New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1930, Page 6

cession in income somebody must hold the bag. Unfortunately the equity owner cannot always hold it. Home ownership is always to be cultivated. Jt is said that the m: with $500 can Degin paying on a home, provided his income is enough to carry the charges. After a perod of years he will own the home. This is very simple. But throughout New England—in New Britain as in Worcester, Spring- field, Portland and in every place of size—there has been a dif- ferent system in effect, and this dif- ferent system also has been couraged. This system New Britain Herald MERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY New Britaln, Connecticut Issued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg, 67 Church Street . BUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year $3.00 Three Monthe 75¢. & Month Entered at the Post Office at New Britain ae Second Clam Mall Matter. TELEPHONB CALLS Rusiness Ofce 925 Editorial Rooms ... 426 The only profitable advertiaing mediim Circulation books and press Toom almays open to advertisera en- is for Member of the Associated Press home owner to be The Aseuciated Piews is exclusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of shown how h of all news crsdited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein. ment; and his own just about as casy as owning home and some- times easier. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation | The A. H. C. is & national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictiy honest analysis of circulation, Qur circulation statistics are based upon this audit. ‘Lhis insures pro- tection mgainst fraud in pewspaper dis: tribution figures to both national and local advertisers. This plan a bitious The makes 0 is simple. am- home owner his down payment, a tenement is erect- ed, he lives in one of the apartments, and collects rent from those living Those in the other apartments, through the the the in the other apartments. in New Times Entrance The Herald fa on male dally York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Bquare; Schultz's Newsstand, Grand Central, payment of rent money, “carry charge In due apartments certain time, afte: have been rented at a minimum for a certai Tt is possible that having a record the owner ©s & mayor is not altogether an ad- vantage if the other fellow digs up all the facts about the record. period of years, really owns the tenement The trouble has that some- if and the been thing is iikely to happen below quired minimum, or and in addition, when rents decrease re- 1t seems that Dr. turned editor. He the bull. Hugo Eckener was chased by some of the apartments in the tene- I ment 2 | Unfortur continue regardless of such re vacant for too long a time, § ely the “carrying char Another sign of spring is the an- nual discussion between builders and | |- S | Thus we see—and really it is ver) details. their heip. P simple—that going into home own- | ership through the e, tenement owner- This nicotineless tobacco “invent- ed” in Germany tempt to dethrone and make her join Demon Rum. | ship route nceds more than ambi- seems to be an at- | It 5 Lady Nicotine | 3 | down payment emptics he | | pockets. As any realtor will agree tion. needs more capital than a that | any that | man with reserve funds is able 1t at this moment hy the time the election campaign | appears to carry himself as well as °s through the present 1t lack causes | ca ving cha is over there will be nothing at ail | & | realty period. is a of re- left to be said by either candidate. 2 that rves the aches and THE REASSESSMENT AGREEME) It appears that both Mr. Donough and Mr. Quigley favor of a reassessment of property | | verses when within the city, and we assume by | 4 | been a failure to take all possibilities pains. Conditions as they remain. T.essons learned should be Me- | in | _|indeed to see people meet with re- ik pplied in the future. It is grievous their only offense has outside experts. Jt has been the experience wher such reassessments have been tried that it results considerable | 1° : changen from the average loca)| EFPerience isa hard teacher—al- ssssssments, Why that should be it |¥ays has been—and one of the re- s seavcely mecessary lo discuss, | Pultant trends already noticeable for 1t the candidates favor a local re- | assessment, however, the subject is into consideration, when they vir- {tually gambled with the future and | the latter turnéd against them. in | a year or more has been the con- struction of a larger proportion of one-family houses, | sense compete with tenements and which in a scarcely important enough to dis- cuss, apartments. This tendency that fewer people are inclined to go means “REDUCING"” TAXES into the tenement ownership busi- we: have intimated previously | ness and more are inclined to cm- it is nothing new for a candidate for | office to promise lower taxes. That| ' has been done in every election since | Britain was | | optimistic will admit has enough not performances. | bark into actual home ownership themselves. Such a tendency is to be deplored. Even the mos* the time when merely a widening in the road. Promises are The average citizen cannot be fool- | ed by talk about the promised tax | rate reductions. ‘The average person know order to function properly a munici- | pality must have an income, and all | cut can be credited with a strong de- its income comes from taxes. |sire to help his Everyone wants the city to func at tion properly, and the same persons | recovered who habitually call for lower levies | White during clection campaigns frequen i between elections if | serves repayment in words. does not attend | Scarcely had | nis *cola” 2w that the city tenement and for a houses 1o last it quite a while, that in ‘»\lll. TILLSON ON MR. HOOVER Congressman Tilson of Connecti- Hoover, every He the and de- opportunity. in day hospitat from an iilness House the other su presidential ly eriticize he recovered from Mr. Tilson perchance the city 1o its knitting properly. when came by wicked Democrats {o the effect that —~ a statement issued REALTY TROUBL AND THEIR CAUSE upon Mr. Hoover's year in office had not It s no secret that a conside e been 100 per cent perfect. That riled change has come to the real estatc field. One reads papers about of foreclosure of lesser rents. 1t is rarely that on reads anything trom the pa glowing prosperity The situation Mr. Tilson exceedingly. So what does Mr. Tilson do but he the 1ents of the President, snippets in the issues a counter-report citing decreased valuations, accompli Wher , of empty tenements Mr. Tilson made his n {Ending s (o 1eleam|i wus in pointing accomplishments of Congress Pr s like cons of and crediting them to the si- does not improve 1°0 it one talks with builders | 1O There was tax mist told us the other builder city who was making moncy greatly Grie farm day | duction velief, the public builc pro the that there wasn't a in 8ood roads legis- or who | 1ation, Federal Radio Commis- had much left of what h the peapportionment in the past few building boom was at told yea One fellow s, candidne buy a house alre; iilt than to have one constructed because 1he Wha rock galleywe M builder cannot sell a completed | ! A claims that Hao property for build. This m aggerated—we as 1s it cost 1o be Somewhat ex- |[MUch of a deader; hope it is—but the deal of mere fact that such opinions exist must indicate fec in the building tr: that all is not per porta phlezmatic As There was a deal in building during the dozen years that arrived would find then side of the ledger. tween building and the stock market | is not inappropriate times, | ir cither in building or in stocks, could | not last forever. But in the perity of speculation past halt inevitahle a presid and it was Tilson is not when a readjustment ot periods some the speculators HE. PLAN TO TAX MARGINAL TRADING Ives on the wro! Boom Leod of al estate field pros- | ball rollin to of individuals involved in hal itiimpose a on sal usually is predicated upon stock on m - market during a term of vears, That |y Al makes an Important difference property must hring in a ce minimum of money for a certain Sn to o length of time in the mortzs order to pay , and if there is a where the other |4 the :\mb\?\ovlsi could become the owner of a tenc- | the | . ire will not | ri- | friend, President | the | out | margin is 70 per cent or more of the purchase price, to 50 per cent where the margin is 25 per cent or less. The subject is one that has en- gendered thought from the' early days of stock trading. Contracts for the sale of owned or securities not actually assigned were declared void by act of the New York legis- |1ature as carly as 18§ | were enacted Similar laws other states, but they soon became dead letters; and ew York statute of 1858 provided at no contract for the sale of should be void on the | ground that the seller did not actu- | ally own the property involved. This 1858 affirmatively | “short” sales, a When | York | E: Hu the stock by property act legalized nd is still in force. the committee of the Legislature, of which Charlez 1, from New es was counsel, investigated g 1907 to 1909, the recomendations that fol- [1owed were, not that marginal trad- exchan ing be abolished nor that “short restricted, but that the ed to at least 20 per cent. Other alleged evils on stock exchange were be readily | selling e | percentage | of margins be incr the declared to more Te- formable by the exchange ilself than and some of them have n abolished by the action of the exchange. by laws, be Still, conditions were not entirely and in 1012-13 the the House saisfactory, Pujo sub-committee of vestigated the business of the New York Stock cleven members signed a report recommending that the federal gov- ernment regulate stock exchanges. A host of suggestions, some of them “radical,” were made, but the bill containing the Pujo committee's recommendations was never acted upon by cither branch of Congress. But that is not all. In 1 the Supreme Court held unconstitutional 1921 act of Congress on-trading grain futures. The act would hav overtly regulated a grain exchanges by imposing a heavy tax upon future sales on exchanges, unless the ex- changes complied *with regulations laid down in the act. However, in Imc following year the Court upheld | a similar act passed in 1922 for the ostensible purpose of removing ob- structions in interstate commerce in grain. The MeLeod bill is simply one o many that have heen offered o curb | stock exchange are most prolific after a recession in values has taken place. Congress- men seem to reflect an attitude of by losers—which seems natural enough. Recent bills sub- mitted to Congress involve a five per cent tax on transfers of stock not held at least 60 days previous- ly; a 75 per cent tax on profits from hostility short term speculations; a five per cent tax on all short sales; the for- | bidding of short and the |denial of mail, telephone, telegraph |and radio facilities to persons selling | sccurities not actually in their pos- sales; session | We own to only an academic in- {erest in these measures. None ure likely to get® further than being mentioned in the papers and editorial comment re- ceiving a little pro and con. . WHEN THEY GROW FAT Rather than have her stage career ruined by growing too fat for the lac | part of a star, Allyn King, former | Follies star, jumped from a window land died from her injuries. This is a tr a theatrical require- |« point_about | 0es unnoticed. ments that largely | Outside of grand opera, where avoirdupois sometimes is an ad- has anything but a fat M. instance, when he gives chooses those | | vantage, nobody actress, hem the critical eye, who g right,” meaning & happy mean between the heaviesand the lights. And when an actress al- ready in the spotlight eats too much | and grows too much fiesh, when ths contract vxpires there is no renew- al, Miss King. confronted with such U termination to fairly brilliant career. had 1o adopt a vigorous method to reduce weight; and in- ed, she lost 30 pounds within asonable time Anyone who has lost that amount of flesh realizes that it is a terviole orde Miss King & nervol prosiration. 1t looked as if she were done with the stage for good. Her ollowed lifficult has It il e o attempte on who not to re- at come time in his or her ere remain a fair percent- howaver, be lot rarely persons, said that can n a jovial hin person at person is n M are wrole something on t point and made it pointed | 25 Years Ago Today The Y. M conclude the t the Hotel A. debat ub will 1son h a banquet Russwin rday ¢ nir tax list revision committee have wn reluctane 1 worl ‘ The sixth ward democratic cauen to undertakie this banking and currency committee in- | change. Seven of the | speculation. These | gedy that emphasizes | | pur- will be held in Clark's store on Main street. The terms of Councilmen Schaeffer and Corbett expire. President Charles F. Smith of Landers, Frary & Clark has returned from a visit in the south. The second division, A. O. H., met last evening and received 27 applica- tions for membership. The range in temperature in March was the greatest on record being from three below on the sec- ond to 79 on the 29th. The voting list shows that 6,102 residents are eligible to vote, an in- crease of 375 voters. Chairman Abbe and R H. Gray of the telephone company today looked over this section through which it is desired to cxtend the subway. The committee on consolidation held its final mecting last evening. passed on the matters brought up at the public hearings, and will present the new charter to the legislature tomorrow. Mayor-elect Samuel Ba: from New York today for tt sailed | 1 Torida. { | Factsand Fancies | | By Robert Quillen It's true blue Americans we want the Reds to be, Mr. Officer; not black and blue. Senatorial courtesy: If you'll roh your folks to help my boss, TI'il 1ob my folks to help your boss. Note to France: It's only the cketeer who needs a bodyguard —not the peaceful citizen. 1t wouldn't do for all to be pros- perous, Think of being at a winter resort with no friends back home to get post card In like a lamb, out like a lion; like a lion, out like a lamb. No; a speakeasy patron. 1f he goes up to the stage when the magician asks for helpers, yca can always sell him raffle tickets. in March You can collect a gambling debt. | however, if it's in the form of a fertilizer note., for the for th happily 1f women feel bride and men feel groom, they usually ever afterward. sorry sorry live Another thing you can have, and vour best friend won't tell you, is a worthless 1. O. U. of his. Americanism: Being too smart o accept the ancient ‘“super stitions”; accepting as gospel every silly lie told in a tooth paste ad. A European critic no leisure class. all it a sex. America | here we says Over To our fathers, also, red sign_to stop, but thal was | ledger. was in a al A hick town has become a city when people begin to exaggeratc their incomes instead of pretending they make little You are definitely middle-aged when a half-inch crack at the bot- tom of the window provides suf- ficient fresh air, It's much cheaper for the boss to take a vacation. Only one ticket to buy, and everybody gets a rest. An investigating commit least relieves the tension by partizans a chance to get their chests. I ¢ | giving | it otf Members of the Krench Chamber of Deputies should contribute some good stuff to the American Mer- v. They secein to have no confi- <ence in anybod Correct this sentence: "I tell my wife abont my aches” said h “and it doesn’t make me sore when she describes worse ones of he: own.” Copyright, 19 Syndic . Publishers te |- Observations | On The Weather | Washington, April 1.—Torecast |for Southern New England: In- iu'cusmg cloudiness followed by occasional light rains in northern {portion late tonight or Wednesda: | warmer tonight; colder Wednesday | lin western Massachusetts; fresh to strong southwest winds shifting to vest and northwest on Wednesda for Eastern New Yorl | Cloudy with occasional light showers in central and north portions tonight land probably Wednesday morning; warmer in south portion tonight; |slightly colder in central and north ‘noruoyw Wednesday; sh possibly strong southwest shifting fo west | est winds on Wednesday. for New Haven and y and warmer to- night; Wednesday fair and slightly colder . Conditions: Tigh p t uth Atlantic states. Pressure is low and falling rapidly over the lower Lake region. High pressure covers the Plaing states. Light showers were reported from a few scattered stations. tures are rising rapidl valley and the lower ILake region, but are falling west of the Missis- sippi river to the Rockies. Conditions favor for this vicinity faiv weather followed by local showe Temperatures yi sure covers in the Ohio erday: High | Atlanta 5 Atlantic City . ston fralo .. icago Cincinnati i Duluth Hatteras An Minne Nantu Nash New Ha Portlanad l.os ‘l!iin |ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- ! quests cannot be answered. All let- I milk? {less specific gravity. Tempera- | > |and the Boston Post. and more re-| QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Questian Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 322 New York avenue, Washing- ton, D. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor extended rescarch be unders taken. All other questions will re- ters are confidential.—Editor. Q. “Keep the published ? A, 1915, Q. When was the constitution of the state of Virginia adopted? A. When Virginia drew up her constitution in 1776, it was preceded by a declaration of rights, which was in fact adopted by the assembly on June 15, before th'e constitution which was adopted on June 29. Q. Will you explain the following proverbs: “The morning has gold in its mouth”; “Look not a gift horse in the mouth”; “The king who fights his people fights himself.” A. “The morning has gold in its mouth,” means that the morning is the best time to work; “Look not a gift horse in the mouth” means, do not be critical of that which you re- | ceive as a gift; “The Kking who fights his people fights himself” means that the people will turn wgainst such an one and destroy him. | Q. What is the nationality and| meaning of the name Hatlau? A. Itisa French family derived from the low Latin “Hala.” It is the name of a locality, and| means a cottage thatched with branches. Q. What is the difference tween a fiddle and a violin? A. Fiddle is an carly name for vielin, It is idiomatic, and is no longer used in musical circles. The two are synonymous. Q. Who is David Grayson? A. That is the pen name of Ray Stannard Baker, Q. What causes the formation of bogs” A. Bogs are formed when ground that is composed vegetation, chiefly mosses is various stages of decomposition, becomes water- logged, soft and spongy. Q. When did the state amendment become operative Ohio? A, May 27, 1014, Q. When did Nora Bayes, actress, die? A. March 19, 1928, of cancer. Q. What language is spoken in Cuba? A. Spanish. Q. When did King Constantine of Greece di A. October 1920, Q. What is the Prince of Wales” A. It consists of {hree plumes with the motto (I serve). Q. Why is dream the song Burning” In what vea Home was Fires name | be- dry in the crest of the ostrich “Ich Dien” lighter than Fecause there is more fat in cream than in milk, and fat has Milk contain- ing 4 per cent fat weighs about 8.6 pounds per gallon, whereas the ordi- nary cream contains about 20 per cent fat and weighs 8.51 pounds per gallon. Q. © What are the annual figures for automobile accidents and casual- |ties in the United States A. The latest figures on automo- bile accidents and deaths are for 1928. In that year there were §00,- 000 auto accidents in the United | States and, 27,000 lives lost due to these accidents. Tt is estimated that there were 20,425 auto fatalities in 1929. How fast can an ostrich run? Is it faster than a horse? A. At full speed the ostrich Is | said {o make 60 miles an hour, and |for a timited time it can di | the fleetest horse. Tt is said that 2 feet can be covered in a stride; and the ostrich while run- ning at full speed, with the short wings outstretched. cannot be over- taken by any mammal Q. Where is the mint located ? A. Tower Hill, London, England. Q. Are there any states in which the teaching of cvolution in state | supported schools is barred by law? | 1t is barred in Tennecssce and Arkansas, | Q Wnat is | Washington, 1. | "A. The 1925 |tion is 552.000. Q. Who was the first person fo | loperate a in the United States? ingle Dritish royal the population of stimated popula- | y During colonial days several glish showmen brought small | circuscs to the United States. Among the first was the Ricketts circus, | which exhibited at the Greenwich | |theater near the Dattery, in New | | York in 1 Probably the first| American-born showman of note | Iwas Rufus Welch who, in 1818, | | managed a wagon show and later |directed larger outfits. In Novem- | ber, 1826, the Mt. Plitt circus opened on Broome street, New York, in a | building seating 5,500 persons. said | {Hlf. that time to be the largest place | amusement in America. arly | uses, but subsequent to the fore- going, were those of John Robinson ands and Van Amburgh. CARRICK I Somerville, Mas ERAL PLANS . April 1 (UP)— neral services will be held here| | Thursday for Samuel P. Carrick {veteran Boston newspaper mn wh died at Somerville hospital las night from injuries suffered Sunday | |in an automobile accident | Carvick. a native of Tenn.. was 35 years old. ‘\\orl‘l‘(] for the old Boston Nashville. | He had Journal | cently had been emploved as a copy cader by {he Roston American, He | lwas en route to work when fatally | tinjured. ] through the afternoon highballs to the blurry evening New *York, April 1. in the glowing decadence of Man- hattan’s fast living crowd is the “pass out” party. It was reported held in a private home in the East 50's and each-guest was suppose: to imbibe enough cocktails to b rendered completely blotto. And cach did~> While such a debauch is a littié| unusual, it is significant of the mid morals of the day. And therc is no| denying hard drinking in New Yori is confined - largely these days o mothers and daughters—woman who have nothing to do but gad. They are the determined scekers after the mythical new wallop in life. Their riotous days begin witi: pre-luncheon cocktails and on which usually ends in greeting dawn with a hic- cup in the Harlem dives. Any number of these the pasttwoyears have progressed rapidly from the stimulation of al- cohol to the more dangerous de riants—morphia and cocaine. Ra- ports that quite a number carry hypodermic oufits m vanity casas | arc not exaggerated. are not exaggeration. Recently T have had four women o0 some social standing pointed out as new recruits to the vast gra) aimy of drug addiets. Their eyes had the acetylene glare and thers were all the familiar twitchings of those who'are *on the stuff.” The most disheveled revelers ¥ are not found in the of the Bowery or along water| fronts. They may be seen lurching from limousines in the early morn- ing along the aristocratic areas of | the upper Kast and the upper W sides. The rich and leisurely in thei wild fling are setting a new pa but on the other hand the so called | great middie class is going in for| stern sobricty. The family beer lors and cafe speak-casies onsc | patronized by them are almost de- serted. women in to- d squalor | | | el | The biggest theatrical offer up to} date was that to Col. Charles Lini- | | ort | court today after bergh six weeks after his flight to Paris. The whopper is reported ut $20,000 a week for ten weeks for | the Lone Eagle to appear in a| piay especially written for him. He | turned it down in an hour after it was presented. v as ever, is| Blanche Ring disporting in Ldgar Selwyn's hit “Strike up the Band.” Like a bab- biing brook, she is cooling and re- freshing, skipping and trilling a5 | she did 20 years ago. And the songs | she popularized, “Bedelia,” “Waliz | Me Around Again Willie,” and, of | course, “Rings on My Iingers” have few equals today. A flip talking flapper caught in | a recent cafe hold up. tried to| smart crack with one of the invad- | ing gorill “Could you use a nice your racket?” she cynically., “Yeah,” yYou a trienc pure girl in inquire1 was the reply. “Have The hands of aleetric on my desk, for no reason this morning began sudden around madly. And a visitor faw it—Irvin Cobb, no 1 under sufficient control to from observing how tim clocks | at all, to fly | who Wi refrain flics. When T g sight country cousins 1 h place all invariably that is the Chur figuration — the Around the Corner. pressive features of old : sccing with | found on sant 10 sce and L of the Trans- Little Church One of the im-| is the sprinkling shoes and rice on the sids- support of his wife and child for a vear and did not even remember them at Christmas, Mrs. " Dyer testi- fied. Dyer told her to go home to her mother for the week-end and when she returned she found that he had taken his belongings and left.' Attorney Danaher assured the court that he had no desire to keep the couple apart. Dyer has been out of employment since December and has been ill, the attorney said. A continuance for one week was ordered in the non-support case of Samuel Cassile, 24, of 38 Beaver strcet, on rccommendation of Mr. Greenstein, who said a divorce ac- tion will be disposed of in superior court shortly and the matter of sup- port will be decided then. Attorncy Michacl A. Sexton, who represented Cassile, was agrecable to the sug- gestion, Breaks Restaurant Window A fine of §15 d costs was im- posed on Frank Vikrikas, 54, of 47 Hartford avenue, on charges of breach of the peace and injury to property, to which he pleaded not gullty., Officer Fred L. Wagner testified that he was detailed by Sergeant John C. Stadler about 4:45 p'clock sterday afternoon to investizate ikrikas' report that a window had been broken in a restaurant at 33 Hartford avenue, and after an un- successful search of the neighbor- iiood he returned to the police st tion and found that it was Vikrikas who had done the damage. ‘Vikrikas told the court he was in the restaurant watching twoe men rolling dice and when he comment- ed on the progress of the game they told him to mind his own business. He spoke back to them and was struck in the cye and ejected from the place, and as he fell his elbow went through the window. He de- nied that he kicked in the window, but two witnesres told of seeing him use his foot. walk, symbolizing the innumerabie marriages held there at all houts of the day. The Little Church in the purplish gloom of late evening with its ivy ciad walls and tiny yard somchow immediately inspires meditation. Pedestrians pass by and seem lost in reverie for several blocks. b “There was a report you dropped in our town today,” pestcards s E. F., of Charleston, W. V: ‘We hope the mistake was discov- ered in time to avert a panic. (Copyright, 1930, McNaught ndicate, Inc.) MOTORIST ADMITS OFFIGER IS RIGHT Agrees With Testimony He Was Driving at High Speed “The officer is right,” Otto C. Danenhauer, 34, of 77 Elm street, West Haven, admitted in police Officer - George Moffitt had testificd that he saw him drive through South Main street at the rate of 40 to 45 miles an hour about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Judge Stanley J. Traceski imposed fine of $10 and costs on the charge of specding . Assistant Prosceuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein cntered a nolle on payment of costs in the case of Maurice Kalmanowitz, 19, of 66 Winter street, who was arrested by Officer Thomas Blanchette on March 26 for spceding. Attorney Yale Sable represented Kalmano- witz. M Test Case Planned in Arrest of Malt Dealers Portland, Me.. April 1 (UP)— Whether possession of ingredients for the manufacture of liquor con- stitute a violation of the national prohibition law will be decided by federal court here in what is con- sidered a test case. Thomas N. and E. Donahue, own- ers of the Donahue Dbrothers shop, are being held under §1,000 bail each for the federal grand jury fol- lowing a raid on their store i which malt and hops valued at §1,- 500 to $2,000 were seized. Seth May, federal prohibition di- recto® for Maine, said that if the federal court rules that the Dona- hue brothers had violated the dryv law it would have an important . bearing on the sale of malt and hops in this state. Giants Hitting Hard In Texas Ball Park Shreveport, La.. April 1 (®—If they could play all their games in Texas league ball parks, the New York Giants might sct a. few new home run records. In two games since they broke camp at San An- tonio, the Glants have collected sev- en four base blows, five of them ‘n yesterday’'s 11-7 victory over Shreve- port. 1'reddy Lindstrom, making his first appearance in a game this vear, and Johnny Mostil, playing his first full contest, were among the home run hitters. Father and Son” Charged A continuance until April 10 was ordered in the cases of Joseph and Theodore Grocki, father and son, of I'armington, charged with vielation | of the financial responsibility law. John C. Roden, 7, of 791 Farming- ton avenue, who was injured last week in an accident, which preced- cd the arrests, on Iarmington ave- nue, is under treatment at New Britain General hospital. Attorney B. J. Monkiewicz represented the Groclki: Couple Reconciled The non-support case of Dyer, 29, of Bunker Meriden, was , continued week, on recommendation of Mr. Greenstein, after Mrs. Dyer, who lives with her mother in this city said she was willing to return to her husband, and Attorney Daniel Dan- aher of Meriden, counscl for Dyer, assured her that Dyer was ready to take her back. r has not confributed to the Frank avenue, for one — AUTO LAWS OF THE STATES Tt you own or drive an automobile—and who doesn’'t—you are ceriainly E0ing to drive across a state line some fime this summer—maybe dozens of them. You wili find our Wa<hington Bureau's Jatest bulletin DIGEST O STATE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS useful., It contains condensed information on speed laws, reciprocity provisions, drivers' licenze laws, signals anq light provisions for cvery state in the Union. 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