New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 22

Theater Review liceman Harvey K. Alled, not know- ing that it was his son who was hurt, arranged for the removal of the victim to the Norwalk hospial. Allen rushed to the scene of the accident after hearing, the impact of a car driven by Michael Roggerio of'14611 Shore avenue, Jamaica, | Long Island, against a. telephone pole. ‘While the crowd gathered around the scene a passing truck caught some of the low wires. The pole was twisted around and swinging like a pendulum, struck Allén’s left shoul- East” was his first screen vehicle. Since then he has confined most of his time to the screen with occa- sional jumps back to the footlights, His latest taltking pictures are “E dence” and ‘“General Crack” for ‘Warner Brothers and “Ladies of Leisure” for Columbia. ) SCIENTISTS AWAIT | MONDAY'S ECLIPSE Prepare Special Recording Ap; paratus Along Shadow’s Path Camptonville, Cal, April 25.—(®) | —1In peaseful Oak Valley, as silent | almost as the phenomena they have come to photograph, Lick observa- | tory and other astronomers are tak- ing strategic positions for a concert- | ed exploration of the eclipse of the sun next Monday. Within and along the computed |1inc of the shadow which the moon will lay upon the land by passing between the sun and the earth at the rate of about 1,200 miles an lour the finishing touches are being given to months of preparatory work. Laboratorics and dark rooms BRISTOL NEWS (Continued From Page Ninc) PARKER POSITION BELIEVED BETTER Gonfirmation in Senate Depends on Democratic Ballot ‘Washington, April (UP)—Be- | liet that Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina may be confirmed as | asseclate justice of tho supreme| court in spite of the overwhelming vote against him in the senate judi- clary committee, obtained strength in official circles today. Some senators, however, dis- | counted these reports and contended | many votes will have to be changed | before Parker can obtain senate approval. Meanwhile, the administration was reported to be exerting extreme | K ' : v ZTa = . Unlesa otherwise indicated, theatrical notices and reviewa in this colump are written by bress agencies for the usement company. Mr. Edward W. presents Giuseppe Storni in Harris tached to the colorful trimmings and | a huge crystal ball was suspended in the center of the ceiling. .\Illlion.\; t glimmering reflections of various | [icolored lights will show on the ball. | 1t was stated by police officials | R .. today that they expected fully 2,000 | charics ks persons at the bajl. The grand |Prof. Rebert Garati - march, with music by the New De- [J. F. Merrill parture band, will be led by Mayor | {05, “prmn? W. Raymond Crumb, who has isabel ..... chosen Mrs. Ernest T. Belden as a |Sam Pratzman partner. Chiet Belden will prom- |Pref: E. W. tla enade second in line with the| mayor's wife. Firc Chief Hayes will | 1he OEHI prompt | Cruelty to Audiences 5 x into this. The New Deperture orchestra, “‘OH, PROFESSOR" By *Edward W. Harris Play staged by Mr. Sterni, assisted by Wheeler Dryden of Characters) DANCE AT THE TABS HALL The Original Imperial orchestra will be featured at the Tabs hall Saturday, April 26. This will be the first of a series of dances in which the management . will endeavor to give the public something new and |der and continued with a glancing novel each week. | blow to the head. The first dance will be known as | a Pay Night dance. Every person who purchases a ticket will be given onc cent to $5. Phone Pole Hits Man At Scene of Accident Westport; April 25 (P)—Samuel Allen of Church street, Greens Farms, was struck on the head and shoulders by a falling telephone pole last night on the post road in Green (’p = J T - - o =2 . Mr. Sterni | Frank Reyman Lemuels | Paris”; the LeGrohs in “Taking The kings have it! ‘ Colburn and Lane in First it was, the novel, “If T Were | _With Steps”; Lane, How King,” by Justin Huntly McCarthy. [ard, and Noble in “The Milk Man"; Then the novel became an operetta, |and Jean fSpanese; “The Unusual “Tho Vagabond King.” Then the | Sonsstress. ) operetta was made into one of the| Beginning Sunday the Strand will | audible screen’s first and most pre- {Offcr Mary Brian, —Richard Arlen | tentious films under the same title |2nd Marry Green in “The Light of __“The Vagabond King." | Western Sta Zane Grey's great- Dennis King created the great| St outdoor romance. singing role ef Francois Villon, the | CAPITOL THEATER According to a census made in 1921, Canada had 8,788,000 inhabi- tants. Of these 2,452,000 were of _ The Society for the Prevention of Bobatiin extiaiction: should look nish concer from the open- | ing at § o'clock until the time for | the grand march at 9 o'clock. Proceeds of the affair will e The Gypsy Rover TRINITY M. E. CHURCH T THE EMBASSY APRIL 25th pressure on senators to support the nomination. “Support the presi- dent” was the rallying cry sounded by administration senators. How much progress the movement was making could mot be deter- mined, but it was generally con ceded to have won 4 vote or two. The fate of Parker’s nomination, however, was believed to rest with | the democrats. If they support him in large numbers it was believed to- day he may win out. Friends of the administration, though, could not count morc than 40 votes on thelr side cven with the help of many democrats. The final outcome may depend | upon how much pressurc the presi- dent 1s willifig to exert. It was be- | lieved by many that if he deter-| mines to put Parker across regard- | less of cost, he can do it. | this morntr tand a member of the First Congre | Herbert Ca donated to the police pension fund. | as has been dong in previous vears. | The New Departurc Mfg. Co. has generously donated the use of an extensive parking ground in the rear of the armory, Chicf Belden stated FOR MILLION WETS ‘Sags Probibition Relorm Body {0 Reach That Number Cleveland, 0., April 25 (UP)— Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York ‘Cll.\‘, president of the women's or- and |ganization for National Prohibition dent | Reform, began plans today to per- years |fect a statc and national organiza- |tion with a goal of a million mem- | bers. one brother,| Reclected president of the organ- ¢ Haven: two |ization at the close of a two-day con- sens, Arthur J. and Albert C. Bullus |ference here, Mrs. Sabin announc- ot Bristo four daughters, Mrs. ed plans for a nationwide campaign | which she predicts will bring about Mrs. Adolph Nehf, |¥ Mrs. Frank Day of Bristol and Mrs, |in flve years repeal of the dry law. : state will settle its own Joseph R. Bates of Haverhill, Mass.,, | liach 4 erandchiliren and six great- |political activities,” she asserted, el |“and will not be governed by the SrafpeE ot |national body. The way we are go- ling to bring about a repeal is to Mrs, James Bullus Mrs. James Bullus, aged 66, died at her home, 33 Lincoln street, this| morning following a brief illness, She was born in Derby on April 1863, the daughter of Henry Sophia Church. She was a of this city for the past gational church. Surviving her ¢ Henry Church of N Tuneral services will be conduct- ed by Rev. Hubert D. Jones, pastor have been built and frames erecied for the mounting of telescopes and spectroscopes. From dawn to dark and often into the night checking, correct- and testing of instruments and ratus is being carried on, Use Ol Dance Hall Using a rustic building that once served as a mining town dance hall as a laboratory, Dr. J. H. Moore, tronomer of Lick, -and Dr. D. H. Menzel, assistant astronomer, have made numerous tests of the density and strength of light and of the photographic plates which will be | |in. iunpa | sound has brought to the | continue to be making history long rowdy poct of medieval France who became a king for a week. That was in the operctta. Now he is giving the same portrayal, on a much more magnificent scale, in the picture, which starts Saturday at the Capitol theater. Critics have stated that this film, | which is 100 per cent Technicolor, and . which is rich in values that screen, it | is one of the most amazing yet pro- duced in Hollywood and that it will | after so-called fcature films have been forgotten. cmployed. Elsewhere along the line | scientists from cast and west are | ;m\inz a final inspection of appara- | | tus, sites and plans. | | Perhaps the most perfect coordi- | | nation of radio, airplane, telescope | | and spectroscope ever attempted will | | be brought into play to record the | various phases of this cclipse and its | totality which it is estimated will | have a duration of only 1.3 seconds. | To Photograph Corona | | | | Tonight is the last opportunity to see Al Jolson in his latest and great- est success. “Mammy” will close¢ its week's engagement with the last performance starting at 9:30 this cvening “PARTY GIRL” AT STRAND Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., heads the cast that enacts the Tiffany all- talking feature, “'Party Girl,” show- ing today and Saturday at the Strand theater. This Halperin pro- {tional success in their latest musical |romance, “High Society Blue: |with pep and gayet | this great {next four day 112:30 until REPORT INTERESTS Dispatch on Morrow's Chance at fal;nit:f‘i‘;F‘“g‘?," s Senate Stirs Comment cemetery. 8. 8 Leviathan, April (P— Members of the homeward-bound American conference naval delega- tion today read with interest dis- patches from Washington to the ef- feet that Dwight W. Morrow, Anmer- iecan ambassador to Mexico. will be appointed immediately by Governor Larson of New Jersey to succeed Dayid Baird, Jr.. of Camden, who has been holding the senatorship tem- porarily. While the ambassador continued |20 TRE0F, £ WA B IR O or to maintain silence on domestic pol-| = " 1T (B G T itics, it is known that his plans arc | 0CCUPNCY BY mext fal being held in abeyance pending con- ferences with national and state leaders. The only statement which he has made on the situation was| last Decembér when he id he would be willing to accept Governor Larson’s appointment when he had cleared up his work in Mexico. In view of the diminishi between now and the opening of the campaign, it fs not known whether the ambassador will b¢ able to malic the trip to Mexico and it was said on his behalf that he would not de- cide this until after conferring with state department officials. expected to return this evening from Thus far the ambassador has made Washington. whers no declaration of position on any |spending a four d; issues and is keeping his own coun- | with the senior class of the Middle- sel on them feeling that while he town high school, of which they are has definitely shaped ideas on these members. issués as well as prohibition, the| Mrs. Willlam Bunce and daughter present is not the proper time for an | Gertrude will return to New York expression of them. |tomorrow after a week's visit at Having devoted his entire time in | their summer home, Camp North- London to the naval conference, the ridge. ambassador has no définite plans be-| The meeting of the Boys' Club will Vacca to Build Church contract for the construction new church for St. Anthony’s parish on School strect, has beea awarded to Cosmo Vacca. The exact st of thc construction is not known although Vacca says it will be in the neighborhod of $55,002. | The new edifice will be of brick construction blocked with coneretc ,or the inside and will be moderniy | equipped. When finished it will seat between 900 and 1,000 persons. | Construction will be started by the BERLINNEWS (Continued From Page Nine) taining to the mect nounced later. will be an- time ning for the exchange of boo! Miss Velma Tayne, Miss Rac! nia Baldwin, M nd William Walsh ar | contractor Monday morning and it The library will be open this eve- | yond the intention of proceeding to his home in Edgewood upon his ar- be omitted this evening owing to the Hubbard school play, which is to be |clect ‘wet’ legislators. “We oppose state enforcement acts and demand only repeal of the 1Sth amendment. We approve the |state convention system of repeal |rather than the legislative system. “I will vote for ‘wet’ congressmen |regardless of their party affilia- tions,” she declared. Women to serve on the national executive committee, include: Mrs. George Orvis, Vermont; Mrs. Robert Lovett, Massachusetts; Miss Maude Wetmore, Rhode Tsland: Mrs. Lucius Robinson, Jr., Connecticut. 24 HOURS MORE COLD | | ‘Recordzi of 38 Ycars Broken By Low Mark of 34—~Three Inches of Snow at Wiliamstown Boston, April (UP)—At least |another 24 hours of the record- breaking April cold wave was i prospect for New England today. | This was the coldest April 25 in Bo: ton in §8 years, a minimum of grees having been recorded at 4, and 6 a. m. The record low for | this date is cstablished in 18 Little change in temperature was forceast for today and tonight, with the minimum mercury tonight cx- | pected to approxima 6. | Today's carly morning low was five degrees higher than that of yes- terday. The official cold spot of New England during the night was North- fleld, Vt, where the temperature | slumped to 24. Snow fell in western Massachu- | setts during the night, Williamstown | réporting more than three inches. | Snow aleo covered the ground in PREDICTED FOR BOSTON | | Telescoplc observations will have | to do chiefly with the sun’s corona | which to the eye looks like a thin | refection or halo around the solar | “dise.” The photosphere or portion of the sun which the moon will al- | most completely cover is defined by | r. Menzel as “the layer which gives to light—that part of the sun's mosphere where it begins to be opaque. | With this “light body” curtained | oft by the moon, the corona, which has a brightness estimated at only 1-500,000th of that of the sun, can e photographed. duction is a drama of the sensation- al methods used to sell biz me chandise orders. The “party girl” racket is a common practice, 'tis claimed, in large cities, where beau tiful girls can be engaged by bu | iness houses to amuse and entertain buyers. Tho house that shows the | buyer the biggest and best whoopee, rather than the house that las the best product, gets the order. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., plays the | son wlho finds himselt married to a party girl though loving another. | Jeanette Loft is the other girl, Ju- rie, the deceiver, and Marie | — ‘FI'P\'DSL is a wild whoopee girl, un- | |y, i Bl repentant to the last, when she is| |Yale Weekly Commends |1auica oft in the polico ~ wagon. Dean Mendell’s Stand | Others in the cast are John St. Po- | Haven, April 25 (UP)—an |1IS Sidney D'Albrook, Almeds, Fow- [cditorial in the Yale Alumni weekly | 1o Lucien Hetval and etz Notihe | today commends Dean Clarence W. | P Mo Ly ; The vaudeville program offers onc | | Mendell ot Yale college for his re-| o)\, yogt shows of the season and | cent statement to the United Press|p . sonts five great offerings Includ- | regarding student drinking. | Bie- Feank Mastors Go., ‘witn' Hal| (Dean Mendell said in an inter-| Crocker's orchestra in “A Gob in | view that a return of the beer gar- | | den would he advantageous since it | i | [would influence sludents to drop | pr—————— | | | hard liquor). . ; Bacchanalians “Campus drinking would change | Registered its character for the better very Saturday Night |quickly if our laws permitted the APRIL 26 |light beverages to be found in Ger K. of C. Hall many or France,” says the editorial. | “How such a condition could be| | brought about,” it continues, *we do | ‘1\0[ know. But w very much | of Dean Mendell's nd and con- | |aratulate him on his frank state. o o Over Capitel Theater | Sentence Postpened in | [oen . Y Edwards Extortion Case| New York, April 25 (UP)—Sen. | tencing of Olga Elde Edwards, con- | | victed of atempted extortion, was ‘x'osfpon"rl today until May 6. | | v New | i COLLEGIANS iment of his own view Miss Edwards was found guilty of | {ance in this world. Generations having extorted §300 from Nathan | (Registered) LLKS CLUB, New Britain Farms, while standing at the scene American's favorito sereen sweet- | 0% o 5 IO CRE SE (e Scene | rts, Janet Gaynor and Charles 8:00 P. M. . Adults 35¢ Children 20¢ ell, are again scoring 2 sensa- on the roadside while his father, Po- day will positively be the cening of this great romance with our favorite screen stars, Charles | reell and Janet Gaynor. | Starting tomorrow the talkie | ff sereen of the Bmbassy presents a | picture of night life, sparkling . Barbara Stan- ves appear in drama, “Ladies of Lei be screened for the continuous daily from | p. m. Lowell Sherman, important. role in ure,” the drama of night play at {he Embassy theater tomor- | oW one of the highest salaried featured actors on the screen today He has appeared in innumerable productions and is a familiar figure to every moving picture patron. i Sherman's career was destined for | him as soon as he made his appear- of Sherman’s ancestors achieved stage | All through his childhood he ned and groomed for a the- career. At last he was| . He made his stage debut at | the old Tifth Avenue Theater. He scored his first real hit as the lead | |in “The Commuters.” which was | | followed by many Broadway stage STARTS SATURDAY AT 2P. M. DOORS OPEN AT 1:15 P. M. wyck and Ralph G i sure.” It will who plays an | presente “Ladies of Leis- | Columbia all-talking | lite scheduled to | | ‘The JEANNETTE Warner Oland — 0. P. AL JOLSON . WARNER BROS. Capitol HERE YOU'LL FIND HEART'S DESIRE! The Famous Song — Romance as yow've always imagined it could be d. DENNIS KING Vagabond King’ — with — MACDONALD Heggie — Lillian Roth LAST TIMES TODAY in “MAMMY” | successes. D. W. Griffith’s “Way Down |3 Has the Hits of FAREWELL TODAY SHOWING Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Starting T —House of Perfect Talkies— TOMORROW ONLY The Mystery Thriller of Thrillers ‘The 13th Chair’ with CONRAD NAGEL Co-Featuro TOM TYLER in ‘The Lone Horseman’ Selected Sound Shorts —Last Showings Tonight— “MARLANNE with Marion Diy —Also— “WHY LEAVE HOME" with Sue Carol—Dave Rollins WARNER BROS. STRAND e o g e e MBASSY Screenland First OMORROW DRAMAS NITE LIFE Teday and Sat. northern Vermont and northern | Leopold Amster, wealthy traction | Maine. |magnate of New York, who she claimed was the father of her six |vear old son, Lec. She was said to have extracted a total of nearly | [B 170,000 from Amster, including a |8 $100,000 trust fund. | Miss Edward will remain in Har- | & lem jail pending sentence. | Even Classified advertisers realize | | the value of the Herald's circulation. | held in the hall. Train schedules on the Berlin branch will be changed Sunday morning to conform with daylight e o saving time. Whether all of the local churches will change time on Sun- day morning has not been determin- KING GEORGE'S GOUSIN 45" moriin s ot heen aciermin REPORTED IN GONYENT =y e i i e ™ The East Berlin members of the | Memorjal Day committee are R. O. Back From , Arthur Benson, Henry | Bartram, Walter H. Payne, Holigan and Alfred May. The afternoon session at the Hub- bard school was closed early yeste day to permit the pupils and t crs to attend the Junior high concert at the town hall. Many tended from here Agreement Reached on TSAILS FOTE HOME Boxer Indemnity Fund ' Yokonama. April 25 (P—~With his Nanking, China, April 25 (PI—In- | big plane lashed to the afterdeck, formation in official Chinese circles|Van Lear Black, Baltimore publish- is to the effect that €. T. Wang, na- ¢ sailed today for San ¥rancisco tionalist foreign ministér, and Sir/aboard the Japanese liner Tatsuta Miles W. Lampson have rcached a|Mari, a new ship of the Nyk line tisfactory 1greement regarding | Making its maiden voyage across the disposal of the BDoxer indemnity |Pacific. The plane was not dis- fund. mantled. - Black, who recently com- The money will he Jloyed for | Pleted a flight from London to cultural and educational cooperation ‘Tol:,\o‘ intends to from San | tich and Chinesc and also Vrancisco to Baltimo " /GRAND| cement HARTI'ORD rival in the United States. The weather today was splendid and all of the naval party took part in deck games. Friday Night I'ree Parking Space in Rear Saturdey Night MASONIC TEMPLE West Hartford |One-Third Dollar Bill Issued in 1776 Found Auburn, Neb., April 25 (P~One of |the first pieces of American cur- |rency ever issued has been found [y Mrs. Jess Little of Auburn, among hér possessions. It was printed in |1776 and is one-third of a dollar. On one side of the note are the ‘According to a Recolution of at Philadelphia and the sig n ancestor of | mall which Dus Where That Different Crowd Goces Princess Marie Louise, South America, Observing Rules of Anglican Order to Aid Girls London, April 25 (P—The Da Txpress today said th Princc Marie Louise, cousin of I who recently returr to South America, was living a sim- ple austere life in an Anglican con vent called “The Hol of Merey,"” near Horbury, Yorkshire. The convent is headq the Anglican order I do cue work among girls, and the pr cess, the Express said, is spendin short time each year within the cor vent. She follows the rules of the order, rising early with the nun sharing the simple food, and ass ing in the sad daily routine of look ing after sixty girls within the con- vent. The papers said therc ing in her convent life to her as a princs Ford's Special Office Stabbed in Work Crow Detroit, April 25 (R— ot the Ford Motor Company ¢ police force were stabbed shortly after 4:15 a. m. today when a di turbance broke out among several thousand men lined up at the I Rouge plant in quest of jobs. The wounded men are Bowers, stabbed tw _SENSATIONAL'! The Desire of Youth to Have its Fling and Sow its Wild Oats with DOLG., PAIRBAAKS, JR. JEANETTE LOVE MARIE PREVOST VAUDEVIL*LE WONDERFUL T'IRANK MASTERS CO. “A Gob with al Crecker 2 o——0 AEAN GRANESE “#Tho Unusual Songstress” O—0 THE LE GROHS “Taking Things La. WARNER BROS, TRAN NANCE ONEIL JOHNNY WALKER Starts SUNDAY For 1 Da . helow Mind Your NOW THEY'RE TALKING! TROGRAM! il has waits formal ¢ British government. the refund is ap- 009,000 Mexican nd onl £ 1he ANE GRLEY'S rousing Western steries thyill mil- lions! Now his greatest comes to lifc on the talking sercen. Hear his heroes loye and fight in Zane Grey's "THE LIGHT OF. WESTERN STARS Stam'ng' Richard Arlen Mary Brian - Harry Green A Qaramount Qicture Tonight Seni Orchestra mount of proximately (about §2 NOW PLAYING “The Bachelor Father” with the JAMIS At the Newington GRANGE HALL Tonight Featuring ED LALLY The Singing Pianist At the Tabs Hall Saturday Every person will receive free of charge a pay en- velope containing from 1lc § to §5.00. Musical Comedy by the JOHN EVANGELIST PLAYERS Meet the Pride of Pasadena t T. A. B’S HALL WEDALSDAY, APRIL 30TH the o——0 NOBLL, LANE, HOWARD The Milk Man O———o0 COLBURN and LANE “Saying It With Steps” On2 of the FINEST OUTDOOR ROMANCES Ever Made! abbed twice c Geoorge Wilson is held Ly Dearborn policc in connection wWith the stabbin The stabbing resul efforts of the Ford p store order anong (I Hlerald Classified Advert ind & maid for you. “All Abga R E R ) NEXT WE “Brothers” Mats. Tues,, Wed, Pricce—>Mats, 2 Lyes, 53 Let’s ( l A Beautiful Piece of PERSONAL BEAUTY WARE TREE to all Ladics Sat. Matince or High School Audito CHANGED A I | Original Imperial Orchesira Chorus of 50 voices under direction of J. J. Bonney. rd’ 19} , 90, 75 Go = rium 8:1 I LS OSNs STG O el A \ N 3 V] ’ AT S E T