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6 New Britain Herald| HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY New Britain, Connecticut Tesued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg., 61 Church Street some progress in that direction wili have been made. CAPONE'S FABULOUS INCOME AND THE ECONOMISTS Al Capone is credited of $1,000,- considerably “Scarface S e TG with having an incoms $5.00 & Year 5 32.00 Thres Montn %5c. a Montb | * | Entered at the Post Office at New Britain | as Second Class Mall Matter. 1000 a year. That is more than even the largest brewers ever made in the hevday of real beer. d by conomists A the ay. one scheol of has the theory that paid accordingly to 10 that they TELEPHONB CALL: Business Officy Editorlal Rooma ry man is 7 ontributions to socie how would situation The only profitable acvertising medi1m ex in the City. Circulation books and press Capone toom always open to adver course, these econom can Member of the Assuciated Pr 10 be as wet as the ibi The Amsociated Press Is exciusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local aews publisied there Member Audit Burean of Circalation A B. C. 13 & nat organiz ch furnishes mewspapers aud &dt tisera with a strict honest analyeis of | 1 circulation. Our circulation etat s are | Nectec based upon this mudit. This insures pro- . tection againet fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both mnational and ocal adverisers. v sometimes gets. nien obtair income a o their contributions to socicty ymists—1i0st of whora ollege professors- ad- wthlet must hat the trainers con with the colleges a tribution to societ 1 ssors do and hence prof The Herald on wale @ York at llotaling's Newsstand. Square; Schultz's Newsstand, nd Central, 42nd Street. an ALLEN AND BUTLER DRY CRUSADERS AS A lay fellow with "'wo. of Massachusetts, who will it was the claimed, obtain a deposit Have con- work h as to do, and disappear. 1 the 1 1 dry As The 1 congratulates the remarkable way in rd- have started public works—"cspe- has In Co cially in Ohio.” necti ocratic on occasion and far as we di- are still mostly on Gl s the sometimes not cven th hat greatly irritates T politicians of the statc Mr. M ©xpositi Donough g i troubles, according to what a o The iblican leaders of the state, be like. other can endency of ajority be sure t riptio ommonwealth favor a them equally as well as it of moistu speaker. That at l¢ s one point not repeal o It} prohibi- on which they s & been shown ars that a wet candidate Nanette Guilford Rose filed ruptey hance ot election soprano who petition in b tain course of the Civic Music N - n from hav- Mr They thought the during the first and only Hiion 1ssociation Ll with her during she appearcd Max Ttosen, to make a definite state- violinist locai nt and they made it without engagement occurred their honeymoon. straddling v stated without Only be an opera possibility of doubt that they favored it appears married and zo broke can prohibition, and were willing to per- ir future political fortunes e - to rest what fate Wet had in store This Mr. Huston, who is cl the tee, is in quite a ate lobby that good it is its. Republican newspapers have of Republican national commit- Gilticuity B in S anallowine LW i onditions. As the Springfield Union the committec; g than ¢ investigation G drivers o party inconsist greater part t the polls admirers arc prepared to claim Mayor Fitzgerald of Bos- e 5 rout Florida, heard 1t looks at this time Black pressed, in uation and promptly an- the ernor struction of the mnew Rock bridge will be nounced that he 1lid would be hurricdly | o 3 Jemoct c te for conformity the local ment pl employment to somc with improve- ex I, and that give B 1 vouls his platform an that is destined to i “Human Mr rights above the men who n dollarsizy Fitzgerald has no it. 'nough surveyors € to been busy o ompunctions about stating his at the insure a good beginning structure is a wet. “Honey Boy"” be- us a tremendous PIGURES DON'T LIE EXCLPY WHEN “ANALYZED"” There is a noteworthy sayin chusetts these mouncement days a vole “figures don’t lic, but liars f There might “figures in the membership of t also b lic n Union Club of New don't in favor of liquorized to can make them turn ¢ At Allen wants Thus one finc e e editors feel disposcd to the ot following footsteps of stalwart as returns dri sufficient tepublicans are Kking to Ya uly, evidenee these figures canno Enion dry cditors arc disco interpret them 1o entirely different W AL ENGLAND DEMOCRATS Unfortunately MIGH TARIEY somewh. decl somebody 5 making black look are not grow as tries mpaticnt to tell us way 10 provide RUASSESSMENTS IN 1Y 3Y OUTSIDE TALENT Walsh o sigley broug who dynamit ation tione sions somet lines i1 about ain M 0 mer the D a tenet of po is & reass I'hat 1 wo Kind the least. “Out olved in l¢ othing ob 0 up 1 & reassessment and the | N EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930. | that there are too many senators in | | Washington who lack shoe and tex- | spans, which has 38 fcet of clear- | tile factories in their bailiwicks, and | ance at mean low water, but not | there are too many farm senators | enough clearance at high water. Tt | who prefer a duty on hides so as to | would cost Hartford $600,000 to re- | construct this bridge to provide facilities for rival cities protect agriculture. Th navigation to the north. Hartford, we imagine, would con- tribute quite a dirge about such an “improvement.”” But the city would Dbe in no worse position than other | bridge owners along the Connecti- cut morth of Martford. When the bridges were constructed was a day when New Eng- | ind could have its own way in al- most anything, but that was in the | good old days Uri | beyond recall. late years our senators more | often on the losing side of Washing- tonian issues than are on the winning Yet, in connection with the pro- | present vd shoe duties, which lost once | there was no idea that the Connecti- | north considered of the cut strained to inquire whether it would | be b the 1o the industry [ an artery for barges 1o benefit the s Holyoke Senate, one is con- | | much shakes av advantage nerally supposed. The tex- | territory as far north industry has been well protected | But hindsight usually costs money | in the past, but look at it. Tt pro- tection alone an indus- its feet then the textile could place | try on in- | dus have v should been booming 1t is barely possible that would be or years. the shoe industry no more The roll of the great is a bank ection than has been | roll. That helped by p the textile industr — of cou Even se. ly a4 guess. Senator Our neighborhood Dridge thinks the dole of the unemployed lis the past tense of deal. Walsh is not he the thinks it merely favors industry what Massachusetts wants, i E R | Thesc big bath rooms may impress | visitors, but they made a good bass solo sound discouragingly fecble. Uplifters should remember that the admonition is to watch and pray. They can’t reform sinners just by watching. The worst foe of the shoe industry scems to be less walking. it is im- possible to wear out many pairs of shocs every year by merely tickling | the accelerator with the sole of one our h walking | | “pedal extremities.” Nor is| by | where the car | much shoe leather worn out o place One to keep in touch with distant relatives is to live in a con- { vention city and have a spare room. way is parked INCREASING NAVIGATION ALONG THE CONNECTICUT Increasing | Ts casy to have beautiful living | room floors. Just polish them nice- the {1y and then live in the kitchen. | | The war taught us charity, and the | war debt engaged us all in settle- ment work. navigation on Connecticut river appears to be one the aims of the Government of of as well as cities this There along noble Holyoke, Chico- | Sphingfield, ream are and for instance, | Great men always are misquoted. the river | PAPers never print the part begin- {ning: “I—er— that is, T think—er— | T—ahem. any plan destined to | who want to sce ships usc | to their advantage. They are strong- ly in favor of aild navigation, and as he Govern- | 3 gadon RandiasitheRGoyern Still, sedate magazines caught with to eye with them on y supply of lady-leg covers can sell many phases of the problem, some- | them to the naughty ones. thing might be done about it if other | things 967 in nection ment sees ey Americanism: Cussing the bank |that won't lend you money without calculations. Tn con- | good security; cussing the bank that gocs broke by moncy that way. are done. There is always an such with Connecticut river navi- it lending gation the is larger than usual, yet does not form an insurmountable | | Wirst, learn to write. If you ! climb high, publishers will grab your memoirs; if you fall low, your sins will fetch 15 cents & word. varrier. "he War Department has charae of the navigation plans, and sarce- Iy anything can happen without the | Govern- | the Shnsertiof Uils i of e Statistics show that when a small has sciatica, diphtheria and What ! | hrenitis, he usually spells them in War Department are most particu- | the same queer fashion we do. construction of | ment the engineers of lar about is that the e And maybe the mortician looks sad because he has just thought of something clse he could have done to increase the expense. X | a dam at Enfield by private interests actually commenced before the Government will expend money for The Northern | Connccticut Power Company, which cdging purposes. oa i To say that bridge isn't a man's | has applied for a license to develop other 1@ man doesn't | his wife can do better. than plan | the stream there, or some tually do The will group, more HEE the dam ernment. reasons why the Gov-| So hens lay more eggs ir proceed with | bright lights at 3 a. m. Well, bright lights at that hour help out any kind o shell game. not | dredging before the power company constructs its dam are largely tech- nical. | Think of cternity in hell, watching mentioned, too, |the red light and waiting hopelessly for the green signal to move on. The three cities talk about “ad- vantages” before War Depart- “ constrained What | supposed. to do 15 to pro- than the must do more The worse. pedestrian’s case might be When flying is general, he will also get banana skins down the back of his neck. ment is to act, are vide terminal facilities for ships | ese will cost a little money, but Maybe the doomed man vats « hearty breakfast because it's his fivst chance business gentlemen in the cities involved profess to believe that can S digestion A third difficulty, and one that i | Correct this sentence: ant it is to « jetween Hartford and |said the man, How pleas- seems 10 b e quite important, is that home | dinner, ten bridges Holyo provided with | party still at full blast.’ (Copyright 1930, Publishers’ Syndicate), 25 Years Ago Today ATRT draws to provide sufficient clea 10 the vessels expected o use Reconstructing — ten ridges in this manner probably will ost wore money than providing terminal facilities at three cities. the matter is to be discuss- sford was re-clected a ¥ A Al at oy held last evening Sloper has returned houe visit Atlantic City price of brick has been ad- dto 38 a nd The Curtis street building mecting of the interested | dircetor Springficld on A instance, |, thou the miver to line will b discussed at a meeting of the com- won council this evening A public gymnastic exhibition will held in the G school Fri- | evening funds for ath- three | letic cquipment for the school gym- I nasium The Sovercigns cxpects 10 moye im- | about May 1 fashion an 16th Young People's socicty ish Bethany scrved The which of nearly of would b construction would cost enproxi- | amm viscruction 10 12 1cilities has terminal in the ties evidently not yet received Trading into its company new store cial attention stated in this anniversar the e Sw oir- there are 3,000.000 tons hurch tomorrow cve oriz n the threc and o 5,000 tons salary of the probation of flow | cer tine appointment, will be ia- April 1. Judge Coop r not decided upon the amount of s creased about tl t morc 31,000,000, the rais yet Mr. and Mr $85,000 a year | returned hom. hardware W21 \ir. Abbe commitee e Governuent, it s said, would \ arter 1. Abbe attendin, Minneapolis ber of the willing to spend convention is a maintain the channel and 5 exe national ass nidge Hartford Holyoke L big problem I« contemplated revical o e Bay State Man Commits Suicide at Tegucigalpa joston, Miarch 14 (P—\Word here la the on h the 1pper T t. Included was eived st by shooting o Lollins of ther [ it rrest n v Unit t v ler i cmy ompiny’s s Bo and and his n An Moses R 1 m recentl Hondura older sor student at th school at Providence, Brown Hartford, the stone structure of nine | of Hartford would ever | Factsand Fancies | addict | other | game is just another way of saying | enjoy doing anything | given | to fill up without fear of in- | and find the bridge | Questions | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to Britain Herald, Washington Burcau 1322 New York avenue, ton, D. C. enclosing two stamps for reply. marital advice cannot be can extended rescarch be | taken. All other questions will re | ceive quests cannot be ans ters are confidential. cents given, ered. Editor. Q. system Who for the The i world wide adapted even to the age by Dr. Mur sionary, and a I 1 published in Lsperanto. Braille was born near Paris, in 1809 and became blind three years of age. He nd later an instructor at the In- stitution des Jeunes Avengies, Pari invented the blind? United Stat lle system having now been langu- mis Bra is use, Chinesc Scottish magazine when and adapted the alphabet that bears | onger a restauss his name from that invented by Captain Charles BarlJer, nch cavalry ofticer Braille published his!s and developed it further five |later. Tt was not official | recognition in Paris until after his death. | Q. What does Tucille Mear | A. Itisfrom the Irench, | means shining one. | @ Was the hymn “The Littlc Brown Church in the Vale” written about any particular church? A. The Congregational church about which the |is located at Bradford, Towa, in the Leautiful Red Cedar Valley in the | northeastern part of the state. Tt | was built during the Civil war, and still stands, surrounded by giant pine trees. Dr. W. S. Pitts, a phy- sician of Fredericksburg, who helped to build the church, wrote the hymn. About 30,000 people visit the [annually. and a great riages held in shrinc | a in the world ? A. the largest in the United States, and the Sahara is the in the world. Q. What is a Kanaka? A 1 Hawaian, or other South Sca Islander. Q. In what year did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin? In 1792, A an | Q. When and where will | 1950 English Derby he run? | A, Itis scheduled at Ipsom Downs race course, on June 4 | Q. How tall is Victor McLa A. Nix feet three inches Q. In what book in the Bible is the verse beginning “I raised thed under the apple tree”? A, Song of Solomon complete verse i “1 raised up under the apple tree; ther | mother hrought thee forth: {she brought thee forth that | thee.” Q. Where do the stars go in the ‘414\}‘\“” 2 A. They do not go anywherc |the daytime; they arc still in [heavens, just as at night, but {bright light of the sun makes {impossible for us to sce them | Q@ Was slavery permitted in the District of Columbia before the Civil war? A trict . Q a ¥ given and | | many this mar- are Where are the United States and in the largest the s The ther thy there baure in the the Slaves were owned in the Dis- of Columbin the war Does the bury {head in the sand for protection? A the post which near Q {1ation Catholic? A, The 1928 estimated popu of Massachusetts is 4,2 1,410,208 in Massachusett of religious hodi Q. What haree 1t buries its head for of obtaining water the pur- surface. What percentage of the popu- of Massachusetts is Itoman ttion Ther Catholies were Ioman mn th is the address of Walt | Mas<on A Q La Jolla, California Why did from the Tirooklyn A e funds at the newspaper brid Was very n ado time, and notiticd men in New was going to take the Ic did on July insurcd his hfe for sulted, and immedi event he signed | Coleman ome York ti oW He had first No harn 1586 v with Morris for museum work [per week lafter he | brousnt | Others bridge leap | the attempt, | @ Whatts (e devivation o family name S T | meaning or ten weeks, several largc tricd and had made Teaps which him had sums the been of money Birooklyn Killed i O: is a thout German family name rich inheritanee | ; Theater Explosion (losis Six Lives in Manchyvia | Tokio. March explosion in a 19 (UP) picture cost the caused A il niotion Manchuria, policemen and 200 casualtics, i ous: Kirin six | wards [ ported today | 1ire of was re and film police, attempting rrov-stricken panic followed explosion [the te: themselves to rescue vietin in the trapped sui- | NEWSPAPER 1os VETERAN Mireh 10 (1°P) DIES York Daily employed World s and s an editorial and | ture writer at the time of his death any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New | or a Death Valley Scotty. In Washing- in Medical, legal and nor under- personal reply. Unsigned re- Al let- Braille used | Louis was a pupil, | young Louis stem in 1829 | two years | hymn was written, | church | historic The Great American desert is |2 it | is lives up- New York, March 19.—For at least ten yvears Broadway has not bcheld an outstanding spender — a millionairee kid Coal Oil Johnn other toucher months a | days a sensational | up the first | with thick | ploits. They were the tector's for the | free champagne wastre pages every few headlines of clegant sort who took over night and poy for all comers. They | gave dinners to reigning beauties of the chorus, tucking a hundred dol- lav bill under cach plate. Such cap | ers added much glamour to bright lane’s fictitious fellowship. In his dizziest days Harry Thaw was typical of the profligate guild When he came into a cafe cvery- | bedy from head waiter to hat check girl w tain of substantial pourboire. He tossed an {leader a thousand dollar bill on t to play his favorite tune Another notorious spender his trail of gleaners was known as Maxie, He was a fashion plate of his | day and his origin was surroundcd | it mystery. One of his foibles was to it and settle fo: watch expres- told bills orchestin with /| every cheek just to sions when [ were paid The most Spectacular spender {all was ¥reddy Gebhard, whos | ceme was $100.000 a vear—a gigan- sum in those and nothing hoot at today-—was dissipated in Ligh life. 1t was Gebhard who gave Lily Langtry a private car for | American travels. | He also bonght two houses | miade them over into one and when lis ardor spent itself married I'loradora girl. most instanc patrons were of | tic to days her In city or disgrace ed from hi ing a simple and Switzerland public attitude responsible for his Once he was hailed c00d fellows, a figure with rtain upon as Although one turn- cups at 40 and is now Geneva The spender is the dis- o toward pearance the prine at which pride is looked just another prize to point a Today i sap. largest descrls 1 body not felt like down like a But the trigger finger while listening have shooting any- varmint for quite itch to ning bore s was an this of thosc the motion night before. tl m to one detail of the { who tells every | picture he saw | One of the Tenderloin's touza inviti- him »t was babics received an | tion from Al Caponc to visit Philadelphia cloister. He torn between two emotions—the of going and the fear staying away. So over night he for Lurope. recently fear of shoved off tor = The do- neighbos old Casino along with cuthward—the Knickerbocker, Casino in lat has | scene of is doomed for wolition Fs its been th theater thes would was a3 revivals, Tt was a and who playhousc., {of cherished memorics were many old timers | visit no other | opened | the | Lince It nearly 50 o years @ verformance of “The Handkerehief Queen's | Under the Casing mar years therz stood nightly a black- bonneted old woman—like an lovely Hogarth etching—with white cotton gloves who held out a bou- quet of faded flowers. Legend plac» as one of the fallen stars of th theatrical firmunent—a myth of an iraaginative reporter. She been a seeab-woman in the e for un her time Ca- sino and incapacitated whea Dy rheumatism took her stand No one sh outside. ever bought her bougquet b in a independence. collected enough while to achicye coins I short with | | northwest backing to west or south- { colder in | portion her the end of the fast spender was pov- | aintly life i | | Buftalo had at one | The Casino flourished in days of gas lamps, puff ties, and hansom cabs and an antiquarian- tells me he had a box officc man who wore full evening dress and white glov on opening nights. It was also a mark of distinction to be ushered to scats by the house manager himself. “You are invited,” writes a friend | from Canada, “to spend ten days at our camp. The only condition is that vou arise at 4 o'clock in the| morning with the rest of us.” Count me out. An express com- pany wouldn't awaken a horse that carly. (Copyright, 1930, Syndicate, McNaught Inc.) Observations On. The Weather Washington, March 19.—Forecast for Southern New England: and colder tonight; Thursd with rising temperature; diminishing west winds. Forccast for Eastern New York: | Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly | interior and extreme cast | tonight; rising temperature Thursday; strong northwest winds| diminishing and becoming southwest | Thursday. Torccast for New Haven and| vicinity: Fair, slightly colder to- night; Thursday fair and slightly | warmer. Conditions: Pressure is low from | the Guif of St. Lawrence southwest- ward to Florida. | High pressure covers Texas. A disturbance of considerable intensity is advancing rapidly eastward over | the Canadian northwest and is fol- lowed by rapidly rising pressure and decidedly colder weather. { Rain or snow was reported from nearly all stations east of the is- sissippi river. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with lower temperature, Temperatues yesteday High 68 60 40 Low | of Atlanta Atlantic City Roston 40 24 Chicago Cincinnati r ¥ | Duluth Denver Hatters Los Angeles Miami | Minneapol Nantucket Nashville . New Haven New Orlean, New York pres: Norfolk, Vi Northfield, Vt. Pittsburgh Portland, Me. .. St. Louis Washingtor DON HOPEFLL IN SPEED ATTEMPTS - Expects to Try Again This Alter- . noon on Daytona Beach March 19 (UP)—Kaye Don. sh racing driver, who has encountered many difficultics in his attempts to sct a new speed record for automobiles, was not discouraged today. He planned to go out late afternoon and make another effo:t to drive faster than 231.36 miles per hour, which he will have to do if he scts a record better than that of his countryman, Major H. O. D. Segrave, here a year ago, Yesterday he set out in quest a record but was unable to do ter than 168 miles per hour as an average for his first round trip of the coutsc. Wlhen he attempted a second circuit the gas supply line an his 4,000 horsepower car broke ani he was brought to @ halt with a sputtering motor at the sc cond miile 3 of the nine mile course. He insisted Daytona, Beach. this | that the line be repaired and that b make the he be the meck necessary Don believes make a record today he can do nothing before Friday or Saturday on account of the conditions of the tides. to g0 on, unable to changes in time. that if he permitted ics were docs not [ Cast of 80 Men Wanted For “Womanless Wedding” feet. who actors, b small Men good Wanted: Men with think they and bad actors. Miss Helen from Bardstown, Ky., New Britain men., She v meet them all at the Cent High school this evening about 7 o'clock Miss for en, men zood are with looks. actors, Sharpe, w is secking ants Junior 30 select the cast nd no wom- “A Woman-3 how will be Sharpe will show of 80 men to be known as Wedding.” This nted at the Central Junior High school on the cve of March 27 and 28 under the auspices, of Lovisey Moore tent, Daughters Veterans, Half of the will take the parts of women in the play. The play is written around a wedding® which blushing bride is a who t least 250 S0 me man, must weigh bound . 1 | OPEN ALL DAY ATURDAY FRANK E. GOODWIN Optometrist MAIN ST. — TEL 327 1905 N & BRAIN XK Did you ever sohy about asked about driving mails at get about the the spe ecl band end to end U in ou PROBLENS, puzzled or stret walks from 3 They're S AND loms that have W You'll fi you. il out — = e= == =CLIP COUPON HERE == =—— = = j EDITOR W York a copy of the and enclose herewith Wash Avenue, hulletin MATHE five cen Rur | NAME | srrper axy NewsER of the New B T am a reader Uit MO e th Washington LASIRS woold at ¥ train, moving ar the man 1AL v tin MATHEMAT New D, G, IMATICAL PU! to cover eau, tage and handling l STATE tain Herald, —_—— e —— o - Toonerville lgoiks in 1916 census ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH THAT GLIDER BY THE CATAPULT METHOD. |

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