New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1930, Page 8

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This insures p: tection mgainst fraud (o newspaper d tribution figures to boih national local advertisera. tn New | Times ‘Entrance s on wmle dalily York at Hotaling’s Newsstand, Square; Schultz's Newsstand, Grand Central, 42nd Street. The Herald an hour To the driver of an go 80 miles the automobile ad such a car a comfortable hospital is tar more important prett scenery, have mud Norwich Bulletin. Can it be possible that “other states” are ahead of in Connecticut any- thing? Some of the 21 questions of the census cnumerators may be irksome. t wait until 10 from now, by which time 21 tions may be invented years additional ques- One way for Mr. Hoover to help solve the unemployment situation would be Hoover commissions and put only the un- to form more employed on the commissions. TARING THE OATH Although he will not be formally inducted into the office of Mayor until Tuesday, A. Quigley has taken the oath of office while lying on a hospital bed. The psycho- logical effect upon the patient—one George of the reasons for the unprecedent- ed action—ought to be good. It the ensuing mental state aids him in re- covering the preliminary oath-taking was eminently justified. Until Tues- day, however, Mr. Paonessa remains Mayor. Thus one unusual situation fol- lows another in the carcer of the Mayor-clect. To have been elected by the largest majority in the his- tory of local politics while in a hos- pital of itself was an outstanding feat. Now he has taken the oath of office ahead of schedule, Mr. Quigley's inauguration Mayor will likely also take plac the hospital. The Mayor-elect by gins his term in a unique manner and the effect on his recovery, it is as to be hoped, will be to accelerate it. BERLIN AND ITS SCHOOLS The town of Berlin is well able to afford sufficient school accommoda- tions for its young. Due to an unfor- tunate situation, however, there has been a lack of agreement regarding the construction of a necessary school structure and now the town 1s faced with such a state crowding that recourse must be had to the facilitics in New Britain. New Britain itself has just about reached the point where sufficient space has been provided in a portion of its schools. This city no doubt is able to come to the assistance of Berlin in the case of junior and high school pupils, but enly tempo- rarily. do municipalities have been Berlin must like other forced {o do under similar circumstances, that is to and build commod 1t Be and sree on this vital subject suff te its cl ient schools iren to ac- in were to become in would lose auto- matters as w vent to suggest annoying | solved. THE BUS TRAGEDY The of major transport late. Who does Southwes been prolific ion tragedies of not rememb. itih dismay the fate of thosc aboard continental ne it And oss of ot airp top productive grewsome details a motor coach being crossi plained only partly. The crossing was one givi B the driver, ly slowed that he not the ept AN unobstructe instead of stop down. a horo hut of ma on-exist hem—hizh West have fancy | mobile from of over- | tlan issue—voters wer names passing over railroad tracks at grade. It is high time that all of them everywhere were eliminated. It is not enough to claim, as is‘often done, that autoists and motor coach drivers should exercise such abun- dant cautions as to eliminatc cross- ing crashes, Human nature being what it is, and the tendency to err continuing to be part of the hu- man machine, the only way to make grade crossings safe is to eliminate the crossings at grade. THE SPEEDY MR. DURANT State Senator Harold R. the 12th Connecticut district described as “a great believer That does not necessarily mean that citizens, reading of M Durant of is in speed."” Durant’s spcedy methods, will ten- der wholchearted approval. His latest cxploit, to the papers, was to drive according an auto- Florida to New York on a bet that he could beat a train. He be There was sick the train by several hours. was no emergency, nobody or dying, train service was good, the railroad from TFlorida is a main iine; there was absolutely no reason for the feat except a de- | sire, perhaps, to make the front page in the newspapers and win a cngazing type of Mr. Durant tionably cndangered not only himself but the He | eled at an average |50 mites in this speed unques others. must have trav- speed of around an hour. He must have “looped the loop” around many an- other slower autoist, accepting the incidental risks as part of the bet. This kind of racing is not to be encouraged. 1f Mr. Durant must have his speed let him travel in an airplane or drive his car up and down the Florida beaches, where he go 200 miles his | motors arc good cnough. can an hour if A DEPRESSION TN JAPA More proof that the world is pass- |ing through a period of depressed | consumption, or over-production, is shown in the economical and finan- cial difficulties experienced in Ja- pan, where the stock exchange in Tokio was closed in the face of tumbling prices. Japan, heretofore, considered as a rising industrial nation, has been confronted with its most severe problem since the the days earthquake. TForced to rely part si upon its prosperity through in large the exportation of cotton and similar products, it suf- fors greatly a curtailment of tar- ough of orders and the placing iffs upon its goods by certain other nations, including India. This is something entirely out of the prov- ince of Japan to control, but the effects within her confines are tre- mendous, Tt is probable that Japan is suffering the most acute unem- ployment, and of the major nations. Her chief industrics are reporied “lying prostrate;” a large part of her population is in want. financial deflation cconomical setback of any Such a serious condition is much a nation which, like Japan, must depend so heavily upon exports for its pros- perity. 'The Japanese themselves consume too little of the goods they manufacture. more likely to occur in Enlightened opinion in Japan, realizing the weakness of | its industrial position, is attempting to find a way to circumvent unwholesome condi forts so the | on, but all ef- | Japan's industres and her wealth has been built upon a backbone of heavy exports, and with this sud- denly bent a situation defying the best minds in the nation has devel- oped. | JEFTERSON AND RELIGIOUS TFREEDOM Special exercises will be held to- | morrow at Monticello, Va., the erst- while home of Thomas Jefferson, e occasion of the niversary of his birth. upon th 187th an- At these cx- ercises tthe cause the services Jefferson in of relisious freedom | et | President who did lonz to | if we are willing to accept the claim that Lincoln Jetferson has heen the only not officially be- - religious denomination, could be classed as a | Presbyterian. | Jefferson, in no sense hostile to religion nor a disbeliever—mercl ving no definite credal opinions— called himself a Christian, said he { helieved the doctrine Jesus, i compiled the Jeffor- ola, collection in of so-called consisting of a > teachings of Jesus. But in t of 1800—the first American campaigns in which religion seemed to be quite urged to cast rallots against the hin ground was an atheist and a French on that he I at this moment to over- perverted ailogations made perbaps no Allegatior campaign factio of | | | i | | | | i far have been unavailing. | following | U1 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930. as a model ever since. This statute reads as follows: No man shall be compelled to fre- quent or support any religious wor- ship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced; restrained, molested or burdened in his mind or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinion or belief; but all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to main- tain, their opinions in matter of re- ligion, and the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affcct their civil capacities. Tt is when one analyzes the back- ground of intolerance that existed prior to the passage of this Virg statute that one can form true conception of its importance as a iilestonc of a religious frecdom. Catholics and Quakers excluded from Virginia under the original In of the other 13 colonies, Catholics and Jews were had Been charter. some discriminated against while other denominations were tendered freedom of worship. some of the established the Church During the states dis- ot Revolution nglaml, but in Virginia the Anglican clergy retained special privileges until the passage of Jefferson's Al- though Congregationalism the statute. rema cstablished religion in Massa- chusetts, New Hampshire and Con- necticut for some time after the | Revolution, the Virgicia statute for religious freedom had influence in a considerable the ultimate separation of church and state in the United States. It was instrumental, also, in influencing the passage of the first to the Constitution, Congress to “miake ¥y law respecting an establishment of religion, or amendment which forbids prohibiting the frec excrcise thercof.” The epitaph upon the grave of Jef- ferson at Monticello, which the great leader of liberal thought composed he author of the Declaration o Independence, of the statute of Vir- ginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.” Jefferson has aptly been describ- ed by many historians as one of the great liberal leaders of all time. THE THREE-POWER PACT Progress of a sort cvidently has betn accomplished by the London Naval Conference, although the re- admittedly the i3 below men. The three-power pact to b signed by Great Britain, Japan and the United States accomplishc 1936. But Franc and Ttaly, the former not obtaining all the security to which it deemed itself entitled, are left to discuss the matter later, meanwhile agreeing to limitation until certain features of the present pact. The statesmen who participated in this conference are said to be “sat- isfied” with the result, although not claiming that all has been according to expectations. After failing to achieve a five-power pact the next step down the scale of idealism Wi to agree the three-power pact. There was not much doubt as to this possibility from on cd an agreement long before the conference started, except t Japan asked and received a higher ratio than she formerly had. There was much agitation in this country during the conference against “entangling alliances.” The cditors behind this agitation also | should be well satisfied. Nothing of | the sort has transpired. ‘The conference carried difficulties, but patience turned on under it {into a sizeable victory in the cause | of international peace. NEW LONDON AS A PORT A confession, it is said, is good for | the soul. Tt sometimes is s difficult | for a city to confess that hasn't | become as important as its location | { would justify as it is for the are | age individual to admit he is a | ure. Wh ry | is deseribed cry™ has gone up from New London the finest t; which with “one of ports along the Atlantic Coast,’ now Amits .38 long way New luctantly trom being anotier York Amsterdam.” The object of the cditorial in th New London Day, which uses these words, is to he construction of railroad with Providence a new as the terminal T It has will not necessarily of DProvidence. a great is pointed a port out that New London “such railroad” and nothing ppened to make the Chamber of Commerce turn The ports is one handsprings. trouble with New England of cconomics. As long as it costs more o ship by rail and less by ocean ships. so long will the ports with the shortest rail journcy have a distinet ad- to the erior over those with the vantage a longer If not so then Halifax would rail journey from interior. ar zreater port than Montreal Aiinesota tior doctors pla into pioneer It is expected of Minnesota medicine investig: the state in a hist to result original goal sct by idealistic states- | the very first, the | three powers affected having favor- | o1 | warn Providence that | as yet has| Factsand Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN Service: The art of making the customer fecl important. It is no longer a hick town if the boys marry local girls instead of school teachers Don't knock your town. Peopls will wonder what you have done to rank so low that you feel resentful. Mere grape juice may not satisfy our guests, but you can get it with- out fecling that you have caten husks with the swine, Huh! These swell filling stations pretend to give service and they never cven look to see if your ton- sils all | are right. Nature adjusts things. The more idle time people have in which to | be bored. the more time they spend |1ooking for a parking space. How make people Well the boll weevil worth of cotton by crop. laws? the the respect increased reducing Rudy Vallee has at bid for male approval. can't why any woman want him. | last made a He says he should see Americanism: Electing represen- tatives who own no property; won- dering why they make no effort to Keep taxes down | You ncedn't make a better mou | trap to have the world make a path |to your door. Just give $30 to |some worthy cause. | a2 | In a forthcoming magazine arti- cle Mr. Coolidge gives his views on ;I'roh!h\linn thus ending the rumor | that he will again be a candidate. i As the bitter poor see only evil {in Wall Street, so the critic of lowly {origin secs only ignorant trash in }th\- section noted for its aristocracy. { Playing a poor hand of bridg: for himself, describes him only as|has consolations. Your shelves don't | |accumulate useless trinkets called 'pr\zr\s, Those officials who bar Al Capone and tolerate other 'leggers must en- joy splitting hairs in their idle mo- ments. | | There is yet time for some scien- tist to win fame by showing the umpire how to warm up his cye before the game, Still, the Tall case conforms to our national policy. It's the seller who is guilty, not the buyer. The preacher who pets and flat- ters to keep the choir leader faith- ful could show Mr. Hoover how to handle the senat Correct this sentence: “Now that U've had my say,” said the angry woman, “I'll be fair cnough to listen to your side.” Copyright 1930 Publishers Syndicate 25 Ve eiar:AgT“Today W. L. Hatch stated toda has 12 new houses under way and he looks forward to a very busy summer in the real estate lin The starting up of a factory at Greater New Britain is making that gection of the city very busy. A rific team from Company E will g0 to Wallingford this evening to shoot against Company K. The baseball scason was opened | up at Walnut Hill park this after- Inoon. No less than half a dozen games were in progress on different diamond ew Britain baseball fans arc of the opinion that the New Haven franchise in the state leaguc should be bought by local partics. A startling rumor gained consid- erable circulation about the city last evening to the effect that the com- mittee on citics and boroughs had decided to report unfavorably on the New Britain consolidation bill and charter on the ground that it was a patchwork job. Sanitary Inspector Turnbull said today that as the factories were about to give their employes a half holiday Saturday, the men should take advantage of the opportunity to clean their back yards. Many vards are in bad condition after th winter. The new common perform an exccllent public service if it would do something with the ordinances so as to render their en- forcement possible and not have them a football for every lawyer in town when an attempt is made to prosecute a ¢ for their violation. that he i | | council would Observations On The Weather Washington, April | for Southern New England: In- creasing cloudiness Saturday fol- lowed by showers Saturday night or | Sunday, not much in tem- perature Torecast for Eastern New Cloudy, possibly occasional showers, slightly cooler in north portion = Saturday; cloudy. Conditions 12.—Forecast change | York: light extreme Sunday The disturbance that was over Lake Eric I'riday morning is advancing eastward over Lake Ontario. Pressure is high along and off the North Atlantic coast. The outlook is for on Saturday in portions York and for showers night or Sunday in New England. Temperature changes will be un- important in the northeastern tions of New sec- EXLCUTE April paper ported today that a TO Orrcens 1% {0501 ] The Hsin-Chenpao o Yen Hsi-s) commanders Shanghai Shansi new his nediately any fore found nking forces. e fight he order is dirceted against Ger- isers who, it is alleged directing Chiang military movements, heen Ka light showers aturday i—THE OB S XX LT XA 1 i i Quigley's Victory At Poll Considered Personal Triumph Explanations of the debacle suffer- ed by the democratic party at the polls last Tuesday can be reduced to onc analysis—the personal popular- ity of Mayor-elect George A. Quigley plus an organization that made every potential vote count as an actual ballot. It is possible that sympathy for Mr. Quigley, who was fighting for | his life at New Britain General hos- pital, was a factor in his victory but it was of minor importance. Democrats are still in a daze, not having recovered from the most stunning blow the party has suffered in years. With expectations high be- cause their candidate answered the demand of the public for men of af- fairs to accept office, the democrats were confident of carrying the day. Tven a short time before the polls were closed when it hecame known that a heavy vote was being piled up, they believed that it was a vote of resentment against Mr. Quigley and the republican party. Analysts and statisticians sharpened their pencils and counted the avalanche against Mr. Quigley that was being created by a national clement in the first ward which he was thought to have offended during a previous term in office. Then they included in their totals the *“protest vote” being cast against the republican candidate in the third ward. Then they rubbed their hands. When the machines were opened they were as much sur prised as Old King Cole when somcone cut into the pic that graced the center of his festive board. The only birds that could be scen were for Quigley. To few men in public life is given the personality that nature has be- stowed on Mr. Quigley. He is a mag- netic campaigner whose forensic tactics please his listeners. He can thunder and storm right in their teeth and make a specch that carrics conviction with it. Strange to say, audiences during the campaign ral- lies were not large. Apparently his | friends had made up their minds to vote for him even though they did not attend his meetings. Mr. Quigley’s election was, most of all. a personal friumph, It places him in an unassailable position of political security, one from which he can dictate, if he feels so disposed, to others who are popularly regarded as dictators of republican policies. Whether he will take advantage of this poteney cannot be known until his administration gets under way. Starting from behind scratch, he won in a primary against a strong candidate who had the support of the republican organization. That was a personal achievement. He trumped that by charging into the clection melee and coming out so tor was lost in the dust. While it was a personal victory, it was not achieved without the as- sistance of an organization that worked until it was ready to drop. Many new faces were en in the ranks of the republican clection day toilers. The Old Guard, even if made a wry face at the prospect of a victory for the rebel Quigley, could not gracefully refrain from helping to provide part of the steam that | far ahead that his nearest competi- | | it $$SHLHSSSSSSLLHHHLLEH$SL9H3 Y noou»oom»umd‘ e s SERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People made the election machinery move. But a newer and younger element furnished the greater part of the punch. No happier man lived in New Brit- ain last Tuesday night than Ernest N. Humphrey, manager of the Quig- ley primary campaign and a tireless worker in the pre-election drive. Mr. Humphrey, who had not taken an active part in politics for several years, came out of virtual retirement to champion the Quigley cause. He stood his ground in the face of the amused wonder of his acquaintances that he should interest himself in the aspirations of a man who was considered an outcast by the Old Guard. But he bet on the winner and is enjoying a double measure of amusement. If any further proof i needed that they can come back, Ernie Humphrey provided it. Attorney Harry Ginsburg, chair- man of the republican town com- mittee, had the pleasant cxperience of secing success won in his first major engagement as titular head of the party. For about two years he has been chairman of the com- mittee, but Tuesday opened the way for his biggest opportunity, a chance to test his powers against a rival in an important struggle. Already there is talk of running Mr. Quigley for congress. If he is a candidate for the nomination, repub- lican leaders can tallk business to the bosses throughout the state, pound the table and insist on bring- ing the nomination to New Britain At this writing, he has the qualifi- cations of a strong candidate for the house. Democrats Retlect on Flection Day Results Democratic leaders are at a loss to account for the stinging defcat except on the ground that Mr. Me- Donough's opponent enjoyed such popularity that it could not be de- stroyed in an election contest. Cemplaint has been heard for years that men of the right type do not seek political office. The democrats telieved that they had the man to answer that complaint. Mr. McDon- cugh has hoed his own row sincz youth. He has been onc of the most successful lawyers before the Cor- necticut bar, his fame in his pro- fession extending from one end of the commonwealth to the other. Ia accumulating this world's goods he has made his mark and today en- joys financial security soleiy through his own cfforts and the ap- plication of keen business discern- ment. In all his business affairs lie has revealed sound judgment. Add to that the fact that he is honored and respected. If all the foregoing does not compose the ingredients for making the type of man the people have heen shouting for, | nothing could. But ia spite of every- | thing. including the belief gencrai- ly expressed that he would make a «esirable chief executive for the city, he went down to defeat. Tho most logical candidate the party could put forward was rejected by the voters. 1t is reported that the younger element in the democratic part quietly smiling at the older element, which took the reins and held them is | | | | New York, April 12.—The grow- ing popularity of the medium priced tea room is wrinkling brows of proprictors of expensive cafes The tca room was once confined only to Greenwich Village, It was a small candle lit basement decorat- od in chintz #nd as Victorian as a lacy valentine. Such places were presided ov-r |and a Grecian robe. She was usual- 1y a disappointed artist, sculptor or writer and her patrons were allied in some remote manner with the Tainting asht makiny mp shades or pounding bra But in the past five years tlhe *a room has taken on a Tudor splendor and jumped northward Almost cvery block in the business and residential scction As they grow in number they grow in grandeur. Decorators are brought from Europe to floss them up. The tea room today is managed by alert men and women with a practical knowledge of business. The clientele has changed. Innum- crable theater parties in cvening dress will be found dining there, I ceutives go there for conferences— from jazz music and other fumididdles. Nearly every fashionable lias a tea room or to nearby. They prosper largely on trade of patrons registered at these inns. The rooms offer lunchcons from 60 conts to a dollar and dinners from dollar to two doilars. The food sirved by attractive young wait- The culinary appeal is especially tor those who enjoy “home cook- ing.” Many owners arc from the South and have succeeded in {rans- planting colored cooks who ar: adept at making corn bread, beaten biscuits, real pan gravy, home mad pic ! cakes and the like Surprisingly enough, the widely patronized fea rooms 1 the perfumed purilicus Madison avenue, Sutton place, 1 npper Kt avenues, Thers number paving from $20 vear rental 1s. s, best and most Park are to are And to capac The twitching tuble in pens Lo their hap- one, discussing a palc fellow avproaching night club. “If he snecze,” observed G sort of High DPriestess in sandais | has several | hotoi | tea | “everybody duck, or you may get the habit.” Waich strikes me as a new zero in ghastly humor, Tour hard-boiled brothers of a | chiorus Beauty recently decided to | visit a married gentleman who had | been paying attention to their sister and learn his intentions. She tele- | phoned him My brothers are on their way to fix you and when they ve finished I hope vou don't get two flowers. This was six wecks ago and he is still missing. The orchid bill of a Hollywoo:! n'otion picture magnate is §100 a day. They are sent to a young da- ars his junior. | | butante, 25 ¥ A florist teils me he ha bachelor customers whose bills {from 8500 to $2,000 monthly, | Viggest single order came from the Prince of Wales on his last visit. | The prince atiended a dinner party ihe night before and next morning cach lady present— in all — re- ceived two dozen lovely and expen- sive roses. ral re His | , | | | | T anticipated a kick in picking un “The Mouthpicce.” the newest in magazines in New York, designed, its sponsors say as ‘“‘a medium of | communrication between the under- | world and the upper.” But found it as dvll as dishwater. Yet it is a | zood idea. I Harry Richman is said to hav | topped the salaries of all stage per- formers, at least for onc week, recently. His income from his night lu]uh. stage, movie and other act ties reached $12,500 Tor a seven day period. his acroplane smash Frel lost his famous shrill whistle: tongue hung by a shred and s patched up by surgcons, but a sear prevents the proper curl. He srends hours practi like a small boy, and says he over come the troub | Tn tonc | His will “Come day invit=s | Brox Zoo attendant. “and wec'll dig |up some human intcrest for you." Yes and have that monkey house | keeper chase me again (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndicate, In~) up some | | | | | | during the campaign. The Oid Guard of democracy was entrusted with the task of keeping the party represented in the mayor's officc. That they did not succeed is mnot necessarily a reflection on their There were circumstances that could not be foreseen, under- currents that could not be felt, which conspired to defeat their pur- pose. Democrats must look to {heir laurels in the sixth ward. The see- ond preclact went republican, an astonishing fact. This is accounted for the fact that the north end of the sixth ward, including the Belvi- dere district, nas been broadly de- veloped during the past few years. Infiltration o residents from other parts of the city has been proceed- ing slowly so that the political com- plexion of the district has changed. Democracy managed to keep its grip on the fifth ward but by a r2- duced margin. This is partly ex- plained by the strength and per- sonal popularity among the voters of that ward of the candidates who were placed on the ward ticket. When the slate was prepared, many old line republicans expressed dis- approval of its makeup but results proved that it had certain practical values that offset any ethical oppo- tion Influential Politicians Besieged for Appointments The way of political victors, like the way of the transgressor, is not paved with rosc peta Since last Tuesday, men of in- fluence in republican circles have been besieged for appointments to such a degree that they are using back alleys while passing between their homes and their offices. Election results had hardly been announced before the fun began. From behind trees and telephone poles, out of the most inconceivable places, they came ready to grasp the nearest coat lapel and to explain why they are eminently fitted by nature and experience to occupy sovernment offices of responsibility. It is reported that few asked for mere jobs; executive positions were in demand. Nothing less than a foremanship would do in any in- stance. If all who sought appoint- ment were accommodated, it would be necessary to dismiss from the employ of the city all who are now on the payroll and to make room for more. If you see 2 man sneaking home by way of back streets and furtively glancing about as he reaches cach corner, don't scream for the police —he is probably a republican licu- tenant dodging petitioners for pub- lic place and who claim that they not only voted the straight ticket but delivered hundreds of other votes as well. Nair-Johnson Contest Has First Place in Limelight Heretofore the position of presi- dent pro fem. of the common coun- cil has been regarded as conferring a certain degrce of honor on the in- cumbent but with not a great deal of importance attached to it. With Mayor-clect Quigley lying ill in the hospital and the probability that he may not be able to attend to offi- cial business for two weeks or long- er, the importance of the office brought sharply to attention, is possible that the president tem. will act as mayor. it pro Thus far only two members of the council have announced their can- didacy for the place, Alderman J. Gustave Johuson and Alderman David L. Nair. It is reported that a warm battle at the caucus of the republican council members is pending unless, before that time, cither of the candidates decides to withdraw, It has been suggested that Alderman William H. Judd be named in the event that the Nair- Johnson forces reach a stalemate. At this writing no whisper has been heard that Nair and Johnson will withdraw in favor of the other, both, it is said, being determined 1o £0 through with their campaign. A little bird that lighted on the Ob- server's typewriter today tweeted long and loud. As the Observer is adept at translating bird language, many birds bearing messages visit- ing him weekly, he was able to understand. This particular bird said that Nair had 13 members of the council pledged to support him and is confident that he can com- mand another vote. To clect, 12 votes will be necessary for a choice as the party has 23 members in the council. The same little bird twit- tered that the Johnson forces were willing to compromise by promising to support Nair for the state legisla- ture it he will withdraw from the race for president pro tem. And if the little bird is wrong, the Observer will be oft hirds forever. Soft Filled in Trench Traps Driver in Strect mployes of the city who have been working on the subway di- vision, especially in the vicinity of Main street, near Lee, should take better care that the filled-in trench is able to sustain an automobile, especially in wet weathe From the corner of Washington and Broad streets to the corner of Lee and Main streets, a trench was dug for the subway and after the work was completed, it was filled in. Recently New Britain had plenty of rain late at night. A visitor from Hartford who had been at a house party during the evening, cssayed to take several women home in the rain, One lived in an apartment in a building across the street from No. 3 fire house. As he approached the curb in the pelting rain the driver failed to no- tice the trench and the result was that, with the oozing mud created by the rain, his car went down with Doth wheels over the hubs and part of the running hoard buricd. A friend was called but he was unable to budge the car and only for the fact that another man came along with a heavy, powerful and was able to get him out, Hartford man might have bheen forced to spend the night stuck in the mud almost in the heart of the city of New Britai car the CHESTERTON TO LECTUR | Hartford. April 12 | Keith Chesterton, one of England outstanding men of letters, will lec- ture in the Horace Bushnell Memor- ial hall, Monday night, December 15, The lecture will be sponsored by the Women's Ausiliary to St. Francis' hospital. Gilbert | CLAIMS HE FROZE T0 TRUNK OF TREE Carolina Trapper Tells Tale of Unusnal Imprisonment Elizabeth ty, N. C, April 12 (UP)—Freezing to death slowly for hours, his ice-encrusted body found agalnst a tree to which it had froz- en, such is the story of Leroy Whit~ ley, South Mills, trapper. To a freezing man, deaths comes tranquill. just stealing his senses away, Whitley said- Lost in the Great Dismal Swamp and wander- ing for hours in the rain and snow of onc of the coldest nightz during. the winter, Whitley leaned against a tree and his mind went blank, he recounted. Next morning, his upright body was found frozen to the tree. “I had frozen while standinz against the tree,” he said, “when W. H. Cartwright and Alonzo Dail found me at about half past seven o'clock. They said that my body was just like a solid block of ice when they discovered me. When they attempted to bend my lex, my overalls snapped and broke, just o a picce of glass. Dall and Cartwright knocked the ice off my clothing and carried me to & dector in the village. At the doctor my clothing was removed and I was placed on a cot in a warm room. When I rccovered consciousness late that afternoon, I saw my wife rubbins my hands, where my fingers hadl burst. I saw her rubbing, but T could not feel anything. 1 a‘- tempted to speak and couldn't. 1 was positive that I was paralyzel. 1t was$ then 1ihai I had the first feeling of fright. “In a few Thours T could talk, but T could feel nothing. ¥or sev- eral days [ was seamed with a mixture of hot water and piue wood, in which there was much turpentine. My haids are still bandaged, as you an sce, and 1 am afraid I will los> the nails on scveral of my fingers; otherwise T am in as good condiion as I ever THINK DIRIGIBLES OF LITTLE VALUE French Aviation Officials Place AIl Faith in Airplanes BY MINOTT SAUNDERS Paris, April 12. —DMillions for airplanes, but not on sou for dirigt- bles, is the poicy of the Freach air ninistry- The 1930 budget malkes no allowance vhatsoever for dirigi- ble experiments and the govern- ment admittedy has no dirigible policy. While the French are vatching dirigble operations be- ing carried or by other nations, France is not going to wast nioney on their construction un other nations have proven that they aer practicable, according te Laurent Fynac, minister for air. No Militay Value the othes spend the we are 1ot yet convinced that huge dirigille have an) value other than sossibly a com- mercial one,” he said. “We can sce in them no laid military use- fulness whatsoever, in view of the supctior speed and climbing pow- er of f{ighting airpanes, and only a very slight naval value as eyes of the flect far at sa.’ This is no demrture of the I'rench opinion of diigibles. The government has had no dirigiblc volicy since the disster of the Dixmunde, turncd owr to Francs by Germany after th: war, which apparently exploded aid was lost over the Mediterraneal in 1924 with a crew of 22 men The world tour o the Gra? Zeppelin, after it hal been seen ir_grave peril over JFance in a minor storm, failed o convince aviation officials here tat such craft was sufficiently reliable {o warrant heavy experiture on similar ships defeisive pur- poses. The mancuvers of e British R-100 and R-101, heraldd in Eng- land as the greatest of airships, | have likewise failed to inpress the Irench, who point out tat even I'nglish designers have cademned these ships as already oul of daie and not practicable for trans- Atlantic service. Nor have tic plans of American firms for the onstric- tion of supet-dirigibles moed tha air ministry here, except o {ake notes on all the faults of the dirigi- bies devcloped by other powrs, “The World War proved con- clusively that dirigibles re no match for airplanes or for anti- aircraft artillery on the grund,’ M. Eynac pointed out. “The Ger- man records show a veryhigh proportion of losses for the few Zeppelins that were sent oit 1o bomb Paris and London. Fails to Improve the war the position has changed to the disadvanage dirigibles. While airplmes been highly developed, wry little, if any, advance has ben made with dirigibles. Airplanes jre now twice as fast as 10 years ap, their climbing speed is greatw, their ceiling higher, and ther radius of action is increasing al the time. Against the moden fighting plane, the latest Zeppelin: would have no chance. Dirigibles that cost from 44 to 50 million francs can be de- stroyed for 100 francs — a hand- ful of incendiary bullets pump irto a broad surface by a smali lane capable of shooting from C closely die money for “Since only of have The Irench have several <hter-than-air craft for | with naval flcets. but no more are to be built for the present. Santa Cruz island, off the Call- fornia coast at Santa Barbara, is to Lo stocked with clk and deer. small