New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1930, Page 6

New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Britain, Conpecticut Tasued Daily (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg, 67 Cburch 8treet BSCRIPTION RATES r $2.00 Three Months 495¢c. & Month Entered at the Post Office at New Britaim as Second Clase Mal) Matter. In February there were at least 00,00 unemployed United They were unpro- ductive, and that means they did not add to the wealth of the nation which is divided among everybody men tes. in the long run. ‘When mass production umption, the elimin- upon mass cor ation of wha can consume or buy is a grave men- in the depends 10,000 wage earners TELEPHONE CALLS Rusiness Office . 925 Editorial Rooma That the times are out of kilter can perhaps be most easily under- stood by emphasizing that the goods can manufacture are desired by everyone, that they purchased The only profitable advertising me. we tn the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisera. and would be by evervone did Member of the Associated Press cveryone’s buying power permit. Aseociated Press {a exclusively en-| . ed to the use for re-publication of i all ne credited to it or mot otherwise scover credited in this paper and also local | news published therein. | Senate committee It what desires to will find them in it can do s another 1 facts. But on lenty, abou: Wiser Sen- the the si Member Audit Burean of Circulation | ..o/ icis than The A. B. C. is & national organization | which furnishes fewspapers and adver- tsers with a strictly honest analysis of | eirculation. Qur ciiculation statistics are based upon this audit. This nsures pio- | tection against fraud im newspaper dis- | G tribution figures to both national and | Siead of only by a part of local adveruisers. | those in ave failed fo solve this under- to prosperity that should be shared by everyone, in- New en nce The Herald fs on male dally in Tork at Hotaling's Newsstand, T Square; Schultz'a Newsstand, En | INTERNATIONAL PETTIFOGGING Grand Central, 42nd Street. | hations which have sj d Kellogg pact, belong the Locarno pact, Py who to the League of rot present when his son ur Considering that yor was i ons show a sorry spectacle 1o hair-splitting about “security” drove his automot pension the Mayor's license for that ol sy onform with their and paid a ey seems no need for Had he been (et the tence). over-zealous about readers f In spite of the pacts they do not vholly trust one another. “The punishment Austin Mills, 17, who IFALE OF TWO DRIVES 1e modification or repeal drive the wets is alarming the drys, at the Co ut School for Boys at Meriden threw a pitchfo Rudolph Brown, a fellow indete ts have reason to be alarmed t the increased enforcement tactics 1o bear federal killing him, is minat period in the Cheshire Reformat o be confined at Cheshire of Meriden is an improvement from every standpoint. an ou nis, i Padlocking of in New York, the raiding of hotels, padlocking of important placcs n Bostoa—these reforms hat at Cheshire at least has be indicate renew ivity of prohibilion enforcement. should not ated properly wets pretend tha they like it Tt is said that A . But the worst mess of all are the rongly desirous of making a di = arges of police grafting in Boston. drive in Turkey we don't understand. drink; that is part lizion, and any conform to the mandate of Mohamet | This is something 5 magazine writer who several ks do no | months azo Te ., | was called who doesn’t “wrote up” Boston and Hub to explain, the nail of their to the hit declared Turk seems to have on the head when he the evi- does not o to heaven. A prohibition | drive in Turkey should be an victory over the dence, it he casy | | give it, were really expected o would shock the city and in- brewers criminate prominent politicians, without tell- him depart Down in El Paso. Tex., a dozen or ing what e knew. S0 members of a high school have formed an “anti-necking club,” whose object it will e to enconr- | Since then, however, a fe e licity occurred and the gla has done the rest age the return of thesdays of close chaperonage and well-ligh parlor. That must have been before most of even the middic-aged were | the | building trades has caused many of A HIGHER PAY IDEAL employment the Wble in born, as in our youth, to the best of our recollection, the parlors were them to desire | enough pay while at work 1o tide not well-lighted in order to save on | the. gas olila lthem over such periods when worl | those enzaged in is slack or non-cxistent The right, effect public’s HE MACHINE AGF idea is only the AND M{PLOYMENT When William Green, president of the American Federation of upon the purse i hard. Labor,| The same idea, it applicd to ali testifying before a Senate commit- lee investigating the unemployment situation, stressed the historical ef- fect that unemployment has dated | from the beginning of the factory | system, and not before, he stimulat- ed thought. | Before James Watt invented the steam engine mankind in civilized that comes to mind after reading of lands the of “The Beeches” by | the Coolidges at Northampton. Tie |10 solve the employment problem by imfll\lng it easier for the periodic un- employed to get along ASSLESSING PROPERTY The need for more careful as: sessment of property is a sermon suffered purchase famines and kindred evils, The lot of manki from scou even in was asses at most civilized lands 3,000, which under 1 m motely approached but there be has nev the employed 41 mille can value” o when James Watt harnessed 1o the productive ported that the property had steam | been capacities of man |on the market for a train of which it is imed were hinged to the evils hitherto unknown budding factory.| idzes paid between $40,000 and aystem which rapidly developed 3600 In England the system permit It is h s that the exploitation of men children to a ¥ tent, women itherto unknown ex- | consideration in & and the nation rapidiy «d from agriculture and commerce 0 one o power. The inve not to 0 blan foresec ties, Today, of economic argely oblit houzh much as is imed-—there mains an ndustrial nati Every THI MOVIES CENSORING co ore a ve man t Jpon employed ex too hounti wion's box offices measure help con cluding {hat th organizing to which produces can be lis- sociely in ¢ wha more goods than | to eliminat anizations be- consunie which means | lieve iplift more goods a purchased It i3 being learned m ective- | nity that machines do peopl goods. Of what ¢ [and hear. which can do t part of the f tually unemploy the gopds mad That is the fo owed th period of comfortable t even during hoom prosperity were a total o ployed in the country 1 other industrial nations spectre of the alant, unemploy the peo- | important places | | solidation, the increa | with the view of finding a way out | ton | throuzh other employments, would do much | Ot course, there are exceptions, and these usually are the big successes in the film world. Pictures are made all classes, types and ages of the population.” Unlike the legitimate stage, there are no film theaters ap- pealing to different types in the communities; children and grown- ups of all degrees of intelligence are supposed to obtain their film drama at the same places. This desire to “appeal to everybody” naturally re- in a standardized product loaded with the repetitive cliches and banalities. Famous stories, when screened, too often are changed to to this standardization; even their titles are changed. “to appeal to sults conform In spite of this manifest desire to tastes into one both are coalesce varying some artistic and pictorially. which withal Hollywood crucible results, dramatic achieved, is to the of the credit industry when the handicaps of its metho: | is realized. The Will going too far | prejudices of the self-appointed ve- Hays organization is in trying to meet the | forming graups. We are rapidly de- | veloping into the most censored and nation on earth; busy- are trying to reformed bodies ail around us | tell us what we can eat, drink, read and se No attempt is ever to | form the reformers. That, we Sug- | gest, would be something for the | Will Hays organization to attempt. | 1t being a trust of moving picture | moguls, it ought to be powerful | enough to tell the reformers to jump lake occasionally. at made Te- {into a nearby | Until that time arrives more British |and Continental uncensored films might be needed in the country. SIDE. RATLROAD CONTROL While it is the sentiment of New | England residents that its two major | railvoads, the New Haven and the Boston & Maine, and also the minor lines, should indepcndent nd not part of any trunk line con- in ownersnip { of both the major lines by the Penn- a subsidiary of remain | road Corporation, {the Pennsylvania railroad, presents a problem that must be solved. Fortunately the governors of the slates, ihe New England Counc and other associations which have taken the trouble to investigate the New England railroad situation, are in one accord against such control and are studying this development of the difficulty. Revelations produced by the Bos- Herald that the Pennsylvania its subsidiary acquired a substantial increase in New Haven B. & M. holdings during the past year should stimujate protest to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Unfortunately while investi- gations and the T. . is turning its attention to the | companies of and are under way, b B holding railroads, othing intervenes to prevent furtker accessions of holdings. The w. Atterbury is perhaps the mo Pernsylvania under w. gressive railroad in existence. In ad- dition to buying heavily into New | England lines, it has secured heavy | | investments in the Wabash, the l.ehigh Valley, the Canton Company, | and purchased the Detroit, Toledo & ronton (Ford's former railroad) and other properties. Most recently it discovered that motor coaches of | rival lines were cutting into its New York City, and now it also wants to oper- Ter- the city. passenger business in | |ate buses between the Penn minal and other parts of | | ¥ A flea | pers vear after vear. It doubtle which the ad New York Central nank orce” Ihe railroad further has a | hand in opposition 1o the plans of competing companies, often, it is sus) indivectly. And r 1ccording to Senator Grune svlvania, the railroad under is forging into poi fone state it aspires to “run” slature and ies Commission. Mr. ill he remembered, eman to the lican Commitiee and Philadelphia Republics tion. Former Governor Pinchot, by e way, 2 s taken flings at the | Philad Mr. Att This mixt Iphia machine now run by o s and rail- poli i roading is an evil ad Corporation | reasing con- | trol i lines, that similar v not be ttempt and ? None control of obuoxious 1 upon 100 much of rither The inzredient public nonadays is not what it used to be. Politics may not have changed as rapidly as the attitude certain extent. There are certain present and the issues of the elucidating. Mr. McDonough came with an important system. There are other im- sewer disposal forward water of the public toward politics, but it will have to kecp step to at least a future needing issue—the city | tims “daffodils”? Daffodils are ¥ ling kids was better, why did | meant giving steers a drink; {that can jump the sena- | What guarantee | portant issues—the system, improvements generally, parks, playgrounds, schools, What are the attitudes of the candidates regarding all such questions? A few applied to each 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, Obviously, some these issues |13 New York avenue, Washing- i ", enclosing two cents in involve the spfnding of money. [ton, D. C. enclosing T Vs i i "« |stamps for reply. Medical, legal and There are a host of intelligent voters |2 &mbs S0 CoR O given, nor in the city, however, and they know | ..o o tanded research be under- from experience that the city is go- |taken. All other questions will re- ing to get nothing worth while with- |ceive a persenal reply. Lnslznelfi = : d. Al let- ‘e of money. That | Quests cannot be answere: s QLo e ters are confidential.—Editor. in turn icads to a consideration of which has occupied Q. What is the the candidates considerably but [restaurant? without definite conclusions as to A. Ten per cent of the bill. what will happen to it. One good | Q. What was the theme song o view of the still the tone picture “Sunny Side Up”'? the city no-! hundred words would help. of the tax rate, usual tip in a guess is that in widespread needs of body, no candidate, will be able in any way whatever to reduce the tax rate materially. 1t certainly cannot | be done Ly hanging “to rent” signs The same as the picture ide U Other hit num- bers are: “I'm a Dreamer, Aren’t We All,” “I¢ 1 Had a Talking Pic-| ture of You” and “Turn On the Heat.” Q. Who were the wives of Henry LV of France?” His first wife was Margaret of | Valois, sister of Charles IX, King of | France; his second, Maria de Medici of the illustrious Florentine House {ot Medici. | Q. Did Firpo ever fight Godfrey, the negro boxer? A. No, Q. Under what treaty did Italy obtain possession of Trieste? A. Trieste, formerly an Austrian port, was ceded to Italy under the Treaty of Saint Germain of 1918. Q. Where is Fiume? A. It is a seaport, the river Fiumara, where it falls into the Gulf of Quarnero, at the northeast cxtremity of the Adriatic Sea. Q. T have a daughter 22 years of age in Hungary who wants to come to this country for permanent residence. Does she have to come in under the quota? A. Yes. Q. Where is Skibo Castle, that was owned by Andrew . Carnegie, located? A Scotland. Q. Who designed the Coat Arms of the United States, when was it adopted? A. It was adopted June 20, 1572 and was designed by William Bar- ton of Philadelphia. Q. When was Ma given his degree of LL.D. University? A. He visited New Haven and received a degres on November 12, 1921, Q. What is mind | porto Rico? those | A~ 1.422,000. ads | Q. Is there any cstimate of the number of earthquakes that have occurred during the 19th and 20th centurie. A. Exact figures on the number of carthquakes which occurred dur- ing the 19th century and the present century are not available, but the following throws some light on the subject: Up to 1905 more than 170,000 earthquakes had been listed. From various sources it is estimated that there are on the average 4,700 earthquakes per year, of which a little over one hundred arc serious, and perhaps 15 to 20 more are sufficiently serious to be recorded on instruments throughout the world. Q. Ts the engagement ring worn over the wedding ring? A, Yes. Q. Are land salamanders as large as those that live in the water? Do they f2ed on the same kind of food? A. The land salamanders usually reach a length of six to eight inches; the aquatic forms, a foot or more. |"The land salamanders are carnivor- |ous and will eat angleworms, small insects, etc.; the aquatic forms eat small fish and fish eggs. Q. Ts dandruff contagious? York pros-| A. No, but it may carry germs of scalp diseases which are infec- | tious. Q. What is the “Eighth |tude” and who composed it ? A. Alexander Pope in a letter to Gay, dated October 6, 1727, wrote <11 | What he called the “Eighth Teati- theap! tol thedonsumen tax |Lude” as follows: “Blessed is he who [hetk 16 piy the aiticrencs. | expects nothing, for he shall never { be disappointed.” | Commu- | Q. When dacs the second quarter A5 RS of the year begin and end? nism is to lend and relend a com- | @ (A€ U CRF CO GO ivln\'l“"»“ ‘l“‘: ‘”‘"“"" ‘:"" ‘Eq CVEEY- | e first aay of April and rody forgets who it belongs to. | y,50 50, = Q. How fast do the | bee revolver A, The wings of a hee do not revolve, but have an up-and-down ! | movement. It has been calculated | that the bee makes 240 wing strokes !a second. J Q. Where could a letter be ad- i 25 Years Ago Today 1r(l}r:rs;carlnylj.? the former Kaiser of {on the city hall. \Facts and Fancies By Robert Quillen Dr. Cook can say he has been one | place where the other explorevs haven't, Now is the time to puf up blue- bird and wren houses o keep spar- rews from building in the draia | pipes. situated on Of course the new dresses arc long. When hunters measure a vic- tim, they count tail and all. Just the knowledge that aren't ever going anyplace make hell bad enough. you will Don't scorn labels. A label is the only difference between a dol- lar-limit hat and one priced $18.50. You can te!ll wh Dunfermline, Fifshire, ts is a traveling man uses his napkin to plate and sliver. h one of your He ab- pe his o8 and Why not suppress pornographic | ? If you leave out the nasty | part, there's nothing left that any- hal Foch body would read. ha och at Yale Why not call the racketeer's vic- lew and eaay to pluck. the population of It it's true that a weak makes a criminal, how do who believe in tooth paste conceal their meanness? Americanism: Urging youngsters to go straight so they can becoms important enough to thumb their noses at law. — Tn the old-fashioned way of rais. they turn out to be such fool parents? stoch” now ving the lambs a dry- Formerly, “watering the i means cleaning. Disgrace doesn’t hurt money lov- ers. The man who sacrifices honor to get money doesn’t worry much when his kids sacrifice honor for fun, Drugstore: A place that provides a ten-cent lunch for people ashamed to enter a {en-cent lunch room. Tt is estimated that the authors | of books on child psychology have |ap average of three ornery kids to experiment on, circus in New inspires pedestrians 1o see creatures forty times their Beatl- own length. has a price. and At last Government Pay the farmer a high plan. casy way to start zins on ends on o wings of a ather, went “hut knowing | Correct this sentczce: to the bhad.” said the {1 have the consolation of i© was no fault of mine.” Copyright, 1930, Publishers Syndicate A. Doorn Castle, Doorn, Nether- | lands. Q. Where W2XD A. At Tuckerton operated by the Radio of Ameri Q. What is a lyric tenor? A. One whose voice is adapted to singing emotional songs, especial- ly love song: STILL BLAMED FOR FIRE Andover, Mass, April 2 (P—An An application has been made (o the county commissioners for a | Leer license at Rentschler's park. The battalion drill of Compani=s T: and D at the armory last eve- |ning were successtully _conducted. | There was an interested crowd to vatch the maneuvers of the mili- t | is radio station ; W g A Al rporation | he Normal school will close F | day for the ILiaster vacation and ipon the resumption of school work { a religion, York, April %.—Every un- is dashing off a New important nobody full longth autobiography thesc days. So toda column will be about myself. Take a deep breath and let's go. My first newspaper job was chasing local items up and down the main strect of a small town, the same thing only my I am still doing in about the same way Main street is Broadway, the av nues and side streets. 1 frequent write protesting letters to editors if they blue pencil my stuff, whica is cheeky. For when I see it in print I wonder why they-print it at all. Most of my writing is done 2t night and for ten years, save catch a steamer or train, I have not seen the sun rise. I have been writ ing a daily article about New York for 16 ¥ and only two strike me as worth preservin One of those vias an idea suggested by Michazl Arlen. ally written wound th nor I have a line L feelings never intentio thought would of another, tic screeds about me have been written by writers 1 have befriend- cd I have worked on country week- lics, small town dailies, big city pa- pers, two metropolitan journals and several magazines. My weekly income from writing was §1 for a joke sold to Life. My biggest was $4,250 which 1 never hope (o cqual again, b rerage mail is 100 letters a day. More cpistles come from Cali- fcrnia than any other state. The only city of any size from which 1 do not ever recall receiving a let- ter is Baton Rouge, La. The biggest wail from any city comes from Denver, Colorado. Ninety-eight per cent of mail i friendly. The other two per cent is anonymous ani sneering. I answer letter as soon as possible. 1 dc my best work—or so it seems 1o me—on dark, gloomy and drizzling days. At times I do my stint in a Lalf heur. Other times it takes me all day. T invariably go to my bursting with cnthusiasm, but it soon ecvaporates. In 15 minutes I am usually casting about for an cxcuse to procrastinate, 1 become totally absorbed in the prospect of a developing hang-nail. I putte vith desk drawers. Shine the gla=s tops of my desk. Rtomp 1with the dog. Anything to delay. Yet no oth- cr work interests me, T am a professional worrier. There is not a day that something does not pop up and hefog me wita depression. I look upon the worst side of everything and yet in great emergencics—real troubles—I am amazingly calm. About once a year T am seized with an overshelming urge to he thrifty. I remove uncancelled stamps rom envelopes and resort to other bursts of niggardliness. It lasts about two weeks and then I %o on a spending spree that incites polite but firm telephone calls from the bank. been was a house Nearly all has spent in hotel ¢ father hotel kecper. I tried keeping for two months in Newport, Ky opposite Cincinnati. Neither my vife or I liked the experiment. W rarely ecat at the same twice in succession. order three helpings of aessert. 1 am an extravagant tipper— save 1o taxicab drivers. 1 promptly chiefly a source of worry pay because unpaid. my debt. they ac to| have I} ever spoken slightingly of a race or | ome of the most sarcas- smallest | typewriter | |strong northwest winds restaurant T frequently T keep a guest book and with ex- ceptions everybody who has callel in the past six years has inscribsd their names therein. Some day it will be worth a fortune. has for ten years at- tended to all my business affairs She arranges and dictates all the terms of my contracts. The net ! come goes to her and I still fen she has been underpaid. The gen- tlest of women, she is declared by astute executives to be the shrewd- est they ever encountered. I have frequently made a fool of myse.f but she has always been tolerant. And that is why I consider myseil n extremely lucky (Deep Chorus: I'll say he's lucky.) guy. (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndicate, 1nc.). My wife COMMUNICATED Connecticut of Education Thanking the Boa Editor Herald: I wis State Board of Liducation for open- ing thesc evening schools so the people who come from the foreign lands could learn to read, write and speak gaod Englis As I feel about it, I think that everyone else that comes to evening school feels the same. In our coun- try everybody didn’t have a chance to educatc themselves but in this free country we have every oppor- tunity to educate ourselves that we want. I am glad that you make us feel that we really belong to this coun- try and have a part in its activitics. I am glad, also, that you give us a fair chance to become citizens of the United States of America. T would like to say that I have enjoyed this school term very much and I will be happy when it begins again. I would like to give a word of thanks to the teachers for helping me learn to know the English lan- guage much better, (Mrs.) Huranoosh Geragosian. Observations On The Weather vashington, April for Southern New England cloudy; fair and colder Thursday partly cloudy; Partly tonight; fresh to this after- noon diminishing tonight. Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair tonight; Thursday cloudin: not much change temperature; fresh northwest winds, east. Yorecast for New Haven and of them, STATE MOTOR provisions for every state send for it: in *] 1 want a copy IA AME . ISTREET ANL NUMBER |cn‘! ) FETPPTe . L Bass | L to thank the Connecticut | 4 2.—Forecast | increasing | in | becoming moderate north and north- | [N the Union. Fill ty day; not much change in tempera= ture. ‘Conditions: The disturbance that passed over this section last night is central this morning over Maine. It produced rains along a narrow 1t from Arkansas northeastward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. High pressure covers the Ohio valley. A disturbance is moving eastward over Canada. Temperataures have fallen in the northeastern distric Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature. Temperatures yesterda High Atlanta . 66 Atlantic City «. g Boston . Buftalo Chicago Cincinnati Duluth Denver Hatteras Minneapolis » Nantucket - Nashville .. New Haven New Orleans . New York .. Norfolk, Va. - Northfield, Vt. Pittsburgh . Portland, Me. . St. Louis Washington - BRI 30RA5a5303a00knen | Wild Motorist Caught State | After Dodging Bullets Brockton, Mass.. April 2 (UP)— A policeman, standing on the run- ning board of a commandcered ma- chine, fired four shots during a half mile chase here early today befors capturing Everett Lawson, 24, of this city. The scene of the chase was on Main street in the Campello section. Lawson, who narrowly escaped death or secrious injury from bullets fired by Policeman Inar Thompson, was arrested on charges of drunk- enness, drunken driving, failing te stop at an officer's command. and operating without a license. One bullet crashed through the rear window of Lawson's sedan, piercing the motorist's overcoat at the shoulder, and shattered the windshield. TLawson suffered cuts when showered with broken glass as the bullet smashed the rear window, but otherwise was unharmed. FLIGHT PLAN ABANDONED Lisbon, Portugal, April 2 (UP)— Plans for a flight by Portuguese aviators from Lisbon to New York, via the Azores, and Bermuda, have been abandoned because of lack of financial backing. A Life Depends on the Way You See Things Wear Our Glasses And See Things Right My Specialty—Com(ortable Vision Frank E. Goodwin Optometrist 327 MAIN ST. PHONE 1805 4 AUTO LAWS OF THE STATES 1€ vou own or drive an automobile—and who doesn't—vou are certainly Roing to drive across a state line some time this summer—maybe dozens You will find our Washington Bureau's latest bulletin DIGEST OF VEHICLE LAWS usoful. on speed laws, reciprocity provisions, drivers' 1t contains condensed license laws, out the information signals and light coupon below and = === = e e =(LIP COUPON HERE === s ome == lAL’TO EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britain Herald, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. of the bulletin STATE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS and enclose herewith. five cents to cover postage and handling costs: STATE sorvinisesinsnssesnnissne I am a reader of the New Britain Herald, T S———— East Toonerville News Item A BIG BLIMP PASSED RIGHT OVER EAST TOONERVILLE APRIL FOOL DAY ANP HARDLY ANYONE SAW IT. a new class will be sent to th South Manchester Training school. A hearing was held in legislature today on the proposed amendmen's lo the present city charter as well as on the new city charter. There was no session in court this morning, the first time occurred in a number of At least one case is genc cach day explosion and fire which destroyed a | large stable and badly damaged the | adjoining farm house of Irank Moran in West Andover this morn- ing caused $7.000 loss and drew the | |immediate attention of federal probi- | | bition agents to the large still which | was reported to have been the caus of the blast. Moran able ave 16 cows hut two horses were {burned to death. polic this has months, Iy tricd The annual convocation of IRoNATEAT Gil- b M POPE'S SISTER BURIED ymorrow evening Rome, April 2 (I'P)—The funeral Election of Maria Sarto of Pope Iius 1l was held today at the church of nf permits for new | Santo Spirito in Sa Many pre- buildings are heing taken |lates. including representatives of { city. according o th> | the pope present. The hody | Puilding department. iwm be taken to Riese for burial, ld chapter, will held in the officers of sister s | tenement out in f g