New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1930, Page 12

. apainst MISSISSIPPI RIVER SAFE FROM FLBOD | Secretary ol War Hears Report on Engineers’ Work ‘Washington, Sept. Bis inspection trip down the Missis- #ippi aboard the river boat General Allen, members-of his staff outlined résults obtained 1928 huthorized bring the river under control Already $89.000,000 of that sum has -been expended by the M Sippi river commission under super vision of the army corps of engi- Deers, and although the project has eight years more to go, the flood danger even now is in large measure overcome, army engineers say. In:the spring of last year, one of the . highest waters ever recorded passed safely down the river ‘to the sulf. In another year ample protec- tlon will have been provided against any flood ‘reasonably probable, the engineers said. Some idea of the tremendous scope of the project may be gained. they pointed out, by comparing it with the Panama canal, also car- ried to completion under army en- gineer supervision Cost $390,000,000 The cost of the canal con: tion has been estimated at $00,000. Including the $71.000,000 Bpent by the federal government on the river prior to the flood control act. the Mississippi project w cost on completion nearly $4 000 more. The estimate does include about $166,000,000 spent by the states. For more than 100 years near the river had been overflows by earthern dams These consisted mounds thrown vidual plantations. gradually were made r plantation owners combined their protection levees, #nd this led to the present system of chartered levee districts. The disastrous 1927 flood demon- strated to congress, however, that the government's aid was needed in shaping a control proje Brown Directs Plan - Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin at the time chief of army engineers, su- pervised the drafting of the plan which is being followed in the main today by his successor, Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown ’ Using the ancient levees as a foundatipn, the plan provides for raising their level about three feet and doubling their thickness. When the work is completed, the levees Wwill' carry safely any floods except | such as occurred in 1822 and 1927, eccording to the army engineers. Should there be another flood of this kind, the water would take a natural course over the levees just south of the Arkansas river and south of the Red river, under Jad- win's plan. The excess water would find fts way to the gulf through the swamp and timber lands in the Boeuf basin, in the Red river backwater since congress in $325,000,000 to lands only of small up around indi- These mounds Later, area and in the Atchafalaya basin, | Was @ sad failure for several min- | Along the edges of these swamp and timber lands it is proposed to construct levees to prevent ex- traordinary flood waters from spreading over the better land in these basins. In addition to the main features ©of the plan, army engineers point out, a floodway is now being placed opposite Cairo, Tll., extending from Bird’s Point to New Madrid. Mo. This floodway will relieve Cairo and southern Missouri of flood danger. by widening the river and so keep- ing the water levels down during bhigh water. Slayer of Jersey Boy Sought by Authorities Camden, N. J., Sept. 5 (UP) — Police of this city and Philadelphia today investigated the death of a six | year old boy whose mutilated body was found in the Delaware river The body of the boy, Edward Do- dura, was pulled from the river last night. His right leg had been sev- ered at the thigh and his left leg cut at the ankle. His mother, Mr Dodura, said the lad had been miss- ing since Labor Day. RADIG_PICTURES BER‘;' WHEELER ROBERT WOOLSEY 00 R NS e T \-\ NOW PLAYING Warner Bros. TRAND| Coming Sunday AT, JOLSON in ‘BIG BOY N\ 5 (UP) — As Becretary of War Hurley continued | | event of the day | on Saturday afternoon and evening. | | Waiting for the 1011th hour to earth after Kowalczyk faced a battery of ere they ar TREE SITTERS WEAK. AFTER LONG STUNT = Boys’ Legs Give Way as They| (limb Down fo Ground Ten perched, platform in a c 'é" above the ground. left Harold Morley and Michael. Kowalczyk 8o weak in their le that when they | slowly backed down a short ladder | at 6 o'clock last night to end thetr endurance contest, they tumbled to | ground. .Their legs “gave out” ana it was sevesal minutes before they could walk without sagging in the | knees | 800 Watch Descent More than 800 men, women and | children were under the tree when the boys were ready to descend, more than 300 of them being there from 3 o'clock, waiting for the biy The boys, con- scious of the interest in their stunt, and with a movietone camera un-| | der the tree. ready to get their pic- | | tures and their comments on how iy scemed to get back to earth nearly | seven weeks in a tree, sat all the | afternoon and gazed nonchalantly at | the crowd, accepted soda and candy, from admirers, and posed for pic~ tures. | After leaving the tree, the bovs walked about fily for a few mo- tents, with the crowd pressing in on them so that they were hemmed in solidly until a police officer eared a space for the boys to use. They tried to run and jump. but this utes. During the evening, the bqvs rode | | about the city in an automobile, the | guests of an auto agency, but at 10 | o'clock the boys were in bed and} asleep “Louder and Funnier” Next YeAr Shortly after 7 this morning the | boys awoke, dressed.’ ate hasty breakfasts and were again guests of the o agel being driven through the city streets. This after- | noon and tonight they will appear | on the stage of the Embassy thea- ter, and also will appear four times | Gifts of clothing and money have not poured upon the boys as many | have believed, but the Globe Cloth- | ing House offered to outfit the bovs | for school, and the boys will receive a salary for their two days' ap- pearance at the theater. The boys are “fed up” on tree d next June, upon finish- ol year, will devise a funnier” contest upon vhich can make some steady | income. If we are going to give the people a show we will get paid.” | said one of the boys and hey 1der Warner Bros. EMBASS six weeks in a tree, shown in their aerie where they have lived for six weeks, | directors were influenced by‘the fact | |that the ceived orders opinion. made it advisable to main- | | Demand rates (Great Britain in dol- ( They Lived In Tree for Six Weeks ’ | arrive so they could return to Harold Morley and Michael cameras yesterday afternoon. |Bullard Company Omits Its Qual tei]y Dividend | Sept (P=Directors | of 'ho Bullzrd compam, machine | Ing scenes of an amusing and cheer- . ) I ‘IIIII HEATEDS r =K !"Q e tfl'fl"'li 'T- | Unless otherwise indicated. theatrical notices and reviews in this column are written by press agencies for the respective amusement company. AT THE STRAND AT .THE EMBASSY What 1s comedy? | Here's a laugh! Jack Oakie in Webster's definition reads:— | “The Sap From Syracuse” at the “A joyful festivity with music and | EMDassy theater, starting Saturday dancing. A phase of drama depict. | OF ¥ dave | Oakie is the “cheerful giver” of fun whose first appearance in “Closc ntaneous In “The Sap Syracuse,” he has, by far, his role to date. as the naive | country boy: who thinks the world is his “oyster.” Off to see Europe, sey, inimitable clowns of “Rio Rita” |he meets a lovely charmer in dis- fame, are principal reasons why |tress. in the person of Ginger Rog- “The Cuckoos” is “joyful festivity.” |ers. the cuddlesome cutie of “Young June Clyde and Hugh Trevor with | Man of Manhattan” Mistaken for 100-trained singers and dancers, are |3 prominent engineer, traveling in- the featured entertainers along the|cognito, Oakie cannot convince Gin- musical and dancing line. ger of his real identity. He is feted Stage technicians have al“a\s‘flfld regale by everyone on the ship. claimed that comedy was an elusive | “The Sap From 'Syracuse” is factor and particularly hard to bnng |adapted from the stage comedy of out on the screen. Special - “gag” |the same name that kept New Yoric men are usually employed to insure |theater-goers in spasms of mirth the success of the embryo comedy. |during the run of the play last sea- For the added attraction for today | son. Many supporting players in the and tomorrow the Strand theater |screen version of the fun-hit were will be the first to show the com- |members of the original New York pleting pictures of the-first non-stop |stage cast. And A. Edward Suther- estward flight from Europe to ¢he |land. who piloted Oakie in “The So- United States taken frem start to |cial Lion," directed this one too. finish. See them leaving Paris and | ful nature.” A shorter “comedy’ Cuckoos musical theater. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolh manner of ‘would be to the all-talking. singing, | ow now at the Strand |best tool manufacturers of Bridgeport, Conn.. have omitted the quarterly | | dividend of 40 cents due on the com- | mon stock at this time. | E. P. Bullard, president, sai¢ the | “company has recently re- for new business in bstantial amounts which, in their tain a strong cash position without | borrowing for operations on this ac- count.” He added that the company nlso | had been asked to quote on consid- erable business, which. "} booked, should permit resumption of divi- dends at an early date, as the com- pany has no funded debt or bank indebtedness and has a large earned surplus.” FOREIGN EXCHANGE New York, Sept. 5 (P—Noon— Prime Mercantile Paper 3—3 1-4 per cent. Foreign exchange easy: Great Britain 92 7-8; Italy 82 1-2 lars, othe n cents) 4.86 3-16; France 3 5.23 1-2; Germany 23 FOR BEST RESULTS USE HERALD' CLASSIFIED ADS starring NANCY CARROLL —and— N ARE LIKE THAT" —SATURDAY ONLY— He knows her secret—and yet he loves her! Why? See— ‘Slightly Scarlet’ with Clive Brook—Evelyn Brent Co-Feature Ken Maynard —in— ‘Song of the Caballero’ “The Lone Defender’ An Al Talking Serial with RIN TIN TIN COMING SOON Lon Chaney ‘Ths Unholy Three’ —and— ‘LADIES OF LEISURE' landing in New York. Also five acts | of vaudeville presented on the same | oo bill, | As Result of Injuries — | Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 5 (UP)— FAT MEN'S TABLE | Ralph Minichello died at Gilbert Camp Hamilton, Winder, Pa., Sept. | hospital here late vesterday of “(UP)—Trainer Bud Moore of the |burns suffered earlier in the day in University of Pittsburgh football |an ammonia explosion at the Glou- team has established a *fat men's|cester cold storage plant where he table” for overweight ers have relegated to a slim diet. | Gloucester Man Dies Already four Pitt play- | g8ineer. His assistant, Richard Power: was believed recovering from burns USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | at the hospital, today. William Warner Bros. STRAND PICTURES OF THE First Non-Stop Flight FROM PARIS to NEW YORK Taken From Start to Finish NOwW PLAYING Now PLAYING ‘Warner Bros. TRAN 4 DAYS Beginning New Songs — New Gags — New Jokes! Teke a tip — set your bets on “Big Boy" for a Kkilling in the entertainment sweepstakes! ClAllDlA DELL AWarner Brothers Vitaphone Picture DON'T MISS THE WORLD’S GREATEST NTERTAINER IN HIS FAVOR- ITE FOOTLIGHT RIT! Coming “ALL QUIET on the Won WESTERN FRONT” At Regular Strand Prices SATURDAY Y l STARTS AMERICA'S JOY FRIE Smart GINGER You'll Langh — You'll JACK O AKIE In the Laughful — Sizzling — Cracking “The SAP From SYRACUSE” With Comedy ROGERS Scream — You'll Howl! TODAY and HAROLD MORLEY IN and Special Added Attraction “Charipion Treesitters of the World” PERSON = SATURDAY MICHAEL KOWALCZYK Last Times Today “CZAR OF BROADWAY™ and “MATRIMONIAL BED” SPECIAL SALE CONTINUED BY POPULAR DEMAND! 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Arch 2 New Britain, Conn. ad Walnut Sts. v , members of the squad|was employed as a stationary en- | Perry, another victim, received first- aid treatment at the scene. Fifty young women at work in an adjoining plant were affected by am- monia fumes. “Discovers” Bomb Under Porch Where He Put It | noy b of Zukor En Route to Denver, Colo., Sept. 5 (UP)—Ned Meyer, who is"16 and in love, was convinced today that heroes are born, not made. Ned ‘saved” the family of Mar- aret Wegener when he discovered and extinguished a burning fuse at- tached to eight pieces of dynamite MRS, LOEW WILL SEEK RENO DECREE Nevada City | New York, Sept. 5 (A—Friends of Mrs. Mildred Zukor Loew, daughter of Adolph Zukor, motion picture under the rear porch of the Weg- ener hame. For a time—until police arrived— | Ned was a hero. | The police said Ned confessed he | had placed the dynamite under the | porch, lighted the fuse and then “discovered” the danger himself “I' did it bccause I wanted garet and her folks to th a hero,” officers quoted saying. ar- I wass| him as WHEAT PRICES ADVANCE Chicago, Sept. 5 (P)—Encouraged by unexpected strength in Liverpool | quotations, and by commission house | buying, Chicago wheat prices ad- | vanced more than one cent a bushel | at the start of trading today. A bet- | ter demand for cash wheat abroad, | indicating that more business in North American grain might be ex- pected, helped the rally. Corn was higher with wheat, but selling on resting orders halted the advance. Trade was of larger volume, open- | ing %-1 5-8c higher, wheat climbed | a little more, and then reacted. Corn started %-1 1-Sc up and showed fur- ther strength BABE RUTH SHOP OPENED New York, Sept. 5 (UP)—Babe Ruth, home run slugger, also will become Babe Ruth, haberdasher, to- night then his shop for men is opened. A huge sign in the thea- trical district invited all Broadway to attend. CARUSO VOCAL SCHOOL of Hartford Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caruso Directors New Britain Studio, 269 Main St. Every Tuesday For Voice Trial — Phone Hartford 6-1542 — 7-1463 STRAND THEATER — HARTFORD NOW PLAYING First Time At Popular Prices iALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT* By Eric Maria Remarque MORNINGS 25c—MATINEE 35c + EVENINGS 50c Continuous Daily From 10 A. M. Sunday 4:15 to 10:30 EXTRA MIDNITE - SHOWING Saturday At 10:30 P. M. All Seats At Regular Prices |out information about her plans. | magnate, and wife of the late Mar- cus Loew's son Arthur, credited re- ports today that she was on her way to Reno to sue for divorce. However, they said they were with- Mrs. Loew, known to her friends | here as “Mickey,” was reported to be? bound by train from New York to Reno, with hér two children, a daughter aged 8 and'a'son 6. Both Mr. Loew, a vice president of the Loew Theater company, and Mrs. Loew have been in, Paris until re- cently and it was reported months ago that a divorce would be sought there. ‘When Arthur M. Loew and the daughter of the head of. Paramount- Famous-Lasky Motion Picture com- pany were married some nine:years ago attention was directed to the uniting of two great motion picture fortunes. 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