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N. Y. were ow S. divisions fought forest; the 26th way ou [“heaz consumption during the past |five vears, Hyde said. Wheat sold |almost 15 cents a bushel lower than [corn on the Chicago market at the VES close Saturday although bushel for o Us | more valuable as feed than corn Divisions Argue As to “Who Won the War” Chateau Thicrry. Sept. § (UP) — K”]NAP!NE [;HAREE Veterans of the Second and 26th —— right of the second division to place its bronze memorial on the famous tower of Belleau wood Truflk AI Oneflma served the Germans well as a ma- chine gun stronghold and was only| oneonta Sept, § (BT captured after violent hand-to-hand | .uis of hrown hair found at th edge of the famous forest. ~But|pouse formerly owned by Charles above the door is the bronze tablet|pgyarq pope were regarded by po- to tell posterity that there the sec-|jj0, togay as clues linking him with The U. S. government is neutral [ (2% &8 Lhs allan DUt 010 QMIBIalipostors || ‘Dhe curls, tied with'a yibbon around Belleau wood, mafns [l Ch8 CHE park, says clearly sl il iThe zeqontil of New Yo AR aid the hair In spige of th y|cCaacnli and the memorial of [BRcoe et is on the old ope, a 66-y was arrested n him w -vear old Grace Budd was taken from her home at 405 W ihushrl wheat is about 12 per cent | ‘ American divisions are disputing the - . Locks Found in Bottom of 0ld The ruins of that tower, which fighting, still stand on the hillside | oo o an old trunk at a farm ond division won undying fame. Elonarine of Grice Bifd tvo tained as on American memorial s division fougt i Stiaoniia thing else in Be el reet J 3 2 by T the armies left it chine guns are rusting low pits where they stood. a few years all trace will ha ished of that fortif which took so m EMPLOYMENT GAIN SEEN IN REPORTS Gasoline Consumption Over La- ; bor Day Heips Boom Business - men CLEVER TRICK RESULTS FATALLY T0 YOUNG GIRL Rifle Fails the shal- a child s and in e van- stronzhold ri day party Mrs. Delia Budd ind a neighbor 1s man who Budd home ostensibly irrest nd nothin ial of tr about was fou Sept. 8 (UP improvem situation New York of a seasonal unemployment United States appeared along with a moderate activity in most mant commercial lines, accor ports from various ters. In New York city, several of the larger department stores have an- | nounced their intention of increas- ing sales staffs before the end of the month in anticipation of the ex- pected fall buying movement. One retailer plans to add a thousand workers before the end of Septem- ber. A similar tendency is noted in other sections of the country, par- | ticularly in the far west Manufacturing lines as the steel industry have rehired a few additional workers following the Labor day siut down and production of the metal has been stepped up for the third gonsccutive week. Im- provement is also shown in the coal industry, where scasonal influences are making their app nce. Rail- road freight traffic is also showing impravement but continues well be- low levels, of, recent years. Coal Business Better Another source of satisfaction has been the improvement in con- ditions in the coal industry, which have averaged poor over the past several years. Heavy demand for gasoline over the Labor day holiday has further depleted gasoline stocks and fuel prices have shown a dis- tinct firming tendency. Crude oil production has also been kept with- in recent level: An important factor in the im- proved business sentiment this week has been the action of the stock and commodity markets. Outside of a further decline in wh prices, most foodstuffs and raw materials showed a firm tone, leading to the belief that the recent dow ard movement in prices has been ar- rested. Widespread iment on the theory that business revival awaits only a recovery in the stock mar- ket has centered considerable atten- tion on Wall street activi Stoc have now recovered all the ground lost during the summer and prices are around their best levels in months. DROUGHT'S EFFECT | MAY BE LENGTHY las incr With Youth's Ability After Two Successful Attempts Not to shoot Girl. Nor sulted fa who dicd Saturday he became ith, Sept. “Teasing'" re- ally to Marie R. Woods, 16, in the Norwich hospital ni hours after a prac- by Stephen ttached to the subma Kubr, and has not was shooting at a t girl's younger brother in the yard at the Wood home, whea he pla fully pointed the gun at the boy's sister who was sitting on the porch reading. “Look he seid, whirled hooting been seen since He rget with the out, Marie pulling I'll shoot you,” igger. He as he did e again suc- ed the trick The third t hirled the gun too slowly and the bullet struck the girl in the eye and nos e he The Texas gam begun a campaign white-wing dove, p! the Rio Grande commi h to the same bird of ion save advanced =drive | textile -Smoot ! NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 1930 WOMEN CENSURED FOR TEXTILE L0SS New Uses of Cotton Help Boost Amount Consumed Paris, Sept. § (UP) — American women’s refusal to wear flouncy pet- ticoats and underthings is a contrib- utory cause toward the worldwid textile depression, according to Ed- ward T. Pickard, chief of the tex- tile division of the United States de- partment of commerce, who is in Paris on a survey of the European textile business. ere are two basic causes for the excess of production over con- sumption,” Pickard told the United Press. “The first is the diminishing amount of textiles employed in wom- en's wear and for household use, ind the second is the production of by countries like India, China and Egypt which were for- merly consuming countries.” Pickard declared the foundations the textile industry were “basic- y sound” and that the depression »d States and England ht be overcome in a few years, providing, however, clever experts find more new uses for textiles and rayons, including artificial wool and ¢ month, Pickard explained, experts of department of com- merce are discovering new uses for textile goods which aids in bucking up the diminishing market and tend- ing to prevent the capacity toward overproduction to increase alarm- Cotton street markers and cotton airplane roof markers are ab- sorbing a small percentage of the discouraging factor in world textile situation is Great minished export of tex and annually exports ap- 90 per cent of the t produced in the region of Man- ster. 1In the past five vears her xports have been cut in half, or 50 cent, by the movement toward textile independence of India, China, Japan, and Egypt, formerly heavy purchasers of British textiles. Thus every country is producing textiles in greater quantities than required. The French market is undergoing a serious depression R e By the Associated Press New York — ¥rances White who has been a highly paid musical comedy favorite, is trying to raise $3.50. She was locked up in a po- lice station five hours because she could not pay for a taxi ride. In court sentence was suspended to give her time. Paris — Maurice Chevalier, stage and talkie star, is to make $20,000 a week. A theater has engaged him at that figure for two weeks in No- vember. New Y The healthiest men prison are forgers and bootleg- The national prison emergéncy wittee surveyed conditions in the New Jersey state prison for three vears. It found that in physical fit- ness forgers led with $8.8 per cent; bootleggers came next with 85.7. Baltimore — I‘or his health Ro- bert C. McCurdy has paddled from Toronto to Baltimore. He made the in zer ew The Improved PPET Beauty- Comfort ness- Safety © See thie improved Whippet —and you will be sur- Flashes of Life ] Problem Becomes More Acute In Rugust, Survey Shows Washington Drought has dealt a can agriculture bility that the despite a shortage corn information gathered by agriculture prised to lecrn how far a very modest expenditure goes in buying quaiity transportation. Here is a car retaining all the fundamental features of de- sign and construction which made the original Whippet fa- officials. The sharpest impact of the disas- ter may not be felt until mid- minter. Feeding of wheat to live- stock in place of corn may o the surplus which has created poli- tical turmoil e wheat belt, | of re Hyde rplus may be consumed to compensate for | mous for style, roominess, | power, stamina and economy. erate But this Improved Whippet of- fors new colors and added re- Agric be- finement of detcil for greater However, v stock only s cheap or ¢ less it could at a price con corn pr would not Analys plies to through: agricult drought problem more critical Hyde here that now is rather than a In partial c damage to fc out to wheat produ that their surpl ed of fattening sto vent a burd the current crop season This pred npon huma approximating at would be fed t beauty; fourdouble-acting hy- un- draulic shock eliminators for feed of d of for in excess spo derably greater riding comfort; rubber - insulated engine for greater smoothness; interrnal four- wheel brakes, fully enclosed, for greater safety. oping local i as a te ELMER AUTOMOBILE 22 MAIN STREET tion cons the average WORLD’S LOWEST-PRICED FOUR-DOOR SEDAN ‘585 Z-zascenger Coupo $525; 4-passenger Coupe $355) Commorcial Chassls $360. Prices f.o.b. Toleca, Ohlo. WILLYS-OVERLAND INC., TOLEDO, CHIO TELEPHONE 1513 canoe trip of 1,225 miles in 67 days via inland waters. New York — James B. Harges and | Charles Creighton have backed & | small auto from New York to Los Angeles and back. In 44 days they |did 7,810 miles, the greatest speed being 11 miles an hour. | North Pelham, N. Y. — A small automobile is utterly unsuited for Michael J. Fitzpatrick, chief of po- lice, who is a big fellow. He told the village trustees so, exhibiting a | buttonless coat, a damaged watch chain and over evideénce of being cramped. The trustees gave him a vacation and authorized him to | designate a little cop as his chauf- | feur. | Montgomery, N. Y. Having | traveled 1,560,000 miles by locomo- | tive, George Halstein, New York | Central engineer, has retired on pen- | sion at 70. | New York — St. James Lutheran church, 103 years old, has abolished | name plates on pews. The purpose |is to make strangers feel more at home. | Newport, R. I. — Polo appeals to society more than yachting. The coming international races are in- | sufficient attraction to prolong the | scason. Many summer residences | wewe closed before Saturday's polo game on Long Island and others will | close this week SLEUTH RECOVERS L00T FROM BOYS (uickly Catches Young Thieves | Who Emptied Woman's Purse Detective Sergeant P. J. 0'Mara | ws his boys in New Britain. his was clearly demonstrated at | about 10 o'clock Sunday night when, | upon being detailed by Lieutenant | Matthias Rival to investigate a com- | plaint from 161 McClintock road | that a theft had been committed | there earlier in the evening. Sergeant O'Mara went to the above address and learned that some | person had taken $6.20 from a‘purse |owned by Mrs. Aloysius Symolon, who, with her husband, was visiting her husband's father, Stanislaw Sy {molon of 181 McClintock road. | Sergeant O'Mara asked two or| | three questions, then went out and began a search in the neighborhoed. He was looking for a boy whe had | been in the toils of the police be- fore. He found the boy, with a companion, both aged 13, and ab- | ruptly asked, “Where is the money you took 2" | The boys, belisving that Sergeant O'Mara knew even their secret thoughts, confessed to taking the money from the purse while the Sy- molon family was in another room, and knowing that nobody saw them in the room where the purse was, were mystified by the sergeant's quick knowledge of their crime. They turned over $4.35 to the | officer, and confessed that they hsd spent the rest in a wild time at the | movies, buying candy, etc, all in | two short hours. | Sergeant O'Mara made a report to | Miss Ruth Bristoll, juvenile proba- | tion officer, and the boys may be | severely spoken to today by Miss | Bristoll. The education building at the University of Texas soon is to be named Sutton hall in honor of Wil- | liam 8. Sutton, Texas educator. COMPAN Developments in Automobile Field as Described by Agents i i | four Fleetwood special custom bed- Record Breaklng .Dllve. ies compride the complete By New Buick Eight mentea on the cadillac Driving a new Buick ht, | while the LaSalle line “Stu” Hawley, chief of the road map |$even Fisher body styles and five division of the Texas Company has |Fleetwood special custom built cstablished a new transcontinental | models. ! i and return record. Hawley broke | Models reveal an entirely new de- the previous record from Los|Sign motif, while the L Angeles to New York and retuerI“)-"“edalons' the lines il 15 hours and 26 minutes. ;e;;ir: made them accepte cing the sensational drive H::ler;a:slsg mh stock model Buick | Faually fine s Cadillac's hz\vrxun- Eight coupe taken right off the fac-|ized steering with the new hou tory assembly line, and throughout | the trip it was fueled with regular | Texaco gasoline and motor ol Hawley's total clapsed time for the trip was 141 hours and 3§ minutes. | : The purpose of the recorhd break- | (o ’!Anf":mjif:\;::gi} a"‘.\(h:vz;f:mr‘:a; ing drive was to prove that it is| i A possible to travel across the conti- |{he left front spring (0 Llozible nent in less than four days without | * it i IourdoeoL undue haste ov hardehip. Some few |SPrings) effectually prevents shimmy years ago nine days was considered |And road tramp the maximum for such a journey. | “The new Buick Eight is the Chevrolet Introduces Cne greatest performer in its field,” said | Hawley at the completion of the drive, “my trip has absolutely con-| vinced me of that fact. Throughout | the entire journey the Buick deliv- ered its full measure of perform- | “"L“k by !hg Ch:l\ ro!e;‘i\lozz:“:o‘“ omfort. It was the most| Coming diractly after - Cadillac and La Salle New Models Announced, styles ing which gives the maximum ease of operation and makes the car | handle readily even when driven by {a woman or girl. The steering Introduction of a rew one one-half ton truck by the Chevrolet Motor company was announced last | the first six months of this year ex- | ceeded the same period last year by {twenty per cent, the introduction of | this improved larger truck seems Announcement of complete new | acgtined to aldd to the growing im lines of Cadilac and LaSalle V- oiance of Chevrolet in the Eights was made Saturday by Law-| priceq commercial car field. More rence P. Fisher, Cadillac president.|than’ 1,160,000 trucks have been The new cars are more powerful, | pyiit by Chevrolet since the co faster, more flexible than any eights | panv bhegan to turn out this type. Cadillac has ever built.; and, in ad-| The new chassis dition, display unique style and ap- pearance features which establish new high standards of design for cars in their price class. “Cadillac new has a program un- | equalled in the entire history of the industry—four distinct lines of au- tomobiles—the LaSalle V-8, the Cadillac V-12 (soon to be announc- ed) and the Cadillac V-16 which in - style, finish and appointment are Given Severe Tests beyond anything we have ever be-| All Chrycler cars are designed tore thought possible,” says head of |and tested in the engineering labor- Tabor Cadillac Corp., local dealer.|atories of Chrysler Motors where “These new cars embody every| more than 500 technical experts are scund. high principle established | constantly at work to find some- by Cadillac throughout its 30 vears, thing new and bétter in automotive and surpass all previous Cadillac|appearance and performance. In and LaSalle eights in performance |addition. all new Chrysler cars are and beauty | given exhaustive road tests, extend- Six Fisher custom body styles anding from coast to coast. The new manufacturars enable the purchaser the work to be done ¢ different types. Chevrolet |ers are supplied with complete de- tails on the various bodies available. Chrysler Cars Are v Zconomtel The bodies of the Cadillac |Years. asalles con- | ¢ight motor which have | many refinements have been added. o | with the glass design worm and sector steer-| And One-Half Ton Truck| and | duction of light delivery trucks for | | to choose the exact type of body :or} from thirty- | deal- | Chrysler eights, recently introduced were driven more than 200,000 miles in such tests before they were announced to the public. ‘Packai-d Announces a | New Series of Eights | An invitation to the public to in- |spect the new Packard eights, ex- tended by Honeyman Auto Sales Co., line | 200 East Main street, local Packarl chassis, | dealers, will appear in tomorrow's consiats of |1ssue of the Herald. Their new cars comprise more notable Improve- ments than any Packards of recent While the characteristic | Packard appearance and the straight have been retained, | The new medels go on display in |all Packard showrooms throughout |the country beginning tomorrow, popular standard eight | five-passenger redan offered at a | price substantially lower than that at which the previous model was in- | troduced. ; WETHERSFIELD LIFER AWARDED WAR MEDAL Italian Government Award Present- | ed to Prison Chaplain For Pris- oner Unable to Leave Cell Hartford, Sept. §-~—John Gatturri, life prisoner in Wethersfield, was awarded a bronze medal vesterday morning for his World War record of serving four years in the Italian jarmy. He was not present when the |medal was presented, being confin- ed to his cell. Chaplain William Smith received it on his behalf. The medal. known as the Istiteita ~|Medal, awarded by the Italian gov- low | jernment to those serving in the war for a year or more, was presented by Salvatore Lantieri, vice president M |of the Associazione Nazionale Ex- | Combattant Italiani of Hartford. s built complete | with cab, and affiliations with body | Injuries Prove Fatal . to Plane Crash Victim NewMilford, Sept. § — E. R. Booth, $9 Maiden Lane, New York, one of two men injured Saturday near Washington, Conn., when their plane crashed, died last night of |burns in the New Milford hospital. John A. Cooke, pilot of the plane, is confined to the hospital with a broken jaw and numerous cuts. The two were on their way to Bradford, N. H. when the plane burst into flames. The pilot nosed the ship sharply but in landing, struck a tree. He leaped from the plane and pulled Booth out also. There are 43 holders of pilot licenses in the United States. Trensportetion glider | WAR ACE CRASHES AT LEGION'S SHOW Capt, Jobm Donaldson Meefs Death In Kunz Plane Philadelphia, Sept. 8 (®—Captain 0. Donaldson, 32, World War ace, army instructor and commercial aviation executive, crashed to his death yesterday while doing acro- batic flying at the conclusion of the American Legion air race at the municipal stadium. Flying the plane of Mrs. Opal Kunz, New York aviatrix, Donald- son, whose home was in Newark, N. J., and several other aviators were entertaining the crowd with fancy flying and stunts. Suddenly the captain’s plane went into a tail spin and plunged to earth. Donaldson suffered a factured skull and inter- nal injuries, and died shortly after being extricated from the wreckage of the plane Said to be the fourth ranking American World War ace, Captain Donaldson was credited with eight victories over German airplanes. He had received a number of decora- tions for valor, among them the Distinguished Service Cross and the British Distinguished Flying Cross. The latter was presented personally by the Prince of Wales. CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE WILL BE GOLF GOURSE Receiver Believes Tom Thumb Fad Will Help Pay Off Bords Now Falling Duc. Chicago, Sept. 8 —Shades of Pat- ti, Melba and Caruso! The Auditors ium theater, long the aristocratic home of opera and the better things of cultural life, is being turned into a minjature golf course. Opera never was a paying propos stion. The auditorium new is in the hands of a receiver. Bonds for $834,000 issued 40 years ago, are vnderstood to be due and payable, Miniature golf course may be the answer, the receiver, R. Floyd Clinch, believes, The plan is to have a six hole course in the foyer, an 18-hole course in the main floor circled by the once famous ‘‘diamond horse- shoe” of boxes and with the scene of a country club overlooking the course from the stage. 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