New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1930, Page 16

NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1930. Who #ass I'm AUNT HET BY ROB AT N “1 could weight at Ella ] I never did like toy balloon looks with half of the air out.” | Oopyright, 1930, Publishe: Syndicate —— e POLLY AND HER PALS not abroad tonight at No. 11 But you'd better t she rang |off. e hallway caught her sprang to her door Clarice omment, but aroused. - W | [ sl e e 7 or anyone else.” 1t was the first time Baynmor had oosed his steadily growing wrath She was inst Mason, and he was rather he put down |surprised at his own outburst. He t she actually | half expected Mason to retért with nse | blows, but Freddy only \grinned. Calm yourself, lad,” he' replied. “I won't be bothering you much It we never see each other . we're going to see Clarice to- time. Understand?” decided it was best to . and they mounted the s door. ever found | knees, pol- stared at at are you floor at ddy an it up be- wapter Brynmor is that staggers Facts and Fancies 1 muddy foot hen it h pproa By Robert Quillen s approa 1 alsndls 1f Nature hates a vacuum, w she make it o hard to insert an pson may fear the Eng- opies their system. He's t much say-so. e thing for King end to have lost alkie is an improvement, es come back? is milked you s some more. ikes twice 1n h shows that it Kkey, d of his 1926 rec- 1is prime. It's a ockers Hoover was a suc old days be- n who didn’t anism: Urging the boys to ss m passing se who do. Dante il & n drills a success- a great big ni, for a mosquito. ail wags, but A bee re- n you in good aristoc- His fath leisure. 1 citizens he police take their uch for the all- | . \coumr,v and no tickets in foreign | o tlons lotteries or sweepstakes may be Q‘l S | transmitted through the mails. 1 | Q. When did national spelling | bees begin and who pays for them? | | Who won the contest in 1920 and | 19302 A. The National Spelling Bee was | begun six years ago and they are | sponsored by newspapers in the | United States. Grade school pupils | | ccmpete for the prizes. In 1523 *he ‘ first prize was won by Virginia Ho- gan of Omaha, Nebraska and in » S0 / | 1430 the prize was won by Heln T Jensen, 13 years old, of Council | Blufts, Towa | | I QUESTIONS ANSWERED | Q. How is Rod La Rocque's last | | name pronounced? You can get an answer 1o any| A “La moke' question of fact or information bY| Q. How does the area of Ge writing to the Question Editor, New | nate compare with that of Tex | Britain Herald, Washington BureaWw,| A" Texis has an area of 265 1322 New York avenue, Washing-|ss5 square miles; Germany has a ton, D. C. enclosing two cents 1| total area of 185,559 square mile stamps for reply. Medical, legal and | Q. "Who publishes the books by | marital advice cannot be given, N0 | Robert L. Ripley? |can extended research be under- | |taken. All other questions will re- |57t |ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re-| @, quests cannot be answered. All let- | ters are confidential.—Editor. | reet, New York city. What is séript? A. The name wa | tional currency issued by the gov- | ernment, and ‘also by retail dealers | tn facilitate trade. That is: | the government appeared fr | Q. Do water and ice weigh the | same? | A. A cubic foot of water at 4 da- grees centigrade, maximum density, | | weighs 62.428 pounds; a cubic fodt | e | of ice weigh B | 25 Y A T l] Q. Where are the service records ears Ago loday o men who served in the Arm) ,i the World ‘War kept? i A. Jn the office of the A General, War Depart nt, V ton, D. C. Q. How tall is the building? A, Itis A band concert will be held next jutant | Thursday evening at Walnut hing- ‘ park under the auspices of the Bu. ness Men's association. An aver of 3,000 people have been attendi he concerts so far this vear. The bill for the fireworks celebra- Woolworth Q A. Simon and Schuster, 37 Wost | h given to frac- | i PASSENGER PLANES INCREASE MILEAGE {Make 50 Per Cent Gain in Past Twelve Months Chicago, July Passenger carrying airplanes in the United States are nmow flying 91,361 miles |a day and are serving 226 communi= | ties on 263 regular schedules, ac- cording to the semi-annual report of the American Air Transport As< sociation. A vear.ago but 61,025 miles wers being flown and passenger carrying | aircraft stopped daily at only 151 | points. Thirty-nine companies are listed in the report as operating regularly, as against 21 a year ago. The pas< senger airways eystem has increased from approximately 25,000 miles to $03 miles. Lighting of the air ways with radio facilities whereby pilots receive weather and other op= ‘ erating infarmation while in the air from ground stations located at strategic points along the routes. American owned and operated il and passenger planes are flys 476 miles of Mexican, West Indian, Central and South American airways. Nineteen counties American airwayvs teen coun- tries are connected to the United States by air, and planes are flying nore than 26,000 miles in those for= eign services 19 — Q. Did preme Court pass upon th tionality of the 18th Ame Its constituti Where are the mountains? A. Ip Central Europe Q. What does the name Hannibal tmean? A. It is Phoenician, the name of a Carthaginian general and means gracious lord.” Were autos that participated indred mile Memorial Indianapolis Speedway equipped with reverse gears? Yes Docs the Unite t buy scrap gold? ap gold to the value 3 or more can be sold to United States Assay office Q. How can one protect govern- ment bonds against loss by fire or theft? Will the government register them? A. Gevernment bonds can ered. The of Loa Currency e constitu- Carp registration o What is Ja Sharkey's home t Hill, Bosto! the ar contains 3,0 Mass cont ¢ are considered proper poken English but are not good literary forms Q. What is the source o tation ““The love of m of all evil?™ 1 Timoth the quo- Q. Who ow California ? William Wrigley Q. Do waves ever ru 40 feet? A. The usual height is feet from trough to top, but waves feet high have been observed, d it is probable that on rare occu- sions they may be highe Q. Hov persons the Memor attendzd is the prem s ten cent It is cataloged Can one buy t opean lotteri “Airs ave been estabs stom facilities to tion on the Fourth ounted to $621.71. The balance on hand :s A number of discovered at White Oak by a pro- fessor who is staying at the Plain- ville camp grounds The third rail with its attendant dangers is still in full force Nine cars will carry the membe of the Stanley Works Mutua! Bena- fit society to their out Savin Rock tomorrow afternoor Many of the shade trees in town e show signs of decay officials are b 1 There is not tree wardeh in the city | Femin >, Texas and Los- Angel the m ports of entry planes clearing and arriv Mexico, Central and South Nearly all of these ports h; established in the past year. Arkansas Candidate Has Strong Planks iverbank, Cal. July youth ! | test aga curtailr rty. But the camp: met with little success Constable Buck Ch Wr now of no 1 women wearing ‘‘men's p ccording to their moral “just doesn't seem right.” ABOR SAVING rry Williams is a ie inventor. He has a large lake and 1t kept him busy feeding the fish in it three times a week. So he plzced a light near the water at one | he lake and lighted it at Insacts flocked to th into it and fell into the gobbled up by the fish Ay string of 1 ve stopped girls here from wear- ing them—much to the disgust and protests of the girls Potato Vine Producgs Tomatoes Hanila, Ark., July 13 (UP)—One those botanical oddities worrying Manila farmer bited a potato vine with oes on recently. 'V ed to explain but couldn ~ Al ov losz 0 dering from a BLUEBERRY PICKING v his at FOSTER FARM CENTER Hill Barkhamsted, Conn. llipoli during th believed d He was found brother in Kent, riding a bicyele The sight of his brother MING EDITOR Washington Buseau, New Britain He New Y e. Washington, D. LEARNING TO SWIM eiled U. 8 postage st > cover AND NUM “A Barrel of Fun - gf\"’\ HEY! WOT TH'-2 WHERE You the court figured Dz find him a new papa before Tom' could find him a new mama.” Copyright, 1930, Pu dicate B —————— JUST KIDS SONNA DO WHEN I GIT BIG TO MAKE i rou=+ FOR Yow —NOW COULD SOME BREAD Al UAM 2 > BETWEEN;, S MEALS EVEN IF vou | DONT GIVE ME\ APPLE NOTHIN' TO EAT ILL GO RIGHT ON KIN OF ALL THE WorRK TM GONNA DO FER I LIKg TO HEAR MY DUMPLING o TALK LIKE —~BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO THINK ABOUT €0 MuCH HARD WORK SN |~ EMPT ! STUMMICK®