New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 16

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930, Baffle Mysteries Copyright 1330 Datly Mirror, lne, ' Baffle mysteries give you i us and dramatic crimes to solve ~—many of them founded on s which have baffled detec- tives throughout the world in years past. Each myste the detectives had to go upon and no more, clues? What do you deduce from them? In short, how will you answer the question asked of you at the end of cach bafile? “Wh) is guilty?” or “What was the motive?” cte, This is no contest, there sented for your entertainment, ‘tual ¢ v gives you the facts established by the police—what Which are the telltale | e are no prizes, it is simply pr Blaze in the Office Tells Tale of Big Thefts The Impounded Books John Blank, of the Blank ing company, had his office small building close to the that held Things good were ten stockholders them became pany scemed to b losses whe al first, there hal| ’ been profits. | Swaine, one of th heavy stock- holders, engaged detective, who managed to work at the war house trur oods and ot on hand-trucks. “Half of thos empty,” the Swaine, “Find out Swaine ordered. This took longer detective learncd that some of valuable merchandise that car was exported in different the original cases stored. very much as though selling a lot of the comp chandise and pocketing th I Am the President The stockholders got to cretly and, after proper legal pi- loting, Swainc and a couple of M2 jtarted and destroyed t hook dropped into the little office oN2| e gecided, pointed to some tric day to chat with Blank. Probabiv|epy on Blank's part | Blank was suspicious. Me pleaded | e called in his detective who | that he was fearfully busy and sa:l|pad hoen present 100l h would come and sec Swaine that S bounieatis b €vening. Blank's 1 “This is the e world to look S Swaine persisted. SR ion “Nonsense— an't | e done now—bhut break an |on a charge arson. crgagement and bring the Dooks| Riank had not been back o you tonight,” Blank blustered. | office after they loft it. ow!” Swaine declared, sharply. | he detectives first move L refuse. I'm president- I'"l| pow could Blank Fave to ask vyou to leave m:|qpjs» alene,” Blank declared. When the court . shown him, impoundir Blank scemed to take i AN v he said Your experts.” The accountants will be he morning.” Swaine told hini, “and meanwhile we'll take cl lock up, the office and g place tonight Blank didn't “I've got street and mect A business deal may o I'll be back hooks are on the the desk,” Blank told opened the t Swaine went | cha Trad- in on frout imniens wit suspicious. cases in ti detective reported why they are empty but finally the i th : 3l “lank | bhooks wer the and. after locking it on the side, turned over the keys.” where the office | oui- | cases anl It looked Blank w ny's me oney |y watchman with bu had an the fast the im- the to do a containing pounded books Ve thing that i it, ther se i was o fir ose when the detective short err 1 1 at time had \Om,l started an in- | finally zot | to have Blank held were ¢ heved bes over time the in book s, Guick 1 wring 't time— ficient il < to the What was have done order was SOLUTION TO YES THIR TPatrolu vested the Pat first YAY'S VFSECOND BAR Tatrick Corrigan man with the violin ¢ *d all these impuls h the paper thing round his book jok+ “bring s a m ey of 1 man som The men, was to nab the re | the i w holding homb. bag like a man wou carry bonib <o that it show 4| to 1 run seem to 1o across hd put o n man with the ®homb migit have have o in this only rat ¢ Only with laundry yed th us a lot of y five o L hu n mir hottor musicians would bomb-throwing by or plah 0 many | at docided. And a winely innocent swell bhiding N familia music, casu de offic and th viol out. ! and i was back in S Briskly he cleancd u what littered desk, turncd over to Swainc and his and | went out with them. nad | ¢ alveady e main | o i the place “hat night [ didn't trust Blank :nd th he might come back, get the and take them destroy then Blaze 1t was just the shanty. tered about with some some food there and it An hour called the attention man to what it the Nitle 16 be quite middle of it flames The watchman sent erd managed window, lecked, The pl that out a few N a bomb. Pat nabbed his man viplin place for 2= nd gun « cow F Swaine zot him arters th t for violin ca His « look .0 zed & man to v hed 1dly eaplosion bomih in the proy da book hide oi 3 b all he o otion. 4 man suspicious,” in Office dark Ihe an TRANSUER SECURITIES Hartford. March lion dollars worth of locality 5 Twe mil dock m curities have at Ton neat ! Neal | poen terna ned ove onal to th roration, ssia E H W5 co ecut Ttoss) £ Americ to Itossia Insur ies holdin Insuran company o or =0 lat oo Compan uing stockholde v hal eh tockhold like fice, and it wateh a bia provel )t nes looked compa to su of the ire sk roon A o PILM PARALY TICS farch Motio to br as the door the hman throu The ftiremen the fire, 1 reom was tle more than charred wood Swain n some wh he h hou AU BY ROBGLI HET I QUILLY POOR PA CLAUDIE CALLAN 3z “Women learnin’ to like men remind me o' littlc boy Give ‘em about more Year an' they'll showin’ off how far they cu spit. s ———————) \ — “Owr dauehier beau is not, of again. || e his job so often || that he alread, 1ik¢ Det one work e loses seen a son-i {in | came | room beneath the | luxurious | tisement , something JACQUELINE ON HER OWN by RICHARD STARR It was Jacqueline Grey's 19 to satiate her thirst | pefore saying *y to a marriage proposal. Moncy was | the obstacle, She was extremely vich | physical beauty but poor in| pursc vings trom her | London cmpori- | i Synopsis mbition adventure at wages yram um, as a model mounted with dis. sir slowness, Then she re- ceived a 500-pound bequest from an | old peddier she befriended. It opportunely as she was dis- ged from Byrams by Keswick | Dell, who aspired to her hand, as did William Brown, almost hand- some “walk om her barc afters of a room- ing house Jacqueline moved to a! suite in the Hotel Majestic, onc of l.ondon's best hotels. It was re: .ll day of triumph when she strolled into Byrams and had Emily Gibbs, | her enemy, arade in gowns while | Mr. Dell wned upon her, :mrl[ other models gasped, Days in | meets Mrs. | patron of diversions | another nd they plan Porter Mason, the hotel together, G \ PLOT Arnold Dunn solici- tor who had office over a boot shop | in a turning off the Strand. | He in his office With a news- paper cutting in front of him, sev- cral days old. It was the adver- | alling upon Jacqueline o to come for- e limeMght and hear | to her advantage Dunn made it his busine - the advertisment of the papers. that quently found lucrative ness of the doubtful sort, He had a long lean face the colov | of faded parchment, very thin lips | nd a perfectly bald head that g | him rtling 12 IS LAID as a shady Lenny Raymond listened as hi s bald-hcaded conspivator spoke | gin {o understand thing “When 1 see shells 1 That girl, Jacqueline was working in making ¢ aso. nd ctly be.” “What al sked Mr. “Real | No good trying of them. Might pearance Kiosa totenE ays half-closed, But the ry little they missed. SUil In front of him sat a young man. | very darky and \dsome i 5 oreign way and exceed- oomed, Perhaps a littl roomed. He had be: ! nds, which might have a woman. some sort of recognition?” | the party of the third | it's not question? peshaps. 1ess ¢ ey, “Who part, is C who west-end dre blishment a few days Colonel Grey's daughter heir. about 19 c rude lat 1 inio ram £ “Paula St She's the con on, scent already. returned Dunn. Sh dy on the s | otel sirl's chief is his the De- Her and has alr friend. is Mrs. reports tl little thing, but as she looks. So keep your eyes her to ow. and t an Mr. She Io col- Iyn would | | for the moment e sl at the busi- out [ustum and Coles Raymond casant simple crustec Tave to 3 inne taking 10 ‘get cad knob is obvious.” kept his ex- | the Al- try Circo's n that will 1 itroduction “But marr rned 1 “You've 100,000 pou will il D ples and your thing for you to do is to |introduced to this Jacqueline Grey ind max: hé fall in love with yo { Do you think you can do it?” Mr. R in pityin t the cadaverous face | the 1 “The only thing | wfraid j Sadi it will be too easy All might have fallen out nt if it had not been the day Jacqueiine met Teddy 1830, Richard 1 the makin tomor a brass beds we ‘ thing My nt there was ve Raymond trom seari on as wonderful . found the girl?” he mond. id that he Is serious thing. If no doubt at all to overcome your | zhtly insly well too well ful white belonged to “How do vou know this is the girl?"" asked the young “How do 1 know that : 5.000 a year, don't grow on gooscberry bushes | * [ ner money and_that the moon is not made of [ 1o MON zonzola?" Mr. Dunn retorted. | P€F ¢ent |1 know ause two and twe make four.” |t I eep vour shirt on | ‘T voung man lzily, “Sup- (MO vou tell me all about the war, | SMO0thIs. what iey fought each other | ¥OU @ Scheme Meaning, wl el aiieact SVIToE: i it's not a | “Youwre h: it. ilere’s a fore. So is Jnew t you ready he “Have is a I've able you es. Ive at work at had She e 1 a suite the babies | L nderstand, at the one of my hest nstalled | first Ths Hen Lae tation. ivin it he five destic, rate of which s exactly would produce at I ask you—do you think what I'm talking about innir returned “wWell, same > 1t 1 wmond smiled a rather - wa think you do, Nr. Raymond T suppose you've in your wicked old do I come in with it, rude question ™ rd up hoy chance fc iy of 'm h o of which differ on vastly that following Montro: Starr) for Jac- aliment. this “Listen to niy I can “Four dicd will was proved me.” went the Mal- Torqu His | T somsthing well |40 pounds. That's neav | 10oking our purposes. The { pounds in ate was left to his daugh-| “Marri W serious business, Iyn Grey. Arnold. Desides, | not appeal young 1o the i on solicitor. s (Copyri Adventn ttead Monday's i weelk > ol colm Grey L yoursclf on casy street. What | 0011~ at re you say to marry queline over 100,000 sirl with some 33,000 enoy whéle ter, Joc Proposals For Shade Trees z=h for her bunk account « is " may young person.” Don't with examined his | fingers thou t- excited he h vell-my fully. 1 the not man led I Connecticut ment at the Division, will cived by hway De- Land- Hart- p. m hids rec el mod Yo sort put on yo 1 he ty You're thing little, periehee that was inware tale he ow it. His n, aymond. and wddressed him Well?” said Mr. Raymond “I've ben into this matter,” tinued Dunn. “Jocelyn Gre missing. There s strange- ment hetween his 10 years ago. ¢ him took her child with her. Tiie evidenee that the mother died some ycars ago, but the Jocelyn walked out of the pi were. She just disappearcd and was never afterwards heard of. the situation. A man in it| > I expcet. though if that was it | 1ady's fortunc didn’t marry him.” Are Well ¥ demand th mond again. Sonie R me, Know oftice 30 Oak of t over Stree lid Leonard 1 was hearing i expert of s This Jacqueling a Grey shop girl. 1er limited to the chind counters. When she bred-in-the- hone aristoc like you fall for you right off the fir “All ] intil planti is Connecticut, n as lenny. com starve of is state v is 1d. 5 London, you've got fo do is to 152 A yourself introduced 1o her Maple, {tinued the lawyer. “You 30 Silver Maple, 60 Weeping Willow, S - 19 Norway Maple, 3 Oriental Plane, I i n;»]\ml.\x I }: Falniis n:JWIH laras ol 4 S o | ficld, Fairfic wrtford. New Haven, = i ‘,“',‘. to know her and the | yigqjesex, Tolland Windhs 11 Su Maple, White 1 Norway Maple rin Oak, 2 NMaple, 19 Europcan Linden, 19 Oak. 18 Silver Maple, 5 White 2 Oriental Plane, 1 Poplar. and specifications may be by applying at the above lion nount of o sub- New JHaven, Middlesex erican Whit 102 White Ash, Pin Oalk, AN 4 Windham Colonel G g Elm, 157 wile and re is will call Carew, and you hi Court of 5 nd 193 “I thou 1 the mdred : ; You voung There's : { ; was a thou- she ] ¥ lted proposing in cold | 1yoq make a threr | sand I hlood [ you K 1 Iay way conard SPit Ok, Il obtained ~third witted with the JOUN A this poor gitl's moncy Mr. Dunn mad 1o to this It of Mr, this Dunn went | ady ine Grey— | tustum and | handling of Now you days a “there appears for Jacq 1. mark you, hy who have no reply aski on bid ool MACDONALD, the habhdiing of the “You'll have Coles the vou m on't you? Colonel Grey be- {4 o it. don't 1 hway Commissioner + Por- | formed the program committec nurmured, s | | what CONCERT ARTISTY ARRANGE PROGRAM Free Public Musicale Sunday Mternoon at Burritt Hotel ~ The free public concert to be given in the ballroom of the Burritt hotel tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by the New Britain Musical club will be distinguished by the first publjc appearance together of Theron W. Hart and Isracl Rosenberg, who will contribute two two-piano sclections guaranteed to clieit widespread pub- lic interect Heretofore these pianists wended their separate way News that they had joined forces in two- piano music came to a climaxe at a recent house meeting of the Musical QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washing- ton, D. C. cnclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under- taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let- ters are confidential.—Editors . Q. Who- founded Lisbon, | capital of Portugal? A Itis said to have been | founded by the Phocnicians. and was the flourishing capital of Lusi- ltania when first visited by the Romans. Q. Why did the first King of | Portygal fight against his mother? A. " Alfonso I, the first king of Portugal, son of Henry of Burgun-| dry, count of Portugal, and Teresa | of Castile, illegitimate daughter of ! Alfonso T of Castile, succeéded his | ther in 1112, and was placed under the tut of his mother. | His father died when he was about s old, and the managemgnt of affairs fell into the hands of his ambitious and dissolute mother from whom he was compelled to take it by force upon attaining his majority. Q. Do the Southern states pensions to men who served in the | Confederate army in the Civil war? | A. Practically all the southern | | states pay pensions to Confederate ldicrs and their widows. Q. What is the answer to the re- lationship puzzle that _rcad Brothers and sisters have T none [but that man’s father was myj | father's son? ) i The person referred to is the, speaker’s son. Q. Which of our presidents have been college graduates? A. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, John Quiney Adams, Tyler, Pierce, | uchanan, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, McKin- Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson Hard- = Coolidge and Hoover. Q. Who arranged for Tudy | tongotilingaareer foRtate sl llee's appearance at the break- | SeUDERNEDEINoRTEal iz oL | fast table the (‘OI)‘:F(‘\,SiOIVHl‘ glons Suoy el iondicanil ey o e Nl nicaal i) | etfort if distinction is to be attained. | 3 Tne entertainmient was ar- | Sty with most youthful {up00d by Mrs. Porter H. Dale, wife | petiormen ha snterad [ of the scnator from Vermont, and | Ll e president of the club, in honor. of CEontaibg but Mrs, Hoover, who had expressed a | pecimpylatssisspany desire to hear Vallee sing. The pro- aining steadily hatist o e e B e | entlaings ar-| Connected with the National Broad- | S 1 ting company. What have the | | | | | | T E. ANDERSON club, whea they layed their joint efforts for the t time, cre- ating a furore in the club. President Herbert 8. Woods immediately ir-| that the pair should go on a public pro- gram at the first opporiunity. s More Two-Piano Music nother orrov Thus came about with 1o tor | that is unusual. in that there wiil be | two separate displays of two-piano the otherjexceutants being | Walter J. Arbour and Mr. Hart, Mr. Arbour expected to contribute the most pleasing pianistic contribu respec ituation | concert | in ¥, rt. is of is case he st it ience as he | nee is said to be | in that poi ssful public 1cc: Practically all of music to played will and brilliant in character represented will b Bach, Raff and Chabrier Anderson and ‘Luttle two-piano| Q. the middie of b | leap ye Composers| A, nee a leap year consists of Saint-Saens, [ 166 da there is no middle day { hour or minute. One half of a leap | | vear ends on the stroke of midnight Ander. | @t the end of the 183d day. | Ch Q. What author writes under the i pen name Harry Castlemon A, Charles Austin Fosdick, who | lived from 1542 to 1914, | Q. Mow many presidents of | United States traveled beyond the ! boundarics of the United States | ill play the first movement from | " aC g omice? } will play the novemen 5 the famed 1 minor concerto of Men- | 7. Cteveland. Too: delssohn, in which both will have an| Fow many: cubic feet opportunity to soar very high indeed. | \oizhs one pound? Mhe concert, by the way. is a great | St rant avorite with audiences. At @ sccond | ¢ {5 Trelen Wills appearance they will play picces by , R “Little Poker I'a Albeniz, Hubay and Kreisler. On account of Mrs. T appearance | expression while playir th these concerts willl Q. Who invented the soulfful zria, O from Verdi's Don Carlos his she will singer's skill cter of vocal additional words. is day be specdy Soloists Soloists will he Herbert 1 son. violinist, who will have A. Johnson isting him at ano, and Jane Sartori Tuft alto, who will b d by Magnuson. rles pi- ¢on- t lter AlL of these will v Messrs, Anderzon and Johnson | two appear- anc velt, Wilson, | of air called | her immobile nnis. the depth s sent bomb? don fat A and in br It was invented by W. T. Ung 1 Swede, in 190 | Q. What was the “milk sickness” of the pioneer settlers in the United States? A. The discase was carly recog- nized as being connected with the | occurrence of trembles “in milch | ce of needs ne the hest New known 1 number in Britain, JUST KIDS | stands up to say he can't | the arcna | the | president | ¢ the | | ers cows, but its origin lorg remained obscure. It is now beliéved that milk sickness was due to a poison- ous substance in the white snake- root which was eaten by the cows when other pasturage failed. Q. /Do the people of Alaska vote for president of the United States and do they have a representative in congress? A. They can not vote for presi- dent and do net elect senators or representatives to congress. They clect a delegate to the house of representatives who may speak but has no vote. Q. What is the origin of the ex- pression “fly in the ointment”? A. “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor;” Ecclesiastes 10:1, is the sourcc of the expression, P Andy’s Reflections —— You never can tell. If the oll gent walks like the kidney pilis didn’t_do him any good it may be lumbago. or the after effects of proving to the youngsters on the sandlot that he can hit the ol apple as far as they can. A civilized nation is one in which the head of the family never gocs on the warpath. Excepting when the bills for those new spring bon- nets arrive. “Motorman 43 years, couldn’t stand resf is news item. If he had run like some of the ones we know of you can't tell whether he resting or working. feature in a house recentiv built is a sound proof room. “Just the thing.” chuckled a neighbor, “for the beginner practising the saxophone.” “These long skirts may prove a Dblessin a fellow's gi:l friend, “the girl who has be:n sixteen. for the past sixtern years can now take that old phota Cewn from the attic and pass it oif for one taken yesterday." is We've never won any first priz:s tut if we had we'd gladly hanl them to the political candidate wao make a spcech and then spends the greai- part of an hour proving it. A youns man he owes his in o s to his wife, fails to mention anythi: about the alarm clock or his ability in agrecing with everything the boss says. “If goli is such a healthy gam asks a wag., “how come we heu: some chap tell how he suffercd a stroke on the 9th hole A fight fan asks the those high powered lights oven Well, buddy, there mu-t Lc at least onc bright spot durins the evening’s performance. And another thing we don't like about a toothache is that whon asking the other fellow what to 1o for it he immediately wisceracks, “Why not cngage the tooth in a tug-of-war with a dentist.” ANDY DALE. " reason for all NEWINGTON NEWS parly under Grange Aux- v evening at. Vincent Tiddy, ixiliavy, Pr Walter Iish, athan Ave A successful card the auspices of the iliary was held Thuv home of Mrs. of the were awarded to Mrs. Bertram Seward, and Norman “he firemen from Co. attended the Several Center Iire of the | ond get-together mecting at Weth- night. Members Fire department ve an interzsting talk on fir: azards and fire prevention and the most effcctive methods of fire fighting. e Center company is 10 give a similar meeting 0. 2 of Blm Hill was Thursday to extinguish two grass fires, one at the dumping &rounds on Ncwington avenue, ths other on Maple Hill avenue. The Newington Girls' club last evening at the home of Lw'ght Chichester. eld Thursday of the Hartford plannizs in April. Company called out mat Mrs EAGER TO KEEP FIT AN T LIKE THE W\GGLESD CUERYBODY CANT BE WEAUTHY = APPLE DUMPLING — BUT WE NAVE A loT To RE THANKEFUL, FofR — WE. HAVE, EACH OTHER, AND HAVE = \ 4 02— OLR WEALYI AT 1 \ vOIN N BEINW HEALTRY? wE WELL- HoWw WOLLD You LIRE To GWE A PIECE OF PIE REER POLLY AND HER PALS COME BACK HERE NAFOLEON SOURE )~ A NAUGHTY PONY 7O MAKE DEAR SORRY THIS ey LITTLE GERTRUDE HAD TO HAPPEN, JUST WHEN You AND ME TRADED PLACES, o T “gu. 91008, Nevapaper Penters v, T, Grest Becs rigll nasmveme. ~—— LETS GO, NAPOLEON! 6IDDY AP/ o &2 POOR OLE SAMBO! A TWENTY MILE TRIP ON ALL FOURS, AN’ UP HILL ALL THE WAY! CLIFF, r STerRRER 320 |