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A NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930. New Britain Herald r!\- re are always other neighbor- | Party of the U. 8. A., and the Soviet | | a welcome, HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY | New Britain, Connecticut of public People, it was argued, could not find sufficient time to read books and movies at the same time, library books. Union of Russia. Of this we decline to be convinced. To the bem of our an effort to find out | knowledge 99,999 out of very 100,- | the views of tenants in a neighbor- | 000 people in the United States also| When the radio Church Street 3 | hood regarding zoning i3 a good | have failed to become convinced [somewhat similar misgivings rothod. 1t landlords | about anything Communism has to | heard. People could not by las well as t hoods bidd Therefore it is safe to conclude 80 to the that to n Issued Daily (Sunday Excepted) was Herald Bldg. 67 invented were will help the tenants evot- time to playing with | ing their sparc r; indeed, scarcely anyone seems i the le to discover nything but offers | | the same time. whether it MARING QUICK Us HIGH AUDITORIUM new radio dials and The pessimistically declared, read books or a perpetual cat and radio, it was Mail Matter, | dog fight. would spell high school auditor Of course, the eedy doom to literatur h circu- forecasters were all wrong, as to make particular. The publi a coni- e and possibly the cars what some gain ad continues {o read, few of the unwary. The field for |and public libraries were never more Mebmer of the Associuted is slim, con- o Ams ¥ 1o ex tled t news operations that very popular than today. price has bee Intelligence docs e g to periodical liter: depart from indi been no ¢ t. The ind ssarily sation of ou they ‘emporary news sts ca the Associeted Presa room for the vast incr rat Member of weigh publications. Such publications terprises, down the stands are 1 not e about a Communist party |t handed abou | other parties: The Communist circt | this luence lifting or o readily and high type, but n:mg-} quoted ision downward, An is | circular and those take time read | cven cursorily. | lic policy neces country has practi Reading remains the most wide- | gaing no comme method spread utilizing s | which has so live ether one adhcrents and is so much ¢ hours. re is no modern tion since that of type Ry thoroughly infiltrated into the Wi reads for amusement or in HEAVY PUNISHMENT IN FEDERAL COURTS Tt is a widel 0f countless millions. 1001 Luild cven before y acc nothing takes, or will cve various organizations federal place of the printed page would law uch more While thousands are a ding the d municipal talkies, many mor s are in | times out | the idea of pens, that those in some parts of their homies of ten, where, 1 ditorium one cour who are f they are spendir time in reading. True, they r re the plight the city would | cally favor of prohibition De listen- but | assem forcement favor the trial of | ng to music if at the same time, lacking. cases in federal courts, rather WINTRY DISASTER g is radio musie, it is very rare One important local organization, |in s w | The | to bear down much harder upon the ate courts enever possible. | that this is allowed to ihterfere with | Music Association, with- federal courts can be relicd upon | the mental stimulation e rigid rom of reading. held ctivi | s this year cntirely One of the weaknesses of radio, i K of auditorium, fol- nge the | liquor-seller than the other courts. | act, is that it is utilized merely as Qowine N is not ordi- to local th upon sue in | In this matter j exactly | medium to furnish a harmonious nances permitting or even-handed. but tl will restr from ( most optimistic v background for whatever else is de- read the Minnesota th ortunate | manding atténtion. There are many ir doors at 4 p. m. on Sun- | 1In {head of a family of 1 a g | ws erence to their regular picture shows. | who do not relish having this sort of higher cultural life experi- | haled before a federal | the | be-. the resuits of a background, but there is scarce years th s wint has been a location charge of llquor. It was the second t o possessing i an; ng that it exists in coun 100 persons ate normal auditorium, | less homes. Such “listening to music shoultll perlsh | cause of its small size and identified with suc it loes no particular and he art | is merely passive; it leaves no deti | nite impression; it | good to the heen is limited in " In a month wuditorium will be ready for use. Al- the ould there, and is at least food its judge was grim, T something to support his large templation a or so the hgh school he man pleaded Jietenens is no 1 persons do d, peri according | special of Lions club has announced | its the Wennerberg chorus ports; in o towns the tamily, and selling liquor seemed to | music. The printed | power to influcnce our lives and our course, in | sutlook upon life. It Le court, inasmuch as nobody €an | gisauter indeed if machinery reached their hundreds or thov it put on annual frolic | him the most certain way of keeping page has supreme [s [ I he wolf from the door. This excuse, could Yet China is rich in coal and natur- t al yesources. is rich in man power, [2ls0 makes an announcement that | of not hold water would a of its annual concert will take place ot find or cffort. is rich in the possession of an in- any there, Other organizations are ead the right to break a la~ mere- its dustrious people who ! son to shun work 0o | type would be permitted to take known to Le cyeing the situation because he has a lurge fuunly to place. Tt is gratifying indeed that s with deep interest. AND THE HOUSE President Hoover to support. 1f that were allowed every- | jsp-t PRESIDEN Decision by | A city without an adequate audi- |one with a large family would be important | a privileged character to break laws that would then only apply to per- small torium is lacking in city Ilif litoriums an make public the report of his pro- | adjunct of There are no QObservations The Weather Hiblhon Sniarcement in sons with families or with both of Congress to appoint members of | committee to GOEL commission country dis- | sound reason $0,000 none at all. What ecreated amon and there is no a city of d be like the New Britain, without waiting branches | tricts, for On meted | 11 | out. The man was sent to prison for | for Southern New Ingland: Jair T !'with somewhat colder in extreme !'south portion Saturday: Sunday in- creasing cloudiness with slowly ris- ing temperature, probably snow or| rain Sunday night. | orceast for Eastern York: | Vair with colder on the coast Satur- | day; Sunday increasing .»murnnr;s} | wl more than considerable con a joint veceive it and | country. sternation s of justice. through the fore. | however, was the sentence —Porecast Board of o The new high school will he perhaps take action upon it r that the sight of 1 the torium House las won a he Education, will i furore in Minnesota And by the extends to some oth The net rescit will be e man is in prison for three years over the cxecutive | obta use of an ade three years is quite exte it appoint of ve ped 1 the its share such a commit- | nd Ma- the w tee. 8 Longwort i cultural resource to citizens Tilson took ker in than this of maxi to the city which pays to | ority Leader view miove ways one, as is proper. | . - 1 { New that Hoover procedure would | To make | ot resourcs t his 13 terms for its use must | will | fare organizations. The bill for sup- | children, to ! mum value or some of them. it th disrupt the methods the Housc though the Senate with erect have to be supported by wel- |with slowly rising temperature, o i tithite. ns ot mothas il probably snow or rain Sunday night. look like an attempt to curtail its | pcrt during the three years will be | Conditions: The disturbance that i i was over the Ohio valley Thursday | somewhat heavy. The punishment to { niey * 150 0 O 2 S0 castward, | the large family will be more severe | now being central south o bie Island, and the far western disturb- ance has moved slowl castward {over California and the southern | plateau region. The disturbance over the occan northeast of the Ba- | hamas still i3 only of moderate in- tensity. Pressure is high over most of North America, Tt is abnormally | high frem Ontario Western Quebec ard the Ohio valley ¢ the mi Atlant states, Mostly fair we br Saturday in the Washington fo district, but the castward of the western disturbance will cause much cloudiness during Sun- | | day and precipitation is probable by | | Sunday arternoon or night over vir- | | acrity fell in line with the President’s plan Beneath the surface is a desire of the House not to accept too miuch ! use sponsibility, if indeed any, regard- —_— & If any | GREETING A HARDY ANNUAL to congressman from ing prohibition enforcement {than o the erring father. the — INVESTIGATING “CHARLATAN PRIVATE DETECTIVES” £ the muny ways existing to make bucks are know the rection of to be passed, as the saying | Perhaps you wis e of the ) goes, 1 not move in the di- the Indiana district; firs from perhaps you pitol Lu nator Colorado and money, that of Leing a “privite par [1obbying or orgunizing fake or 1 to citizens into parting with lives; perhaps you wish to | detective” is quite on a with <5 this respec ich hardware was ex- ni- sou to aps you wan ions desiz scare interested nd 1 about dom ol moncy to vail cast next week f other kingdom, em- | support “cause” allegedly repre- ill count most is wi pirc or republic. Or perhaps you advance | later. other is common to this d In the t have | v to know a million to 5 can also ant as aching to as the Wheel robers of 158 that form a background for be age on rrent cve rackets.” Which i followed | tually all sections cast of the Mis- sissippl river except the Ilorida peninsula. temperature will he ! ‘\fl\wr in the Middle Atlantic Satur- day, and it will slowly reeolution to in- |i middle Atlantic ommissions o s ing that nator r of Montana plac- ovide opport of useful finger & upon a most widespread | sary information r-cover when he an- to ion of providing s the Atlantic VIEWs 0] ZONING TENANTS N ACTIVITIES 25 Years Ago Today installe convenien . Iundreds a htly. hortage in tht n Lumber supply menmbership book on them for cditor of this « been 1 the ice skater visiting the pond Despite the coal city, the Coal company ha v pizations do, how- of the Th mak- low of Geographical Socicty, n is only a small part th Ad- sounds functions of charlatans, b ing as bad reports as possible, and | ha Geographical Society, such o erican Association for must justlfy their existence Whiel judge him | they Invariabl | | | | w | ement o ience What . My gran | Kine | Giddings W become provoking ! i preparing to {officers next peo- | The annual mecting ain Liquor Dealer neld 1 cors wert 1 Milkmen and oth | complaining that 1 to put as impressiv agents for mishehavior. Tt tamed anac. is pitiful how casily s assoclation | of out | Br | cham- | <hows progress and | ple are fooled. Those who pay to such agents arc th yesterday afternoon, Three not Toes irns consist money ‘ 1tisfa pion casy mar fourths of en ne sidewalks | oors. | > they do realize lio COMMUNISTIC EFFORT AT CITY HALL having read the a remain unco.vineed | it We not wild notio; usckecpers street to the | The high school basketball team | scored it nd victory in two days | | vesterday by defeating the Merid | high team, 34 to 1§ The Plainville military in- | give »:: concert at the cvening. New Britain fared iwell of methods for | appointment of committees House. As the local 1 in- | are new men, they did a chairmanship Dr. iteels has r where tom the THE | thoroushly their are being puli- o of unneces Commiunist ntion and baseless fears, sec w tributed in | - a READING REMAINS OUR STAR AMUSEMENT this there band will this thing in are diced against per carnival n creasing demands upon spare time, age when are ago having concluded that I the in the presentativ not ve been wild notions | a the fight | hopeless as the | pr another en multitud orld and that fig ing idle hours compete with on the 4 receit md rage that it is a 24 hours in a » battle compla 1 from Nev'- | Lurgh e Dt o1l ! i 7 of tl necticu LGYPTIAN COTTON VIGURLES Alexandria, | Jan. 11 (A—A | | sovernment estimate on cotton | of December | 1,499,521, kan- | Lantars; other | 3 Kantors, red he 1o 3 into cx slar cre wers | R Sakellarides tars, scarto 11 kinds 3,690,34 i that years ) | 3 ed that thera |3 'OW€C fewer peaders t the prob- | who b any cot the Communist | wo appreciably jout to their own | association, I which , Observer. | will i tem, | cerve bank to | school hoy | built | Texas Guinan —THE 0B 285399 Py C. P, 0. E. Pralse of Mayor Will Handicap Its Candidate Just about the tim 4 ts get the situation straighten atistaction, along Citizens Property Owa- to the fore with spills over th 1 comes the association ertion that bucket, sap Since {he association acquired its nent of the lim it has a oted its energies to attacks on the manner in which city business has Leen administered. Consequently, has been belisved that it would hurl its animus at Mayor Paonessa when the political ipaign blossomed in the spring. multitude: E issued the mayor praise for his accomplishments Despite the {2 is official head of oy of government association last ent in which accorded effulgent nicthods and his| that the mayor the city the bad | according to the | common council of provi-| dence, upsets all economic and ncial theory with joy and elan snaps its fingers under the nose of property ¢ who is groaning from the burdens of taxation and | violates all the commandments. Thc mayor, on the con still accord- | ing to the association, hus labored industriously to alleviate conditions vhich © owning property a hardship. Whether situation s as dv seribed is no special business of th: But the thought has oc- that wien candidates begin brickbats at cach other come spring, the mayoralty candi- date of the ( P 0. A if the « P. O. A. has s iayoralty candidate, find himself handicapped by virtual cndorsement of Mayor T'aonessa by the association. So far s attacking Mayor Paonessa is cor cerned, if Paonessa is in the field for reclection, his hands will be tled and his lips sealed. Unless the candi- date repudiates the C. P. 0. A. or the €. P. O. A. repudiates its sta 1nnt the stewar:d ship of the present incumbent. And that we should say, cat that licked its whiskers, be a nice Kettle of fish. Or Maybe Wives Will Send Lunch to Busy Husbands Will the day ever come Britain has a pneumatic tube sys- sinul to the one deseribed | other night in The Herald, sug- sted for in New York city, to deliver money fr the Federal Re member banks? Pe haps you sometime may stuff a wad | mone nto tube, slip it into} the chute, and thus pay a note down | town, from yovr own front| parlor. In fact any highly imagin ative mdividual c envision vari- cus other uses for the tubes, soms of them even more bizarre than this | Here W typleal ex- amples of wverage New | Britain expect along line Goorus logger or “Okay,” say slip it into the is the flies 1n the the vner ry mak curred to tos if is nie it « ssail like th> woull when N W th what ti ent may one res these Jim calls up his pet boot- ers a q ol the boot) tube and t nWM‘MQ&Mhl,blbm“m”N!)bb“bb&““““; Makes Randem Observations On the City ano Its People MCOOQ‘QT'V.WO“Q"’"“'MW"'O""03 political an-| : surprise of the | | at SERVER- TTITTI I P o in & jiffy. Do you want the ‘de | or the ‘superlative’ brana?” | erything 1s arranged and the booze 15 dispaiched. In a little while, though oofus calls Lack and tells rible tale of woe. at quar all right,” says, “but 1 get so anxious for it { that T opened the door of tube 10 wait. All of a sudden it shot out of the tube, mi the cotton lined markei hasket I had waiting for it, and described a gentle hyperbole to the radio sef, on the other side of | he room, and sma together with the dynumic speaker. Better | send another quart and bring it yourself—on hoof!" Then again the 14th bank calls up John Whoosis to in- form him that his account is ove drawn. Mr. Whoosis says he will| get the dough right down to the| bank, and consigns it to the tul | It mever arrives. It secms that, the new one dollar L in the wad, he had one old ioned one, which proved too large for the tube. The wholc ot stuck under Franklin square. t takes 13 of Mayor Paonessa’s tem- porary street employes, two fore- men and a steam shovel to recover | it Additional suggestions that you dispatched Chris in reality sent late, by tube, allege that they got into t! chute and landed in Be safely razor blades into end them to your worst ecnemy when necessary for w man to buy unmentionable garments for women friends, as gifts, have them sent on approval by tube and return them the same way. thus avoiding all embarrassment, All things consideccd, this business has real possibilities. Bane | there fuxe | National | along with Claim gitts, nd wrong in; drop tube and tube Gate Crashers Are of Hollywood Studios About 30,000 persons apply for admission to the California motion picture studios each month: and of these about are allowed to r. But, Lesides them studio o ficials pleasamtly anticipate an a g of successiul ent c¢ adveniurous humans fied in all studios in 1jor groups—curiosity Jjob-hunters and salesmen ways of getting inside arc follows: mingiing with technical workers; joining a group of extras; viding in a delivery van, or climbing | over the fenes, During the past year there is only one instance recorded swhere gate crashers got within touching distance of a camera at onc studio. Two high school girls from the Fast made it their business to find out the cos- tumes of the chorus in a talking and singing film, for a certain day. Thea they sat up all night making dupti- cate costumes, and in the mornin the peak of the rush at the ex- tra gate they got by unnoticed. When the assistan director said, "“Everv- body on the set,” they followed 1 rections. But they were Instantl discovered after that, because th didn’'t know anything about dance routine. After that, they were are th kers, Their listed ¥ v Yorl could Pay, who is one of the glit- tering alley's best He symbolizes its flinty heart s well as its mawkish sentimentai- ity—the ten-minute who is ro often soft as putty. 3y is in his carly thirties W extremely youthful face shock hair brushed into a high His smile los nlit vipple and his 1 Caledonian mirth. Y and just a trici 11 have spawned -Only a Broads 4 Larry known charac- ters, with and a of side part lazzle of inkle a s t Lis voice is harsh a smistor. Like 1 is clouded nived the and others say his ori he so manv of his kind. Sonme Last tenemen T up on th Hell's Kitchen sidewalks where th cops walked in pairs. Anyway it is | known he began driving his own taxi for the at the old Bio- graph studio. From this, a born oragnizer, ! fleet of taxicabs which lie might have so)d for $1,5600,000 :f/ the prospective purchaser had noi | snubbed TFay's pal in the deal. ater sold out for just half cmount-—his gush of loyalty costir lum 0,000, It was Fay in side grow stars a a really discovered was in the the- . outmoded in vaudeville and movies, when e opencd his celebrated El I and established her as a hostess who would enrich the world with *Hello Sucker!” and “give this little girl a hand! The place until its final padiock ing became one of the most talked about cabarets in the world and fur- nished Fay with a $10,000 a week income for years. He tried to carty the idea to Mlami and hit the rocks: most recent news of him w his so-called $80,000 & year “milk She atrical backwa < accused of using wethods in demanding $4.000 annu- dly 200 dairsmen for “prote tion.” Coincidentally with that i ist vpic ol ands on the fa ld Myrna Fay but his spendir 1l D by stricken heanty. had airl scen once in s life, Members of the real ciety in New York voiding exclusive restaurants of the exploitation didoes 18-karat so- are be- ause of | with light these said to be | what is known as ‘“cafe society. ! Many such show offs do bear the wames of illustrious families but wrs not a part of the creme de la creme. They are the conspicuous who en- dorse cigarcttes, hand lotions and stand for “ghost written” storics Learing their names in the mage zines, The north wing of the stately anl | sombre Whitelaw Reid mansion : Madison avenue and 5ist stroct s | vhile the south wing is tipped | winter nights. It 15| about the only residence in town “n | refain an expensive courtyard dott 1 with a fountain. The closing of one wing is due 1o that great housekeep- | ing bugaboo—the scrvant problem. | Faithful old servitors are reporte] | to have grown too feeble to trudge the block-loug halls from one wing | to another. And new servants, hep [to modern rights and willing to diz to defend them, refuse fo trot an entire block just to sec who is yani- ing the front bell. Living a few blocks from the | Reid home for many years, it has| always incited a curious attraction. | Like a grand’ather's clock, it aleof and magnificently gloomy. have never seen anyone arrive at depart from its entrance gat dark I or | | But the gloomiest residential pila | of all continues to be the faded old | Wetdell mansion on Fifth avenue, | 7ith its flapping shutters and (uv.! tainless windows. It stands like some forgotten scarccrow in a beau- i | | titul garden. i e Twice in as many weeks, two fur- tive fellows have waylaid me in a dark side street and, nodding at a nearby truck with a knowing wins, indicated thiey could sell me some | stolen woolens cheap. 1t is onc of the oldest Rube-bailing rackets i tewn. And sloxs up my growing no- | |tion I was leceming a city chap. “Your frequent references o hightoned dished,” writes Tomuy | G., “are amusing. 1 happen to know | you were brought up on betty | ternin greens and black-strap mo- lasses.” Drop in soms with a slice of Lady —you big stiff. (Copyright. 1930, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) sow time and watch m Baltimo | eves chanced | with | train | signal station and stops at a railro1d { with escorted politely to and through sate, Gate crashers usually are ecasy to detect be they stop to look at the stars, whercas regulars in a stu- dio take the Novarros, Marion Da- vies, Greta Garbos, John Gilberts, Charlie Chaplins, Douglas Fa bankses and others as just a pait of the machin aus Any Cigar Manufacturer May Use This Story Gratis There is a ‘radition in one o shops how a good smoke on a cigi: lielped solve a problem regarding » machine which resulted in a profitable change of operations for the boss, in spite of the fact that the smoke was in direct violation o the rules which he himself had drawn up. As the tradition goos therc was a machine which, while very a doing two operations well, was «v.| lected by the boss as capable of do- ing two more. He turned the mattor over to the master mechanic anl thought no more of it. In turn it was given to one of the men and he tarted working upon it. This mon assembled a Jot of gears and went to work. But he failed to make anv headway. Opening his tool hox his pon a cigar that hap- to have been there and he put it in his mouth wishing he could have a good smok« down to study out his problem. He finaliy arrived at a solution but it would r quire some special gears such as bic knew were mot in the shop and would also involye a heavy expense, As he sat thinking deeply on the matter and trying to find a solution the boss passed by and the cigar in the man's seeming violation of the e stopped and asked the he was doing with the also what the problem was. You don’t think that smolke would help, do you?" ed in rather an odd way. You are right. it wo plied the man with the desire strong- than ever. The boss pulled a his pocket, lighted it and thrusting it under the cnd of the sail “(i0 aliead and have your smoke and what it will do.” The man said nothing but smoked for a while and then came 1o him. Throwi the butt ot the cigar away he b ceme very busy for a few moments shifting ge round and when ti bess returned a little later the prob- lem solved, without having to 20 outside the shop for a new gear and the machine was ready to four operations where former did two. Incidentally it resulted in a good profit for the bhoss with only slight expense. pened as he sat observing mouth in shop ruls man whot cigar, anl £o01 he mateh out of cigar o in silence the big idea ars was it a ver) Graphic Scene Adds to Christmas Tree Appeal The trimming of “tree yards under Christmas described the Herald last week seemingly a nes in this vicinity, is a common custom in oth- cr parts of the country, S0 mu that in certain places no Christmas tree is considered complete withont a yard. One trees, such as in idea resident has a vard under his tree which differs trom the religious scene constructed by the Myrtle street man. This sc Las a modern touch, representir the early days of American history, few 20th century carmarks. village of houscs, paved streets, center green, foun- tzin, monument, lake. park, fillinz station, fire house and Rarage moves along a track, past ew Britain urn A tiny consists a station where cabs wait. The railroad woodland section where a couple of taxi runs through a a mother | bear and two cubs are seen emer- | ing from a deep forest. Near the track and approachins the village arc pigs, horses, she and cows, A ferocious bulldog stand safe distance and th bears Sncaking through parently attacking the village ribe of Indians in war paint is met v a group of cowboys armed wit les. One or two saddle horses ac down. A mule with saddle shiclds Indian who levels a rifle back. A few mounted mnd ap- a forest 1 soldiers are hup. rying to the aid of the cowboys while several men with ritles are shooting from behind the houses in the village. A military cannon and two airplanes aid the soldiers. Boyond the forest another grovp | of Indians is seen approaching horseback. A mountain surmounting a tunnel through which the railroad runs holds signal fire whieh flashes red lights, Lo two compani soldicrs seen mobilizing in a d np. A mugler on the mountain top completes the which surrounded by a green and wl fence. Artificial grass covers the ground, while the banks of the lake are constructed of sawdust dyel green. The whole arrangement co ers a space of about 20 square fec Defender of America Deserved Good Job Whenever an emergency occurs ia the U. S. A. someonc is prepared io spring to the front and take com- mand of the situation. Whether it 1s a loeal or natinnal affair. that some- one is ready to handle it. There aly Johany on the Spot In city hall yesterday. two gentle- men enamored of the Soviet way doing things, attempted to stiv trouble for Uncle Sam. They prattl:d about the down trodden workini- man and the snooty millionaire, their object being to enlist recruits in a Communist society, Then up strode Johnny it of n on the Spot. He glared at the clder of the | two speakers for a few moments and declared: “Say, we'll give you three minutes to get out of this building or we'll mop the floor wilh you.” Harsh words, thos m' lads But effective. And howe The voluble gentlemen only red went right away lacrity. There's a point man who delivered the plain words a time looking the ¢ labor bur him down and give its disposal not whether he from Haly, Lithuania, Germany. Austria, France, Czechoslovakia or Ireland, he proved that he was a good Amer- ican. And there's nothing too good who from ther N to this t i ultimatum i in ha we And hunt best job madtt Polanl thos 1 the 18 city for - shov him ] it ac because came .| common 50 for a good American. On, To Be a Fireman and Bathe On Days Off Fire Chief Eugene 17, il in all probability not tyy to take a bath when on duty a even if he d out of his trou- bles due to such an attempt recently, He had arisen a little earlier thua usual and was just sitting in a nics bath the bell hit. With acquired ye of exp he s clothes and as but fenw 1 the of th rriving main floor, His car was wai:- Assistant Earnes warm whe speed 5 slippad into I rs vi- e a seconds beh remainder on the for him aad he box was well out on West his car had passed dder truck by the hotel was reached at the He htest discomrort e did not a towel firemen in dashed awa.. Miia ng The street but tine i Hook Bur was fi rot th the fact that chance to ing the bathtub. Now we'll tell a from nest door, t ment The man Policema v & the fir experienc fron have hen leav- sl toucl that con depart- story N police Motoreycle the ico nother he fasi- who Blanchette zon brand of runner h guess coming. 1le is one of runners in the city, having the reputation of being able to the bases on a baseball diamond in 15 seconds. He did this twice in on afternoon several years ago. Ther was a question whether he or an- other young could do it tha faster. Each was given a trial anl did it in 15 scconds flat. On. next trial Blanchette d whilr other was one-quarter of a sccond Henee if you think him hesitate a do not make th will safe. The apart, the basc lines measuris feet all, which is vards. A man circling the bases ruis than the actual distance. picks of encircle man each [ the his performance man you can anl an i slower. beat then yon long while attempt bases 0 in 120 her Facts and Fancies at on rot- wrong went iven Shakespear wus Lawyers in Haiti conditions remained time strike and ten. nothing Cote to ched team bet nagg wa except the | comes ween tongue. family life. Peo- even in hot weren't Prosperity killed chummy hed rooms offic ve s | whe warm wers the as th as Ve Lunk used in his campaign for the senate, Hasn't he read the Simmons ads? It takes the bunk to bring strength for the Morrow. | Mr. Morrow will s 1o | | How « loving spouse n fricnd husband disapproves of ¢ thing a foot high. knows grippe is on the mend rejoices w She hig to is that One making hon have rooni. objection 4 barroom as t your guests ough they were in a W theory it ne aceepts 1 change of environment pep. Prohibition officers places at intervals. shington gives ex~ change The a of humor, articlc lots of English have nse but the new Britannica's on baseball is no funnier than stuff you in ordinary comic weeklies. What's the use? If the s finally a heavyweight cham- pion, it will jus. mean another syndi- cate feature for daily papers. promots seloct Americanism: tefusing to recog- | nize Russia because she won't pav her debts: chumming with neighbors who arc notorious deadbeat that would How out Pola Neari > thought ifferent. Toor suffer when she finds Claus, con being @ princess hout across its| is estimated that every f America can drive could drive better if four would shut up. w car 1 he the o There's one consolation by heing decent you can obey most of the two million laws without know- ing the darned things. You « Yon just remain really cateh whilc his spr passive 15 naintance companinient ° about free land people more important by great with secret sins. 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Ninety per cent of the work will be done South Aus- tralia and - will wages of thout 260,000 in involve pounds JAMER IN DISTRESS Jan. 11 (U'P)—The B Iskbridge, of 3.409 distress early today, of Treland liner Transylvani her SOS, was rus The Eskbridge T ng gear destroy DRITISH 8 London, ish mer was | tons, 100 miles west The Anchor which reeciv ing to her aid. ported her steer