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New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
POSTAL EMPLOYES . FOR HIGHER WAGE
Would Have War Bonus Made (
 Permanent Increase

In conjunction with the nationwide movement of the postal clerks and carriers to obtain a higher wage, the clerks of the local office have given their support to the measure now De- hsg proposed to have the amount or the war bonus made the regular addl- ton to the annual salary. As it is now, the bonus is given during the period of high costs induced by un- natural conditions which are the out come of the war. The bonus which has been of much help to the postal employees is in danger of being re- caeed, it is said, and the move on foot at the present time is to secure a sta ble salary rather than a sliding sea let wage.
 Comparative figures compiled by the committee in charge of the move ment would indicate the wage of the postal emploNe to be lower than that of even the common laborer. Some of the figures given in the com pila tion are ias follows: Mechanics, S1 cents per hour: banking clerks, so cents per hour; unskilled labor. 5 cents per hour; clerical labor, 6S 1-2 cents per hour; postal employees, AS 1-2 cents per hour. All mechanics and other types of labor get time and a half and double time for overtime and holiday work, but postal employees re- ceive only the regular rate, regard less of overtime, it was shown. The heaviest work of the day in the post Ss3iSe comes after o'clock when all sSfer workers are home eating their meals after a days work. All factory mail does not come into the postoftice until the close of the factory day. which in reality is the beginning of the end of the postal clerks day. which in many cases runs we'll over 12 hours.
 Before the war, the salary of a postal clerk was from $500 to S12oO a year. beginning at the former figure with a $100 increase each year. With tho war bonus clerks are started in at about S1200. The postoffice depart ment m in tains that it takes five years to make a. full fiedged clerk and the men are beginning, to demand that if they are skilled after five years ap- prenticeship they should be given SNsc the same in proportion as skilled mechanic after serving his time.
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
STERLING ALONE STRONG.
All Other Exchanges Show Tendency
 to Fall Oft at Opening Today.

New York. March 23.-Demand sterling was an exception to gen. eral unsettlement of foreign eX- change at the opening of the stock market here today. Sterling opened at 3.7S 1-2 advance of half a cent from yesterdays close. Italian exchange made a new low record, lire checks being quoted at 20.32 to the dollar a decline of 6S centimes, Francs were off 40 centinles. open ing at 14.62 to the dollar. Marks were quoted at l.25 cents each, while the Canadian dollar held it's gain of yesterday at S9.6o cents.
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
RADICALS IN CONTROL.
Western Industrial Section or Ger
 many Held By This Group.

Copenhagen, March 23.--The whole western industrial district of Ger many is held solidly by radicals and disaster is inevitable if the govern ment troops try to interfere there, ac- cording to information received from Berlin this morning by telephone by the Berlingske TiGendc. The Social Demollraten learns that d purely workers government is on the point of formation, without cooperation with the bourgeois larticS.
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
SITUATION IS IMPROVED,

Berlin, March 22.-The situation has become somewhat easier through southeastern and central Germany ac- cording to reports received here late tonight Hamburg and Bremen were quiet and no rioting is reported in East Prussia, Silesia, Schleswig and the greater part of Saxony. Baden, Wuertemburg and Bavaria also are quiet.
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
FRIENDLY CLUB MEETING.

A meeting of Friendly club will be held tonight at $ o'clock in the rooms on Main street for the dis cussion of important business rela- tive to the new club rooms The organization has taken lease on Church street property which is to be occupied April 1. New furniture has been purchased and plans are being made to remodel the new rooms
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
COACH SHELTON JOINS W. VA.

Mor2antown, w. Ea.,a March 23.- Kemper Shelton, the West Virginia baseball coach, arrived yesterday aft ernoon and watched 30 picked candi- dates go through their paces. Nearly 100 men turned out, but failure of manufacturers to deliver equipment reduced the size of the squad
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
PIRATES SIGN PITCHER.

Morgantown. W. Va, March 23- Andrew V. King, former Unive rsity of West Virginia football and baseball player, yesterday signed Pittsburgh National league contract as catcher, and will report to the club at Hot SpringS Ark immediateN
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
WORK IS RESUMED.

Copenhagen. March 23.-Work was resumed in the shipyards at Hamburg on Monday, according to dispatches received here. and a telegram from kiel says workmen there have decided to resume their posts in the most es- sential public services.
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
CANAL CLOSED AGAIN.

Panama March 23.--The Panama canal has been closed for two days, all ships being affected by the order, because of a landslide in the Cucara- cha section of the waterway according g to an official announcem ment. DfcdgeS are expected to clear away the debris and make the canal safe for ships by ThurSGaN
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
KING SIGNS WITH PIRATES

Morsantown, w. Va. March B. Andrew V. King, former University of West Virginia football and baseball player, yesterday signed a Pittsburgh National league contract as catcher and will report to the club at Hot Sprin S.S rk i'm edia telN
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
ASK PERMISSION TO SELL.

Mrs. Ethel Hicks filed a petition today for the privilege of selling prop ertv owned by her deceased husband, Ira Hicks. It is presumed that the property is to be sold to the St. Mark s church corporation as informal nego- tiations were entered into several
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
DIR. W. B. CALDWELL TODAY

DIR. W. B. CALDWELL TODAY Born Sheibyvillc, Mo. March 2, 1889 Began the manufacture of his famous pre-
 scription in 1892
 Tn spite of the fact that Dr. Gala .VelPs Syrup Pepsin is the largest selling liquid laxdtive in the .Vorld, there being oVer 6 million bottles sold each year, many Who need its benefits hate not yet used tt. If you flaVe not, send your name and address for free trial bottle to Dr. ". B. Catdwell, SIT Washington St., Monticello, Illinois.
New Britain herald., 1920-03-23
Born i'm 1889 Dr. Caldwell
 Still i'm His Office Daily
Wonderful vigor of the founder of Dr

Wonderful founder of Dr. Caldweus Syrup
 Millions now famo ande froncons
 family" general
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08

Equestrian avenue, Santa Baraba, Cal; to Mary Bowman, the North cottage. @
 Immediately after her death to Miss Mary Shea, friend. of No. PTS Jeffer- son avenue, $5,000 in cash, also all the money held in trust for her at the Seamen's Savings bank of New York.
 To Thomas Chaffee. the husband,
 the home at No. 10 Tenth street, Mi
 ami. Fla, and also three lots there
 absolutely; also. life interest in the
 one-third was to go to her brother, Thomas K. Macy, who. predeceased
 her and left no issue; one-third to Lucy E. Crofut, the sister and the the remaining third to the children of her predeceased sister, Cora A. Taylor, Thomas Starr, Minnie S. Rindge, Martha Ky and Helen E. Starr
 Mrs. Chaffee directed that in the event that her brother predeceased her and left no issue, then "fn that
 case, his share is to be divided be- | tween the nieces and the nephews." Mrs. Chaffee, in addition to the nieces and the nephew already named. is survived by another niece. Florence | s. Mary Crofut of No. 25 North Bea- con street, Hartford.
 1 Tn her application for the appoint ment, jointly with the Farmers Loan l & Trust company, of letters of ad- ministration upon the estate with the will annexed, Mrs. Crefut said that
 when her brother-in-law died he left undistributed assets of his wife's es-
 tate amounting to s62 2,767.6S in per
 sonal and about s7,ooo in real estate. Experienced saleslady wanted. Ap- l,.1xr 41 T1I. T0aw. Ar
 son.-adv..
 Leo J. l'Homme post, American Le- zion, held open, house Wednesday ev- ening in their new rooms on the third
 floor of the Brooklyn Savings Bank
 building. Many came to greet the soldier and sailor boys-also the ma
 rines-who represented this and oth-
 CT communities during the world war
 and there was a spirit of good fellow
 ship about the affair indicative of the appreciation that the $ local public
 feels of being invited to join the world
 war men in. an evening of social in-
 tercourse. The programme included an address of welcome by the post
 mander, Lieut.. Ira A. Warren selec- tions by Henry and Louis Woisard and Earl F. Winslow; reading b. Miss Marjorie Gaffney and an address I Spaf>Sh American war. The rooms O ' the post have been decorated ana painted and otherwise made attractiv, for the boys who served the coun , try in times of stress. but keen eye ! noted Wednesday evening that tn { furnishings are not sumptuous. an, : in this there. was. a suggestion in tn minds of many of those present tha ] | the time has come for Danielson. an. | all of Killingly, to start a real get ! together movement to createTa fun < | to be used to fit the rooms in tn | way that all Killingly's citizens wh z are apprehensive of the service c : these world war veterans would lik
 to see them fitted.
 d Members of the Connecticut Mill, ! basketball teams and others who wer d l privileged to, attend -.. the -. splendi < banquet given at, the, Putnam inn i $ honor of those who made the piayin
 season such a success, were loud i s their praise Wednesday. of what tn e company did in showing it's appre 1t citation of the results achieved dur e | l+ r
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
The Lost Penknife.

Richard Ross was going home from school one day when he found hand some penknife lying on the ground.
 "Tm a lucky fellow" he said to himself, and, then he started home at a full run to tell his brother and sister of his good luck, and show his beautiful knife.
 q wonder who could have lost it.n said brother Charles.
 tits more than I know, or care, either" replied Richard. Finding is
 .'somebody must have lost it." said Charley.
 Maybe it was Mir. Ellis" sug- gested sister Marion. T saw him go- ing down the road half an hour ago.
 q don't believe it's his knife" spoke out Richard.
 q would ask him, if were you,r said Charles.
 sFindings keepings the world over" repeated Richard. Not according to the Golden Rule, answered Charles, as he picked up a Testament and read 1t to Richard. Well, I don't see anything about a penknift there. Do you?" asked Rich- ard.
 Yes" replied Charles, If you had l lost a knife and Tom link found it wouldn't you be glad if be asked al around for the owner instead of keeping it? And you would say Tom was a nice fellow, because he had done hv kent the Golden Rssia"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
DANIELsoN
(continusd from Paae six)

maining about three years. or untn 1912, when the property was sold to the Winterbottom Bookcloth com- pany, an English concern. This com pany started to do things in such q way as to give promise of big things, but activities suddenly ceased and it has since been said that they enter ed into some kind of an amicable agreement with their American com petitors and withdrew from the United States field; Following the end of the operations by the Winter bottom company the George E. Frost Finishing company occupied the plant but this enterprise did not prove en- during and the plant was closed and has remained So for several years.
 Those who know about the new
 concern ad the resources that 1t hat
 concern and the resources that it has
 East Killingly will mean big reviv- al to that pioneer industrial field ir Killingly. Getting the necessary em- ployes seems to be the only. thing thai the concern is worrying about, bu'
 all of Killingiy is growing and, witi tho available rapid transit facilities 1 it is felt here that the matter oi i getting workers will not prove se' | rious one.
 East KiIiingiy people are delighted with the news that the old stone mil
 is again to hum with activity ant
 Danielson will rejoince, too, for pros
 psTity in any part of Killingiy spell
 benefits for Danielson.
 The following item from a Nev | York paper will be of interest to tn friends in Danielson of the Crofu family, of Hartford, formerly of thi ! place.
 Because of the death of Thoma
 Chaffee on December IS last, he hay ing been the executor of the estat Ileft by his wife, Martha K. Chaffee 1 who was a sister Of Lucy E. Crofut Q No. 25 North Beacon street, Hart i ford. this sister, together with tn I Farmers Loan & Trust company, un I der a bond of $69.767.6S. stand jointly appointed administrators with the wi I annexedt to the estate left by Mir 4 Chaffee, I Mrs. Chaffee died at Miami, Fla, O l April 16, 1918, leaving will, execut ed on September 21, 1910, in whic she directed her net estate, whereve I situated. to be distributed as follows I After death of her husband, Thom as Chaffee. her Melbourne cottage al so two lots, to her nieces. Mrs. Mimi S. Rindge, of Palmer. Mass, Mis- 1 Martha K. Starr of Mon6on, Mass. and Miss HAler Starr nf No. 22
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
A BIueberry Picnic.

one day group of my friends and l decided to go berrying. We want ed to go to 8 place five miles away take our lunches, and stay the whole day. Everybody agreed to this. so we decided to go the next day, which was Wednesday.
 Wednesday was beautiful day and all or us were ready at half mast eight. We started out walking. but before we had walked a mile. a large auto came along and we were asked if we wanted a ride. We all did, so we sot m and the auto took us right up to the blueberry pasture.
 We thanked the driver and then went up the. hill to pick the berriesi When we reached the blueberrv natct, we found it full of large, juicy berries
 We picked steadily for half an hour
 taking and eating all the while.
 Al last l grew tired of the place ana suggested that we go a little far ther on. Some of the, girls protested at leaving those lovely berries. hut at
 last they all agreed, and we went on | We walked on until we came to a patch of the most delicious Iookine
 berries ever seen. l immediately rar
 to the first bush and began to pick. l had just picked for about five min. utes' Wnen nearo a cry behind me, looked around and saw that it was Lena, one of the girls. She had beer stung by some bees and her hands were beginning to swell. We raI down to the brook where we fonnf some cool mud, and plastered he, hands with it. After while she sail she felt better, and removed the mud A little while later one of the girl, looked at her watch and was sur. prised to see that it was half pas twelve. We also found to our sur. prise that we were hungry. We sfount
 a shady tree and sat down under i | and ate our lunch.
 After we had finished eating W, | filled our buckets with berries ant started for home, We had to walk al
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08

ing from towns all through this sec ton.
 Postmaster Raymond Allen reports that the money order business at the Danielson post office during March was the greatest in the history of the office and practically doube the amount of money order business transacted in the office during a single month five years ago.
 Q. E. Jette, representing the paco Mfg. Co.,, purchased Wednesday the Gilbert Garage property on Furnace street as the site for the new com pany's manufacturing plant The big structure now on the lot will be adapted to the needs of the company and the remainder of the lot which is 11o by SO feet will be entirely covered with a one-story mill structure, pro- viding space for 150 looms. Light machinery will be installed in the present building which also will contain the office and shipping rooms. Possession of the property will be given 30 days It is under stood that the property brought about s11,e ,eo0 and that the company
 will spend sz5,oeo in developing it. ls To work for a living is no disgrace l-FInleSs you work others
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
Along the Banks of the AmAzon.

[. Tn the northern part of South Amer ica IS an immense river. the largest in the world. This is the Amazon river Ihe mouth of this river is so broad that 1t seems like a vast lake. The great mass of muddy, yellow river water can be seen for many miles rom shore. Vast marshes border fhe river on either side. The river is cov- cred with large leaves, some six feet across. Great scaly allipators 1ie asleep in the sunshine with their ueiv red mouths wide open or float lil-s logs on the surface of the wotar thousands Of immense water snakes llde about among the reeds. Frogs ano turtles larger than you ever. saw ana lizards yard in length are to be seen at any moment. Dense forests s.retcn hundreds of miles on either side. The trees are not only of great size but stand so closely together that the branches are interlocked and form dense roof of green.
 Great snakes called boa constr;ctors some of them ten feet in IengthN swing about the trees. Althouyh many birds and animals live here fhe forests all through the long warm davs are perfectly quiet. but as soon as night comes their voices the heard ev- anywhere.
 Travellers who are obliged to snend the night here must build fires to keen away the dangerous animals Tbe Wild animals are afraid of the f1ame and will not approach it.
 NATHAN JOHN AVER, Age 10. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
A caiifornia story

Dear Uncle Jed: It is a rainy day, and a good time to write to you. This is my second year at school. heard a good story which the boys and girls will enjoy.
 Near the coast of California an old man kept chicken farm. Early one hot morning he got up to feed his chickens. Out of a dark corner of his shack he got what he supposed was a bag of chicken feed. After dump ing it into the chicken yard. he went into his house to get his own break fast, leaving them to enjoy theirs. He busted himself with other chores until late in the afternoon when he went to lock at his chickens. They were all dead and blown to pieces. its all my fault" said he. T gave 'em seed pop corn by mistake, and when the sun arose it popped and blew my chickens to pieces
 MATHER FRANK HARDING. Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08

ing the season.
 The great feature of the banquet was the fine spirit of cooperation manifested between players, manage ment, helpers and mill officials. The boys seemed just as much at home with Supt. Amos Morin and Manager W. E. Reach as with their own chums.
 Tn the speech making that followed the feast there was plenty of praise and limited and well modulated crft- cism of what had occurred during the playing season, but Manager Reach made it very clear that. whatever might be found to criticise, there was so much to praise that. all other side lights were merely incidental. T love you all," MT. Reach said to the men who sat at the table around him. and the boys response to this was evil dence enough that they felt highly pleased over standing so well with the speaker. Mir. Reach thanked them collectively and Individually for the hundreds of ways in which they had assisted him to make the season such glorious success and particularly complimented them on their good sportsmanship. oftentimes tried to the limit by unfair playing on the part of some opposing individuals.
 Tn responding to a toast that call ed him to address the banqueters. Captain William Reddy of the team, after ,speakin gbriefly relative to the seasons playing, presented hr Reach s20 gold. piece on behalf oi | those assembled.
 Rev. Albert Jepson. time-keeper al | the games, was another speaker whc was listened to with great interest. l Walter Adams and John Marlard alsS responded to toasts.
 The boys will tell you that they hai a great time at their post-season ban quet and will promise you that ther' isn't any man living for whom the. | would do more than for Manages
 Reach an dthe officials of the bil
 company by which they are employ ed.
 Twin Cottages and Pan Cakes i
 the subject of prize story from tn pen of Miss Florence Melish, IT
 Main street. printed in a Boston pape
 of recent date.
 Danielson had two snow storms oi
 Wednesday-one in the morning, tn
 other in the afternoon. It won't b good sleighing this morning, howev1 J. Carl Witter conducted an auctiol sale at the Dover farm in the towr of Brooklyn, Wednesday, many com
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
Norwich.
My Trip to Worrester.

One day my mother said: "Agnes, next week we are going on a visit to our friends in Worcester. I was very happy, as I enjoy train ride very much We left at o'clock on a Thursday morning and were soon out in the open country. I took great pleasure in watching the ever changing scenery. About noon we arrived in Worcester. where our friends met us at the depot and took us to their home. On the way we passed the great wire works for which Worcester is famous.
 I played games and had a great time with the children, and the time seemed to fly until my mother said: ''Come. we must be going home" Sc we said goodbye and thanked them very much for giving us such a lovely time.
 I was very happy when I got home again. to dear old Norwich. AGNES SAKKOWSKY, Age F. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
Hired, Tired and Fired.

Farmer Green hired a boy named Jack to pick strawberries Jack was a lazy boy, but Farmer Green did not know about this.
 The first week Jack picked a good many strawberries. But then he got lazy and thought he would eat some. Farmer Green found this out and when Jack came to get his pay Farm CT Green said: "Jack, you are a lazy boy and you would rather eat than work"
 He paid him what he thought he ought to get and at the same time told Jack that he was fired.
 ALICE DUNN. Age 10. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
Hanging 2 May Basket.

Dear Uncle Jed; I am going to tell you about hanging a May basket. One moonlight night in May my two broth CTS and three other boys and myself planned to hang a May basket to my mother. First we had to make the basket. So we took shoe box and covered it with red crepe paper and made handle of pasteboard and cov- cred it with the same color, Next we cut out some stars of yellow paper and pasted them on the basket. We filed the basket with candy. oranges and other fruit and covered them with flowers.
 Now comes the best part. We start ed at o'clock. We set the basket on the doorstone and knocked hard and hid. When my father found us he made the three boys come in with us and have some lunch. We had some lunch and candy and fruit. We played games until 10 o'clock. The boys went home and we went to bed.
 GEORGE STEDMAN. Age 12. North Stonington
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
Our School.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about school. In the morning when we first come into school we have singing sometimes. but most of the time we have spelling first, then reading, and then we have recess.
 There are thirteen scholars in our school Their names are Mary Sted- man, Carrot Maine, Carl Benson. my brother, Wallace Stedman, Alvah Alto, William Heino, David Jordan, Lena Irene Maine. Carol Stedman, George Stedman and myself,
 We have lots of fun recesses and noon times. At recess we play tag, hide and go seek, drop the handker- chief and many more games, and we play the same at noon times, too.
 After we come in from recess we have arithmetic, then after we finish that the teacher reads to us some times out of the books that some of the older scholars have got as prizes.
 In the afternoon we have English. Sometimes we write letters to you or have English in books, but I would rather write letters to you.
 Then after we have geography and history we have recess. and after re- cess we have the rest of the geography or history lessons. After we have had that we go home. Today it is rain i ing, so we can't go out for recess nor at noon time.
 We have long way to go home and we have many hills to climb. One of them is a great big steep hill. T 1 We are having a flower calendar: we have one every spring. have brought haza and white hirch.
 have maple and some other kinds oi 1 flowers, and hope I will be able tc get more flowers soon.
 BETTY BENSON, Age g. North Stouington