire state is not 1 i for big business nowadays. s said the altempt to get control ost the Koppers company of Pitts irgh 4 cool $20.000,000; and was sneicesstul because the stock is too closely heid The object apparently was to buy ‘he stock at any price. It went to 5. Speculators were happy. ceme that the holders of Massa- lusetts Gas felt indisposed to wel- and the adventure originating Pittaburgh failed. When it is !realized that the International Paper & Power Co, iy But it come the outside concern eventually in has been “very friend- with the Koppers interests, the !defeat of the latter in no small thing in New England's industrial histery. | The dcfeat with justice can be re- "garded as a refreshing development /in the interest of the public. The | “best minds” in the Koppers inters |ests made a bad guess; the specu- lators losc confidence in the in- fallibility of big business, and the public gains impression that New Englanders cannot easily be !carried away Ly the glitter of gold. ! Control of the Gas Companies remaine in New Enj land, and there now is little pessi- bility that the outside interests will ever change the sitvation. 1he MAYOR'S SCHEME DROPPED The movement started several |weeks ago by Mayor Paonessa to junite the mayors of Connecticut in et | is growing ! previous occasions. | of | pex make a difference | faster than | Mussachusetts Gus Companies | great Massachuselts . a campaign to have the delinquency fee on unpaid taxes lowered will be dropped, due to the fact that few mayors have indicated their interest in such a drive. Mayor Paonessa found opposition to his plan when the suggestion reactied the office of Tax Commissioner Wiiliam H. Blodgett. TO CONSIDER DUMP SITE Consideration of Harry J. Battis- toni's offer to allow use of his New- ington avenue property as a public dumping ground will be given by the mayor's committee appointed to consider the dump problem, when it holds its organization meeting to- night. Councilmen Samuel 8ablotsky, William 8. Scheuy and Joseph Landwehr are members of the com- mittee. \Facts and Fancies At any rate law enforcement will t ch the innocent bystander to duck quickly. : gland bas abolished the tax on tea, but it's too late now. Boston is set in her ways. Hoovcr accomplished great things {in the past because he had helpers |instead of Congressmen. You can't tell. If he scratches, he may he a conservative who changes late or a pregressive who picnicks {early Some cntertainers get $3.000 a ght to do their stuff at swell par- tiew, but others may be had it in- vited as regular guests. The day of the explorer is over, tut you can get the same kick by aiscovering a parking place. Florida may offer funity in some liney, has more rich widows. equal oppor- but California A husband who tells the bLionde he iy misunderstood at home is peeved because his wife doesn't brag on him. Another cause of divorce: ‘There isn’t room in one house for two self-made martyrs, Americanism: Being conscious of ignorance; oudly displaying & magazine that claims it is printed fer the intellectuals oniy. { — The present champion hog caller need not fear. won't raise hogs An American w feel at home {at the Pearly Gates. It won't necessary (o stand in line. P % | where ! poor. erity after the may not be a good all. Always and every- fierce moralists are the You can tell those who inherited their men They don't show {{riends their gorgeous bathroom. You must exveet the under-world [to on top when the higher-ups | {are lov-down. { indicate icate that Hw“ the dealer | for bis old i A 1wo-car garuge wealth, or it may {man got mal becau {ottered him only § one. may | Among | Conazolatior for the !'l e geores rich cnough 1o be {medors. W i hard to i o sense cnough. poor where you ivilege of to live if A sanatorium is a place fpay 875 8 week for ti [living as yon would ha: iyou had only § a month g Correct this <entence: “No matter what happens during the day.” sald the wife, “we always Liss one an- other good-nignt.” Copyright 1929 Syndi Publishers Observations On The Weather Wash for Southern gland: In- creasing cloudiness with rising tem- | perature in the interior tonight, fol- {owed by showers Wednesday, vari- able winds becoming southeasterly {and increasing. possibly becoming lfresh to strong on Wednesday | Foreccast for Eastern New York Showers and possibly thunder storma bLeginning tonight Wed- nesday: somevhat warmer tinereasing southerly winds becoming {tresh to strong, Conditions: night has Lawrence, | | | | { | | | | o | The the Gulf of & i producing snows in the Maritime provinccs and the [lower Lake region and Atlantic [states, alto over the Pacific coast districts. The southwestern storm center that vwas over Utah yesterday !morning advanced rapidly northeast- {ward and is central over Minnesota, 8t. Paul 20.48 inches. Its develop- ment hus caused the temperatures to rise ten or more degrees in much of the Misstasippl valley. Thunder storma were reported over portions (of the Plains states, from Texas to the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wiscon- | sin. I Conditions favor for this vicinity 'fair weatlier followed by increasing | cloudiness with slowly | perature. ’ Temperatures yesterday Atlanta I Atiantic ciry . | 130nton Buffalo | Chicags Cincinnati Illon\Pr . | Dututh Hatteras l.os Angrles . Miami . Minneapol Nantucket Nashville ... {New Haven .. |New Orleans . | New York | Norfolk, Va. . Northfield, Vt. Pittaburgh ... Pertiand, Me. ut, Touis Washington Miss Talley says she | | FForecast tonight: | storm of Sunday ( rising tem- | Send all communications (o Fup Shop w, cere of the New Writain Herald, and yows lette will be forwanded to New Vorb. The Spring Days Bring 'Em Out in Force! We spray the tree, we swat the fly, 0Oil haunts mosquitoes occupy. And yet despite our zeal unceasing The back-seat driver pest’s in- creasing! | Doing As He Was Told! Fortune Teller: “What do you mean by strikiog me? Didn't 1 give you a good reading of your past. present, and future?” Subject: “Yes, but my father told me to always strike a happy me- dium:!™ MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE PRETTY WAITRESS By Milton Hall “Ily George, you're certainly wast- 1ing your time here, young lady! Ever think of modelling, or the show busi- ness 2" “I'll bet a lot of fellows try to get fresh with you, don’t they? Can't say, though, that I could blame ‘em. too much, heh, heh! “Well, sister, what's good today { . know what I'd do if T owned | this place? 1'd put you right smack up front. makin' pancakes or some- thing where the wh doggone world could see you. 1 really mean it. lady.” “Of course you get so you hate the sight of food. But let me tell you this: three good squares a day aren't to be sneezed at when you get ‘em gratis, and wages besides.” “By goily, 1 don't sec how vou girls get so you can balance a whole stack of heavy dishes on one hand. 1 could no more do that than fiy!" No, Clear from U. S. A Teacher (showing points “This is the Indian Ocean, Pupil: “Ray, the Indians certainly had to travel a long ways to go in swimming, didn't ] Drowse Then there was the Scotchman who declined to attend a spiritualist seance for fear the messages might | be collact: | | i 1 {spraying of when he cast her from him, kicked | from the pith of ‘a tree grown in her into the gutter and nearly | Formosa. stamped her life out. Q. Does a woman of foreign birth For she was only a ten-cent cigar, | who married an American citizen in and he was boarding a street car|1893 lose her American citizenship for the West Side! if she divorced her husband in 19247 A. No. Q. Who made the first compres- sion refrigerating machine? A. It was invented in 1834 by Jacob Perkins, an American. 8ub- sequent improvements were made by Prof. Twining in 1850, and by James Harrison, Charles Telller, Van der Weyde, Pictet, and M. Windhausen at later dates. Q. How much did a coat 6f mail weigh and what was the weight of the trappings worn by horses? A. The lightest coats eof mail weighed ahout fifty-five pounds and a full syit of armor sometimes weighed fifty pounds and upwards. Tn extreme cases a horse carryirg a rider weighing 175 pounds would have 1o carry double that weizht when the armor of man and beast was added. Q. What is the difference be- tween a misunderstanding and a quarrel ? A. A misunderstanding is a dis- agreement or misconception. Tt may or may not end in a quarrel. but a quarrel in itself is an angry dispute, usually accompanied by violent language. Q. Does the President of Ger many live in the palace formerly occupied by the Kaiser? A. No. The royal now a national museum, Q. In the United States a mem- ber of the League of Nations? A, No, Q. What is the longest word in the English language ? A. “Proantitransubstantiational- ist,” which means one who is in favor of the theory that holda that the theory of transsubstantiation is unfounded, Like Spare Ti Uncle Benn. “Look at that fel- low, will you?" City Nephew: “What's the matter with him?" Uncle Benn (pointing tooth): “See that tooth.” City Nephew: “Certainly, what of it Uncle Benn: that" far? to Elk's “Don‘t you think carrying this ‘spare’ stuff too —Mary L. Ferris (Copyright. 1929. Reproduction i Forbidden) I Questions and 8 hi Ll T QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an anawer (0 any question of fact or information by writing to the Queation Editor, New RBritain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing twa cents in stamps for reply. Med tegal ar.d marital advice cannot be given, nor can es- tended research be undertaken. All nther questions will receive & per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are confidential.— Editor. Q. What is the death rate minute in the United States? A, Over two deaths @ minute in the United States in 1926, which may be taken as an example of any normal year. Q. How large do turtles grow? A. The National Museum sa that the largest known turtles are fossils that were uncovered in Indi These ranged from 12 to 14 feet length. The largest fossil turtle unearthed in thix country was found in South Dakota, and is now in the Yale Museum. It measures 12 fect long. Q. Who is the American Minister to Lithuania and the Lithuanian | Minister to the United States? Frederick W. B. Coleman 1s the American Minister to Lithuania, and Mr. Bronius Kasimir Balutis is the Lithuanian Minister in the United tes Q. Why do some states prohibit fruit trees in bloom? palace is| per Most of the cider joint owners pleaded guilty in court today and were fined $10 and costs aplece, but three raised the question of owner- ship and were acquitted. The first selectman and a con- stable operated a speed trap in Ber- lin yesterday on the southern part of Berlin street. One signalled with a handkerchief when a car passed him and the other took the time un- til it reached his post. Twe men were arvested and a warrant has been made out for a third, who fafl- ed to stop. The republican caucus will he held in the Casino this week, Tt is believed that ex-Senator Sloper will head the New Britain delegation to the state convention, and his name will be endorsei for national dela. guie. Registrar William Scheuy and Judge Cooper say they would rather : e delegates to the fall convention. he LEAVE MY BLUES | | | No duy goes by without flar- ing line About the lat Who wants to hear Kidnaps Nine They simply put it Apace What with that place The horsed policenion giving chase You can't believe a word suy. onie cinous criminal Aged Clubman into fill up he tales of murders who are the papers “Itich Poisoner Confexses Brine,” “Young Sweeth (Buch siuff is apine They simply apace Yo ke I With current us. they make it up! e really a dis- i All; fheds | I ar Jilte s Face printed r Shoots at to vacite the put it In to fill up sce the P oapmes sife; has to troni-puge | if nothing hap- | Just gra can’t believe a word the papers Py You Could anylods he so rank a swine As to purioin ten thousand vards | of jace?” Or secretly explode a peopled mine? They simply put it in 1o fill up apace | with the proper polling | blossoms, and thercefore is detrimen- {about 9,500 pounds: the Indian cle- A practice is not advised tomologists because es, causing a loss 10 ides 1 nterfering ion of the F. G. Platt and his son. Howard G. Pla have purchased the Nauga- fuck Coal and Lumber C which the latter will manage. There is a woodworking shop connected with the place. William N, McKisly placed in charze of the room at P. & F. Corbin's. Only one miaor building has fail- ed to comply with Building Inspec- tor Purnbull'’s demand that fire es. capes be put on the blocks about the | center. The factory inspector will be | by cconomic it kills honey b be keeper be tal to the fruit grower. Bees exert an important influence upon vege- table life by their services in the cross fertilization of plunts, some of | which now depend wholly upon their co-operation for ¢xigtence, Q. What is the usual weight of | an clephant? A An African has heen machine clephant weighs phant weighs about 7.000 pounds. Q. How can the colored coating be removed from electric light bulbs? A. The ordinary coating of cellu- lose nitrate solution containing a dye can be removed by immersion in acetone. It may be necessary to: wipe off the last traces of the coa ing with a cloth moistened with acetone Q. What does “au jusx’ mean? A It is a French phrase mean- ing “with juice” or “in juice, Q. Who was Guatemotzin? A, He was the last Aztec peror of Mexico. Q. Where is the of Mines located? A. Golden, Colorado, Q. Which has the largér popula- | tion Berlin or Vienna? 1 Berlin hae a population of | and Vienna has a popula- tion of 2.031.498 Q. From what made? A Mickey (Himself) McGuire ' in his fan tie process of n as m citizen. Our Wamhington Bureau ) up-to-the-minute bulletin, embodying on the wubject of CITIZENSHIP AND Hot only prove of iiterest and value interested in helping an alien wecure value to cvery school boy and not & CITIZ the coupon below and y—to 1 ifers 1o every immige ome a Tull fedged lization, ——— - — - I CITIZENSIIP AND New Britain Herald, New York the bulletin with five Em- | Avenue, cr Colorado School i 1= AME STREET NUMBER L AND fs rice paper From rice straw and also Most probably slightest trac Of war between Peru and Pzraguay, But truth is uof the idol they er.- hrace— You can't believe a word.the papers there's the INVOL | O Readers. shun the race! They simply up spuce. e ugh you scan them closely day day. reportorial put it in to fill Alth say! Unknown Reacuer: “Did''t you see that sign | ‘Horse-shoe Curve Ahecad'”? | Young Occupant of Overturned “Certainly, but what the dick jens is a ‘horse-ahoe ™ " Arthur 1. Baum It was in the Fast. When he saw ‘her. she was owned by a wealthy | merchant, who had many such as she; but she was more alluring and seemed of a milder dispositien. He purchased her for a fair price, together with @ certificate of unity. which he treasard. The match prov- ed to be a good one. and they were immediately un‘fed. But they ha only been together a short time You car’t belicve a word the papers | ! go as they imagined it would. There are Washington, nm & reader of the NEW BEITAIN HERALD, notified. Several of our preminent and in- fluential ladies, who are slways found at the ferefront of any chari- table undertaking, have conceived the idea of giving a grand orchestral concert for the benefit of thé hos- pital. The Rusgwin Lyceum hag been donated without cost and Pref. E. F. Laubia has voluntesred his ser- vices. Two serious cases of spotted fever have been discovered in Plainville, Alfred E. Atwater and James Coyle, the two new patrolmen, took the oath of office from City Clerk Thompson last evening and Officer Coyle was on duty last night. Of- ficer Atwater will not go on duty for several days, as he is making ar- rangements for the management ol his milk business. BURLEIGH GRIMES INJURED St. Louis, April 30.—UP—Burleigh Grimes, Pirate pitching ace, injured in yvesterday's game with the 8t Louis Cardinals, may be lost to the club for a week or ten days, it was announced today. A drive from Orsatti's bat broke the thumb nail on Grimes' pitching hand, cut the flesh and bruised the finger at the base. e He KEEPL IT IN THE FAMILY High'and games are still a great feature of the eummer months all over 8cotland. They even take place at Balimoral before the King and Queen and one of the greatest “gatherngs” of all is held in my own home town of Dunoen, in Argylishire. A1l sorts of amusing stories are told about “the gamens’ as they are called and one of the hest yarny is that related about a little meeting in a Fifeshire village. Several really, good runners had entered for the hundred yards aprint. They were all on their toes when- cver the starter had taken up hiv position because it had been whiss vored to them by e local greenhorn (for such he lobked!) that this of- ticial usually fired the pistol im- mediately after his words, “Are you ready?” Thls information caused the strangers to make several false starts because the plstol did NOT For every false start the starter penal- ized the strangers a yard and they found themselves being pegged back a lot more than they liked. At last, just bafore the actual race, a local youth who had never moved an inch in all starts heard to murmsur in a hoarse whis per. “This time, faither—I can win { THE FAMILY i1 thie countiy & chance to get of the United States, through dennite rules for joinin in« prepared a completely revised the provisions of all tie new lawi NATURALIZATION. Tie bulletin Wil to every prompective citizen, and all naturalization papers, but it is ot ant citin 1l Who needs to know who fa and whe iw . and how one becomes a citizen for this bulletin: LIF COLPON HERD= = = = o= =, TURALIZATION by naturalization. Fill out 1 | EDITOR, Washingion Bureau, o ZENSHIP i NATURALIZATION - e - - - o) By Fontaine Fox | WHEN MCGUIRE S8AW THE NEW BAT WHI DAVIS HAD SELECTED ALL BY HIMSELF AP i