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. i NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1929 | | BOARD WILL STUDY (On request, Robert I. will send proofs and of aoything depicted by WARETING COSTS| Ripley details him) BY RlPL&! Farm Group Going to Baton Rouge to Confer With Co- operative Selling Bxperts PLAN “DELIBERATE” ACTION | No Hint on Possible Use of Fund| Given—Wheat Rise Pleases Washington, -July 17-(#—Reduc- tion of the marketing costs of agri- cultural products will be sought by the federal farm board as a means of hoosting the farmer's returns without adding a corresponding in- crease to the consumer's expenses. o accomplish this objective, the board has set -itself to the task of crganizing - the - farmer's marketing HORSES DONT PULL — THEY PUSH / facilities on 'a gigantic national scale, working, all the time *with and through established groups of farmers who are organized or who may be organized on a basis of spe- cific farm commodities.” Board to, Take Trip Declaration. of ‘this policy given in‘a statement by the board with an announcement that the members would go to Baton Rouge, La. July 29, to attend the meeting | of the Ameérican Institute of Cooper- ation, during’ which they expect to confer with national. leaders in co- operative. marketing. The board’s announcement warn- ed that “deliberate” action must be expected. It was revealed that sev- eral appeals are pending from agri- cultural groups, but no hint was given as to the probable disposition of the $150,000,000 which the board already has available out of th $500,000,000 loan fund. The board’s decision to- work through the farm organizations in its drive for reduced marketing costs is expected to lead to many confer- ences with the agricultural leade Regional commodity meetings a planned “as soon as time will per- mit” in such sections as the need for them become Legge B was DEAN SWIFT PREACHED THE SHORTEST SERMON — He only said S “IATTHEW & 217 A SNAKE SLEEPS 77 WITH BOTH EVES OPE & 1225, King Featuri N AL REACH SCORED 3¢ RUNS IN ONE DAY, 0ct 20,1865 MAJOR 8.C.NICHOLSON -103 YEARS oLD ©__ AND HIS DAUGHTER = “";@‘AGED n ’z_QA?' i { s nee Groat Britain rights reserved -7 Dallas, Texas 1529 “TOMORROW, A CAT WITH A RAT’S TAIL.” Chairman Legge is about the rise in wheat price! says. it is justified by crop reports| :H\/l \\r‘.nhm'. mnf.!mons both :\(‘ Leads a Tough Llfe home and abroad, “although I would | : like to take as much credit as po sible for it for the hoard." “psychological effect” of the e lishment of the board, has helped. The life of a park superintend- ent is not all joy. I evening. just before the meeting of the board of park commissioners. Superintendent Clyde Ellingwood |.Apswer, ~the fipging telephone. Over’ the wigk{dame a feminine voice; she. wanted to reserve a tennis court sometime to- mMorrow. Mr. Ellingwood sighed as he told her to call up the office girls in the morning. Then he hung up. “That's how it is all the time,” he mourned. “Even when I'm home I get no peace. Up until 10 and 11 o'clock at night th telephone rings and people ask me if they can have a tennis court tomorrow. “In fact, that is one of the reasons why the swimming pool was opened early this year. Ior weeks even before it was opened the telephone here at the office || and the 'phone at home kept con- ntly ringing and people asked || it it was ladies’ night or men’s || night or what not. It got so || that at home we could not do any || [| work. We had to camp besid the telephones.™ | he believes, . e DAMES DECLINES TOTASTELIOUOR Toasts Neighbor by Raising Cup to Lips at Banquet for London, July 17 (A—Ambassador Dawes sat with 200 other guests at the hospitable board of the famous | old Vintner's hall 1 night, but abstained from drinking any of the wines and liquors which were offered the diners. He did not, however, refrain from taking part in the ancient ceremony of passing on a huge loviig cup in the circle of guests. The cup, filled with specially brewed sack, was handed to Lord Derby, who = = presided Lord Derby turned to Dawes and drank the amba turn to drink the health of the guest on the left, Lord Riddell, london he | publisher. Instead. however, e o and ths ke | GOVermor {0 Attend Event Pea- tured by Various Sports — General d: there a moment, and then pa on. Lord Derby in a speech later said he gathered from remarks he has heard Ambassador Dawes was going to introduce the loving cup cere- | mony among American senators in | County Y. M. (. A. and its friends Washington, the cup to be filled | will be held ~at Camp Woodstock, with the national American bever- | summer camp of the association, this age. iturday. As previou the will be featured by a trap shooting tournament, in which many of the The annual outing of the Hartfor'd he trap Three suitable ‘trophies will given for cach class in the shoot. Colonel Charles Allen has do- outing | * | the blasts of boat Park Spermiendent ) Packet “Tom Greene” Wins Contest On Ohio River From “Betty Ann” By Scant 10 Feet As Theusands Cheer Ok Fhis Siern Wheel Ste | .. the Enthusiasm amboat Race Run With All of 50 Years Ago On Stream Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17 (®—A rollicking revival of the steam boat vices of 50 years ago elected a new champion of the Ohio river last night in the Packet Tom Greene, victor over the Betsy Ann by a scant 10 feet in a spurt to New Richmond Ohio, 20 miles up the river. . Both Boats Do Best On even terms from the start at |5:12 p. m. the stern wheelers trained to'the last ounce of stear: inst the five-mile current as the twin s forward rained cinders and coal in the quivering decks anl the paddles astern churned the river to foam. Twenty feet apart the twy Aft fought, neither ever more than quarter lenzth in the lead, to tte inish line and the cheers of 10,000 spectators lining the banks at 4 p. m.. two hours and 21 after the start, Tom Greene, minu 25, of a long line of the hoat crick Way Jr was in charge of the Betsy Ann The Betsy Ann permanently lost a set of zolden antlers, emblem- atic former championship of the Mississippi river, and the Tom Greene won a loving cup offered hy | merchants of New Richmond. The intlers are in the possession of the Greene Lines, Cincinnati Thousands See Contest As in the days when an important race meant a holiday in the valley, river folk turned out for the modern it in the spirit. if not the ap- pearance, of former crowds. Thou- sands lined the stream on hoth sides | Othe | biles along river roads, still more rode through the wake of the cratf | in motor bo: nd overhead thre: | airplanes carried the most modern manner and array of spectators of | packet racing. There was color and noise in pro- fusion at the start. A calliope sct up a din which was heighiened by the tion the rivermen, commanded hearving his name. I're 3 of of a whistles into po others was racers | Heard mancuvered above all followed the race in automo- | | whistle of the Tom Greene itself. It is a chime and was the pride of the late Captain Christopher Greene | who when the owners refused to sell it, bought an entire steamship in order to own it. A cannon on the deck of the Toiu zave the signal for the start, the whistles blared, the ra Prow to prow the boats a finish so close that th: was in doubt until the offi- was handed down. i and wass on. raced to ontcome cial decision ene French Concerned Over Point of Conference July 17 (—The French showed some concern al selection of a meeting the conference of foreign ministers to put into operation the Young reparation plan. Great Britain, Germa have approved te choice of London, but | it should be a city ir try and has s Switzerland No reply l.ondon to the French note suggest- ing Switzerland. 1In some circles it is believed the British delay might sed by desire not to embarrass ench government by insistence choice during the debates in parlia- Paris press today over the fi place for and Bel- tively the ance insists neutral coun- sted Lausanne, %, aium be ¢z the on the Tondon debt ratification ment. Stabber Knifes Girl In Danbury Last Night Danbury, July 17 (UP) airfield count “phantom stabber” his fifth tack in Danbury last night, plunging a sharp instrument into the breast of Miss Caroline Plis- ka Police believe the stabber the man who has committed four similar of- fenses. Police also believe he may be the stabber sought for three years for more than 40 attacks in Bridge port and other Fairfield county com- munities. has been received from | made | Three Dead From Refrigeration iH]R[;[I] LANDINGIN 1 Gas Cause Coroner to Place Ban MEX[[}@E[‘,R[BE[]! On Lethal Com@und In Chlcago? i i S S T | Company Will Cooperate and Use Chemical With Odor | Desert Seemed Like Years to | | —Believe 500,000 Units May Be Changed Her and C(]Hlpflllil]fl By New Order M. | SOUTH BY WINDS Reaches Juarez Alter Spare Parts to Repair Landing Gear Chic api gerating (P —Lethal g refri- | July 17 from a mechanical stem yesterday was blam- Position of the bodies indicated ed by health authorities for the|that Mrs. Painter, perhaps feeling |deaths of three persons fournd |faint and realizing the impending | asphyxiated in tr:ir apartment. The |danger, had tried to risc from the | condition of the bodies and a leak [hed, but was overcome. The ga in.the building's refrigerating sys- |except in large cuantity, is almost | tem indicated that methyl chloride |odorless, officials said, and the fam- gas, used as a refrigerant, was ru-\ny was probably feeling ill upon re- | sponsible for the death Coroner | tiring. Herman N. Bundesen said. | List of Dead | asphyxiated were Painter, his wife, Mary Mexico, July 17 (UP)— aret Gilbert Perry, 24- “lived 24 years " after she and Juarez Miss Marg year-old aviatrix, more in the 24 hou Company Will Assist | B W. Kritzer. vice president of Joseph ‘the company which manufacturel|her flying partner, Clyde Larsen. and |the refrigerating system used in the | crashed on the Mexican desert and | their infant son, Joseph, Jr. The |building. hurried to the scene upon |damaged their airplane, she said to- parénts were found dead in bed and | being informed of the tragedy by |day she prepared to return with | | the baby in its crib. lt‘omnm- Bundesen. He agreed io|spare parts to the machine Larsen After investigating the tragedy, |help the ccroner eliminate the use |was guarding. Coroner Bundesen ordered immedi- |of methyl chloride gas. | Miss Perry. a Beverley Hills, Cal., ate suspension of operation of all| Kritzer said that more than $60.- |fier, arrived here last night by train mechanical refrigerating systems us- {000.000 had been invested here in|from Los Medanos where she had | ing methyl chloride gas and declar- | methyl chloride refrigerating walked from the scene of the crash. |ed he would seek a special session |tem, and that many small contrac- | Larsen, a Los Angeles aviator, re- of the city council to legalize the |tors. financially unable to make the | mained with the plane to protect it| edict. Officials estimated that ap-|change to another refrigerant, prob- | from Mexicun souvenir hunters, | proximately 75.000 installations with |ably would be put out of busine eachttolSonin perhaps 500,000 individual units| The refrigeration system operated | oo poue and Larsen, flying [would be put out of operation by |from a central plant which manu-|yron gt "o 1 ordshurg, N. M., with the order. | factured the gas in the basement|py paso as their objective, lost their Bessie Dorsey, a maid and pumped it to the r00f from | oo wion they encountered strong |the Painter apartment late yester-|there it flowed by gravity through |y i s ioac and were forced far to day. The fumes of the gas almost|the 70 individual umits. A similar {0y |overcame her. Police found it im- |plant was blamed two weeks ago for | &7 ed wi ¢ 100 gallons possible to enter the place without the deaths of two persons. ted with only 100 gallons | | of gasoline, to avoid unnecessary | — | weight,” explained Miss Perry, who | | | _lis anentrant in the woman's trans- SA[VATI[]N ARMY | United States, a post he held until | continental air races. “We landed LEOSn en She Srettiz caRloRIRteEn el prironiphiT4cicof EUEl andlcrashisds tional headquarters. i | Commissioner Booth Tucker, 76, in Service Since 1881 Those entere he landing gear was broken and had a hard time getting out. We | followed railroad tracks leading to Tn 1907 he went back to India and | w inaugurated silk and weaving schools and did reformatory work -amonz | Ahumada, but had a hard time mak- | Indian eriminal tribes and released |ing ourselves understord. It seemed | [ prisoners for which he was awarded [{hat no one there spoke English. | |the Kaiser-I-Hind gold medal. He | pinally the mayor helped us to tele | returned to England fn 1919. phone to Juarez and I took the Train Commissioner Booth Tucker mar- | here.” ried Emma Moss Booth. second |daughter ot William Booth, founder of the Salvation Arry. in 1888. He married twice, his second wife On Way to Cleveland Miss Perry was carrying her cac- tus torn flying togs in her hand when she arrived. She and Larsen, who was at the controls during the of | flight. are on their way from Los Angeles to Cleveland. London, July 17 (®—The Salva- | tion Army lost one of its best hnn\\nv DD e T e Mac s Hatal figur today with the death { I t Commissioner Frederick St. George [ e il De Lautour Booth Tucker. He was |Catherine Booth, the life of Emma 76 years old. | Booth Tucker, Muktifauj. or 40 Commissioner Booth Tucker was|years with the Salvation "Army in Stamford Concern to born in Bengal in and was in | India and ofher work Run Holyoke Compan_\ the Punjab civil service from 1576 | ympal to 1881 when he resigned to join th= amford, July 17 (P—The Y Towne Mfg. company today en- Salvation Army. He inaugurated & nounced they had purchased the Salvation Army work in India and 2 5 was in charge until 1891 when he business of the Steubing and Cowan ompany of Holyoke, Mass., ma became fo n secre v at Salva- ! a tion Army headquarters in London.|ed two or three fimes in rapid suc- | of handless trucks and skids. Under he purchase contract the Yale X | Tn 1896 he became commander of | cession, the plant ceases for a time owne company acquires the asscts | was the author of life 1t has been induced to shut on some- n the Venus fly-irap of Carolina thing it does not want, it open: quickly, and when it has been cheat the Salvation Army forces in the |to respond. Unsurpassed In Performance! The New UNIVERSAL WASHER and DRYER sets a higher standard in Electric Washers —It dries without a wringer. —It dries while it washes. —It emptices itself electrically. —Its new cleaning action washes the clothes quickly htes! without the slig injury to them. —It is safe, also, for the oper- ator and where there are children. Dieting Hubby Sneak; Ate in Restaurants New York, July 17 (UP)—&' 32-pound 1an should diet, ang | ot cheat by ealing at restau- ants, Mrs. Charles C. Samuels said here in her petition for sep- aration from: Donald L. Samuels, broker, yesterday. “He lo his food more than cared for me,” Mrs. Samuels in her complaint. “He prom- sed to diet and reduce, but he'd stop in restaurants on the way to work and cheat on his prom- 3 n e ise of the Holyoke concern and will as- sume its current business obligations, The purchase price was given as $2,057.920. The purchase of the Holyoke company was entered inta by the board of directors of the Yald & Towne company at a recent meet- ing. A special meeting of the Yate & Towne stockholders is scheduled for July 29, Lindbergh and Bride Take Ride in Blimp Los Angeles, July 17 (A—Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh made their first dirigible flight here last night on their arrival at the Metro- politan airport by plane from San Francisco. A blimp was-anchored at the field when the couple arrived nd they transferred to it for a-30 minute tour. Licutenant Karl Lange, pilot of the gas bag, said Lindbergh had the control part.of the time. 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SRR lows: 9 1. m., athletic meet; : . . m., trap shooting tournament Georg]fl Officer Indicted for | ». m. clam bake ainner: 1:15 p. m. : . ; trap Shooting tournament continued: Shooting Fleging Autoist ~ |¢ r- m. aquatic mect: pienic Supper; 7:30 p. m.. special en- % ‘[(‘N inment and social hour, stable Luke Ballenger was held to- lay awaiting trial next week on harges of first degree murder vo- turned by a grand jury which in- vestigated the death of Grady Phill year-old saw mill hand, from a shot fired into the back of he constable at a preliminary ng med he attempted to halt the occupied by Phillips wnd three cotapanions upon com- plaint of neighbors that they had hecome boisterous, and that he fi one shot at the tires after the y Phillips’ companions testified they driving down the highwa I~ughing and yware of Nallenger's eommand halt, they denied they had b Irinking. A scarch of the vealed no liguor were England's new airzhip, the lara:si in the world, will cruige over London n July, talking and were un- | to | Smith, Russcll Smith, of Plainville. | nated for the high trophy a 31-inch loving cup. a competive cup which will have to be won three times to Ihecome the permanent possession of {one individual [ Information as to how to reach the camp may he secured by getting in touch with the office of the Hartford County Y. M. C. A. in Hartford. L.im- |ited reservations for the clam bake dinner are still available Boys at Comp Boys from thi§ section attending Camp Woodstock Russcll | Adams and James ions of Bris Francis 1. Dy J Ward and Raymond T. Ward of Iast Berling Richard Ilam, liffe and. Richard Rackliffe- of Hill; and Russell Lindstrom Nystrom, William Robbins, Robert R. Sames. Russell Seymour. 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