New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1930, Page 27

ECKENER TELLS OF WILDS OF SIBERIA Gral Commander Describes Al- most Unknown Mountains Washington, D. C., April 5. Geography of little known areas of Siberia, cbserved on his flight around the world, was described by Dr. Hugo Eckener when he came to Washington to receive the Spgcial Gold Medal of the National Geo- graphic Society. “It had been my original inten- tion to perform the flight over Rus- sia and Siberia along a so-called greatest circle-route, thus avoiding the mountainous parts of southern Siberia which during the month of August are nearly constantly cover- ed by heavy rain-clouds and fog.” Dr. Eckener said. “This greatest circle-route would- have led us fur- ther to the north by the mouths of the rivers Ob and Yenisei and along the northern and middle section of the River Lena. “On the w when our ship’ was over the central TRussia, I received weather reports. announcing a wide- spread area of bad weather in the northeast corner of Russia which made it appear likely that the Ural in its northern parts would be cov- ered with rain-clouds. 'We would then have been compelled to cross the mountains at a considerable height, so as to avoid stranding on the high mountafns. “To fly at such an altitude would not have been feasible in the begin- ning of our trip with the heavily loaded ship. Thus, I was forced to pass over the Middle-Ural and to run a more southerly course be- tween the 60th and the 65th parai- lels. Perhaps this change in cour: from a geographical point of view, was no disadvantage because we thus passed districts which were | highly interesting and impressive and which gave a fantastic picture of a nearly inaccessible region which in its entire extent had hardly for a distance been scanned by human eyes. “Immediately after passing the| Ural range we got over the swamp district of the so-called Taiga, which stretches widely along both banks of the River Ob. We crossed these swamps over a course of 800 to 900 miles. In this terrible district it impossible: for human beings to live. Wherever the eye looks at meets with wastes of green and gray swamps which would retain with deadly arms a wanderer and would not again release its prey. “Having passed the River Yenisel we then crossed a desolate and de- serted hilly country, following gen- erally the course of the Lower Tun- guska, From the vast virgin forests below us and from the deeply cut narrow river valleys which w passed no hand waved up to us. Only occasionally daring hunters may invade these regions when they are temporarily freed from the ties of a fierce winter for a short sum- mer of two or three months only. To the south and to the north ther« are mountain ranges which are hardly known and not entered on the maps in detail. he watershed between the Rivers Yenisei and Lena proved to be a table land, slowly inclining to- wards the Lena, deserted and bare, not inhabited by men, a vast space of detached isolation. But then, having passed Yakutsk, the most in- teresting and as to landscape most fascinating part of the Siberian course began. We had to pass over the rarge of the Stanovoi Mountains which separate the TLena district from the Okhotsk Sea. To this part of the journey I had from the beginning been looking forward with the greatest interest beca the formation and height of the e mountains was entirely unknown to us. Tn geographic manuals there was hardly to be found a hint thereof. Therefore, if the mountains were covered by clouds we would have to pass them at a high alti- ETHEL I 9 BETR IR~ ~ T Cate 6L GRONG— ON S TAMILD RS (1 (R, 4 7 Hoot Mon KELLY —with— Vera Gordon, Kate Price DAYS STARTING TOMORROW 4 SIDNEY 13,000 to 4,000 NLEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930. tude. But what altitude would be | necessary ? “The handbooks say that in the district in which we intended to| pass, the mountains were hardly 4,000 feet high. But we were obliged | to climb constantly the nearer we came to the coast. We went up from | feet and then to 5,000 feet, but still the ridges and peaks were higher than we flew. | Finally we worked our way through | at a height of nearly 6,000 feet, fol-| lowing a deeply cut valley and cross ing a ridge at only 300 feet almudci over the ground. “The peaks to "the right and to| the left I estimated to be still 800 to 900 feet higher. After having surmounted this last ridge we found the mountains dropped very stecp- ly towards the ocean. It grand and nerve-straining through fantastic unknown tain regions, perhaps the beautiful part of the whole flight.” MAPLE HILL NEWS Guest night for the members and friends of the Woman's club of | Maple Hill will be observed next Wednesday cvening, April t s o'clock at the parish house of Newington Congregational church. The following program has been ar- ranged by the committce in charge of the affair; a pantomime dance, the Pet-Shop will be given by a group of children under the direction of Miss Celeste Denniston of Hartford. Two plays, “Through the Kitchen Door” Hart, and a “Maid in France” by Mrs, Gail Q. Porter will be presented under the dircetion of Mrs. George Flanagan of New Britain. Mis Elinor Pond will play three piano selections, Lictesfreud by Kreisler, Moment Musicale, Op. 94 by Schu- bert and Scherzo in E minor by Mendelssohn. The hostesses will be Mrs. R. B. Doane, Mrs. H. H. How- ard, Mrs. B. R. Elam and Mrs. M. Johnson, a| flight | moun- ' most ' world ! B Proudman of were called to Mr. and Mrs, Frederick street Bridegport last week-end by the death of Mr Proudman's father, S. Walter Proudman. The burial was in Meriden on Monday. Duane Halverson, student at Til- ton Academy, Tilton, N. IT, has been spending his spring vacation with his uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. L. A. Sprague on Theodore street. Robert Lienhard is home from the Yale School of Architecture for the spring recess. Mr. Lienhard is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Licnhard of Golf street. Mrs, Arthur Hollings who has been a patient at the Coolidge Me- morial hospital has returned to her home in Newington Center, There was a large attendance at the open meeting of the Newington Garden club held yesterday after- noon in the Newington Congrega- tional parish hduse. A very instru tive talk on *“Rock Gardens’ was given by Mrs. Mary 1. Kennedy of East Hartford. Mrs. Harold Forbe: Mrs. Eskil Josephson, and Mrs. Dwight Chichester were the hos- tesses during the social hour that followed the lecture. A son, Milton William was boun | to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lockwood of Ridgeway street last Friday, March William Hart, young son of Mrs. | Howard Fransen of Elm Hill has been ill with pneumonia at the New Britain General hospital the past week, but is now on the road to re- covery, Miss Leonie Harding of Robbins avenue will spend this week-end with Mies Dorothy Stevens in South Norwalk. FRANK'S WATCH FOUND Bridgeport, April 4 (A—If Frank Leganocz will communicate with police, his watch, stolen about eizht years ago, will be returned. On January 14, 1922, Leganoz was over- come by gas in his room here, When he recovered he reported to police that his watch had been stolen, giving thenr-the case and works number. New Haven it that police recovered erday in a pawn shop in Leganocz, however, lives here. He is believed to be liv- ing in Waterbu Egypt's traffic police are mounted on camels. Big Masquerade Dance At the Norden Bungalow Tomorrow Night, April 5th Bfusic by the Charlestonians from Hartford ‘Warner Bros. CariTOL Every Patron An Honored Guest ou'll Be Laughing For a Week After You See and Hear— The COHENS and KELLYS SCOTLAND 1009 Talking Begorra! Hoot Mon! . COHEN Charlie MURRAY the | written by Mrs. Frederick A. | no longer | |8 i mn ||| -.% l’“;“" Vl“ T Unless otherwise fndicated, theatrical notices and reviews iu this coluinp are written by press agoncias for tha respective amuseinent company. ) FoSE < T gd—“o ll \o/ [ ND KELLYS Tt there is anything funnier than “Cohen and Kelly" it is another “Cohen and Kelly. The famous Irish-Jewish is trooping into the Capitol ater on ite fourth annual fun- 'z excursion. This time they |* “Cohens and Kellys in nd what they leave un- in the way cf mirth provoca- isn’t worth mentioning. Sidney, Charlie Mur iordon and Kate Price a in in this latest of U n\~, rious “Cohen and Xel- Z CLIVE BROOK AT STRAND Supported by a remarkably str , Evelyn Bernt and Clive Brook » e at the Strand tl and Saturday in their picture, “Slightly Sc made an outstanding Paramount's first all-talking picture, They arc treme ously effective in this New Sho World talking picture filled fast action, romantic thrills. da ous adventure and wholesome laugh “Slightly Scarlet” leeps on the qui vive eve {new situation is a E | tion, an uncxpeeted plot twist that's hard to gu Pherc's not a i moment in the whole show trom t time that beautiful Miss Brent sees handsome Clive Brook in Pari wishes she could know him. They |were cxceedingly over-optimistic in finally meet, and then the real ex-|their intentions. In so tough a spot citement begi Tiach has a se o they find themsclves that they | hie dreads revealing to (he other. sink their ancient enmity to become Paul Lukas, the graceful sophisti- | e seen in “Slightly Scarlet” in ineftectual another of those delightful menace Kelly | roles which have made him so pop- they | ular with film audicnces everywhere. And laughter-provoking Fugene Pal- | lette struts and booms in dress clothes. The cast includes Henry Wadsworth, the sailor in “Ap-| plause;” Morgan Farley, seen with | | George Bancroft in “The Mighty Virginia Bruce, a beautiful blo; recently placed under contract Paramount. ‘OHLE nakii with ond. rprise upro s for the sto the Cohens I other, idea natives. . suffice to sa 1 Kellys, unknown rt out for Scotland making a fortune They find that they st o T pariners atfempts of Cohen to play golf, their antics bet on the horse and Colien trying fo talk Scoteh, are extremely Prominent telife, Whitloek The all comical | in the cast are 1. J.| William Colvin and Lloyd program he rounded the follow short subjects: II' talking comedy: two 1cts of vitaphone vodvilly Crazy Cat rtoon and Fox Movietone news. | will by comedy | { | states) | | | | French perfumes and cosmetics. RAILROAD LINKS New Line Completes Continuous Stretch fo Ganadian Border Washington, D. C., April 4 | first railroad to connect two Central American republi pleted between Salvador and Guate- mala ays bulletin from the | Washington, D. headquarters of the National Geographic soc “The new r ous rail line from nada except for Suchiate river between and Mexic Moreover, line conneccts with a railroad leading to Pucrto Guatemala, on the Gulf of Hond | thus affording an Atlantic outlet Salvador. 1.100 Miles Saved “Thus shippers of the castern | United States and Europe see i chance to save about 1,100 miles of slow water transportation sult cf the availability of the facilities at Puerto Barrios,” con- tinues the bulletin. “Heretoforc cargoes to and+from Atlantic ports The s has leen south Salvador to Guatem ras for ports of - Burope. were through the Panama Canal for Sal- vador, which spreads along the Pacific coast, at no point nearer than 100 miles from the t. The United States is the source of more than half of the Salvador imports and nearly all the remain- der comes from Furope. “‘Although Estados appears in nearly every class of Salvador imports, drug story Salvador cities display Italian phur, s0ap routed German perfumed hardware stores travelers see Ge The vaudeville entertaining and Red in * {and Maree in sions:” Lionel *Mike Feminine Fantasy:” Melino and |{heir Dayis in “Two Pints of Comedy;”|or prosecutions and “Hollywood to Broadway Many of them, pretentious revue. lax about Beginning Sunday 15 requ the Strand will of stolen icles found their way in “Montana Moon™ to junk yards M. J. cast Ilynn spent several hours yesterday notifying the attitude. program has with Revel On Steps;” Tern udeville Diver- | Ames in “A [ five | Bros. | JUNK DEALLES WARNED Notices have been served on J\mk ilers in the city by the police that | lws- affecting the conduct. of | business must be lived up to| will bhe Lrought. | it is said, have been | reporting their purchascs | by law, and as a result acts °p a for f Joan Cra with an all days ford s have the Sergeant | == dealers of the polm! AT TUE LMBASSY THEATER Today marks the final screening of the double feature pictures at the Embassy theater. The River with| Wi Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan |traffic w comipletes one of the while | Yehicular Anna Penninglon is starred n |here was greatly delayed today after| Tanned Legs.” They are {wo excel- | truck operated by Leonard Ailler, | lent features that ave surely worth- [0f 287 Davenport street, Hnd:f’rwr:.! Whilo seelng. | knocked down a pole at the side of Ll B ndel, 1"ox MO\"-‘”"‘ road and a pleasure car driven tone comedian, who will be nd {bY William P, Neary of Iranistan | heard in “The Golden Calf,” sensa- |avenue, Bridgeport, struck the pole | tional comedy with music coming to |48 it Jay across the highway. the Embassy theater tomorrow, is| Although no arrests were made it the exception that proves the rule. |15 alleged that Ailler was dozing at | Tor ages, the clown in real life|the wheel. None was injured in ths has always heen known as a gad|C man. Thousands of plays and have been written about the poor | comedian, making others law while all the time his heart is break- mng. “Not me suy ac TRAF Westport, D UP April 4 (P—Trolley tied up for an hour and Tatutes, traffic on the post road fumous en " says EL “I'm a happy all the time. I have a nice home ming wife, a couple of auto- mobiles and money in Brendel. as a matter of one comedian who is nearly alwa in character even when he is not| appearing before a . He nlr‘ ways has a fund of new wise-cracks | to pull on his friends. or some hew | anccdote he has thought 'PALACE | —Tlouse of Hits— fact 4 Last Showings Teday “Four Devils” with Janet Gaynor Co-Feature | | ” PHONE TOLLS INCREASE | “The Gamblers New Haven, ~April 4 (P —Im-| provement in business was indicated | by increase in toll telephone calls it was announced by the Souther: New England Telephone Co. today It has found that daily toll m sages in January showed one per | cent increase over January 1929 and | showed a five per cent m-{ | with H. B. Warner TOMORKOW ONLY Norma Shearer in “THEIR OWN DESIRE" Co-Feature William Haines in “NAVY BLUES” 2nd Chap. “Tarzan The Tiger” February, 1 STRAND THEATER] ATURDAY MORNING 9:30 “Kiss for Cinderella” Children 25¢ ‘Adults 35¢ Reserve Seats Children 35¢ Adults 50¢ Warner Bros. Starts SUNDAY TRAN Tirst Show at 1:00 Tor 1 Days S John Mack Brown Rarl Dane Benny Rubin Dorothy Sebastian Clft Edwards |ner tab |man steel, iron In the men's shops | hats are for sale while, | wine shop. there are French, Spanish and German wines. “One may sit in a Salvador living | room reading a newspaper printed on German paper by light which comes through a window pane from | In the next room the din- | such | Belgium. > may bz set with products as tea and rice from China, BIG DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT Given by the HEIGH-HO-HARMONIANS The Band with Harmony Odd Fellows’ Hall ARCH ST. Dancing 8- 12 Adm., 50¢ COLLEGIAN S (Registered) TOMORROW NIGHT ELKS’ CLUB Music by Bacchanalian Orch. “Where that different crowd goes’ LATIN REPUBLIGS affords a continu- | ¢ the width of the | as a re- port | Atlantic (United | and nickel products. | Ttalian-made | in a nearby cocoa m 4 cheese | about 10,000,000 pounds went t6 The which may | Netherlands; Sweden took about the cquipped | same amount, while Norway - and cooking | Italy each took thousands of pounds. salvador balsam has figured in “Outside 1he front door automo- |Salvador exports since the Spaniards biles from Detroit are running on | first scttled there. Balsam, which is Peruvian gasoline, Hail one of these | Used for its medicinal properties, is antomobiles and you may ride past|the sap of a tree that is {ndigenous monuments cut from Italian marble | to Salvador. But the early Spanish w building construction in | scttlers shipped the sap to Peru gian structural steel forms Where it was reshipped to Spain. ork above the roofs of nldrr,”““" the misnomer ‘Péruvian bal- the ports ready for [Sam’ Which is, in reality, as Salv: ot of jute|dor insists, ‘El Salvador Balsam . bulging with Sal-| Three-fourths of Salvador’s balsam and coffee, Perhaps | 1S shipped to the United States while coffee came from mills | Germany and Great Britain take sl 1y all the remainder.” from Costa Rica Nicaragua; ail of from Kiteh with German aluminum utensils. com come of |t v ideas receive a warm recep- | tion in the Herald Classified Ad dept. Everybody uses the Herald Ads | from time to time. S ‘Warner Bros. D TODAY and SAT. rmany.’ | “Peruvian Balsam™ a Misnomer “Coffee forms about 92 Smlvador's exports, irazil are United in this country hre I percol per cent nearly synonymous in the but what housewife knows but that the dor coffce has not | pots ipped to this cou coffer for many {ons arc try annually, “If trade statistics popularity of Salvador ceftec, man coffec drinkers like it best 1927 they demanded more than 2 000,000 pounds. Sacks containinz EMBASSY Final [} e of thhe United States, and from thic | Showing Today “THE RIVER" with Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan “TANNED LEGS” with Ann Pennington COMING—TOMORROW What's a little leg between friends2 Well, its more than something to stand on in this well turned musical movietone of \artists and models-in’ Greenwich Village. in | sul- | ul\d‘ In| BRANDED by society! Can society deny this Dbeautiful woman love? STARRING EYELYN BRENT CLIVE BROOK A Qaramount Plcturg ;-Vaudeville REVEL BROS. and RED “Steps on Steps” with an all star cast headed by SUE CAROL and JACK MULHALL “presented by WILLIAM FOX FERN and MAREE Vaudeville Diversions LIONEL MIRE AMES A Feminice Fantasy MELIL and DAVIS 2 Pints of Comedy “HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY” A Tretentious Revue A Beautiful Piece of Personal Beauty Ware to All Ladics Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 P. M. TONIGHT Will Discuss 1 The Water Issue Tax Reduction Re-Assessment Campaign Promises and other issues Mr. McDonough emocratic Rally and MUSICAL REVUE Patrick F. McDonough, Speaker High School Auditorium, Bassett Street Orchestral Concert and Varied Program of Vaudeville Will Begin Promptly at 8:15 o’Clock Patrick F. McDonough MONDAY NIGHT: Rally and Revue, Rialto Hall, Broad St. Rally at Elihu Burritt School, North St. -