New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1930, Page 6

o NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1930. New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY New Britain, Connecticut Tswued Daliy (Sunday Excepted) merican claims for propet- At Herald Bldg., 67 Cburch Street A ¥ ng and olution of of ssia dur SCRIPTION RATES iggregate about 5c. Month ered at the Post Offce at New Britain 28 Second Clams Mall Maiter AT s and prems sers. The only profitable adver: the Ctrculation b room always opes o advert Member Press Assoc iats the Ass o e edited ot en- ot Bureau of Circulation anization Member Andit The A. E which fu tsers w omi- appear ognition TOO MUCH WHEAT ts history that position wor COMBATTING THE FOUL ERA CITY EMPLOYLS AND OTHERS ents of a to deliver blows of the elemen- fro rom as an satirist has suggested, they wear pikes around th ade by our editor seems sound. In read it is this, forced it to sign RUSSIAN DE Anno Moscon in case of a foul and that to be tought perty 00ks coporations ould not take ances of policy ipitating such ions. previous ¢ LONG AND SHORT OF IT t the business of a transconti- policy o extended re Is Money Uni however, the amounts cognition railroad to attempt to com- the Wil Disque ran owed by Panama canal? one of the v States or American citizens, e with A examiners in no compares with | liar of the Interstate Com- claims of merce Commission. evidently thinks He Southern The public the United government f st the Soviet it is 1as recommended rates on Pacific between San gories:—(1) W s mad ‘rancisco and New York which United Provisional ould he only 10 per cent more than Go Rlussia the freight rates between the same after the overthrow sardom | two points through the Panama and before the ad Com- | Canal The it allowed the that freight rates on the Southern Pacific munist result would be of Accrued unpaid inter the total 000 on last November 1d. (2) Rus-| Arizona, would be government principal §00,000. | by entire commission loans w D2 d brought $208,700,- these indebtedr to more than the between San Francisco and Phoenix, | rom San Francisco to New is would be the short haul long haul versus the with a ven- geanc The long to b and short haul issue used e prominent in Congress, but nowadays one hears little in re- to it. It still topic, however, in such cities like Phoenix “hich : ‘o lation is a live enjoy” a higher freight rate haul than thousands a short between ter- POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN INDIA campaign of passive Mahatma Gandbhi in India which cd supplemented veott and so-called “non- is expected to increase rainy season subsides. B whole the movement f dence in India does not scem be making marked progress. In- internal weakness is a lack of and there is 1 0o0d that the 1acial factions thus lack cohesion will be agro meet with ands of the vastly in the report suggests a suf- s of 1 an govern make an i pression upon the miilions who arc desirous of an the millions of were g oft British could not gov longer. Without the omposed 1 ihood than entering the en. British governmeni probat would do so; but there are ve opportunities Gandhi has called up- dian officials to resign their t they haven't resigned. joing their duty in to maintain the supremacy ritish government is no denying, however, that th move- British standpoint mphasis placed ligion. In India ligious idea ¥ politics, uism does no preach mixture of re- gion w en when done eftect is serious white In- is a fune- religion to nined, for Onl gior ly veral platoons of disturbance meriting off estigation Gandhi is said to be an influence population of India. Tf true ionalist movement can yet two-thirds not accounted terested or d and among thirds are virtually all the officials, the police and tt reat of the one-third may seriousness, but there are ons that the modernists ulti- «iil prevail, and that an im- s for India, certain to the difficulties, era of law e future Gandhi erge from will bring about an and or- gets CO]“IML‘NICATED AGREES WITH H. G. WELLS The Editor, The New Britain Daily Thanks for Herald: invitation to “Letters to the Editor” column in |ing for 3750, today's issue. What some of us are eager to know is with regard to that decision of Judge Martin T. Manton (report- ed in Tuesday's issue) that Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, because she is an absolute atheist and has no sense of nationalism here. Cannot an atheist have a con- science? And as to nationalisn I who are citizens (probably the better cducated) wholly G. Wells (an atheist by his *Outline of Histor 59-63, 975 and 1023-24, and no sense of nationa 1 am. sir ‘LONDON H agree Mr way) Four new wireless stations will be | opened in the Egyptian desert, your | until the end of June is refused citizenship wirth the jFacts and Fancies ROBERT QUILLEN Wouldn't Don Juan have been an ideal Rumanian king! So machines will do all the work in the next war. What a treat it will be to watch one scratch. Hard times have advantages, body takes you six miles in country to show you a city lot No- the The farmer now has sprays to dis- courage all pests that prey on vege- tables. The one for tourists is com- posed of bird shot Manybe fours. Th ool often s ailment called “athletic starts between the fin- they would cross the dan- d pyorrhea germs so would fall out. vour cds most is a will enable you dial. a neighbor's will an end of warfaie driver of a five-ton truck art of noblesse oblige. Mussolini wears shoulder except Amer! game anism aving because chance; away home staying away because home from team from team the thi has no gar The nationalists cdom or deat are. they are achieve one or India demani Patient as they nost certain to : other in time. will work hard until you you need to work only twice as hard thereafter in or- der to stay there Evidently opportunity Hn Mr. Hoover will have to exer his special is at his best in time of alents disaster. tell Willie, but rcoln didn't know veast It wo Washingto t spina And now r a graduate i as steer hunt- a sheep- hide. vent won't a sound traffic 50 im- this national might try staying has one he great advan When catches a 3-pound verybody believes it weighed pounds tage rtence imaginary she “Her {ll- 10lly said the and seemed delightel I told her so.” right 1930 Publishers Syndicate * 25 Years Ago Today polic n this cit About state have been very during the past two arrests for illegal beer have been made. In- among those arrested are druggists and prominent men @ were 457 deaths in this city the month. Fift recorded in South Congrega tional is the largest of it denomination in the state. It has membership of 1,100, 11 more n the Waterbury Congregational church | E. N. Humphrey will Buffalo Monday w the national comventio The fire changed their force the chief of the departmen: furnish a $1,000 hond Records at the off lerk show that f were born in this past month Court sessions by quotations numerous udge Hungerford stated that he will he forced to {on the “good book” to keep the lawyers RELIEF CORPS HOME months o during past y riages were church s leave for ere he will att of the E sioners will sete of rom yester, Resignations of Superintendent and Matron Made Known When Liti- gation Over Salary Is Filed Middletown of Joseph C. Saunders and who served as superintenden matron of the Women home in Cromwell was revealed yes terday when it was learned that the couple have flled suit for two months' salary in Middlesex county superior court. Mr. and Mrs ders were replaced by Mr. L. (. Morse of Hartford According to Attorney Ryan of Middlctown the offered their resignations February and the board March to make them effect 30; then May 5 the hoard Willimantic and decided to ma the change effective at once but Mr and Mrs. Saunders refused to lea They are their salaries for May July 5.—Resigr Relief Corps Saun- and Mr Leonard O et su- and June. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders have | the position for 18 years. held Struck by Golf Ball, Treated at Hospital Herbert Anderson of Maple Hill, well known violinist, was tr ed at New Britain General hospital vesterday for a cut above the eys the result of being struck by a hall gol DIES OF LYE BURNS Waterbury, July 5.—Peter Rizk aged six. died yesterday of burns he received Wednesday when he fell into a mortar hox containing lye | while playing with companions near | ® people once walked on all | § 3 LHHSLHSHH 9885 w.sanuaww&w&mmm»»uz —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations MT'M%M‘WW “Star Chamber” Sessions Usually Fizzle Out Periodically the question cutive or *star chamber” for the transaction of public ness comes to the forefront, twice in many days this procedure was the discussion Meeting Monday night for the purpose of acting on a disputable salary matter, the committee chair- man made the suggestion that per- sons other than those having busi- the room favor with their He cxcluded the news- from his edict, however occasion, the mayor joined mon council members in e closed door policy. But, 24 hours later, the mayor sided over athering of icials for discussion of ipal business which will event- lead to the outlay of millions of dollars and this meeting was held behind closed doors with newspaper- me formed officially of the projected meeting nor allowed to have cond hand in- of exe- sessions busi- and week of subject papermen On that cor less than i o himself public ually d anything b mation T The mayor's session with atives of the water and public works boards serves as a striking ex- ample to illustrate the futility of at- ting an exec session on an mportant matter. That the meeting was to be held was known by Her- ald reporters for nearly a week, the only question being whether it would be Tuesday or Wednesday. When mayor and two of his commis- sioners were to enter the hotel yesterday noon, the information was flashed to the o e by a reporter who had been on the lookout and, after a two hour w the mayor stepped from the elevator only to be t newspaperman ready for which was difficult to repre- tive an inte deny. rvien s attempting to hold an scssion make a common they sclect a mect- inusual as to draw at- of the reporters who the officials under nstances or of other ire as to the pur- and in this wa ers on the trail. Last year, members of the common pped ay one cvening to Point to decide a plan of h resulted a united protes i a fire house buildi Another New Brit- aini spending the evening at Corn- 1d Point d a reporter on following at purpose brought the councilmen to > shore in a body. A question directed at one of the members who did not re that an vy was i ; brough story out in detail. When zoning was up for adoption, the ordinance committee ers had several delicate matters for dis- cussion in the settlement of it was made evident that licity was desired nig committee members were seen enter- ing a home in Plainville, and on the following day their decisions were mistake ing place in that action wt front in as 2 th asked a the secre One On the City and Its People PP published. But, the newspapers ac- curately chronicled the fact that the conclusions were reached beyond the city limits and the reasons therefor were given. Had the committee gathered at the main entgance to city hall and car- rvied on fts discussions. newspaper- men might have passed by a dozen times without suspecting the nature of the gathering, but the attempt at secrecy was an invitation to inves- tgate, Mayor A. M. Paonessa was an avowed enemy of “star chamber” de- liberations. When he came into office he ordered the police board to hold meetings in the open, discard- ing the long practiced custom of ex- ccutive sessions. The same policy installed in his office. Senator Edward . Hall who has ad wide experience with news- papermen and their attitude lic questions has at all times found it possible to discuss matters however jmportant in the presence the press. As a,member of the charter revision committee and dur- ing his chairmanship of the board of finance and taxation, he fre- quently brought up questions on which premature publication would De costly or injurious to the city at large, but a few words of explana- tion was all that was required to avoid this difficulty. newspaper is the medium by the public conta h its tive and appointive officials. It presumption on the part of city officials to attempt to say what the public is capable of digesting in way of information and what under an opposite classifica- was he 0 a Thrifty Wage Earners Breast the Storm Waves If the distressed circumstances into which a large number of wage earners have been forced by the fall- ng off in employment possibi have done nothing else, they served to bring to the front most impressive the ability of se plent: ie in a advis- n of of manner thrift d credit 1a ory ha said 1selves able that ey are to ford hout help Bankers are better qu merchants probably lified than anyone else to relate instances of the value of saving, for they are constantly gain- ing an insight into the intimate financial conditions in the hou olds of their ¢ and customers, have seen during the past and they several month illustration upon illustration of the fruits of obediencq| prey to illness and the to the oft-preached sermons on “A dollar saved is a dollar arned.” Naturally enough. the pub- lic seldem if ever learns of the fam- ilies who keeping their heads ahove water and meeting their obli- gations out of their own saving whereas the plight of those who are obliged to appeal for help the mo- ar and in the public print One case in point, which undoubt- edly is typical of the situation re- ferred to, became known this week. | A man 50 years of age lost his job in a factory and was unable to find ser— frong Pour on the dressing and cold,” the Menu Hints lady Hartford would interrupt Or suppose a baby had been Kid= napped and the police were broad- casting his description at ab~-t tha | another, which brought him face to | same time that the sports hour was face with the problem of supporting | being sent out from the capital city. | employed on pub- | | t a week's pay is withheld is fre- | appeal for a lift his wife and six children. Fortu- nately he was not obliged to coal, and his children, being out of school for the summer vacation, found no discomfort or embarrgss- ment in going without shoes. l’klfl clthes and more than a day or two of wear before laundering them were also in his favor, yet the food ques- tion was as pressing as ever and certain other necessities stood out as urgently as they would have at any time. This man's income in ordinary times was between $30 and $34 a week. He owas his home, but never had an automobile or radio. His wife has always managed the household duties without outside help and the family has had few, if any, luxuries. At home he had a few hundred dollars, besides a bank account and a modest amount in- vested in stock in the concern which him. Barring extraordi- nary expenses, such as would be brought on by sickness or accident, he will continue to live without want, he estimates, for a or two and possibly more, without earning another dollar. yet, if he had been thrown out of work ten or a dozen years ago he would not have known which way to turn, for he had not learned to put away at least a small percentage of his earnings week in and week out. Of course, as he readily admitted in conversation on the subject, he had a ‘“better time” spending his money a decade ago, and there have been times since when he felt himself longing for the thrill of tossing out a $10 bill with- out caring whether he sp all or half of it, but he ventured the guess that the feeling of security he ex- perienced as he rolled up his over- alls and punched the clock on his last day of employment was worth more from any viewpoint than all the joys he ever derived from free spending. On the other hand, hundreds of men who would not be advised when they comfortably situated, would give a good deal for chance to save a few dollars now Many of them met every wage ir crease with a corresponding luxur apparently blinding themselves to he possibili of the approach of storm of industrial depression They lived from hand to mouth and let the future take care of itself. but today are learning the bitter lesson that the mouth is ever present although the hand may be unable to lift itself But there a many cases which do not fall into either of the classes mentioned. Men who work the skin off their knuckles are held back on side by adversities over which y have no control. If ¥ man- age to put aside $50 after weeks of struggle, someone in the family falls avings are Let them to live year were days. fortune eaten up in a few the good he [ through the summer without strain- | ing themselves in the eternal battle for existence, and the winter months overwhelm them in one way or an- other. Often, after fighting for years to row their own boat, they are forced to pocket their pride and Their plight some- broadcast by word of mputh | times becomes known outside their Paris, J Lce over the world and yet it is or th Its espio best policed ity in con- rascals who foreigners to sell ob cicerones for of the footste rt and act shows offers 1a] complexities. rican: as s city Sttt crous slinking iround pop out ¢ as me cards and omer vell th por- lascivious Most of th izns, Argent slim number are without Greeks, Armen- 1 Turks A very French hey sellers and agent provocateurs for the satined mirrored brothels. The most ghastly murders of innocent strang- erg are the result of initial contacts with these roaming libertines, Every now and nd bloated body e Seine In in the police r 15 last scer to0 a ar the Continental Hotel cn on the trail is lost in the den labyrinths of the underworld This mor experiment 1 ilked leisurely along the rue de Rivoli from the Place de la Concorde to the 3eane de Arc monument. In that possible half mile five different and skulking whisperers sidled up with their insinuations, Naturally insulting them is impossible. They merely shrug and vanish. And I wonder why they invariably wear black hats? are exceptions dope a imed ng in ble instances “the victim stranger living ir n H N the While © avenue rs ago it concierge Ma Blanchette to come allway cubby hol nch at twilight e by No. 22 car dusk and Blanchette were apartment in n several custom of the am Cecile and her dog of the dark to sit on the curb Last evening we our former abode, Madam Cecile and in their customary piace. The light of recognition came slowly to Madam Cecile but she finally greeted us with typical French enthusiasm. And Billy and nri ye |a house in process of construction. | Blanchette sniffed each other joyous- Iy. W our ncighbors Madam Faure had moved to Neuilly Monsicur Perdeau was in Aix for the cure and that Louis, our house married and irned rmany All in all it was a pleasant little homecoming. But on vulgar Americans fraternize with th concierge. serva had ret T gu the saw Ha rd flashing fashionable aw and his body round the circle of Place Vendome at today in a smart limousine with an equally smartly attired driver. Nor could 1 help from r. membering that Stanford White was ng for Paris for a happy vaca- n on the morning following his cath atop Madison Square Garden. noon The gilded “Boucherie ( glitter ever where in the poorer ¢ Al- though many rich families indulge a t of horse meat now and then Yet work horses of France are rarely neglected. They are all well curried and well fed and there are not decorated with gay ribbons and tinkling bells. What we used to know in America before the motor age as “Giddap” is here a long drawn out “Whee—jece!” Sturdy describes the French horses—especi- ally the innumerable dapple grays. horse head of valine” istricts few It strikes me as absurd false modesty to withhold news that those circular havens dotting the edge of Paris sidewalks have received a bright and dazzling of fresh paint nd a new one under con struction near the Etoile is—oo, la, la!—entirely modernistic. with my well known flair for nice clean fun I have been chuckling ali day over the idea of hanging up a sign, say over the entrance of the Kitz, reading: “French Spoken Here” and then skippity-hopping home like everything. coat |, One of the most interesting of the ancient streets to me is rue Mo tarde, back of the majestic Pantheon. I. slithers its narrow and tortuous way through depressing squalor from a court yard. I em told some of its inhabitants have not left the boundaries in ten years. The sidewalks click with ihe woodes shoes of incredibly old men and women and it is lined almost its | Battle Axes. own neighborhood, but as they grit their teeth and plug along. hoping for silver lining that never appears. For them, of course, thrift lessons do not regis- ter. They simply cannot save w they never get a rule silently the Pennsylvania “Battle Axes’ Founded by Hartland Man. Of all the choice spl i forth from the state of to take light to thos darkness few were as as Theophilus R. Gates. a Pennsylvania religious as the Battle Axes Gates was born uary 12, ford. Pa Young man through the who sit in picturesque founder of sect, known in Hartford, Jan- 1737 and died near Parker- October 30, 1546. As a he extensively traveled country following his | vocation of school teaching. He was by nature inclined and soon abandoned his school teaching to become a preasher. He would not become a member of any relig- ious sect because he believed there were already too many. It is a par- adox that he later founded one of his own For years he traveled and preach- ed devoting his spare time to char- itable work in jails, alms houses and hospitals. In 1520 he Philadelphia. “The Reformer,” a monthly devoted to religious news in which he tried to discourage the jealousies then existing among the various sects. He also opposed all religious legislation, particularly the laws against Sabbath breaking. In 10 years the magazine had succeed- ed so well that he started another in which he gave less of news and more of his own personal views: His success roused the opposition of the established denominations and poverty and failure faced him. In 1837 he issued the first number of “The Battle Axe and Weapons of War,” a magazine in which he an- nounced the coming of a new social order in which all laws would be abolished. It was from this maga zine that the sect took name. the After the death of Gates the Battle Axes continued for many years but finally died out Radio as Police Aid Has Its Disadvantages Detroit police are working on a plan whereby the entire department religiously | will be kept in touch with the activ- that | solidly with shadowy drinking dens. | | Apaches, ficrs, are plentiful . | (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndi cate, Inc.) with red and yellow muf-|ing. John Jones was l ity of burglars and bandits by the use of radio. Their new weapon against crime is a compact radi set with which every policeman will be supplied and by means of which he will be in constant com- munication with headquarters. Here in New Britain, with the WTIC so near at hand, the results of equipping the police with radios might lead to a number of compli- cations. Imagine the havoc that would Be wrought by the more powerful station's interference when headqudrters sent out a notice that a New Britain man had been held up and robbed in Walnut Hill park. The result would be something like this “Police headquarters broadcast- held up and robbed by a bandit in Walnut Hill park. The thief stole a watch, a wallet and a head of fresh Jettuce. | why started publishing in | Sunday over practically “Michael Green, two-year-old, buy | light hair and blue eyes was Kkid- napped from ‘his home this after« noon. When last seen by his mother —he landed the blow that sent the heavyweight to the floor.” the sports announcer would conclude. “The border skipped out my wife and all my money. He can have the money if he keeps my wife, what shall I do?" cries an in- dignant west ender, when in ring- ing feminine tones would come ths advice from a dressmaking shop. in Holyoke “Cut it on the bias, tie with pink ribbon and trim with grecn crepe de chine and blue velvet.” ““covering the roof with blue black giant strip 17 inch asbestos shingles, the whole structure to be common brick. trimmed with Qregon pine and Indiana limestone,” would bs the final word. The observer suggests that if local go in for radio plan they an injunction served on all England radio stations to pre- misunderstandings, in Dark with police have New vent Ex-Servicemen Door Knuckling Hoboes Fast Joining Dodo Birds Among other customs that are passing into the oblivion shared by horse-cars and bustles is that of the back door hand-out. It was a coffi- mon occurrence ycars ago for tha original “hitch hiker” or hobo to enter the back yard of a home and rap at the kitchen door about meal time and ask the ho for food. In many instances the st would be granted. In such cases the tramp passed the word along to his com- panions and the house was visited frequently. Two things have con- tributed to the discontinuance of tha custom. Apartment houses make it impossible to solicit the housewife and there are not so many hobocs. he few tramps remaining usually carry their food with them and re- quest only a cup of tea or coff Even this request is usually down, however, housewife's dislike these wanderers. ewife About Compensation Bill Despite that plenty of space ed in papers to the Congress over legislation disabled veter- ans, including a pe f for the various degrees of disability. lo- cally there is no great stir among -servicemen who will benefit by bill should it pass, simply be= cause little is understood about it. There are quite a numbe crans of the World War i ¥ who have been drawing compensa- tion from the government for dis- abilities incurred during the period of their service but if an extension of time is granted, it is a certainty that many more of them will apply for compensation because of tha chances they will have of proving that disabilities which they now su‘- fer were caused through the ice du the war Therc are some items in the p posed legislation of which the servicemen, locally, do not approve. One especially is the clause relating to thosc veterans who will be al= lowed to draw compensation for so« cial diseases they incurred during war times. The opinion of the great~ er number of the servicemen in this is that army regulations clear enough with regard to matter and there is no reason men in this class should ben. the same as men who were wounded or contracted natural dis- cases through their service dev the n ature 0« ex= city the were this TERRIFIC STORMS SEEPING ITALY Bathhouse Destroged — Two Escape Drowning Pescara, Ju (rp) bathhouse owned by brothers was wrecked during a terrific storm which raged over the central Adriatic coasts. Sev- eral trees were uprooted, but no cas ualties were reported the ale completely (UP) ~— Carolina drowned. and Nori narrowly escaped drowning when a rowboat in which the two girls were crossing the river Adigetto capsized.. Miss Bovolenta. was rescued by a young woman who swam quickly from the she the boat ray (UP)—Rocco blasio a his son Michele were electrocuted by lightning while they were resting outside their fireworks plant near Apricena Thursday. Venice, Milan, 19, was Bovolenta, 17 July when July 5 Dis 5 (UP)—The shed of the Direlli Rubber works collapsed Wednesday night with damages es- timated at 200,0000 lire. There were no casualties, Mikan, July Cerignola, July 5 (UP)—A fire, which it was believed started lightning, swept through house owned by Amato Zab: destroyed stacks of wheat ley valued at night from and Wedr 000 lire Observations On T ILe Weather Washington, July 5.—Forecast for Southern New England: Iair and somewhat warmer Saturday; Sunday mostly cloudy; probably local show- ers and thunder storms Conditions: local thunder Flerida peninsula and for general ly fair weather clsewhere in the Washington forccast districts Satur- day local thunder showers the tir Indications showers in are for Ohio and and for district. The weather will become Saturday in the Middle and North Atlantic states and the temperature will continue above normal through Sunday east of the Mississippi river, warmer Atlantic