New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1929, Page 7

» Py NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, 'T'I ESDAY, DECEMBRER 24, 1929, 7 Christmas Mailings Shown Greater Than Ever Before . In Nation-Wide Parcel Post and Express Generally Indicate In- crease — Storms Hinder Delivery of Presents in Some Districts. United Press) sright 1929 by ew York, Dec. (UP) — The spirit of Christmas is abroad in th land and the people of America are spending more money this year than | cver beforc in yuletide giving, it | was shown today in a survey con- | ducted by the United Press of pos- | tal and express business in more | than 30 Kkey cities. The volume and value of mail and gifts has increased; the value of money orders sent out during the season jumped more than a h.llb million dollars in New York city | alone; where there A falling 01( in parcel post business the (‘xprt‘\s companies reported increase comuanies reporten ivcreasen 10| Sylen Conyiots Respond to First 50 greeting cards was the greatest on | record. | Blizzards Delay Mails | The weather delayed Christmas | mailings in cities affected by the |qy, Dlizzards which roared out of the |y west and added to the postal diffi- |, culties by causing a week-end |, crush, |t The “mail early” campaign was fr¢ cffective to some extent, but for the | The most part the usual procrastination | was noticed. One boon for harassed postal workers, however, was e " i ; 0 of Som- | 1ine e e st iR [ - 5 STy dency toward larger Christmasretunda, - where the green o onscions od i MERRY CHRISTMAS | cards, the tiny varicties formerly 111“4’1;»' oL et el Hasiies (2 Memorial | - o 3 b in vogue having been replaced by [4imIy on the marble walls ‘ ere. the ex- | P iy bl ; » AND A : I types easier to handle. To work? Oh. no! Not on Sun- not mr o BT e o o £old ard Serviced B 3 s g " lday. To auditorium. Another on probl v xo0.d ard ferviced By s | e firenorisicromiinofvaniousiiER A RONE SRR G TR I 5 , e P S T ! cities follow: y v ey GG vl adis s sect W \ \ i s 0 ¢ BLAIR & BRODRIB s HAPPY J0AY R | New York: YValuation of money |yuke one weep. U ¥ spital a ) ) osT JLAIR & BRG 3 > orders sent throughout the world | Fadl Gelsiozemn ‘ e becr X a ) oubto- | i o i increased $577,073 over 19 ol i e 1 taken to 3 ( ¢ cir wo | 170 Main Street IS { figures being interpreted to reflect | the seats, filli g 1y « / e 1e A 2 g D HLLL ]{ CO an increased prosperity. Up to De- R g o . 4 2 | cember 20, 45,469,861 letters and ek i l S ¢ A of|a o i B 5 cards had been handled. an increase o e b : ) L * N z | of more than 150,000 over last year. Jiad filled the prisc =l k) ornions joh « . 4 5 ) | Chicago: Post office business | w litfle white pr = A ! v ESE ix collectors and town coun- | W — — slumped last week because of in-| i : pl ymprised the remair 75 of-| & clement weather, but the post office | “hristo Testisnlioy R E 0 IN | ) 1 1 i was held open until midnight last [ 0" R Ol antn o ARHMY EL VEN W RK NG pers i i night to accommodate the crowds. | .. mothers,” the program stated 0 Une 207 3 | : = b i g gsEan : neons s 2( S old and Serviced 1t ‘was imposstblo to tell how much | " \all, they would be expected fo HARD FOR COM ING GAME St. George Societie conscious 207 Hour ). ‘ Sold and Serviced By Christmas matter had been held up ooy then, * Sentiment! TBosh! Why JENGRI 2 S Girl Dies in Hospital by snowbound trains. o man go whend and NArdon fe e Sl Pla 1A Chile h" arty| D EU =i H N g Boston Volumec Heavier i . Oh, well as el i g us \ c L M 1 1 1 enry :orans & Jons Boston: Volume of Christmas mail ' """ e O lth tha ehowt | Witk Plebes Constitute Practice dge, A. O 4 e 3 MAIN ST. "’"“"“;.‘_'““‘" ""“}‘)" Eitian; the "‘u';:} A kindly ¢ ing old man with ( 1 hic ( s i | o [ Q . 9 age. Expross business unusually 5 ; - : ! i 1 close-cropped white mustache and « oo G o l e g ' light for Cliristmas season. e S iy, Cal, Dec, 24| Tunior 0. Us A i al reetings ol the deason % Detrolt: Storm conditions caused |1 ° et h “EPL 260 A T (R0 A s B 4 10 per cent falling oft both incom- | =% 0 "el gy bri , . 5 | : 3 2 ing and outgoing mail but Postmas- | | 0 aliaut T o o : . | : y LN £ y 1 L g MCHatieaRU RIcSlione "’””“;“" complexion, an oiled pompadour and nford plays c ted 1 & CH member of ou ion takes P S final rush would bring the total 10 |, oy chin, looked at the fioor and the Wes i At . 2 e B R L T L S more than 35,000,000, about the ¢ But most of the assembled | f00tball team today ( ORI BEST RESULTS pleasure in extending to all sincere ; samo as 1928. | . 1 it ¢ e i : 5 | if - ¢ 2 Viervy Merrv G tmas and s 5 lconvicts sat sullenly, with fold 1 HEERALD CLASSIFIED ADS 10 | - d Servicad B wishes for a Very Merry ( tmas and an San Francisco: Christmas mailing |ed arms, and looked at the worn Prebarations for the Stanford con-| | Golleml Hne iy i ST il : being done apparently one day curtain. Mail robber, bootlegger, St Next Saturday | ANDERSON 1 €0 Increased Measure of Happiness, TTealth and B4 carlier than in 1928, with last ¥ri- narcotic peddler, P | ST AT AR RIS e s s overse | VDRSO B 3 ; Prosperity for the Coming S day's postal receipts $68,938, a new | feiter, bank wrecke el B 163 ArchiStreet Sperity 18 1 record. |the entertainers to change their sul i S Aren Stree 23 Los Angeles: The December pos- 'len mood. tal receipts will approximate $1,- 500,000, an increasc of 12 to 15| per cent over 1928, The use of odd- |vocation and Mrs. W sized envelopes continues but the chairman of the entertainment com people are mailing a day earlfer. mittee, wished the crowd a Merry Denve The business for the first | Christmas. Then Harry Kessell 2 ‘ 2 ”'. 20, days of December was $317,546, | popular Kansas City singer anl ol m‘ ” a new postal record. The “mail|ma early” requests have been ignored. |in Philadelphia: r having bigger husiness vear and expect overtime work un- til Christmas. Mailings about the same as 1928 but late rush cxpect- ed. {pe Portland, Ore.: Post office esti- | &irls in modc mate shows 3 to 4 per cent increase over last few years. sit St. Louls: The Christmas mail o was glightly lower last week than | UP- in the corresponding period of 1925, |HEht, Mr. Warden? Quite all vight, probably due to inclement weather, 52 The American Express reported a |Mas. decrease in Christmas business. | 5 Per Cent Increase Bl Pittsburgh: About 5 per cent in- & clarionct came out and sung her End croaso in mail over last year, but PIues. “L Ain't Got Nobody b et this gain not cqual to that of 1928 | SIELA R en are mud G eI e over 1927, Few were jarred out of “"“‘"’ gL LCT Al Bt o i customary habits by “mail early” KBecs. And when a con AT iR e pleas, The express companies report remotord, 1 B0l R e e an earller clean-up than formerly. they groaned The Kansas City: Express business 5 V! per cent greater than last Post office open Sunday to accom- modate crowds, since people did not ik respond to “mail carly” reques Atlanta: Ten per cent of $30,000 increase over last year. Two air | mail planes operated instead of one. | te PRISON CHRISTAIAS {en. | oners companies | ‘““Silent Night.” They stood, but did “"“‘“‘ than Jast [not sin A few lips moved 14bs Ganel c t sing very v oot "[ G is doult Louise McCue and Miss {The warden smiled appreciatively at | P {the high humor into which Lis boys ¢ AT e Kowalezyk on Winter and The prison orchestra repls and Buying e march and 1, straight ed to the finger to th ive hunc section stood and marched Survey of Cities o/ ' hundred more n and jo 1"our Hunter Bags Goose But | /i n Gun Shatters His Hand || " San Francisco, Dec. 24 (P— »“'r‘l : W. . Speedy of Pittsburgh, Cal, | |45 U unreE killed a goose but the goose had || ves- monoto its revenge. It shot oft Speedy’s | |#Nd shuffle of marchin left hand. nally the remote clang Speedy, with a group of com- ‘“ block doors sliding panions, had bagged several geese and was about 1o ¢ Lights o hunt yesterday when blinked oul. The cntert larly tempting flock sailed ered, 3 in the d head. Speedy fired and o toriy goose fell. 1t dropped into a neighboring blind. striking trigger of another hunter's The char Lively Show in Mot 7o o collision which they ley car Railway o 1 avenworth, Kas., Dec. 24 () long gray cohfmns march rough the grim corridors of the deral penitentiary here, the feet of archers bealing a solemu tattoo on e stone floor. No babble of voices| James 17 Tlod lieved the monotonous rumble. taken to Mald the measure of a | Was found hollow silence, faces nexpressive, hed through t lington hridg Refuse to Sing Hymm The prison chaplain said the in- Ho Wyley aster of ceremonies, asked the bovs rio voice to join him in e fleld again cenworth or Atlanta hen suddenly something hap- | Action azair ned. It began with a f of [unable o dancing costumes, |1ken start, his place flurry of white crep pink | k. A gasp went through udi- | rium. Boy! Boys! A few vips went | T p. Step it up, girlie! Is it all [SC et and Frentrup, halfbac Smalli lback id Warden B. White. Chri Miss Dorris Bickell, a red-haired | rl with a voice like the sound of Realty Deal Failure ause roared pulstsandiin Whoopt £0 (hro pien represents t Pt Matthe © sung popular songs, isoncrs forgot they had streets All Look ] nsformed men in the AUTOAND TROLLEY CRASH: 3 NJURFD Two Somerville Men in Serious e : DANCERS GREETED Condition Alter Accident ) R AN iy : ; 1eed mble. It blared out lors by ,500 \mn P , P 5 o1 Franciszka Jarosyta and Southoastern Express reports 10 per | ”""“) At Hout e e |l that. Kowaiont v 0 cent dugrease in business and valua. | 0¥ VU A8 TROWR ond polit dovle 0 i S R B tion e gleanatcemer ftng fold min Swlthll R RERIT D el onery 26 e e ustache clasped a h resylte in t} $1 Dalas §rex ¥ Sayeral§in ousand) i Pk (Lgnust schie BclseetBan | o f dpss @ Bl SRR 5 |reclasped his withered hands and 7 0 0 cla more express shipments than for. | TERSRES s Wwithered hands he had arranged the Qeal o nmerly. People more familiar with | ¥ ) grerisabonth how to wrap packages, due to school | campaigns. Parcel post business smaller than last year. Des Moines: Christmas mail about the sume @s a year ago but rush started a day earlier. Parcel pos ipparently supplanted express ship- st ping to large degree, Columbus Mail Heavier 0.: Incoming mall 14 ter than last year and i Columbus, per cent gre outgoing 10 per cent higher. New Haven, Conn.: Bad weather ruined mail early drive with last | minute rush anticipated. Buffalo, N. Y.: Parcel post busi- | ness about normal; card mailing | figures leading last year. Salt Lake City: Shop early cam- paign successful, with mailings about normal and express receipts |§ leavier. | N. & I. Organizations Make Homes C I\eel'ful Substantial gifts to families workmen in the cmploy ur North & Judd Manufacturing were made this week hy nm orpm. tions connected with the plant. Anchor Brand Girls' club ated $90 from its treasur lief worl and sent 22 b taining dinners and gifts to e where they would be appreciated The North & Judd Mutual Aid as- soclation distributed $50, K | i i stone and steel—reasserted its And then the prison—the iron and | ©d 45 agent, 1. (and demand. Thursday Ricco of Middleboro, thewson of Randolph, Terranzini of Brook- 1ed in Quiney court wlt charges in con- the case ollowing 1th today, District Attor- eld M. Wilbar ordered the res cd on manslaugh- ht Clubs Deserted; [ »roved mamuna ¢ Liquox Prices Tiower |l ialoasentiodbisl L former gove Sweepers Highly Important in Naval Warfare—U. &, /| ! oned the artistic merit of ¢ Navy Has 34, Used in Peace for Other Jobs ik . es of the work. Practical Joke Victim o e REVERE BUILDING BUR! K l);c‘\ m Ini“nml’ Hulh o MR vy frame building 1 ont bungalow was 1 to ith a loss “ f " ostir cd 210000 he building i P diio d for public mblies. L Avon Sole e Ui HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS TEEE IS FIEE S Ty T 7 1L O L@ o L e e i e e 1 tts Prison Pardoned ‘m'l ( iven Jobs % e vow. wine | NGARLY 300 OFFICIALS AT o A cabie i BLODGETT CONFERENCES - » - ; b4 ) Asse o Tax Collectors and Other 2 5 . o Atiend Mectings WALSH PORTRAIT APPROVED CHR‘STMAS | < 1 be wsed In Hartond it Zie “‘ 3 i i b_ 2 “ o | 1 2 h— Al st 8 —_— el v(; | The Honeyman Auto Sales Co. _ Hudson PACKARD 1 €old and Serviced By 200 BAST MAIN ST. 1 IR MUSIC STORE 97 Broad Street S s " GASE REVEALS Moy Chrisimes | . SGREEN GRID O FE DT TR, 4 q . ERSON ! RLAYIVE RADIO liLIz”TRC CO. 3 n . e 3w R 3 n~ HEEh AVEIEIRLEAT: E; I'1 12tion of Bosch and Several Well Known Makes of | » General Al Around Performance Convinces Engineers 2 = Seireen (.;-1(1 Superiority. Tests Include Tone Quality — | SRR W“’“"""‘“’“"‘“’“”""“‘M‘ "l"'-’x.w' (lear Volume Dial Pick-up — Elimination of Inter- el l"e rence - ‘fl( mstruetion. YOUR "' Efficient and_ Beautiful Newd>—— Rev. 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