New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1930, Page 8

3 EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD New Britain Herald| HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY New Britatn, Conaecticut (Sunday Excepted) 61 Cburch Street Iseusd Daily At Herald Bldg., BUBSCRIPTION RATES & Year $1.00 Three Months 5c. a Montn Eatered at the Post Ofce at New Britain as Becond Clame Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Business Ofce Editorlal Rooms . The only profitable advertial in the City. Circulation bool room always open to advert Member of the Associated Press The Amociated Press s exciusvely titied to the cation all news credited zews en and also local based upon t tection a tribution local advertisera The Herald s on saie dally York at Hotaling's Neweetand. Schults's Newsmand, Central. 4Imd Street Entrance Gr CONLY SIN” DISCONTINUANCES SEISMIC DISTURBANCES ted a ogress of ma OUR HIGHWAY INVESTMENT ain control building. In penditur vear; in $560.000 229 —exact spent by the states This gives a good idea of tion's annual investme improved highways and the is self-evident money, need for m proved roads eve where. Even in such states t of their mileage the Connecticut prone to boast o improved highways, thirst for more is insatiable is such a state Back in 1916 the federal Govern- ment thought it sist” in the construction of highways, necessary to “as- resulting in the enactment of th. federal aid highway This law elicited much praise the West, and considerable adverse criticism in the East. Under it the Government paid half the highways if the states paid the other half. Manifestly this was a :odsend;‘ to eertain sparscly settled \\'esurri law. in costs of main new i | | states, which needed to be traversed | cut shore one may observe that there | previously, when the name of Cool- | by motorists from other states. ch Governmental with the the The record ippears trifling compared 4 4 local governments. by states Federal ex- or highway purposes un- law is Jess than $100,000,- 1y; nds had be and late in 1929 feder- provided for only 30 per given In other than 30,006 H only about f this mileage had been a hard-surface paving. words, a little more SR government when President idge d to of it eir own high- states have dis- ax to assist in outleok is upon the construc- dirt roa is are to hbion i ihet mover in Connecticut is ilar movements d elsewhere highway and 00 miles it mbered that the term does not always aced road ould be constr oads costs of ion 1le highest England. Tt f1stant Noew number smaller towns be reached ndabout d itizens of New Eho tor B! Meriden or o travel to Hartford Waterbury in ich towns THE encouraged PUBLIC to THI The SHORES AND state must be obtain more beach rights for the lic, in the opinion of the Ansouia that iz a sentiment to meet with widesprea editor evider ing 1o the shore in an effort 4 has been He to en ts attractions somewhat disappointed i« not There is limited shore and a large population: and beach along the Sound below higr water mark, which consequently be- that doesn’t do can bheslto the the public £00d unless it mug zet to the beaches ove# the land | majority, and they gainad 14 seats i New York Unfortunately, most private owners of shore properties ggo not permilg the public's access to the beach fronting on such unless thay property that is im- mark; and frequently possible Here part of the state as outlined by the is the situation along this Sentinel Turning to a map of ,the Connecli- | are between the southwestern point | of Greenwich and that Pawcatuck | | river which bounds Stonington on | he cast two points only of state ownership of shore front. One of these, the only freely accessible one. | is Hammonassctt Beach. There the | state has 911 acres, our largest state | park. There are approximately two miles of beach, in some respects the finest beach in Connecticut. But it had to take care of all Connecticut and parts of Massachusetts and New York, not to mention scores from al- most all the other states who come here now and then | There ure 48 of what is call- herwood Islancin We Un- | ately it is too well named. To | high tide by land is dif- state has been seeking been blocks property owners, who selfish inter ' acres to get more proach, but h hboring their 1fare [ eeds shore beach- of a public that There are other public the Connecticut shore, but all of them are small. and osedly under th& jurisdic- wns or cities which, hav- heen at the expense of develop- g them, wish that their own resi- s may have the first use of them; in which wish, to be sure, they are more or less ed room es on arly jus NEW HAVEN AS A PORT, The city of New Haven, it is more that is now so accustomed to seeing its docks p news reporters no long- han rumored in enterprising ity arge vessels up at that its shi er consider such landings as out- standing news. { True, there still is a desire to in- crease Wi port, bu ent past has already seen an te traffic at the the T astonishing increase, according Shal the'To ourier savs about histo f the city navigation oad and e present through the now deep b time and the ship b fairly b a few years ago. s reporters of the local 4 soms h vat of or one that had com al voyage and nnel vhere i £ vesse long er of such « at the oal com Jones company the oil other of water- ove and ustle Coke y 1ch a developr do hardware 1 time Meanwhile we don, belie RAISING POSTAGE RATES sp to raise letter postage to 2 1.2 cent tno stamps for a nick Why shouid to the 55 [ ot The air mail is 2 Jones-White ship ance uges the post office ment as rough the to source for ship sub making of contra t Congress the letter is something that everyone could notice too readily The ideal political tax is one that s indirect and which cannot be ob- o0 raise the letter postage vould give unsavory advertising to We doubt Hoover himselt Administration whether President vould stand for it DEMOCRATIC POSSIBILITIES a mid- to th 1 incidents of term election” are likely to com the Administration this fall. And cidents, by way be more with may n norr onformity the times. During the mid-term elections 1n 1326, when Mr. Coolldge was Presi- dent, the Democrats captured seven of the coatested seats in the Senate exactly wiping out the Repub the House. These results had no particular and do | cconomic significance cco- nomics had nothing to with the boom wag in process of manu- facture and there was no particuiar | reason to vote against the Admin | tration on economic grounds. The 1c- .‘.‘-ul' was merely the reaction from | the. Presidential election (wo years | cumstanfces idge had carried a host of faithful | into ofice who under ordinary cir- would not ‘ have arrived there This Fall there will be a different the Adminis- tration; and those Who anticipate a resounding victory by the anti-Ad- situation confronting | ministration. forces perhaps are not far wrong. The Senate, it is safe to assume, will go to the control of the Democrats. That blessing will not be an the party, however, as it will force the party to assume the responsibility unmixed to Democratic for how the Senate performs Factsand Fancies By ROBE Heathen lands have no padlocks. QUILLEN the ones that Middle-class people are those whose table manners remind you of somebody showing how it should be | done. R | After all, perhaps the supreme test of trie love is to watch her eating corn on the cob 3 | For that matter. the world will e a beaten path to your door if nvent a better sucker trap. Hard times: A period when we 1se this year's income to pay for last vear's “prosperity tgrow this mad im- to get a job as a One way to 0 pulse to rush is messenger bov No omre poles to conquer. Noth- nains—except the publicity possibilities of a new baby A swell feed given to a hero in recognition of the he no longer needs it hotel you pay a $20 hotel you pay from for what for zet away Making the movies popular demand;"” v posters to make p=d- ire a wWow cm atisfy jue, however. A hink grand opera great derstand it selees words spoken nd would trying to con- &ted endifo endiithay man reach some husy h se are fu the ones who aren't on ment pay roll are ca stead of democrats That European over hera to study paving materials should examine the rious things that some of the old- hotels call mattresses the govern- sort rifice respe t- tears ecall was | plied with a dam Observations On The Weather much rate Not Mod tonight New York slightly for Eastern ight and in extreme and orthwest 00l ortion warmer in gentle southerly nigh portion varfable winds, becoming Saturday and Iore Fair Dakota general South Tem- of the Lake | nder storms were g the Atlantic Carolina northward peratures continue Rockies except in region and New En itions favor weather and temperature Temperatures vesterday Hig At $5 0 At Boston Ruffaio Chicazo Cincinnati Denver Duluth Hatteras Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis 63| Nantucket % 56 Nashville ..... 2 | New Haven New Orleans ite t0 Maine high east Tor not m y fair chance | in ntie City 66 i 82 781 68 Norfolk, Va Northfield. Vt Pittsburgh Portland, Me, St. Louis 50 T4 can get to it during low water [ them; for during the Coolidge years | Washington COTTON FUTUR ADY New York. July 25 (P—Cotton | | tutures opened steady. to 13 points lower: Oct. 12.67. Dec. 12 Wv.! |Jan. 12.96. New contract Oct: | {1251, Dec. 12.88, Jan. 1272, Ma- | 112,23, May 13.10 | [1egally | which to pay taxes Questions QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau 1322 New York avenue, Washing- ton, D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under- taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let- ters are confldential.—Editor. Q Can f distributed ign loitery tickets be n the United States? A. Lotteries are illegal in the United States, and it is illegal to re- ceive or transmit lottery tickets through the United States mails. Q. What » source of the The Sky Hawk?"” A. A story e ) Bardell” by Llewellyn Hu also wrote the motion pic tation. Q. Where in the Bible t verse “Ye shail kno truth and the truth shall make you free?" A. John s:32 Q. What was the Jewish gration and emigration to and Palestine in 19287 A The number of Jews w entered Palestine in 1028 2,178 and the number who departed was 2,168 picture ap Called hes, who adap- immi- from was 1s sulphur a good fertilizer? A, Tts use as a fertilizer is limit- ed It is used in the West for al- falfa. and the ordinary mixed fer- tilizer for tomatoes contains ficient sulphur., Q. What is a penthouse? A A structure in the form of a shed or roof with a single slope affixed by its upper edge the wall of a building Is basic slag to generally used ure? A. On pasture land and legumes, such as sweet clover rops deficient in phosphate ime, it is a valuable manure. Q Where dM the science itecture originate? A. It originated from a primary requirement of human life, the need for shelter. Its scien develop- ment increased as the of wood was superceded by bri n early Chaldea and Egypt Do sofdiers remove their at military funerals? When on g ceep their ca for or and of n guard a on e casket Wher ed ¥ remoye or riod 1t was fominion of Q. How many pers lowstone National P: In 1929 the 260.697 the scovered pl It has been ntists of the Lo ause Pluto was regions of darkness n& holdsg other pla Toman Gods Q How cleaned? AW Yel- number of visi of the re- n med Pluto by Obzervatory, of the new e Go To ap re- copper a raw remain urn the original of and gold coins white potato and over night Q. Did Primo C. in Philadelphi A. He fought there the first he knocked o Clark, in six rounds, Marct and he fought inst Georze frey. Jur Q. How line be clothinz A. Try spoonsful /o° lukewarm water in it, lay over garment and press just as you would had the clothes been washed in water Q. From what made? Jo. the trade name of a s produced from coal tar by invented by Dr. Leo Baek Where w luster ce them in let them arnera ever fight twice. TIn ace! God- n the odor removed quickly a5 hacnic of gaso- from din it? two table- h a pint of Dampen a cloth Ixing abo inegar wi protected process W Rozers edu- At Willie Hassell school He also attended Military Academy for a Neogho, the Kem short time Q. How old Sixte-five Where was Ultima Thule? The words mean the extrem- ity of the world, the most northern point known to the ancient Romans Pliny and others say it is Iceland. Camden is one of the Shet- land Tslands 25 Ve é;z r;A éo‘To day < Arthur Brisbane? A Q A says it don today. three New Britain men were elected to ofice There remain but two days in of property owners are yet to be heard from Over 1,000 people Walnpt Hill park last evening to hear the concert by the 1. 0. O. ¥ band. These concerts are proving very popular A snake in the western section of the town is causing causing consid- erable anxicty The reptile has al- ready bitten three persons. Tt was thrown away last winter t a man who thought) t it was dead. Local residents yare flocking in large numbers to lLake Compounce and White Oak hbt evenings. The local Foresters have received word from national headquarters that there is to be no increase in the rate of Jdues. gathered at A large number | park during these me as a dandy name for a yacht— | Bankhead is an American girl who has made good in The City. Every theater wise Britisher will tell yi “Sec Bankhead!" She has as many enthusiastic rooters as Mistinguett in Paris. And—but the end of page cuts off further publicity for the ‘lady. (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) London, July 24—London’s kerd merch and itinerant music | inspired Hogarth to many of his un- levely etchings of life in the raw. And to me they give the city a 2091 humored bustlc and charmgit would not otherwise have. They are an odd mixture—half hooligan and haif | Shylock — that poverty spews up | from its depths. One shriveled old lady on Cock- | spur street offered from her barrow the chill of Spitzbergen and the warmth of Sahara with rows of half penny dabs of ice cream, a mouthful on a stick, and a tiny cornucopia of roasted chestnuts. Alongside of her was a sidewalk artist sketching the masterpiece he will sell for a siz- pence when finished Thousands of outstretched hands offer every variety of flowers—fron Scotch heather to daffodils. Tovs jump about on strips of biack-cloth to the surreptitious tugs of hidd-n thread Match-sellers hawkers and criers of handkerchiefs, pencils, dolls and other play-prettics everywhere On Haymarket a shuffling figure approached me in an effort to seil | two-penny-worth of fish bait in a soiled paper. When 1 showed no Mnterest he called after me Fine fishing along the Thames!" and cockled derisively, the triumphant sthor of the mot juste. Fishing onz the Tham$s is like fis along the Seine. In the mews where Squalor hides an so successfuly behind Tudor trappings the strolling singers len. picturesque cheerfulness. They ant the coster songs of man verses—the halt, the blind and the riaimed. There is one coster refrain about “Bertie, Me Lad.” reputed to more than a th nd verses. No people world over are so hopefully optimistic as the strect minstrels of London. In a bleal ind courtyard in rear of ‘he avoy a little band of four huddled a drenching downpour tooting madly for more than an hour al- though in that time only one smzll coin was tossed to them For the there s Leaden the the lovers of domestio pets in store alorg filled with live Here one may purchase gold fish. puppics, kit- ullfinches, b ms, guin: bri 1 ons and Flapper on a Pun young man Heavens! the tend you don't know €l what? me'.’ o drab days have always had for me. Consequently the ndon are a constant d light. T have a way of rolli up softly from a gentle mist into a | scp, fugitive and m, jous ¢ The whole city sec to hang ally in a leaden sky. All that fogs of ey erated. There is indefinable ¢nd romance in the wraith-like of street lights. 1 always look adventure in a fog. Incidentally, I am told London haa fog forecasters just ha e weather specialists in America. On the south side of the Thames is a| cpiraling chimney and when the fir Iight mist appears the expert go-s to the top and broadcasts his warn- ing so that extra pressure may bhe ziven the furnace fires for the light- ing plants all over the town as we tn hotel The floor has and nuances of his guild valet assignec my Il the comic paper gr He is an ins e balloon | Hurt in Fall, Woman Sues City for $10,000 The city of New Britain, throaxh #7 claims committee of the common uncil, offered Mrs. Margaret Cul- 1®an of 337 Burritt street settle- ment for $300 in a claim against { city for injuries alleged due to de- fective and imbroperly construct -d steps in the women's section of ths | comfort station in Central park. but Mre. Cullinan, through her attorn-y, Thomas K. McDonough. declin =L She has now started a suit for $10.- 000 against the city. Mrs. Cullinan alieges in her claim that she caught a shoe in the steps of the comfort station on October 4,, 1929, and was tripped. She fell to the lower level and sustained severs injuries which kept her hospitalized for a long time and she alleges that she has been permanently injured. adroit behind-the-hand cougher and s name is Twittley. He spent fourt years “valeting an H'American gen- | tleman” ‘and has traveled all over the United States. His favorite is Chicago and he found New Yor very commonplace, if I may be so bold, sir.” I am not accusing Twit- | tley of stocking up on my zebra- striped socks picked up in Paris but many pairs are missing. If I can ‘n- duce Twittley to sit down in a chair once I may get a flash at his hosiery and then, if guilty, Mr. Twittley will | b twitted, Tweet, tweet! It is pleasant to stop over in a country Where your own language is first choice. After every trip to the continent I determine that when I return home I'll master several | languages. But before I leave I hize some guide who can speak a halt dozen or so fluently and who is satisfied with a dollar for a half day’s work. Then I decide to stick to my own racket—%and language. TO TOUR FACTORIES David Lipman, manager of the local Thom McAn store®will leave tomorrow for a tour of his com- pany’'s nine factories in New Eng- land. WIith 200 other managers, di%. trict supervisors and headquarters executives, he will spend a week in ont | getfing a closeup of the shoe indus- |try, and observing the magnitude —_— |and complexity of factory opera- Tallulah—and that always struck |tions. The NEW BRITAIN HERALD NOW DELIVERED - - AT THE SHORE DAILY The HERALD will be delivered on the same night of issue at the shore. The HERALD will be for sale at the following dealers: WATSON’S DRUG STORE, Saybrook, Conn. PARKER'S STORE, Saybrook Manor, Conn. P. L. BILLINGHAM’S STORE, Steven’s Cor- ner, Westbrook, Conn. HUBBARD'’S STORE, Clinton Beach. AUSTIN STORE, Beach Park, Clinton, Conn. M. E. AUSTIN, Clinton, Conn. J.M. GOLDHAMER'’S STORE, Madison, Conn. MONROE'S DRUG STORE, Guilford, Conn. Since the days of the en at work 1o p tern. ingenious inventors urcs in motion. Far back in the a has developed Into our s. And art is still developing and very glon Bureau of this newspaper has compiled in printed an interesting ‘bulletin pn the Story of Motion Pictures—a brief history of tic origin and developmept of the flm art up tc d in it answers to the many questions you have often asked the developmen: of the marvels of film photography out the Lelow end for it $0's men otion the rapid h for in on today i — == == == == =CLIP COUPON RERE === == o= o= o | FILM EDITOR, Washington Bureau New Britain Herald, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. ( T want a copy of the bulletin THE STORT OF MOTION PICTURES and close herewith five cents in-coln or U. S. stamps to cov pestze and handling costs NAME ‘ STREET AND NUMBER ....cevreios cITY STATE Britain Herald. 1 am a reader of the New e e The Scotchmah By Fontaine Fox A NEW PATRON OF THE TROLLEY LINE. CFontaine Fox. 1530